The record-union., 1891-08-10
IT Was ALL LUCK.
How the Sacramentos Happened to
Defeat the CoIoneIs.
a Wild and WoolIy Game That Was In.
tensely Exciting-Games at
the Bay-Etc.
Sacramento l8. Oakland -.

oaSIdluenUO 10, oakland IL.
That is the way the score stood at the
close Of the ninth inning at Snowflake
Park yesterday afternoon it was not
until the very wind-up of the ninth in
ming that it assumed that appearance,
either. Just few short minutes before
that Sacramentos tally-list appeared to be
somewhat under the weather.
Well, it was great game.
Not great from technical baseball
standpoint, but great because it was
stuffed jam full of excitement, heavy
batting, gilt-edged errors, grand fielding
plays and misplays, circus catches, yell
ing, whistling and the like. And, con-
trary to the prophecies of the ubiquitous
knowing ones,' the reorganized-or
disorganized-Sacra won.
The handful Of baseball cranks who
scattered themselves about the grand
stand certainly cannot complain that they
GlQ not get their moneys worth out Of it.
The Oaklands marched out on the dia-
mond full of ginger" and determina-
ton to complete Il series of four straight
Victories by winning this game. They
had in the box SOmmers, the young left
handed JWirler who was hired by Colonel
Robinson for the express purpose Of
b
left-handed batters. The young man
wore his wonted smile, but was as wild
as Sioux ghost-dancer. He gave nine
Of the Ginsbergians bases on balls and
was otherwise Crratic Hurley, the eX-
BostOnian, did the catching ana certainly
earned his money, as SOmmers kept him
dancing lively Jig. IN other respects
the Oaklands did quite well.
But the SacramentOsi All, there was q
combination Of the luckiest men that
ever dOnned baseball uniforms At diff
ferent stages Of the game they went to
pieces. SO to speak, and gave exhibitions
of how not to play baseball that would
have won them the championship cup
had they kept it up. But then, when hui
initiating defeat seemed inevitable. they
would suddenly wake up and-well, fire
works is the word.
Until after the sixth inning, however,
despite their frequent rallies, it looked
hopeless for the men in the Sacramento
uniforms. The score then stood: Oak
land 9, Sacramento D. True, four runs
90 not constitute an enormous lead, but
then the Oaklands We're getting better
right along, whereas the Sacramentos
were to all appearances forgetting how
to play ball as fast as they could.
But IN the seventh the band tuned uD,
the elephant walked the rope, and the
show commenced III earnest. Peoples
and McHale came up to the plate, made
short rapS which We're gObbled up by the
men from Oakland town. This looked
bad, but then 1t was only the side show.
The three-ringed part of the circus fol-
lowed Immediately. France was the
next performer. He couldn't hit a
balloon" shouted somebody in the
grand stand, and then France was mad.
1t would pay the management to keep
him mad all the time. He spat
on his hands, glared at the smil-
ing Oakland pitcher, and aimed a
vicious blow with his club at
the first ball that young man pitched.
The ball sailed way out into the field.
France toddled around to second base.
and the crowd yelled derisiYely at the
man who made the balloon remark
Romeo Barry, another Of the men en-
pIoyed to take the places of the strikers,
succeeded France at the plate. lie was
chcered gOOd-naturedly, but nobody
dreamed that he would hit the ball But
he did, and he did not stop running until
he had reached third base and France had
scored. The small crowd of spectators
was now creating a din that could not be
surpassed by a holiday audience. The
noise increased when Peoples raped out
a good safe HIT and Barry scored. Pee
pies went TO third on a passed ball, and
then Hutchinson went to nrst on a missed
third strike. Big Sunday then showed
up and the racket became deafening
over JuG IeuCG.'' SNOutCQ IlG cfaDhS, But
the best Sunday could do was to get rap
ped in the ribs with the ball, thus secur-
ing first. The bases were now full and the
excitement was growing more and more
intense. Works, the next batter, knocked
the ball down into center-tield where Mr.
Long could not get it. Peoples scored,
and in trying to head Sunday off at third
Long threw the ball in the vicinity of the
scorers stand and Sunday scored. Works
got in a hit and then Stapleton rolled an
easy one down to third. 1t was fielded
well, but poorly thrown and as a result
Hutchinson scored. Hulin took first on
balls, and then McHale stopped the sport
by rapping one down to second, where
Hulin was smut out, making the third
out Six runs were piled up, and Sacra-
mento was now in the lead.
In the next inning the Sacramentos
collapsed, and through their errors the
Oaklands made three runs and jumped
into the lead again.
1t was too bad, and some of the specta-
tors started to go home. They had only
gone as far as the gate, however. when
the noise of the others, as well as the
popping Of the SacramentOs' bats, brought
them back. The home team gathered in
two runs in this inning and won the
game as Oakland was unable to tally.
Following is the score: