The morning call., 1891-06-20
TO ERR Is HUMAN.
That Is Why Mr.. Harris En-
pIoyes Lost the Game.
Sacramento Presented With Victory at
EmeryviIIe- Oakland Forget Itself aed
Won at San Jose-Game To-day.

Col. 7. Robinson, manager of the Oakland
3. B. Improvement Club, sometimes spoken
Of as ball team, was present at the game
between the FTiscos and the Giants at En-
eryviue yesterday afternoon.
For som G reason the good Colonel was de-
liriously happy. His joy may have been Oe-
casiOned by the fact that his pail bearers
were thirty miles away and that some unto
ward event mi CHIT enable them to wrench a
game from Firms great stack of players
What really tickled the Colonel, however,
was the fact that Harris team lad plagiar-
lied a whole lot Of blunders that had been
copyrighted and entered according to an act
Of Congress early in the season by the
Colouel'S own men. They were openly
used on the diamond by the Frisco players
as original productions, but they deceived
no one. Each and every one of those veneer
able failures bore the indelible impress
OF Oakland authorship and they lost the
game for Harris. Score 2 to l.
Thus does familiarity breed defeat and
evil associations corrupt good ball-piayers as
well as morals and manners.
sPECTERs OF A MISsPENT LIFE.
Errors-thcse gaunt. hollOw-eyed speeters
Of a misspent life on the ball-feld-Stole
forth in their Shad0wy grave clothes TO palsy
the brain and blind the eye Of Harris all
round athletes. Right-banded hitterS lost
their cunning IN the presence OF lett-hand-
ed pitcher; and the fielders in distorted fan
cy hurled the bail at the peak Of pennant-
pole instead Of to eacI other.
While chaos Teigned Harris sat on the
bench and gnaWed his neither lip; then
when the hOaTSe huZZas of the victorious
Senators went crashing through the smoke
hung purlieus Of EmeryYiile, Harris arose
from the bench and tried TO sell his return
ticket
Oscar France, a young man who cuts his
vIctuals with his left hand, stood in the box
and tossed in balls for the Frisco fellows to
hit at For some reason they preferred to
cuTOm on tAe empty air, and ala so with
peTsistency worthy Of q better cause. Only
twice did they hit the bail with safety.
France says they did it when he wasn't
looking. but this statement is not borne cut
Ey the facts.
FIELDERs OUT OF SIGHT
At all times the support accorded Mr..
France by his associates was as strong,
rugged AMI enduring as a 20-cent beefsteak
with iCaments IN &c. StapletOn al short, in
place o. Peoples, who IS nursing broken
finger, played q brilliant game. So did
Hutchinson al third, and the tieldeTs were
cut of sight This was due TO the smoke
from the iron works, which several times en-
cr0acGed on the b se-linas.
I-lUck attended Otto Young, the Dutch
bow. who has done good work ia the box.
IL was all the fault Of the weather, too.
s]uSl before the game opened slight shower
feIl. This dampened OUtO'S curves, and
when the sun came out hot il warped them
beyond control. He could not StTaighten
them out TO save his life, and, as 6 result,
sent ten men down the line besides hitting
NJ. sunday twice in the same place.
Otto feels very much pat out over the mat
ter, ami publicly expressed a doubt as to
his ability 10 cut the corners on pIauu-bO
should one be substituted Tor the plate.
This IS Mr. 40u1gs own criticism on him
self, but he viii doubtless call 1t in should
he win his next game. He is inclined TO
take a gloomy view Of things
DIDN'T HAVE BIS STILTs.
Though they won the game, Sacramento
made but four hits or Young, and they
were total strangers 10 each other and M
hampeTed by the ties Of fellowship. The
TWO runs came in during delriOus mo-
MtHt in the uTth inning. With TWO men
out Spies got base on balls, stole second
aud reached third on a passed bail O'Day
was given first and stole second.
Then Pop SWEET had another falling out
with the bali. 1t dubbed QUO Of his fists,
aud Spt6s put on d full head Of steam for
home. SWEET recovered the ball and threw
% Young. who was covering the plate.
Tie bail Went over Dung head. Spies
scored. and O'Day was gaIloping along
with his tongue out when Hassamer
headed off the runaway bail and hurled it
back to Young once more. Unfortunately,
O,t9 had left bis stills at home and O'Day
WIS not molested This was where Sacrd-
Iueuto Won the game. Young says he can
stretch a foot or so if given timely notice on
thrown ball.
A close observer might have noticed
Frisco in the act Of making its run had be
been watching at the time. The run was
comm tied in The fourth inning. Sharp sin
gltd, Sweeney sacrificed, Levy singled, and
Sharp came home. Only this and nothing
more.
Barring a few sad accidents. the game was
very pleasing, indeed. McCloskey sue
Ceeded ia getting bis men on bases, but sew
enteen Of them fingered there, with all
hope cut OF. Twice, with the bags full, tie
SIDE was retired-Once on a fly to Hasa
mer and once to Sweeney. The score IS as
follows: