The record-union., 1891-06-12
CRAWLING UP.
The Sacramento Ball Team is Now
in Second Place.
1t Got There by Administering a Sc
we're Drubbing to the San Jose
League Leaders.

The ball games here this week ought to
draw large crowds. The Sacramentos
and San Jose team are very evenly
matched, and usually exciting contests
are played. To-day's game will COM
mence at o'clock. Hoffman and Looka-
baugh will do the pitching.
1t was 'Beesie'' McGuirk' s hard hitting
that won Sacramento the game yesterday.
Not content with sending four runners
across the plate by his terrific drives, he
also made a tally himself, and won the
bulk of the applause from the audience
There was fair weekday crowd in at
tendance, and those of the cranzs who
went out expected to see red-hot con-
test. 1t was just about as nicely played
game as the average "bleacher" could ask
Tor. Sacramento won, but San Jose was
right in the contest all along, and kept
great hustle" on McCloskey's team.
They played just as hard to make a run
IN the last inning as they did in the first,
and the contest was finished with no
slackening in the amount of ginger" dis
played throughout the preceding eight
innings.
Each club knew that victory was no
sure thing, and two or three runs differ
enCe in the score was not sufficient to
make the San Jose men give up, or cause
the Senatorial aggregation to ease up in
the slightest degree.
But good-natured "Old Pard" Nc
Guirk was in his element. For the past
two weeks he had been waiting patiently
to hit Harper or burst" and the way he
connected with Georges side-arm "twist-
ers" and 'change of pace'' balls struck
terror into the Gardeners. He commenced
his fireworks in the first inning. Peoples
had gained the first corner by letting
four bad ones go by, and was advanced to
second by Sundays hit. McGuirk then
poked out a quiet two-base hit and the
bell rang out one run. Peoples had scored,
and that was the only tally gained in the
inning.
'Beesie's'' time to bat came round
again in the third inning and he found
Sunday and Works on the bags. 'To
the rescue again." quoth he, and by q
dexterous swing of his 'cue'' he caught
the ball low and raised it into the air lust
out of the reach of Stallings and McVey.
He gained second base on the drive. and
subsequently scored on Everett's rank
error, IN letting an easy grounder roll by
him.
McGuirk's opportunity came again in
the seventh inning and he drove out
nearly the same kind of a hit that scored
the runs in the third inning, but it was
further and harder and he was safe on
the third cushion before the ball had been
| fielded. Works, who had reached the
initial on -four balls" sprinted around
the bases on the long drive
The sixth and last run though, was
| made without McGuirk having a hand
in it. Peoples was safe on first on force
hit, stole second and made dash for
home on a wild pitch by Harper. A
pretty slide landed him safe just in the
nick of time.
Tho Sao TOca ri I, mod
fourth, sixth and seventh innings, a
couple of three-baggers by Stallings and
another by Ebright doing the business.
France used his wide out-curve en-
tirely to deceive the batsmen. All but
two of the San Jose men bat right
handed and the curve pitched by France
proved a puZZler to the right-handed
''stickers." He had excellent control of
the ball, in fact better than he has ever
exhibited here before, and as result he
pitched an effective game.
Harper was welcomed by cheering from
his Sacramento friends when he came to
the bat. He played his position with
credit to himself, and would have made
the contest a much more exciting one had
he been able to puzzle McGGirk.
No fault could be found with the field
ing work Of either club. Peoples made
couple of errors but he so seldom errs
that his mistakes can readily be over
IOOheu. McNuiFh ulaQe an error IN
allowing Ebright to reach second base.
He missed a thrown ball, or rather drop
ped it and could not get it again in time
TO head Ebright off at the center bag.
Stapleton played third base neatly, and
kept up his batting record.
McCloskey, McGucken and McVey did
some good work in the out-field.
Speer and Spies caught their pitchers
well. Speer allowed passed ball, but
then this is not an unusual thing with tho
little catcher when he gets to worrying
over the outlook when his club is
behind.
Donahue umpired in a satisfactory
manner.
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