The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-08-06
COULD NOT ENDURE SUCCESS.
One Day in Third Place Was
Enough for Oakland.
The Dukes Outbatted the Tailenders, Who
Cheerfully Presented Them With All
the Needful Tallies.

One day in third place was enough of
glory for the chronic tailenders across the
bay. After passing the best years of their
lives al the bottom Of the ladder and then TO
suddenly find themselves lifted to a position
OF baseball prominence, not to say trust and
responsibility, was more than those modest
Young men could endure Their timid ma
lures shrank from the task of maintaining
this exalted station and from the thought Of
Being pointed out on the streets as the
daring athletes who had fought their way
to third place.
So they had a relapse yesterday and are
now almost back in The old familiar rut
They may resume business relations with
fourth place to-day If Mr.. Harper's game
leg does not figure too prominently in the
pastime.
\. Lookabaugh, who has been regarded
as q pudding OF late, suddenly resumed his
normal condition yesterday and Oakland
seldom got a glimpse of the ball. Four
scattering hits and one run, also scattered.
was the result of the collision with Nicholas,
whose assistants played an erIorleSs game.
THEIR TALES WERE PRESENTS.
On the other hand. Lester p. German was
swatted with refreshing vigor at times, but
the hits would have counted for naught but
for the bungles that cropped up between.
Lester peTpetrated a couple Of wild pitches
that let in two of the Dukes tallies. and
Milton Whitehead WAS responsible Tor the
other two. However the game was well
worth seeing, though not extensively viii
messed. The sharp fielding work of the
champions was feature, and LoOkabaugb' 5
twirling was we'll worth the price Of admi s.
sion.
Nick wasted considerable ammunition in
the INST two innings getting the exact range
Of the plate, but afterward he reformed and
put them over. II mattered not now many
bases on balls Oakland got, they could not
use them TO advantage. In the opening
inning The first two men with the long
names were given their bases. The next
TWO followed with groundeTs TO Denny, who
headed OFF the prospective runs on the third
bag. Both runners persisted at third on
forced plays, and then The Terror retired
the side with one Of his celebrated lelt-
handed sWipes TO first base.
SCORING BY INVITATION.
The Dukes had a narrow escape from
scoring In the first, but their worst fears
were realized in tho next, when with two
hands out Mr.. StaIiinES slid rapidly and
gracefully across the plate in response TO
an invitation issued by M. German in the
shape OF a wild pitch. Mr.. Stallings contrib
Dted another dusty tally IN the fifth, arriv-
ing safely at the plate on Mr.. Nhitehead's
low throw 10 Mr.. Wilson. Thus and in
other ways did the tailenders contribute 70
the success of the opposition. Ii was not
necessary 10 hit the bail safe in order TO
score.
Oakland glided rapidly aleng to the sixth
inning without either hit or run. Then
Lester ripped of a double, but got 10 far
Their than the limit allowed by the swat
IL the next they managed TO exc one run
out Of two clean hits and two bases on
balls, Nicholas having lapsrd for a moment
all OF which occurred before 4 hand was
out Jay base-TuBning was the cause of the
shortage. Another wild pitch, a couple OF
hits and che bungie gave the Dukes tueil
last two runs Ia the seventh. There was
some nice fielding and three double plays
that helped enliYen the contest. They play
to-day at Haight street. The score: