The morning call., 1891-08-17
Sacramento and Oakland EVenel
Up The Series.
HARRIS MEN Won At SAN JOSE.
FAs Colonies Flew Away with The Morning
Game, But Could Not Keep Up With The
Procession Later On "A Few Slight
Accidents 10 The Players That Helped 10
Pass The Time AWaT-Amdteur Contest.
Standing Of the Clubs.

In addition to the usual stereotyped
features, such as Oakland getting beat, etc,
the last game of the week was productive OF
some of that healthful advertisement often
found In football match.
No bones were broken, but McCloskey
sprung pastern joint and Hurley came
near getting his neck snapped off.
B 9th the accidents and the Colonies six
tIeth and last defeat took place in the first
inning, so that those who came late missed
the best part of the show. However, they
need not feel discouraged, as Oakland will
be beaten again, we think. and somebody
may break a leg CT get a thumb knocked off
before the season ends. 1t is always best
10 look on the bright side.
A few geOmetrical inaccuracies on the part
Of Phenomenal Balsz started tie disaster.
He allowed tie first :hree men in the OPEN
ing inning for Sacramento to do the pedes-
trlan act. This was eminently proper in the
case of Big Bill Stevens, the third and last
man, because he is a regular walking match
himself. We hope Bill will take no excep-
ton 10 this remark about his scarcity of adj
pose tissue as it is said with the best inten-
lions.
SOME sKY-RoCKET THROWS.
Having filed up the bags in this manner
Mr.. Balsz went 10 Work on the next man and
succeeded in getting the ball where he could
htit Perhaps 1t would have been as we'll
10 let him walk as the result was the same.
McGuirk knocked 4 grounder to Cantilli on,
and from the way he handled the ball it
must have weighed ton. He got it as high
as his shoulder, and then dropped it. Spies
scoring on the play.
Win tho horo rtfn f,,1I IN rarno
McCloskey hit TO Ira Phillips, pronounced
'Iree" by his fellows. Tree slammed the
ball down toward the or and stand and Nc
Hale and Stevens scored. Then McCloskey
started to steal second, and Jerry Hurley
said he would do a little throwing himself.
He did so and the all went down to the
score-board, where 1t was rescued and re-
stored to the game by one Of this felders.
In the meantime McCloskey was making
rapid Roadway In the direction OF third base
with the ball in hot pursuit. They landed
Together the runner sliding in feet first
The ball got away from Tree Phillips, Nc
Closkey arose, turned his face to the home
plate with yearning expression depicted
thereon, and fell to the earth with loud
snort of mingled pain and diSappoint
He had sprung one of his most essential
base-runnng joints.
THEY PULLED HIS LEG.
A number of his sympathetic followers
gathered around the spot where their leader
had fallen and pulled his leg but not in the
general acceptance OF the term, because
NcCloskey had no money He spent it all
buying half interest in the Sacramento
ball team. AS yet there has been no divi-
dends declared on the investment. but We
sincerely hope there will be for McClos-
KEYS sake, poor man.
When the pain had sufficiently subsidized
the brave McCloSkey was carried to the
bench, where he family murmured, My
boys, don't give up the game" and they re-
piled in chorus, Willie there's bases on
balls there's hope"
Hank Spies was deputized to take up the
tally where McCloskey left off and bring 1t
in if he could. Hank. who had threatened
TO hunt up coopering job earlier in the
week, that being his trade, was feeling bet
ter, and said he would try his best.
Four runs had already crossed the plate
when Hank set out on his perilous mission,
while the audience sat with bated breath.
They had baited 1t before coming in, as they
always do when Oakland plays, because 1t
deadens pain. While Hank was waiting for
an opening Bill Hassamer filed in the wait
by &c ttiug base on balls. He stole second,
and then Silver Britain came to bat.
RoBINsoN's PRESENCE OF MIND.
Silver knocked grounder to Balsz. and
Hank Spies started home with McClOskeV's
run. BalsZ fielded the sphere and threw it to
Hurley, who was covering the plate. Un-
fortunately for Mr.. Hurley he covered the
plate with his head and Spies dashed into
him at full speed He struck MIR. Hurley
with his leg on the side of the neck Just
above the carotid artery, and sent him spin
ming in the air like the hand on dial game.
For several seconds MIR. Hurley revolved
In the air and then fell on his stomach,
knocking the breath out of himself and
slightly disturbing his mental equipoise AS
he lay gasping in the dust the Colonel, who
never loses his presence of mind, came to
the rescue. be rolled the suffering catcher
over on his back. snatched off bis air pad,
unscrewed the top and poured about six
cubic inches of compressed wind-Huriey's
own wind-hack into his lungs.
In few minutes the injured backstop
was on his feet again, playing ball as if
nothing had happened, and he enjoyed the
satisfaction OF knowing that Spies failed to
tally that run for McCloskey.
REYNOLDS was next up and made hit,
scoring Hassamer with the fifth and last run
fer that inning. 1t was here Sacramento
won the game, though they made two runs
afterward. The game was also finished
without any more unnecessary suffering.
PHILLIPS PECULIAR HOME RUN.
In the first three innings Oakland was of
but little use to itself. They got but one
hit and no runs off old man Hoffman. They
discovered their first run in the fourth
inning when Hassamer started in to err. He
bnngled on the first ball hit TO him, but the
runner was a;terward thrown out at sec
0nd. Reynolds played the bag in great shape
with a glove on his left hand as big as
turtle.
Tree Phillips came next for the Colonies
and rolled grounder across to Hassamer.
The big fellow got the ball mixed up with
his hoofs but didn't knowit. 1t got stuck in
the frog of his left foot and while lie walked
about looking up in the air and on the
ground for the missing ball, Tree scored a
home run, but 1t didn't count as such. Bill
said he never felt SO mortified on account Of
his feet in his life.
After the first inning the game was close
and exciting. Both sides erred repeatedly
and kept Popping ont hits at regular inter
Vals- The Senators had good lead, how
ffth and once in the sixth. In the eighth Long
raped out four-bagger with two men out
scoring the fourth and last run for his side.
Hoffman and Balsz were both found for
eight hits, and it was the latter's wildness at
the start that lost him the game. Following
Is the score:
AT SAN FRANCISCO, AUGUST l6, 1884.
OARLANDS.