The record-union., 1891-07-25
SACRAMENTO WON.
Eut Only a Few Persons Witnessed
the Victory.
Bah Games are SO Few and Far Be-
tween Here That the Public
are Losing Interest.

The grand stand at Snowflake Park
yesterday was dotted here and there with
spectators. On one bench was group
of young ladies admiring the players, and
all around, scattered in different parts of
the stand, were baseball cranks idly look
ing on at the game, and criticising the
management for causing such long waits
between games In all there were about
100 people present, and if the contest in
spired any of them with enthusiasm, it
was not apparent.
The game itself was good one, and eX-
citing enough, too, if person felt in
clined to enjoy it for all the battle was
worth. There were many good plays and
phenomenal catches that would have
created furor in the grand stand at q
Sunday game, but the little band that was
present yesterday could not make noise
enough TO let the players know that there
was anyone there.
The Sacramentos won the contest, not
because they played any better in field
work than their opponents, nor because
they hit much harder, but for the simple
reason tnat they were lucky in punching
singles, doubles and home runs on Mr..
Young, the German twirler of Manager
Harris team.
Otto would have pitched Just as good
game as France did if he.couId only have
distributed the hits throughout the nine
innings, but he could not do it, and it
took only four of the innings to bring the
Sacramento score up to twelve runs. Nine
of these tallies were made in the last
three innings, and the three in the OPEN
ing inning of the game.
The exhibition up to the eighth inning
was as pretty one as the ordinary base
ball enthusiast would wish to see, but after
that McCloSkey's men commenced to bat
in earnest, and forged ahead six runs in
| the next two innings When the San
FranciScoS came to bat for their last time
they scared the Senatorial giants badly.
France seemed to have let down in his
pitching, and was hit hard in this inning.
| Three men had crossed the plate and
three were on bases, with only one out.
To the JOY of the SacramentOS, however,
the next two men to bat could not hit the
ball hard enough to do any damage, and
the game was a Senatorial victory by
score of II to 9.
Spies and Cartwright's bats were loaded
with hits, and the majority of the big
Frisco firSI-baSeman's 'pOlIes'' We're
two-baggers, which figured very ma
terially in the run-getting OF that team.
France surprised himself and every
body else by knocking out three hits,
and McCloskey and Works achieved the
honor OF battlug out four -baggCrS." The
hit by Works went over the right-field
fence, and that Of McCIoskey was
knocked into center field.
McQuirll's work on first base was con-
spicuous for its correctness, and in fact all
the players in both teams played good
ball, and there were no glaring errors.
There was piece OF fielding work,
however, that was repeated twice with
disaster which ought not to be passed
without a mention. On two occasions
runners scored from third base on throws
made by Spies to Peoples, which did not
show good judgment on the part of the
Sacramento catcher. The last play of the
kind was particularly noticeable. There
was runner on first, and Cartwright was
on third. When the first-base runner
started for second, Spies threw to Peoples
without looking to see where Cartwright
was. The latter had anticipated the
throw, and was fully halfway to the plate
when Spies let the ball go down to
Peoples. The latter missed the ball, but
had he caught it the runner would have
been safe. Spies could have easily caught
Cartwright on the line had he glanced
toward third base and seen how far the
runner was playing off the base.
Sheridan umpired the game fairly, the
score of which is as follows: