The morning call., 1891-09-06
THE C0L0NEL'S
COSTLY PITCHERS.
One of Them Lost Another Game
TO the Dukes.
Sweeney, Power and speer Are Signed With
Oakland and Will Play To- Day-Frisco
Defeats Sacramento.

Since the season opened Colonel Thomas
Plausible Robinson has, so he says, spent
S7S6 for baseball kilograms in bracing up
his outfit. As a result he has rounded up
herd OF tosSers that got one run yesterday,
while Duke Finn's picked-up- on-the- slope
consolidation was gathering in an even
dozen. Some more telegTams were sent last
night.
This outlay in the good hard coin of the
realm represents a grand total of 1860
words, at the rate of 10 cents per word, and
by this token the Western Union is making
more money than the California League.
Sill the COlonel'S team continues to lose,
regardless of expense, and the only time
they make anything is when the wires are
down.
Most of this money was expended in Sc
curing pitchers and the brilliant galaxy OF
the past few months has now dwindled
down to a pair of twIrlers that didn't cost
the Colonel a cent for kilograms. There is
Phenomenal Balsz. All he cost the good
Colonel was 40 cents Tor a telephone mes
sage to Vallejo. Harris stood the expense
of teegraphing for SOmmers and when he
was released the Colonel paid his fare across
the bay.
From this it will be seen that out of the
S7S6 the Colonel blew in, mostly for pitchers
the TWO he has now cost him just 65 cents
net Now then, in view of all this talk
about The heavy expense incurred in bracing
UP the team, how in the world does the good
Colonel expect to win with a 3212-cent
pltcheriin the box? This is indeed hard one.
THAT EXPENSIVE PITCHER
As Mr.. Lawson, who hitched, pitched
and posed a few games for the
Colonel, came to town of his own
accord and left by request his pres
ence in the team cost the Colonel nothing TO
h 81 . >, Ivo Loaf
(. lore, 65 cents deducted from STS5 leaves a
balance Of S7S5 81. By the judlcious ex-
. penditure of this sum the Colonel was
Nlabled to secure the valuable services OF
4 Nike FftZ gerald and an infelder or two.
The infelders are still with us; bat. alas,
poor Mike, the S7S5 55-ptcher. He de-
served a better fate. II is said that on last
sunday, having day of from the Oakland
laundry, Mike went cut for q stroll In the
4 smOke-hung purlieus OF Emeryvllie. a
stiff breeze was blowing at the time, which
drove Mixes locks INTO baTbed-Hlre fence
by the roadside. When they found him
late Thursday evening he had SuccUmbed 10
hunger and thirst
In addition to the above mentioned item
Of expense, the Colonel states that in the
past seven weeks he has forwarded advance
money and tickets TO seventeen separate
and distinct creased lightning ball-players
in the East They are stu in the East. with
. rapidly multiplying chances Of staying
there. A few of the more hardy ones
started, came half way, and then switched
off to some other point so the Colonel
states.
As a rule, these seventeen stars were out
OF job aud broke, and hungry besides, but
hhey nobly returned the COl0nePs money
and tickets, and are now sucking their
bunged-up thumbs while waiting for some
thing 10 turn up. Still the Colonel is bot
discouraged. and says that while there's
wind there's words. In few days he will
send Tip 0'Neil and trusted deputy East
10 slARs shai few good players for the bal
ance 81 the season.
SWEENEY AND POWER SIGNED.
Late last night the Colonel telegraphed
in that he had just added 81 % to his large
telegraph bill by paying for message from
Pitcher Jack Horner of New Haven. Couu.
He is one OF the seventeen Fasteners pre-
YiOusly alluded to- Dir. HOrner wants an
other ticket, and viii start for California
bright and early this morning. Jack Hor-
Ter VIII be in his corner by the last of the
week.
Tie Colonel has also signed Sweeney and
Power who lately escaped from the wreck
Of the Rochester Club, and has about con-
Cludrd dlcker with Finn Tor kId SDeer.
Power Ulays first base to-day in place Of
louugman. Sweeney goes to second, and
Canulion VIII perform IN center field, while
Danny Long goes visiting. II the deal IS
- 1srd Tor the release Of Speer the little
5ackst9p Will don an Oakland harness to-
day.
In the excitement incident to the recon-
struclion of the ofttimes Reconstructed Oak
land team and a brief resume OF its financial
transactions for the season of 1891, the fact
must not be overlooked that the aforesaid
team was in a game Of ball yesterday. Per-
haps it would be better TO say that the team
T1Byed a game of bail but was not IN it
This gives the statement an air of proba-
bilitY that would otherwise be lacking.
Peter Sommers pitched for the Colonel
and did the best lie could. He gave seven
bases on balls, but kept the hits down to
six, which with the six errors back of him
gave the visitors twelve runs. L0okabaugh
redeemed himself and kept the Colonels
guessing. Their solitary run occurred in
TIE seventh. when Hurley started on sim
gle and scored on Cantillion's sacrifice. San
Jose played a brilliant game all the way
through. Following IS the score: