The record-union., 1891-10-16
Oh! FOR 4 PITCHER!
A TwirIer Needed to Help Out Old
Reliable Hoffman.
IF the Senator's Had One They Might
Capture the Pennant-KneH Goes
to the Target-Bearers.

| The Sacramentos and Oaklands are
advertised to play ball in this city to-day,
tomorrow and on Sunday. The games
are to commence at O'Clock each after
noon. They ought to begin at 2:30 from
now on. The days are becoming short,
and by the time a person reaches home
after two-hour game it is nearly dark.
The Oal1lands will probably have BaltZ,
Knell and Borchers with them on their
trip to this city. Phil. Knell is well
known in Sacramento, and is an excel
| lent pitcher. He can do no good for the
Oakland team, however, except, perhaps,
to make the remaining games of the
season more interesting.
If MeCloskey had another good pitcher
his team would not stand such poor
| show of winning the pennant as some
people think. Sacramento has about
twenty more games to play, and short
streak of good luck would bring them
SO close to the leaders as to make the lat
ter feel uncomfortable. With another
good pitcher the club would stand an eX-
cellent chance OF making q successful
fight for the pennant. Callen is appa-
rently unreliable, Sommers is wild and
| Hoffman is really the only reliable pitcher
to ask him to pitch three games a week.
There is, however, some talk of Nc
CloSI<ey signing PARROT, who is good
one.
The trip of the Sacramentos to San
Francisco was not as profitable as the
! boys calculated OH enjoying. They were
unfortunate IN their first game, and it
! probably put damper on the enthusiasm
| which was ready to kindle in San Fran
| cisco if the team had kept up it's YictOri-
| Gus march.
Bill Brown, the California player, who
has been doing great work in the East
with the Philadelphia team, leads the
first basemen in the National League.
! In LOCI chances, he made only fifteen
| errors-quite a record. Hamilton, an
outtielder of the Philadelphia club, leads
the league in batting. his average was
] 1888. Captain Anson of the Chicagos came
/ eleventh in the batting list.
| Some OF the Eastern papers are saying
that the South needs McCloskey to form
| a Southern League next year.
1t is said that Manager Harris did not
accomplish what he expected to by max
/ ing a visit to the north, The baseball
managers up there kept their weather
eye on him for fear he might take some
of their talent TO California. He was
| charged with making overtures to pitch
ers McNabb and Washburn.
Iu eight successive games pitched re-
| Gently by Frank Hoffman only five runs
were made off his delivery. A San Fran
cisco paper says of him: ''If Pitcher
| Hoffman keeps up his present gait he
will be recoro-breaker at the end of the
| season. His performances of late are
| phenomenal. and yet he relies on speed, a
straight ball and perfect control. He
| clearly demonstrates the fact that the re-
straint placed upon pitcher by present
! rules detracts from the value of curved
/ balls.n
| Hereafter all games played at San Fran
| cisco and Oakland will commence at 2:30
P. NJ.
| The Pacific Field Sports intimates that
! the reason why Colonel Robinson keeps
Tip O'Neill in the team is because the
| windy coacher lent him (Robinson) some
! financial props when the treasury was
low.
President None, of the California and
| Central Baseball Leagues, has decided
| that the Vallejos are entitled to the pen
| nant, the silver bat and ball, and all the
| glory that goes with victorious club in the
| Central League. The complete schedule
of games has not been filled, but the
| Vallejos are so far in the lead that they
can afford to forfeit the remaining games
/ and still come out ahead. The Napas oc-
cupy the same position for second place
I that the Nallejos do for first, and Mr..
! None has accordingly decided them en-
| titled to second honors. The San Fran
cisco clubs belonging to the league will
! fight it out among themselves for the
minor places of honor.
| 1t is quite probable that Bowman will
quit the Sacramento club in the near
| ''divvy" roll, however.