The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-05-03
Heightened BALL.
The Kind That Was Played in This
City Yesterday,
Sacramento Has Little the Best of it,
However-Another Trial of
Skill To-Day.

No Sacramento audience ever evlnced
It's feeling of loyalty to home team in
such an expressive manner as did the
crowd that gathered to see the game be-
tween the Oaklands and the Sacramentos
yesterday, which fact goes to prove that
the people here know what constitutes
good baseball work.
When they see their club playing the
game as it should be played, and making
an earnest struggle to win, they do not
hesitate to show their appreciation there
of. Some of the audience were actually
standing up in their seats, and did not
know it, when the score began to look as
though tie game would result.
If, when Ward made that slide to the
home-plate in the fifth inning, he could
have but seen the admiring glances cast
at him by the ladies, and have heard the
nice things the men had to say about him,
he would have thought for moment that
he was bigger gun than the President
himself.
But this was not the only thing the big
second-baseman did to help win the game
for his team. His batting and base-run-
ming during the entire contest was the
most finished piece of work in that line
that has ever been seen on the diamond
III IIllS Guy. IL SIMPLY cOluuI have D6Gl
improved upon, and IS rarely equaled.
1t is due to Ward to say that were it not
for his cunning on the paths and his sci
ence at the bat, Sacramento would not
have won the game, This is o certainty
and the fact is made evident by a glance
at his score. He made four base hits,
scored three out of the four runs, stole
three bases, and handled seven chances
without making an error.
The Oaklands led off as though they
We're going to pile up dozens of runs.
Long waited until he got hit on the arm
by a pitched ball, and he stole
second base on the next pitch
reached the initial, Long going to the
third cushion. Cantillion went right
down on the next ball thrown to the bat
ter, and Spies attempted to throw him
out. The ball struck low, and Long
scored. Hardie got first on balls, and
both he and Cantillion crossed the plate on
Phillips hot drive into the out-feld.
Three runs were thus made, but these
were all the Oaklands were destined to
get. In the last eight innings they were
''goOse-egged'' repeatedly.
1t was hard work, however, for the
home team to catch up with their oppo-
nentS. Garfield pitched such a steady
game, and he was given such excellent
support, that 1t was only after a deter
mined struggle the Sacramentos tied the
score in the sixth inning.
In their first turn at the bat, Ward
made hit, stole second, went to third on
short passed ball and scored on a single
by Works. In the fifth inning Ward
gained his base again by knocking out a
hit. He again stole second base, and
made third on a wild pitch. Watching
his opportunity, be rushed for the plate
when Hardie allowed ball to roll be-
hind him, and reached it in safety by
Nbf Az
some shouting when he was declared
safe.
Hutchinson started the ball rolling in
the sixth inning by waiting for his base.
He got it. McCloskey's sacrifice hit
advanced him to second. Third base was
allowed a pitched ball to go by. Hutch
insOn scored on hit by Peoples.
The fourth and winning run was made
by Ward in the seventh inning. He
hunted the ball towards O'Neill, and by
running hard and sliding headforemost
to the initial bag, reached it before the
ball got there. A sacrifice hit advanced
him to second. and he made bold and
successful steal to third base. Works
again came to the rescue by knocking
out hit, and Ward tailed his third run.
Both clubs played gilt-edged ball, and
only one error was made in the entire
game. 1Oungman guarded first base in
brilliant style, and in fact the whole Oak
land team gave a splendid exhibition.
The work of the Sacramentos was
faultless, and the way Peoples guarded
his position reminded one forcibly OF
Heitz. The latter never did better work
than Peoples accomplished in yesterday S
game.
In the ninth inning, if Garfield had not
been such slow runner, the Oaklands
might have tied the score. He made a
slow hit towards Peoples, and an ordi-
nary runner would have reached the
base safely, but Garfield was very slow.
O'Neill was on third base at the time
and had Garfield gained the initial it is
quite probable that Long, the next batter
would have knocked out hit. Follow
ING Is the SCORE: