The morning call., 1891-08-31
FAIR TO
MIDDLING BALL..
Last Game Of the Series Won by
The Locals.
SACRAMENTO LOST -FOUR IN FIVE.
The Best Contest for Many Moons Was PLAYED
in The AfteTlOOl TO Large and AlDrHCla-
tive Audience That fingered Till The
Show Was Out MCClOSkFYS Men CAP
tUrGd The Morning Gama-Oakland De-
feated at San J0SG-Cllb Standing.

For once during the late baseball un-
pleasantness the Haight-street park was
filed with an audience that fingered until
the last man was out. 1t happened
that the fatal first inning didn't knock the
life out OF the play as usual, which was nip
and-tuck to the end, and Umpire Sheridan
rushed the game through in l hour and s.
minutes.
All this makes big difference with an
audience accus toned to watching game as
Iopsided as a Barbary Coast gent with
steam-beer cargo that has shifted. Twice
was the game tied up, and then cut adrift
before it ended with score of TO in favor
of the locals. The Senators had two chances
In the last to win, but failed 10 drive in the
runs with the hits required to do the bust
ness.
The hits were evenly divided, each side
making nine, but Frisco's drives had the
advantage OF superior location. They came
at time when they were needed. George
COBB pitched his usual steady, effective
game. Meegau was to have hlltd the Dox,
but he officiated in the morning game at
Emeryville and felt most too tired to pitch
tWice in the same day.
CHANGED THE PROGRAMME.
Darby had been advertised TO pitch for
the Senators but owing to a lame finger he
couldn't fill his engagement. Hoffman went
in after pitching the morning game and
winning it and came near doing the same
thing again. His support was better than
usual, but the three errors back OF him were
all costly, though OF great value to Frisco.
The greater part OF the Tun-gettlng was
done in the latter part of the game. Con-
trary to the precedent lately esta bliSied,
neither side scored in the first In the second
Smith got base on balls and scored on two
sacrifices and Peoples double. In the next
three innings they were retired in short OF
der, the plays being of the old-time order.
McHaie secured the first tally for his side
in the fifth when he was safe at first and
reached second on Smiths bad throw TO
Cartwright. Hassamer's single, which took
high bound over Clark's head, brought the
runner home. A couple of fielding errors
and three singles in the sixth gave Frisco
two more runs, but the Senators were right
after them.
THEIR LAST CHANCE.
In their half of the sixth the visitors
filed the circuit on two hiss and another
wild throw by Smith. a passed ball scored
McClOskey, and Spies came in on ReyRod $
sacrifice fly 10 Sweeney. The locals got
one run in the seventh, eighth and ninth.
In the eighth for Sacramento, with two men
out, they made three safe hits in success
sion. but only scored one run from the
coordination.
With the score TO in the last half
hoDertS got away on recipes tumble and
Hoffman got base on balls, which was the
first and only one Cobb gave. Goodenough
forced Hoffman at second aud McClOskey's
Sacrifce scored Roberts. 1t now remained
for Hank Spies to hit single and tie the
score, but Hank was not equal to the Occa-
sion. He knocked a little one to Cobb and
was thrown ont at first.
Captain McGuirk had lame hand, so he
stood at the gate and took tickets, while
Reynolds played the bag McCloskey
worked right field and McHale went to sec
ond. Hank Spies distinguished himself at
third, where he played an errorless game
and made a sensational catch of a hot line
ball. BIZ Bowman supported Hoffman in
good shape ana made couple of hits. The
score is as follows: