The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-25
PLAYED FIVE
EXTRA INNINGS.
Exciting Contest Between Winter
League Teams.
Powers Home-Run Hit Results in a Prolonged
Game = Sharp Field Work and
Strong Pitching.

One Of the best exhibition games played
on a California diamond was furnished to
the few hundred spectators that gathered at
| Central Park yesterday afterno on to witness
| the contest between he San Francisco and
California clubs of the Players Winter
League.
| When the ninth inning was finished in
the remarkably quick time of 65 minutes,
the score was tied, both teams having
| scored runs. The players, two of the
| members of the Frisco nine excepted had
been putting up a superior quality Of ball
all through the game, bat when the extra
innings opened the men settled down to
work in manner that displayed pride in
their playing Four innings rolled by with
out man getting round the bases and the
audience began to prepare for an ail-aftar-
noon game. The end, however came in the
| fourteenth, when the strain told on Farrell
! who was IN the box for the CALIFORNIA;, and
he lost control of the bail, filing the bases
| Charley Sweeney was then taken in from
| short to displace Farrell, but the mischief
| mad been done, and two of the San Francis
| cos scored, winning the game for their side
| But for the blupders of Danny Sweeney
/ IN center field and Ebright at short, the
| game might have been termed a phenom-
enai one. There was streak of spirited
| fielding all through the contest, and in the
last five innings the playing on both sides
! was actually brilliant
Patsy Cahill and Stevens formed the bat
terry for the winners. Cahill was never seen
to better advantage, having almost faultlesS
control of his delivery, and employing a
change of pace that keit opposing batsmen
guessing. In the long game only nine safe
hits We're scored against him.
Farrell also pitched winning ball up to
the I'm. final inning and kept down the base hits
supported by Bill Brown, whose uUerring
throwing to second was one Of the notable
incidents Of the play. Harry O'Day guarded
hrst for the victorS without erring on his
difficult chances and he played the bag rs if
accustomed to the position Jack Wilson
and Mcdonald handled hot hits very prettly
and the throwing Of the former was I'M
usually accurate Josh Reilly'S !eft-feld
work was one of the features Of the game,
one of his running catches greatly surpriS-
ing the audience.
Charley Sweeney and Pete Sweeney car
ried off the infield hOnOrs of their team, ac-
cepting nineteen chances between them
without blunder, and not few of the hits
they blocked might have passed as safe
! shots. \ one-hand stop by Pete on swift
erounder over third base was the cleverest
piece of work i'll the whole game and the
! PLAYER. was, warmly appIauded for his
| deXterlty. Haney's catching of long hits is
| worthy of more than mere mention. George
| was under everything that came to his terri
| tory and several times pulled down balls
falling close to the diamond.
In the ninth inning Power tied the scors
| on his home-run hit over lelt-feld fence. In
| the fourteenth, for the San FranciscoS,
| Stevens raped out double and ored on
| Cahill'S two-bagger. Mcdonald and Thomp-
son were given bases GA balls. C. Sweeney
! then went into the box and gave Wilson first
on balls, forcing Cshill home
A pretty douhle play between Ebright,
! Mcdonald and O'Day ended the CALIFORNIA;
| prospects of again tying the score and the
game went to the San FrancIscos. The
| score: