The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-07
PLAYED REAL BALL.
The Senators and Locals Sur.
prise the POpulace.
They Play q Gingery Game, Which Harris
Finally Won-0akland Got Stuck in
the Mud and Lost.

In this age of realism it is not surprising
that q couple Of California League teams
should put on a real ball game at one of
their Haight-stfeet matinees. Harris men
and the Senators kindly obliged, by request.
yesterday afternoon. and the action of both
sides was so well sustained that 1t was i'm
possible to determine the winner until the
last man was out Frisco won by score
of to 8.
All the way through the play was pleas
ing to the eye, presenting in its various
settings wealth of vivid colors as gaudy as
those of a Chinese baby out for an airing
with its Sunday clothes on. In this con-
nection the thought suggests itself that
Chinese babies cannot be aired too often,
but, however, that has nothing to do with
the game. There was plenty of hard bat
ting and few errors, brilliant fielding, light
niDg-geared double plays and indi vidual
deeds of valor. which all con spired to make
the occasion one long to be RENE m bered.
Messrs. Blauyelt and Hoffman X ept things
even in their respective departments. and
both pitched good ball. avoiding the deadly
base-on-balls habit as much as possible and
steering clear of the soul-destroying wild
pitch. Blauyelt was hit the hardest, but
his support made the fewest errors, though
one of them was responsible for two OF the
Senators runs. After the first inning, in
which Willie Hassamer's two errors gave
the locals that many runs, Mr. Hoffman's
support was almost spotless. 1t would
have been If Jiggs PARROTS brother Tom
hadn't mutfed fly ball in center field.
WHAT THE BAND PLAYED.
The score was tied twice. but the home
team broke it in the eighth with the winning
run. In the first inning Dan Sweeney
scored the first tally, but the little man
mer thrown the ball correctly to MI. Nc
Hale. Hassamer also had a chance to re-
tire Sweeney while he was stealing second.
Cartwright unlimbered a two Dagger, which
scored Smith, who knocked the ball that
Hassamer got and threw to the plate when
Sweeney scored
In the next Bessie McGnirk accomplished
double play without the aid of accomplices.
Peoples was on first when Blauyelt knocked
a low, brief fly in the infield, which BeeSie
scooped out Of the grass and carried back 10
the bag before MIR. Peoples returned. The
Senators got a couple of hits in the first two
innings. Hustin leading off with double i'll
the second, but Blauyelt retired the next
three men on assists to Cartwright. In the
third Roberts. Hoffman and Hassamer all
hit singles. filling the bases.
1t was here that McGuirk got excited and
| loudly impoItuned Tom Parrot to knock
one down to the watering trough, wherever
that is. Mr.. Hustin also spoke up and re-
quested Mr. Parrot to line one out after
the style of his brother jugs hitting. But
Mr.. Parrot did not do anything of the kind.
He sent an easy one TO Peoples, forcing
Roberts at the plate, and Pop SWEET COM
pleted the play by throwing Parrot out at
first ReIH then hit TO Sharp, who made a
bad throw to first, letting in Hoffman and
Hassamer. This seemed to please McGuirk.
who loosely remarked that the band played
Back in Oyster City," which is doubtless
an allusion to Baltimore.
PAT AND THE GULL.
These :wo runs tied the score and Hank
Harris began to show symptoms of early dis
solution. He felt better in the fourth, when
Cartwright reached third on PARROTS muff
Of long fly. and scored on SWEETS sacri-
fee to Parrott Then he got another set
back in the fifth. when Roberts got his eye
on double TO lef! and scored on PARROTS
three-bagger. No more runs occurred till
the eighth. Smith hit double, took third
on passed ball and scored on Leyy's SIN
gle. Rubo was caught mapping on third and
Cartwright and SWEET were settled with q
double play in which Hank Reitz and Bill
Hassamer were mixed Up. But the winning
ran was in and Harris slowly revived.
Reltz played wonderful game at second.
accepting eleven chances, eight of which
were putouts. He went after everything
that came anywhere near him and got them
all.
Bill Goodenough has removed the splints
from his broken nose, but was not in the
game. His position on the bench was played
by Pat Flaherty of the Seattle team, who
came down last week by steamer with the
Portlands. Before setting out on the trip
Pat was telling everybody how impervinus
he was to seaSickness, and that no matter
how rough the water was 1t never phaZed
him. He said he had many time crossed
the raging Mississippi to East ST. Louis
when the storm king howled and the wave
lets begged for peace.
Doubtless Pat did cross to East ST. Louis
In rough weather. but he must have used
the bridge. because he was the first person
on board to get sick. and he kept it up all
the way down. There never was sicker
ball-player anywhere than this same Pat
Flaherty. and he isn't over it yet. While he
was sitting on the bench yesterday a sea-
gull flew across the park. and the sight of
| the bird made Pat deathlv sick.
The same teams Will play again to-day
with g. Cobb and Jiggs PARROTS brother
Tom in the points. Following is the score ;;