The morning call., 1891-05-09
ELEVEN INNINGS.
A Hot Contest Between the
Colonies and FriscOs.
Harris Hen Secure the Closing and Winning
Run-An Exciting Game at
San jose.

The bay teams are not among the leaders
in the league race, but they are furnishing
ball patrons with close aud exciting exhibit
tons. The clubs in their last two games
seemed to have been so evenly matched that
it would have required the aid of regularly
licensed prophet to pick out the winner.
There was more baseball of the genuine
stamp crowded into the innings than is
found in the average game, and had the
Colonies been able to hit the ball just little
oftener the men employed by Manager Harris
would have been forced to do whole lot of
tall hustling to pull out victory.
The Oakland team as atpresent consti-
tuted needs no alterations to strengthen it
in the field. The men stand near the head
of the California League class in this re-
spect What the club requires is the incor-
poration of batting talent-men who may be
depended upon TO swat the ball when base
runners are on the paths, and this faculty
may yet come to the Colonies, as most of
them were heavy batters last season.
The people at the Emeryyille grounds
were given full value for the money they
deposited in the boX-office. The spectator
that wasn't satisfied with the quantity and
quality of sport furnished yesterday should
stay at home and content himself with pc
rusing the score of the famous Eastern
Notwithstanding game when the score
was to 0, or something like it,
Yesterday afternoon the San Francisco
and Oakland clubs played one of the pref
test games occurring on California league
diamond this year. Runs were scarce COM
modify, and although the bail was hit hard
at intervals base hits were like angels Wis
its. the felders of both clubs covering much
territory and gathering in every put-out and
assist that II was possible to secure.
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the fifth inning the scorer sounded the bell
twice, and that instrument was silent for
over an hour afterward. The Colonies had
eYened up with their opponents in the fifth
and then enSued 3 grand race. Everybody
in the game steAGled down, II that were pos
SiDle, and while one side was at bat making
a desperate effort to get only one man
around the circuit, the other side out in the
field was equally determined 10 keep that
one run from being scored This condition
of affairs lasted until the end of the eleventh
inning, when the coveted point was pegged
up in favor of Frisco and the game ended:
San FTanciscoS 8, Oaklands ?.
The brilliant bali put up by number Of
the infelderS of the two teams may be inn
agined by closely perusiDg the score. Cart
wright Hassamer, Youpgman ana Can
tilllon played great games in their respect
i've positions and each appeared to cover
double the amount of territory laid out for
table stone walls, and when batter hit
down TO a point that was within spriBting
distance timely and accurate throw to first
base invariably followed.
Young and Mars were the opposing twirl-
ers, and both pitched good ball, keeping the
hits down and doing steady work while men
were on bases. Hardie caught for the
Colonies, and one of his passed balls was
very costly.
In the fourth inning for the San Fran
cisco team }. Sharp was hit by pitched
ball, went TO second on passed bail and
scored ON ClarK's double to right. Clark
went to third on Levy's sacrifice and scored
on a passed ball.
In the fifth for Oakland Youngman went
to first on balls and was forced to second
when 0'Neil was given four balls. Mars
struck out and YOungman went TO third,
scoring on Clark's wild throw TO Van Zant
ONeil stole second, wenttO third on Clark
error and scored on Van Zant's error
In the eleventh Young was given first on
balls, took second on J. Sharp's sacrifice,
took .thrd ON Longs muff and scored on
Levy's single. The score: