The morning call., 1892-07-05
TERRIBLE TOM SAVED Up.
He Tore Off Some Superb Swats
That Won the Game.
Oakland Celebrated By Exploding a Few Base.
ball Pyrotechnics on an Intensely
Patriotic Diamond

There Is certainly no better day than
July of any year to declare allegiance TO
cause lost or otherwise. That is the way
the tailenders felt about it yesterday, and
they celebrated the event with appropriate
baseball pyroteehnics at Haight street.
Some oil the swats bOrdered on the sublime.
and the only drawback to the display was
that the psettiest ones were touched off too
soon.
Another was that but few people turned
out to see the celebration. The weather was
altogether too Geld for comfort. Fourth of
july observanees ef any kind whatsoever
are generally associated with cooling drinks,
palm leaf fans and ginger cOlOred busters
instead of cold waves and icebergs and such
things. 1t was so cold out al Haight street
that even the athletes shivered while en-
gagged in the throes of the game, and the
few faithful fans who Drayed the weather
gradually c0ngealed on the cold hard
benches.
PATS PATRIOTIC DIAMOND.
However. the game was we'll worth wit
Messing. because Oakland won. They al
ways do on the Fourth Of July, because
everybody does extraordinary things on
that day, such as blowing off elOquence, en-
thusiasm. eye brows. thumbs, etc. Oakland
had 10 get IN some time, so they went to
work and did Harris team up brown Oh
the pretteSt patriotic diamond ever laid out
by any man. 1t Is not too much to say that
: the diamond was absolutely gorgeous in its
wealth OF vivid color, and reflects great
credit on the artistic aud patriotic Instincts
oi Pat, the ground-keeper.
Pat turned out with the sunrise gun and
went 10 work with paint pots and brushes.
lie coated the boxes-tirst, second and
third, an intensely patriotic red, white and
blue. ihe foul lines were treated Ia like
manner and resembled elongated barber
poles, The batsman's and pitchers boxes
appealed TO every loyaI-hearted citizen Of
this great and glorious republic, and in front
OF The players benches he had executed a
little fancy scroll-woIk which was quite
pleasing 10 the eye. In fact so attractive
Was the diamond that lots of patrons lost
the line points OF good play hile cUnteni-
plating its many wOndrOuS beauties.
oAKLAND's RAPID START.
The game was won in the first inning
when two home runs, single, Que base ON
balls and Reuben Leyy's buugle produced
four taileS. In the next, four bases on
balls, a single and double dumped in
three more, and in the fourth swats aud
bungles sent in another trio, all Of which
tTanSpred before Frisco had registered
man. No wonder the taileuders won with
a start like that, and yet no one was willing
to bet On the tUal result, which shows what
prejudice Will do Tor ball team. The con-
&
OF all the young men engaged Tanning
was the only one who did not enjoy the ex-
erclses. Mannasau touched of the first
ball he delivered for a home run, and few
moments later Terrible Tom tore eff an
o.Eer with TWO men on the line. This
shock 10 Mr.. Fauning's nervous system was
such that lie did not fully recover, and
was thereafter swatted hard and often. He
was touched up for q total of 10 hits, one
Of which was triple by the Terror, scoring
81 II -. Z
Fourth with a view TO make an unusually
loud explosion
TIP is WORKING ROUND.
J. Frank Horner officiated for Oakland
and pitched nice Fourth OF July ball. He
was hit at intervals, but had good control
and his support was much better than
usual. Hutchinson and Mannasau carried
off the fielding honors, and Tip distin-
guiShed himself at short, which is as ciuse
as he has got to third base this season.
Whitehead was sick and Tip was put in to
i'll the gap, while Lester p. German OF
Baltimore played right field. Lester had
but little to do, but he did it well.
Frisco lost through bungies and rush of
home-run swats on the other side. Even
with these odds against them, the locals
could have eyened up had they been able to
hit the ball at the right time Spies pro-
duced the first run in the fourth, getting
away on dropped third strike and scoring
on Pete Sweeney's double. In the seventh
a bunch of hits gave them two more and in
the eighth a couple of bungeS and q long
sacrifice ily sent little Sweeney In with tie
last one. The score: