The record-union., 1891-05-06
BASEBALL TALK.
The Coming Series of Games at the
San Jose Grounds.
A Probability that Sacramento VIII
Lose Some of Her Players-Ward
Liable to Go North.

The Sacramento baseball team viii leave
tomorrow morning for San Jose to play
series of five games with Manager
Finn's club, which leads the league by
quite Wide margin. The two clubs will
play one game on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, and two on Sunday. These are
many Sacramentans who firmly believe
that McCloskey's team is more than a
match for any of the other mines, and
that the Senators can take any game they
want to. The result Of the coming series
ought to settle that question. 1t behooyes
the Sacramento club to defeat the San
Jose team in as many games as it possi-
bly, can, and McCloskey will undoubtedly
try to do it. Manager Finn has a very
strong club, but it will be noticed by eX-
amining the scores of the recent games in
which the Garden City club has figured,
that the pitchers of the team have been
winning most Of the contests. Harperas
work since the season opened has been
! phenomenal, and Lookabaugh is doing
/ his share OF good twirling TO help the
| club to victory. Neither pitcher has been
! hit hard III any game as yet, and the Sac
ramentO DatteTS have not yet succeeded
! in gauging Harper'S curves to any great
! extent.
! 1t is possible for the Sacramentos to be
in first place by Sunday. if the club can
! win enough games from San Jose. By
defeating the latter nino in four of the
contests out OF five, McCloskey's men
will have forced the San Jose team into
| second place. San Jose will still hold the
! lead, however, if her club can defeat the
| Sacr2mentO'S twice.
/ Ward leads the league III base-stealing
/ and batting, but Danny Sweeney's ter
! rifle stick work in last Sundays games
! will bring him III close proximity to the
/ batting average of Ward. In two games
/ he made eight hits out of nine times at
/ bat. Three OF them were threG-baggers.
/ The Sacramento Club is liable 10 be
/ badly wrecked in the course OF the next
/ two weeks. Although the League Di-
! TectorS refuse to tell what was done at
! their meeting the other evening, it is rea-
! sonablc to believe that matters have
| taken serious turn. The Northwestern
! League wants all of the players whom
/ they claim were reserved, but Ward Of
/ the SacramcntOs and Van Zant of the
/ San FranciscOs are the two particular
men the northern managers will insist
! on getting. Ward says he does not in
/ tend to get ''biacklisted," :" and is ready TO
J go back as soon as he receives official no.
! tce that he must. Il is also said that
/ France is desirouS OF accompanying
! Ward if the Sacramento management
Will allow him to go. 1t may happen
/ that four or five of McCloskey's team Will
/ be compelled to give UP their contracts
and journey north.
Goodenough, who is playing in center
field for the st. Paul club, is not showing
! up III his work as well as was expected
! He has rot been hitting the ball very fire
! quently, and is credited with a number of
! fielding errors. His base-running, how
ever, has caught the public eye in that
region.
Ed. Stapleton is playing good ball at
/ third base for the Suisun club. Lou Baltz
is pitching winning ball for Vallejo.
Manager Ginsberg made an attempt to
/ get an excursion train to run to San Jose
next Sunday, but did not succeed.