The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-07
NAUGHTY NICK LOOKABAUGH
He Acted Real Wicked, but the
Game Stayed Lost.
Handsome DOOley's Misplaced Kick Caused the
Downfall Of the Dukes-0akland Hug
ging Fourth Place.

Under the baleful influence Of shortage
in tallies. Nicholas Lookabaugh acted very
"ungoOd" yesterday. He threw q slightly
battered but still serviceable ball over the
fence as he was leaving the box at the con-
clusion Of FriscO's half Of the ninth inning.
At that time the score stood to 3 in favor
of the locals, and Nicholas thought that by
diSposIng Of the battered ball his side
would get a nice. new, hard, white one to
hit, and thus make a few more TALES them
selves.
Unfortunately for Nicholas and his &C
complies the scheme failed to work. Nc
Donald saw the ball as it sailed out of the
yard, but did not know who threw it. An
umpire cannot convict a man on circumstan-
tial evidence or heaTsay, so he called halt
and tie proceedings Jagged until boy who
was not raised in Oakland threw the ball
back. Then all hands turned to again, and
IN about four minutes the second defeat CT
the highly inflated Dukes was marked up
against them. Score, to 9, and Nicholas
and his nsughtiness all went for naught.
Up TO the eighth inning the Dukes were
one run ahead. They could do nothing
with Hoffman exceptin two instances, when
they punched their hits, driving in four
runs. Frisco made two IN the hrSt on little
Sweeney's single and a hOme-Tun drive by
Hank ReitZ over Tlght-fleld fence. Look
abaugh had been more liberal than usual
with his base-on-balls fsvors, but in the
eighth he varied the mOnotOny by hitting
old man Hoffman in the short ribs Little
Sweeney followed with a safe shot to CEN
ter, and Levy moved them both I'D a peg.
but rerished himself while advancing his
associates.
DOOLEY's MISPLACED KICK.
Then Big Bill got in his own way, and after
al or q pF1T vi IT, ar
lie further complicated matters by throwing
low TO Dooley. Hoffman scored ON the play
In rounding first base ReitZ's foot collided
With the ball, which D0oley dropped, and it
rolled of toward right field. Instead Of 60
ing after the ball DOOley bore down on the
umpire, with his right arm extended like
sIgnboaTd at 8 country eTossToad, lie
claimed that ReitZ had willfully kicked the
ball, but the runner did not know where
it was until told by a eoacher. Then
he spTinted to second, Sweeney in the mean
time having crossed the plate with the win
ming run. Stopping to kick at the wrong
time caused the downfall Of the Dukes.
II these dIsgruntled young men Will 90
back into the dim, misty vista Of the past
they can perhaps recall how a play Of this
kind gave them the coast championship in
the deciding game with Portland. In turn
Ing first base Big BilPs large yOiuDtuous feet
got tangled up IN the ball, and before order
was restored again the winning man came
IN because Glenalvin stopped to make his
little war. The Dukes were an extremely
jolly crowd on that occasion, but complete
reversal of the conditions places an entirely
different light on the matter. Hence these
kicks and the throwing away Of a ball
worth at least 81 q.
The only valid reason those young fell
lows from Santa Clara's Tose-emb powered
valley had for cutting up real wicked was
because they saw they couldn't win, and It
made them feel bad This feeling was
further increased by that distrust, not to
say hatred. of the umpire, Hhich is always
inspired by defeat in a close game At
into believing that the umpire is their worst
enemy IN a losing game, and they carry this
impression abroad. When winning, how
ever, he is not such bad sort Of fellow after
all. The score: