The record-union., 1891-04-23
BASEBALL MATTERS.
League Games Are Like Angels
Visits in Sacramento.
Sheridan as an Umpire-George ZeigIer
Denies That He Has Been Near
Deaths Door.

| Considerable dissatisfaction is ex-
| pressed by the patrons of baseball games
in this city at the arrangement of the
Sacramento schedule. Last year week
rarely passed without there was game at
the park, and often there were two or three
contests in one week. As the schedule for
this city is now arranged, however, the
visiting clubs come up and play two or
| three games with the home team, on sue
cessive days, and then nearly two weeks
elapse before another game is played.
OF course, it is too late now to alter the
schedule, but it would have pleased the
public better to have so arranged matters
that at least one game could be seen every
week.
The next ball game played here will be
on Friday, May 1st lone week from to-
morrow, when the Oaklands will be
pitted against the Sacramentos in three
games. Two weeks will then elapse be-
fore any more baseball is seen here. The
San Jose club will not appear in Sacra-
mento again until next June.
UMPIRE SHERIDAN.
Many persons are inclined to believe
that umpire Sheridan was too hasty in
fning McCloskey, while others stand by
Sheridan and say that he was right, and
should not allow any one of the PLAYERS
to attempt to ridicule him. 1t is notice
able fact that the players in the other
teams are exceedingly careful of how
they address or talk to Sheridan on the
ball field, and Manager Finn has in
structed his men not to argue with him
on any of his rulings, lest the player
should become excited and say some
thing for which he would Immediately
afterwards be sorry.
Sacramentans who attend the ball games
/ have a high estimation of Sheridan's
! ability as a referee. No doubt he always
! endeavors to do right, although he may
! have his ''off" days. He never holds an
! extended conversation with any of the
! players on baseball topics, and keeps
/ himself apart from them as much as
/ possible. When he comes to Sacramento
/ with either of the Bay teams, he generally
occupies car on the train in which the
| players do not congregate. His appear
ance and his promptness indicate that he
endeavors at all times to be correct and
| impartial in his decisions.
MINOR NOTES.
Yesterday was payday among the Sac
ramento ball players, and they took q
neat pile out of the managers sack. The
team will go below this morning, to play
the San Francisco club at the Haight-
street grounds.
Hustin will undoubtedly rank as the
best batting pitcher in the League.
STANDING OF THE OLD TEAM.
a copy of the Sporting Lies baseball
| guide has been forwarded to this office 1t
| was compiled by Francis c. Richter, and
! is a valuable and very complete book on
baseball. It contains the 1890 records of
all of the players in the more prominent
| clubs in the United States the rules, and
also the national agreement. The por-
! trait of John J. None, President of the
California League, looms up on one OF the
| pages. According to the "Guide," Bow
/ man led the catchers in fielding last year,
/ Parrott the pitchers, Dooley the first base
men, Reitz the second -basemen, and also
! the short stops, Ebright the third-b base
men, and Roberts the fielders. 1t will
/ thus be seen that the Sacramento club
gained more than its share of honors.
ZEIGLER IS NOT DYING.
! The RECoRD-U UNION yesterday received
q letter from George Zeigler the erst-
while Captain of the Sacramentos, who
writes mainly for the purpose of denying
the story that was circulated to the effect
| that he was dying of consumption. He
says he is at present in Cincinnati feeling
| ''tip-top," and one of the healthiest-look-
| ing consumptives person could wish
to see. Continuing, Zeigler says: Il felt
| awfuliy sorry when l heard the way the
/ Sacramentos lost the pennant. The boys
ought to have won it hands down. was
under the weather all last season. and in
no condition to play ball, or l would have
made better showing with Pittsburg. /
am going TO the coast next fall, and will
| spend the winter in Sacramento
| George says he has had offers from the
! Detroit, Erie and Dayton Clubs, but he
! thinks the salaries too low, and has not
signed with any team as yet. He sends
his regards to all of his friends in Sacra-
mento.