The morning call., 1892-04-29
OAKLAND HAD A RELAPSE.
They Played One Of Those Games
of Days Gone BY.
ulustrious Jack Horner Was Hit Hard and
the Locals Finished in a Canter.
San Jose Wins.

A glance at the table of contents ap-
pended below is sufficient to inform the
public that Colonel I. Panorama Robinson
enrolled another of his beautiful dissolving
baseball views yesterday afternoon equal
in spectacular features to the .tSiege of
Paris" and fully as disastrous
All through the game thu praeticed ear
could detect the rattle of musketry and
the dull roar of heavy fieldpieces as
Hank Harris hungry horde leaped upon
and nintilated the already bunged-up Jack
Homer, and ever and anon the sharp ping
of the foul-tip was heard in the land ere it
sank to smothered rest in the abnormal
mitt Of the backstop. ::
OF all the woolly, wild and weird work of
the Colonels, past and present their latest
exploit takes the cake, If they have any
pastry coming. Eserybody was glad when
the affair ended with its. fireworks In the
hottest of the fight and a dash Of realrain
mixed with fog which partly obscnred the
closing scenes. Score IA to 2 in favor OF
HANK who sat on the bench till it rained.
. Then he went in, thus proving that he is
one OF the brainiest: men in the business.
"A tier plsylng championship ball the day
previous the Colonies moved across the bay
and performed like u lot Of Gubs for some
reason which their employer can, no doubt,
explain later ON. In 1.-The first place they
were. unable to hit Tanning except in q
desultory way, and then the rapid fielding
of the locals shut off the runs. Four dOubre-
plays in one game does much 10 discourage,
those who seek tallies. Then the Friscos
developed batting streak, and smote the
MANNED and crippled Homer hip and
thigh. They whacked him for total of IL
bits, including three triples and pair of
tri-soekers. Back Of these Mr.. Homer had
to contend with 10 lurid hungles, some Of
those perpetrated by Mr.. Hutchinson, who
cayorts in the left garden being pafticu-
larry atroci0us.
INDUSTRIOUS JACK HoRNER-
But one error marred the otherwise per.
feet play of the locals. and that one did no
harm. 1t was left for the Colonies to do
themselves up after Mr.. Horner got tired
pitching winning ball with q double handi-
cap. This was the first appearance Of Hor-
ner In the met opolis, and he made faver-
able impression IN spite OF his surround
Tugs. He has nice control. fields his posi-
ton well, and but Tor his lameness ana the
freezing weather would have made a much
better showing.
1t is doubtful if any Of the few people
present knew that this Jack Homer is a
lineal descendant OF the illustrious Little
Jack OF corner fame. who achieved immer-
tally by performing thumb autopsy on q
pie on or about Christmas several wears
ago but he is, aud 1t should invest him with
Those who read the accounts of tie affair
the next morning will remember how the
papers devoted considerable space TO IL, and
printed picture with "A cross, showing the
exact spot In the pie where the plum was
found. 1t described how Jack probed about
In the yitals of the pie with his thumb until
he picked out the prune, which he held
aloft In triumph, and inqa red of bis folks
what they thought Of that for high They
replied. of course, that il was tile proper
elevation. which so pleased young Jack that
he kept on repeating the remark 80 or 40
times, or until he had to be hit with some
thing. thus casting gloom over the Christ
mas festivities of Jacks house. Pitcher
Jack HorDer is conversant with all the facts
10 this celebrated case, but his native
modesty prevents him from making the m
known.
The last two innings were played in the
rain. and the eighth resulted In the second
and last run for the colonel. Hutchinson,
after his unfortunate fiaseo in left field, led
Off with triple, and scored on Whitehead
sacrifice. Frisco piled up tallies in twos,
threes and fves on long drives aided by
errors The same teams play at Oakland
this afternoon, with Hoffman and Germ an
IN the points. The score: