The morning call., 1891-07-04
SAVED BY AN ERROR.
Frisco Shielded From a Shut-Out
by McVey's Miss.
San Jose Won the Emeryville Game by a
Score of to 1-Fire Fielding
Work

With two men ont in the last inning one
of Fnn's peerless ielders failed TO finger a
ground ball, thereby spelling as.neat shut
out as one could wish to see.
Nick Smith happened TO be standing on
first base when this unfortunate hitch
occurred in the proceedings. As the ball
HE'D itself YEARLY aield with Mr.. McVey
in hot pursuit, Nick wabbled around the
dusty trail leading to the plate, which he
reached ahead of the sphere.
This was about all the consolation the
Frisco fellows got out of the Emeryvllle
game yesterday afternoon. Eight swiftly
fleetiEg innings followed each other without
run or any prospects of one. San Jose
had a nice quartet of talies, and the Duke
was viewing the play of his sure thing men
with the calm, unruffied assurance of the
lockout man in faro game.
In the last and only chance for Frisco
Smith got base on balls, Clark tipped a foul
into Stalling'S rapacious paws and SWEET
famed out. Then Hassamer sent low
liner over second base. McVey ran up on
the ball, but somehow they failed to connect
and Smith got home. Had the ball been
Knocked into the air in any part of the ter
ritOry McVey would have captured 1t with
out any trouble. He felt very bad indeed
over the mishap aud said he would try and
see that it didn't happen again.
FINN's PHENOMENAL FIELDERs.
Hitting fly ball to the San Jose outfeld
as means of getting TALES is like tossing
a stone into the air aud betting twenty to one
that it will not fall to the ground. If Finn
had three movable, automatic cellars in the
| field they could not do better work than the
| trio of sorrel-compleeted young men who
| prance about in the weeds.
McGucken, McVey and George Sharp
| sleep nights with their hands tightly bound
| over a base ball. They have kept this up so
| long that now when they place their wrists
| together the hands form sort of flesh and
blood bullet-mold. When the ball drops in
| it is impossible for it to get out again.
| These young men also have springs in their
| legs which enable them 10 get under the ball
and cut down many promising two-bagger
| in its prime.
Young Sharp. who adOrns right field, made
| phenomenal catch in the fourth inning.
Clark sent low, curying fly to short right
| It came down close 20 the base line, but
| Sharp was there in time. He picked the
ball out of the air while going at iulI speed,
and threw Smith out at first before he could
| get back from second, whittier he had
strayed under the impression that he YVES
| travelling on base hit. Ii would have been
base hit for most fieldeTs.
Pop SWEET EXPLAINED.
An idea of how the San Jose men work
may be obtained from the fact that Frisco
got seven hits off Lookabaugh and only GU g
| run. McVey's error gave them the tally,
| which would otherwise have died painless
death in spite of Hassamer's single. One
| HE with Harris hot how nj
the ball into The air. Thirteen men went
cut on fly balls, eleven of which were to the
outfeld. Some of them should have been
hree-baggers and home runs.
Pop SWEET undertook to explain how il
| was that they kept hitting the ball into the
| clouds. 1t was on account of the bats, he
said. In the last game at Sacramento they
| shlvered nine bats while bammering out a
| victory, and which neceSSitated the purchase
of a new outfit for yesterdays game. Pop
| argues on the principle that If a new broom
| sweeps clean new bat hits hard. There
may be something in this.
| The visitors touched Young for nine hits
| but their four runs were the result OF errors
Stallings hit three Dagger in the second,
! and scored on Hassamer's sickly throw to
| the plate. In the fourth, with two men on
| bases. McNey rolled grounder down the
| line TO first. Young made a squirt for the
| ball but got tangled up among his legs and
| Iell. He tTied to pass the ball 10 Cartwright
! while lying on his back, but threw it int
the field, letting in two runs. Hawley scored
| in the next on passed bali. The score is
rs follows: