The morning call., 1891-12-06
CHAMPIONS PLAY
ANOTHER GAME.
Low Temperature and Lime Was
All That Saved Ii.
After Much Suffering Portland Is Presented
With the Winning Run-Chappie Makes
His Debut Game To-Day,

L. WAS IL luGk1 iA4tsS biiO NSAAilNs WI
tirued cold and clear yesterday afternoon,
else tie fourth championship game between
Portland aud San Jose would have spoiled
before the henumb d and beluddled h!etes
engaged could have worked their laboriouS
way to tie windup.
All that saved twas low temperature ana
the lime used in working of foul lines and
other geometrical tTacings employed on the
diamond.
SYMPTOMS Of decay appeared early Errors
m. re or less advanced broke out in the first
inning, and. together with diuky-knk throws
and bjurism from bungles, continued with
unabated violence throughout the two hours
and ten minutes consumed by the suspicious
champions il ripping another game out OF
the wIuter schedule.
Portland won simply through force OF
circumstances and not by bail-playing. as
many uuuld suppose, 10 look at the score.
With the bags full of shiyerng Portlanders.
q. Harper gave a man his base on balls and
the winning run had to come in.
Ii was like taking wire filed with bcaiS
and irving TO make room for another at the
receiving end. Score 7 to 6.
Nhile all this vi as going on 4 small and
cold but not critical audience sat round on
the hard. cuShioule>S benche, with all the
en- thusiasm frozen cut of them-out Of the
audience, not the benches.
II would greatly increase the comfort Of
their patrons II the management would luT-
nish cushions in cold weather Other base
ball towns DO. Why they are not supplied
here is doubtless owing 10 the Tact that the
audience is composed Of the Il atug popu-
laliou % San Francisco. and therefore ac-
customed to board. However, this has
nothing to do with the game.
CHAPPIE'S FIRE-ESCAPFS.
BY tie way of variety the Portland man
Rgeueut introduced Its change catcher,
Chappie Graf. III place OF Cousin Park.
This WAS Chapple's ilrSt appearance before
a san Francisco audience, and the young
man created i favorable impression by the
manner IN which he supported big Pete
McNaDb.
His catching is not Chappie's ouly claim
on the baseball public. He relies more on
his perpendicular whskerS. which ran in
narrow s-rcaks down either side Of his lace
like nre-e-capes on a red-brick building
Why CuuppIe wears WhiskerS is not known
unless It is That he entertains warm per-
sonal feelings for the wind.
lie a.sa fctches his baggage, or the greater
part of 10, TO the ball park aud appears in a
large and varied assortment of SHIFTS and
coats in addition to the regular backstOp
par3plcrualla. Chdppie'S great weakness
Is fer shirts, and Yesterday he wore four,
no two Of which were Of the same color.
" lI4it Oh At4t tuHt4AttlE lluG lie wears HIS
coats topped IF with ii big brown ulster that
REACHES to his heels. Once while walking
from first base to take his place at bat
Caaup.r peeled off three coats before reach
ing the plate aud still had one lett to shield
him from chill Decrmber'S wintry blast. 1t
is safe 10 say that Chappie Graf has more
shirts and coats tLau sUme ball-playerS have
haudkerchiefS.
Besides being warmly clad Chappie Graf
made two-bagger. lie also scored the
winning ruu Tor his side, being crowded in
on base on balls ami struck out twice
which IS tulerably auspicious debut itself.
After the game Chaupie said If he had
known the weather was going to be SO cold
lie would have brought some more Of his
wardrobe al ng. including a heavy cane to
wear back 10 his hetel.
la the inst inning neither side scored,
though BlOckeT5 Hanley reached third on
DaTTah's lad throw and passed bait In
PoTtianu's half Hal!ey fumbled Works
grouuder after Gienalvin had singled, but
the Size was retired without further damage.
HANKS TwENTY-CENT HIT.
The second was regular Oakland inning,
the Gardeners scoring three runs before
i hand was out. DOoev singled, Spies got
one iu the ribs and McVey sent Il gruunder
TO McNabb, who made an invisible throw
to FIRST. When the bali was finally located
and returned to the game DoOley and Spies
HAD crossed the plate and MINeV stood on
=
Harper Int II Patton, who copied McNabb' S
throw, and MrN ey scored, harper passing
swiftly on TO third. Then Staihugs dropped
single IN left, bringing in Harper with the
fnuTtn run. 1t was here the san Jose
cham ions had the game in bag, but they
let it cut again twice.
Lyle opened the third with base on
balls, Glenalyn famed ont, Harper hit
Work and gave Patton his base. Abbey
struck out, leaving his three associates
had not long to wait Big Bill Everett de-
velnprd his first bGngle by falling over
NJ tz's groUnder and Lytle scored. Darrah
then hit TO Big Bill, opening the way for a
force at second, but Hanley muffed the
throw, Work and Patton scoring. Chappie
GOT in here with his two-bagger. scoring
hl0tz. aud McNabb smashed another double
that brought Darrah and Chappie home
SIX runs all told. McNabb was thrown out
at thiTd While trying 10 stretch his hit to a
triple.
Tie fourth was productive of nothing
worthy Of mention, except that Big Bill
developed another latent bungle In the
filth Hank Spies made his twenty-cent hit,
and two singles that followed tied the score,
With one man out Hank hit to center for
three bases and scored on Patton's mutf Of
the throw III.
Hanks hit SO delighted a couple of San
Jose men IN the boxes that they threw him
dime each, regardless of expense. Nc
Ney and Sharp followed Hank with singles,
ard HaTDeT'S sacrifice helped IN McVey
with the run that tied the score. Stallings
went out on an assist by MtNabb, leaving
Sharp stuck on third.
LYLE BREAKS HIS RECORD.
In their half of the fifth Portland went
out with 4 rush, but in the sixth a totally
unexpected event occurred. Pap Lytle got
hi, The first he has made in the series.
Chapple was 1lrst up and got his base. Nc
Nabb was safe on Harper's tumble, and
then came Lyle with his hit. 1t was a slow
grounder to third, which Buck felded and
threw to DOoley, but Pap beat it out.
This filed the bases. Glenalvin and Work
few To Stalliugs in short left, who held the
runners Oh the circuit, but tue deadly base
on balls loomed up. Patton got it, and
Chapple came home to put on some of his
coats. Abbey few TO McYey.
There were no more tallies for either In
the seventh the Gardeners were retired Oh
flies. and in the next McNabb struck oui
two Of them. Harper struck out the entire
SIDE Ia the seventh for Portland and in the
neat they all few OUT, McVey making a
fine catch of Patt0n's drive.
In the Dukes last chance for a run.
Ebright flew TO Abbey, Handsome Dooley
struck out, and Chappie ended the game by
neat catch Of Spies foul fly back of the
bench.
The latter part of the game was PLAYED
WITH rush, as they wanted to get through,
il possible, before dark
In the four games thus far neither side
has played like champions, and, as not one
OF the games has been won on its merits. il
IS hard TO tell which is the better-or worse
Tor that matter. But one of the thirteen
runs yesterday was earned; the other
twelve were the offspring of twelve errors
This afternoon at o'clock they will try
1t again. Finn has hired Hank Reitz to
play second in place of HanIey. The San
Jose battery IS Hoffman ana Spies. Stall
FaHnu trFs
laid up with a lame thumb. For Portland
the battery will be Winfield Scott Camp
and Chappie Graft. The score is as follows
AT sAS FRANCISCO. DECEMBER ., 1891.
SAN JOSH,