The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-15
RAIN SPOILED THE GAME.
After One Inning the Athletes
Broke for Cover.
Pitcher Jack Tanning Narrowly Escapes
Death From Gas Asphyxiation - Harris
Team Defeated-Game To-Day.

TOO much Sky-Juice nlpped Inc second
game of the Oakland Los Angeles series in
the bud yesterday afternoon. In spite Of
the threatening weather nearly GOO people
went out to the park and saw one inning.
Then the heavens opened and the rain de-
scended in torrents. A drizzing mist was
falling when the game started, and this de-
veloped into pouring rain when the Sec
ond inning opened.
E. j. Bowling, alias Glenalvin, appeared
to be the only one who had sense enough 10
come in out of the wet. lie informed Um-
pire Mcdonald that it was raining Jim
reached out his hand and felt of the rain,
aud finding that 1t was extremely wet he
called time. Rain is allowed 80 minutes in
which to do its act at bali game, and if it
shows an inclination to work overtime the
regular affair is indefinitely postponed in
order to give the weather chance.
After waiting the prescribed time under
the caves OF the grand stand and threat
ening sky Mcdonald announced that the
performance was over and that the specta-
tors would receive rain checks at the gate.
Rain coats would have been more accept
able, but the management Had none on
hand. The game will be played off at sonie
future date, and if the conditions are favor
able the regularly scheduled contest Will he
played in the ColOnels perverted swamp at
Oakland to-day. Gum boots are TO be fur
nshed for the use of the outfelders.
FIELDER MAUNAsAU COMING.
From the way the contest opened it bade
fair TO be an exciting one. Pitcher German
appeared in place of the oyerworked and
much-abused Easy O'Neil, and for once had
square across tie plate and took chances.
Southpaw Roach was in harness for the
Angels and pitched like a winner during the
few minutes he was allowed TO perfoI N.
The rain was great disappointment to the
cranks. who blamed the downpOur on the
blood-horSe races billed at the Bay District
track. They said il never failed to rain
during The racing season.
Robinson says Easy 0'Neil lost Wednes-
days game by allowing Hulin to hit the ball
when he should have struck him out. This
is indeed encouraging for Easy who has
pitched nine games out of u for Oakland
because there was no one else 10 do the
work, and pitched winning ball in each and
every one of them. If Easy was an indif-
ferent sort oil person who didn't care
whether he lost or won he would perhaps
find greater favor in the eyes of his employer.
Outhelder Ma9nasau is on the way from
the y Northwest to join the Oakland team and
will be here by the last of the week. 1t is
not known whose place the new man will
take. but it will not bother a man like the
colonel to make room for him. Mannasau is
frst-claSS hitter, fielder aud base-runner.
In 1890 he played with Tacoma and the en-
thuSiastic citizens OF that village presented
him with magnificent gold watch, finer
than Firms, at the end OF the season. Last
year he was with Spokane and signed again
this season, but the colonel effected his re-
lease. Robinson has another man by the
name of Pepper coming from the East He
is said to be hot stuff.
FANNING's NARROW ESCAPE.
II is becoming more and more apparent
every day that some ball-players will have
to carry candles while away from home in
order TO save their lives. Last summer Bob
McHale and Tom Parrot blew out the gas
at Sacramento. and Tuesday night Jack
Tanning. Harris crack pitcher, was almost
waited to the beyond By escaping gas. Jack
declares positively that he did not blow out
the gas but he was found almost dead at
O'Clock "Wednesday morning in his roOm at
the Terminal House, near the ball park.
Kid Peoples, who occupied the adjoining
room, noticed the odor OF gas in his room
when he awake.
His room is connected with Fanning's by
sliding doors, and IL was through the crevice
between these doors that the gas forced its
way. An entrance was effected Into Fau-
ning's room, where the pitcher was found
frOthing at the mouth and nearly dead.
Luckily, Peoples had the windows in his
room open or he would have been suffo-
Gated. 1t took several hours 10 fetch Fan
ming 10 his senses, and he seemed to be all
light when the team left for San Jose yes
terday morning. How the gas came to be
turned on is somewhat of a mystery. Fan
ming lays the blame on pet monkey be-
longing to Joe Feehan, which has taken
great fancy to the jovial Jack and occupies
the same room. Tanning thinks the monkey
climbed upon the chandelier and opened
the jet.
An effort is being made to organize a
Northern California baseball league, COM
prislng Woodland. Marysville, Oroville
and Red Bluff. AT An early date delegates
from the different towns will meet In Marys-
vile to adopt rules and a schedule. Marys-
VILE already has a team of crack players
known as the Saddle Rocks that will play the
Oroyille team next Sunday.
Late last night the baseball bosses de-
cided TO play to-day's game at Haght street,
as they feared that the cOlone!'S adobe
diamond at Oakland would be too mushy
from the rain. IL played on this side the
flags Oh the Streetcars will announce the
fact.
Captain Glenavin and his team of Los
Angeles ball-tosSerS are stopping at the
Hotel Langham.