The record-union., 1891-10-01
A GALAXY OF STARS.
The Local Baseball Team Stronger
Than Ever.
Some Brilliant Ban-Playing May Now
be Looked For-Three Games
Here This Week.

The Sacramento and San Francisco
baseball teams are scheduled to play
games in this city tomorrow, Saturday
and on Sunday and all three ofthe contests
are likely to be worth Witnessing. The
Sacramento Club, under the present
management of McCloskey, is a stronger
combination of players than has been en-
rolled by any of the clubs in the League.
The team is as strong in every position
as any of its competitors, and stronger in
several points than any of the other
mines.
The club is at present playing baseball
of a phenomenal order, as is demon
strated by the fact that the giants of the
League, the San Joses, were treated to
two shutouts (and nearly third last
week, in a series of four games. The
players have been doing such excellent
fielding that it is not necessary for them
to do much hard batting in order TO win,
and they are all confident that their
team is stronger to-day than it ever was.
McGuirk viii probably never play ball
again with the team. Somehow he was
not the same old "Beese'' after he be-
came q magnate. The players COM
menced to protest, and the result is that
he is out of the club altogether. Mrs.
Vice, who owns the franchise, has eX-
pressed wish that AlcCloSkey shall con-
duct the business Of the club and manage
the affairs himself and he has agreed TO
do so.
The pitchers of the team are in excel
lent trim, and Spies is catching and bat
ting well. Bowman is reaching out for
everything on first base, and little ReitZ
is playing in his usual style on second,
which means perfection at that point.
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the remaining positions on the diamond
''out Of sight,, while the three Outfield-
ers-Roberts, GOodenough and McHale
hardly know how to make an error.
And yet, notwithstanding the encour-
aging condition of affairs, there is trouble
III store for the outfit. a man who makes
q business of ball-playing does not want
to play for glory alone, and there are
several in the Sacramento team who are
so situated. 1t is currently reported that
the treasury of the club is not extensive
enough to pay respectable salaries. and it
is well-knoWn fact that good ball
player begins to grow tired Of working
hard when he suspects that he is not to be
fully repaid for his services.
Report has it that two OF the players il
the club held out for regular salaries
when McCloskey took charge, but the re-
nainder Of the team had to be satisfied
with receiving q share of the gate money,
anu OI laUe Ine proceeds, WnGn ulNlucu
among twelve or thirteen men, have been
found TO be inadequate-that is, a player
could not get near what he first con-
tracted to play for.
The men have been in the habit of
drawing a little money now and then, but
it is said that there has been no regular
payday. "When we have it you'll get
1t, and when we haven't you WON'T" is
about the size of the matter.
The team Will probably keen together
however, for the prospect for larger
crowds and better gate receipts are good.
since the end of the season is fast APP
preaching and the struggle between the
three leading clubs is daily becoming
more exciting.