The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-16
BASEBALL and BARN.
Oakland Won and the Stable Is q
Ragged Ruin.
Wild Scenes Of Terror and Confusion That
Followed the Crash-Hank Harris
in Second Place.

regarded as strictly lmpartlal structure. On
the opening day 1t robbed the tailenders. but
yesterday it stood In with them. Several
timely drives struck the END Of the building.
heightened out into doubles and triples, and
turned the battle In favor CT Colonel I. Pool
Robinson, so called because it takes about
Is balls TO play game in his petite park.
Score, z to 5.
Then, after seeing the colonel well on the
way to victory, the barn went to pieces and
mixed up a lot of deadheads on the roof
with large and varied assortment of live
stock. 1t is extremely rough on respectable
steers and pigs to be compelled to associate.
even for few minutes, with that class OF
deadheads who iEfest the roofs Of barns for
the purpose of looking at a ball game for
nothing. But the stock displayed rare taste
by yacatng the premises the moment the
beats began to drop through the shingles,
Robinson is so we'll pleased with the way
things are going that he Intends TO COM
memorate the event by engaging Well
known painter of Oakland to reproduce the
ruins on canvas.
This makes the second barn that has
caved in during the past week. carrying
with 1t portion Of the enraptured specta-
tors. In time these side issues may prove a
bigger card than the game itself. Ii Robin
son knows his business he will Introduce
trick barn with drop roof, and hire some
small boys with padded trousers to sit
thereon Then he can advertise that the
barn will positively cave IN at each and
every game, and the people will go out in
the hope OF seeing few legs broken or
perhaps neck or two. Robinson can have
this idea free of cost II he wants to use 1t.
MR.. BLOWS SAD BLOW.
While the loss of the barn is to be re-
GREETED on account of the stock, at the same
time it is regarded in the light OF retrlbu-
tive justice by those acquainted with the
inside facts. Ii is sad blow to Mr.. Blow,
the owner of the remnants, but he might
have had his barn intact and $500 besides.
Robinson offered him that sum, but he
wanted 5000 when he saw how the Inagnate
was situated. The building was worth
about $50. but it has deprecated somewhat
in value, and on or about the oath of this
month, when the lease expires. the owner
will enjoy the melancholy satisfaction OF
hauling away the wreck of this high-priced
structure At his own expense.
There are still in the neighborhOod of $50
games to be described before the season
closes and as it NAV be some time before
another barn falls down, perhaps never, a
little space can be appropriately devoted TO
the collapse of the colonel's jonah.
Rasty Wright at bat Some so men and
boys and one dog-a skye terrier-were
perched on the roof There were several
people inside peeping through the cracks
and mddle-aged man was leaning grace
fully out OF an opening about six feet from
the ground. Once before the barn showed
signs of dissolution and the crowd shifted
uneasily but soon settled back.
The last straw that broke the barns back
was fat boy, who crawled up and squeezed
himself into the middle of the row on the
comb. Ali at once the timbers parted with
loud explosion. At the first crash the man
at the opening gave a startled yell and dived
head foremost through the window like the
clown in Humpty Dumpty show. He
landed unhurt in pile of refuse that had
preceded him during the winter and rolled
out of harms way. Crack went the tim
bers again, and the entire roof fell in, carry
ing everything except few men and hats
that rolled off the caves before they re-
versed and sloped the other way
HARDIE's RACE FOR LIFE.
As the kicking. struggling. bowling mass
of humanity broke in on their peaceful
home-life a wild-eyed cow and horse
dashed out through the splintered walls and
plunged terror-stricken across the diamond.
An instant later they were followed by a
setting hen with her feathers ruffied in
righteous Indignation. She flew at Lou
Hardie. who had fastened up 10 rescue the
imperied deadheads, and chased him through
the bog in center field. To add to the gen.
eral confusion the stampeded horse and the
rest OF the racket reused a slum boring
strata of lower life beneath the barn. Out
popped maternal swine and litter CT
pigs. with terrified goat bringing up the
rear.
These, with the cavorting horse, the
plunging cow, the ratified hen. the sQuealing
pigs. the razzle-dazzled goat, the hoarse
shouts of the populace. the agonized yells
OF the bruised and bleeding buns, together
with the loud breathing of Lou Hartie, pro-
dnced scene the like Of which was lever
seen on any ballield.
As soon as the players and spectators
realized what had happened a grand rally
was made on the wreck to rescue the
victims, while Mr.. Blow sailed forth to
round up his hen ana other livestock. But
one man was hurt, his nose being slightly
barked In one or two places. 1t was for
tunate he fell on his face or he might have
been seriously injured.
Ii took some time to extricate the victims
OF avarice from their unpleasant predica-
ment. and II was nearly 20 minutes from
the time Of tie accident until play was re-
sumed. Those who did not go down with
the roof were either helped or fell to a
place of safety. During the excitement
about 200 persons, roasting on center field
fence. jumped into the lot and pre-empted
seats on the beachers This swelled the
attendance to nearly double the number
at tho start ana made the colonel think
that he had at last secured a drawing
team.
Now that the barn as distinctive
feature will soon be gone the colonel might
continue his yearniDg for novelty by erect
lnga windmill in center field 10 pump out
the water.
LESTER FEET FIRST RATE.
The game was the best the Colonies have
played this season with OF without barns.
The structure stuck to the taiIenders until
the last inning and then its totteriug walls
seeded and went over to the Angels. but
too late 70 help them much. In the last
inning the citrus-belter pulled In three
runs, thus averting an over helming defeat
The Colonel's men hit Pitcher Roach hard,
but luck favored them i'm most of the drives
particularly those in the direction of the
barn. Roach has an effective delivery at
times and speedy inshoot which fooled
the batsmen, but they managed to knock
out total of IL hits.