The morning call., 1891-08-29
THAT FATAL FIRST.
1t Starts the Steers on the Rocky
Road to Defeat.
The Game Opened With the Usual Prelimi-
naries, But Developed Some Ginger
Later on-Game To-Day.

In the earlier part of the season the tide
OF victory in the baseball arena was gen.
orally turned in the seventh inning. Now
1t is the fatal first that usually decides the
result. Whichever side has the best luck at
the start pulls under the wire first in the
finish.
Fate was against Sacramento yesterday
in the game with Frisco, and they got the
small end in the Introductory exercises.
With this exception the game WAS one of the
best, in some respects that has been played
in several weeks past 1t didn't last so
long. The players exhibited greater signs
of life and actually ran in and out from the
field when changing sides.
This was quite an innovation which was
heartily appreciated by the few who braved
the deadly fog-burst to witness the game. 1t
was finished with a full nine innings in
hour and so minutes, but with few more
infusons of ginger this time can be de-
creased considerably. Harris men have
had their white suits washed. and this fact
probably made them feel gay and skittish
DARBY's DISASTROUS THROW.
A wiry, Slim built, smooth-f faced young
man by the name OF Darby. who wears q
perennial smile, went in and pitched for the
Senators. He is big little man, who i'm
nediately became popular because he knows
how to pitch, ana continued to do so even in
times of great adversely, and it was not his
fault that Sacramento lost the game.
Before he got the exact range of the line
he was working on, Mr.. Darby gave Sharp
and Sweeney--the first two men up-a base
on balls OF late, bases on balls as an appe-
tlzer have become an absolute necessity,
ana We must have them. Then, while Cart
wright was at bat waiting for his base on
balls, Peck Sharp stole third and Sweeney
made a bluff at second with view to scor-
ing Sharp.
Bowman threw TO Reynolds, who chased
Sweeney along the line until Sharp started
for the plate, when the ball was returned to
Bowman and Che sXhilarating pastme of
running Sharp to earth between home and
third was inaugurated. The timber second
baseman made several dashes back and
forth, with three or four men on each side
of him.
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
All at once he discovered that the plate
had been left uuguarded, and made q dart
for that haven of safety. Darby had the
ball, and in his excitement he threw to the
plate, but there was no one there but Cart
wright and he politely stepped out of the
way of the bali 1t went far away, and be-
fore il got back Sweeney had also sprinted
across the plate. This was a case of mis-
taken Identity on the part Of Darby.
In spite of the fact that he had two
Hank Spies got so mad he threw his glove
OF and said he would not play any more.
He was greatly .incensed at Mr.. Darby, but,
all the same, Mr.; Spies three subsequent
errors were of great assistance to Frisco
III rounding out their score. He was re-
spOnslble for two runs IN the third and two
more in the seventh.
After the disastrous first inning, young
Darby pitched great ball, giving but two
more men bases on balls He struck ont
SIX men. or rather he had six strike-outs as
SWEET famed out three times. and Cobb
was disposed of once on three pitched
balls. Frisco got but five hits, one q three
baEger by Clark, but lie was neatly nipped
Oh third by throw from the plate.
THEY COULDN'T HIT COBB.
One of the greatest troubles experienced
by the Senators was their inability to land
safely against cobb's curves. They got but
four hits, two of which occurred in the first
inning, and resulted in one run. Their
other two tallies were the results of acci-
dentS-a wild throw, timely base on balls
and another wild throw.
II McCloskey had been attending strictly
10 business in the seventh inning he could
have sQuelched the two runs made by
Frisco. Clark. should have been the first
man up, but he allowed his privilege to
lapse, and Cobb went TO bat in his place.
There were two men out before run came
in, and Clark could have been declared the
third for batting out of his turn had Nc
c oskey taken note of it.
Pete Meegan, the old fayorite-" Steady
Pete has been engaged to fill out the
home team, and will pitch against the Sem
ators in the game to-day, with Hoffman on
the other side. He has recovered his old
form, and is said TO be in irst-class condi-
ton. The score is as follows: