The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-22
PHENOMENAL BALSZ Is BACK.
His Cannon.Ball Delivery Was
Too Rapid for Frisco.
The Angels Are OF the Reservation Again
and Hitting Right and Left = The
Locals Almost Shut Out.

Phen0menal nee Louie BalsZ, the pride
OF vallejo, is back in the professional base
Dali business. He left steady job in the
hayward, waived all right to his Govern
ment ration and hired out to pitch for Glen
alvin. Louie worked off the first INSTALL
ment on his advance at Haight street
Yesterday afternoon against the local team.
III was only an experiment, and the result
OIL IL made Hank Harris positively sea-
SICK, but Louie Balsz felt frst-rate himself.
Score to in favor of the citrus belters,
ana that one tally was a present. to the
locals.
This makes the second time Louie has
made his debut on the local diamond. Both
were glittering successes, only the last one
was more so II anything. Since his escape
from the Colonies the young cyclone has
acquired control. the only art he lacked to
make him a pronounced success. Louie had
BIS control. also some speed, and he shot
TIE Dali In so fast that ii whstIed. 1t also had
singers on IL that made +. Rogers hands
nunD and almost useless. The local bats
men now ana then found piece Of the ball,
but hits were decidedly scarce. Four was
the record and Reiiz got two, double and
Triple. The other successful batsmen were
Sharp and Levy. Each flashed single, but
none CT these hits had any connection with
Harris lonesome tally.
IL Louie Balsz continues to know himself
ana the locality OF the plate some of the
otnef managers will be sorry that they.
didn't visit Vallejo themselves while in
search OF talent. They all knew Louie
was t1ere but as he had been member Of
the Oakland outfit the blight was sup
posed to be still upon him. Now he has an
engagement with team at his back that
VIII help him make a reputation il he holds
out. 1t has only been a short time, too,
since Louie embarked on the tempestuous
hal Ac haf Sta tud irt 4 hasa
columns be got his start pitching ships at
Mare Island. Then he gradually acquired
the art OF pitching a ball, including the
seams, and now he is regarded both at home
ana abroad as calkeT.
WON WITHOUT A LICENSE.
While coming home from Oakland Wednes-
DAY evening, where the citrus telterS got but
nye hits oil Hoffman, Harris remarked with
distented nostrlls and proudly flashing eve
that Los Angeles had no license TO beat his
team. In some parts OF the country ii may
be necessary for one team TO take out
license before defeating another, but the
law is not in force here TO any great extent.
III IL is Glenalyin and his young men laid
themselves liable for smothering the locals
without permit. This opens the way for
another protest, as Vanderbeek is about to
enter demurrer IN the last Oakland game
on the ground of failure TO provide. All the
good balls were lost and Harris won with a
mushy practice ball.
There were several brilliant PLAYS I'm the
game which was too oneSifed to be interest
Ing. Los Angeles elinched a victory in the
first inning by piling up three runs. The
others were contributed In lots Of one with
the assistance OF well-timed errors. In the
the hrst with two men out the Angels batted
In three tallies. Glenalvin, McCauley,
has samer and Newman smashed the ball
Ia turn and all were clean hard hits. Fan
Mug has never been himself since the
monkey which rooms with him turned the
gas on one night last week, nearly suffoeat.
ing the l0val Jack. He had splendid con-
troll, but the Angels have lett the reservation
again and danced around the bags the same
as when excited by an Oakland pitcher.
Mr.. Tanning suffered visitation Of IA hits,
including three doubles and one triple, ali
OF which was done without a license
Dlmlnutive Dan Sweeney scored the
single run that saved the locals a shutOut.
Louie gave Dan his base in the preliminary
stages. Levy advanced the small man to
second. lie stole third and reached home
on Hassamer's juggle and McCauley's nDuff
OF the throw. After that the Angels mon
opolized the tally business as we'll as the
hits lo the hfth Glenalvin swaited a ball
that was good for home run. but he fell in
the mud while turning second aud had to
stop at third. lie was caught at the plate
on Levy's great throw from the field.
Coughlin is back In the game minus S25
Tor not reporting the day before. The
same teams play this afternoon at Oakland
With Hoffman and Stafford in the points.
The score: