The morning call., 1891-07-13
TlG Senators AGAIN Jump Into
Second Place.
ONE MORE GAME FOR OAKLAND.
Through the Efforts Of Mr.. Dale, Who Pitched,
The Colonies Won The EmHTyEille Contest
Yesterday MOTnilg-Al Unnamed Throw
In The Afternoon Brings DiSaSiHT-HaTTiS
Charms The Gardeners With a Brass Band.
Standing Of the Cll0S-LaagVS Liners.

That quaint and original genius. Josh
Billings, once said that when man started
down hill he found everything nicely
creased for the occasion.
While thereis no thing IL the records TO
show that Mr.. Billings ever reported or
even attended ball game, yet he couldn't
have found better inspiration for his re-
mark than by watching the Oakland club in
It's meteOric flight into everlasting oblivion.
For little over three months they have
been sliding down a slippery chute, and the
more they slide the more slippery it seems
TO get. 1t is true they manage to evolve
one sound game out of each week of chaos,
usually on Sunday. They got one yesterday
morning, and it was said to be a very good
game, too. Out OF sixty-fve games they
have scored forty-nine fZzleS aud sixteen
hairbreadth escapes.
Frisco and Sacramento both seem to have
had their measure taken for second place,
as 1t fits each with equal nicely. First it
was Frisco, then the Giants and then the
locals again. Now the Giants are back
again on their regular turn and Will prob
ably occupy second place for a week or two.
San Jose is still on top and good luck ever
attends them. While the spell is on it
wouldn't be bad idea for them to invest
their spare cash in lottery-tickets.
PHILLIPS FATAL MISTAKE.
Two hits one of which was scratch of
the worst description, was all the Steers
could accom- plish off young Peter Sommers
yesterday afternoon. Still his side couldn't
pull out. 1t was certainly enough TO dis
courage the Oldest man in the business, but
Peter isn't built that way. He rolled up his
red flannel shirt sleeves and socked the ball
up the main gangway for all there was III
him. They seldom touched it.
Oakland had things their own way in the
first four innings, with two runs to start on
The Steers had nothing but their reputa
tious and some homes. These were soon re-
allied. In the fifth CantIlon made poor
throw to first Of Works grounder. Nc
ClOskey got his base and Hutchinson sent
the ball rolling to Phillips. He ftlded it
neatly ard then made sky-rocket throw to
first, letting in two runs. Hutch reached
third and scored later on wild pitch.
Three runs in and nobody out was
rather hard proposition for Pete: Sommers
10 lace, but he vas equal to ii. He assisted
the next man out, hypnOtiZed another and
retired tie side by neat play at first. In
the next inning the first two up were given
bases and scored on the only clean single in
the Giants side Of the game. Spies should
have been out at the plate, but Hunkey
Hlues lest the ball just when he needed it
most
RUINED A HOME RUN.
Cantllon hit two home runs but only got
one Of them. In the first inning he took the
first b al Hoffman sent in aud drove it into
far center field. Everybody said it was a
four-baggeT, and SO it would have been but
for MIR. McCloskey's remarkable exploit. He
turned and ran at full speed with the ball,
looking first over one shoulder and then the
other.
When near the clubhouse the ball over
took him. He was looking the other way,
but had his hands fixed and in some mys-
terious manner the ball fell in aud stuck
there The effect on McCloskey's associates
was such that they all fell to the ground,
Cantillon dropped between Girst and second,
while big Sunday knelt in the field ard
covered his face with his hands. 1t was a
wonderful catch, but McCloskey didn't
mean it.
However, Cantillon got his home-run
drive in the third, with Sommers on the
circuit YOungman scored in the sixth OH a
single by Phillips, which was the last until
the ninth. Then Hoffman got ratified and
filled the bases. Here was a chance to win,
but Oakland wasn't equal to the emergency
Cantiilun forced Roberts at the plate
ONcIll scored on 1oungman's sacrifice and
Dale flew to Bessie McGuirk, ending the
play with score of . to 4. Following is the
score: