The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-01-25
CENTRAL PARK BALL.
An Autumnal Tinted Game in
MidWinter.
Oakland Ably Sustained tae Reputation Made
Last Summer and Proved an Easy Loser
With Frisco.

After one short week of rest the young
men Of the diamond have broken out
afresh. this time IN Central Park, where
the sharp swat Of the base Int is heard IN
winter. and the low, thick-set Odor Of the
menager.e and circus combined fills the
heart with Joy and giadness in the mellow
summer time.
At one time Central Park was a good
place in which to play ball, and would be
now had not several succeeding generations
Of circuses pulled cut for the next town,
leaving behind a section or two OF coarse,
handmade 5J-ceut seats with suyeTs on
them. Strevu here aud there, with no at
tempt al stud ed effect, these weather
beaten relics Of a bespangled past tend TO
muse more OF less stirring eniSode into the
humdrum life # a fielder as he goes sprint
ing airIlv over the yielding earth with one
eye on the ball and the other on the seats.
F0r:u at-lv none Of the young men got
hurt. though Joshua O. Riley had several
hand-t0-hand conflicts with some large
chunks Of house which had been yanked
bodily from their parent structure ana
stacked no DOB close proximity 10 iuIu uase
10 be left lll ca led for.
Wide engaged In these desperate euc0un-
tiers tile intrepid and rapidly revolving
Joshua presented pleasing spectacle 10
the artistic eye. being clad IN mixed uni
form which embodied a wealth OF haTmO-
nfous color canal to that sometimes seen on
the back door OF country palut-SlOp'
MUCH ~ NAME.
However. they managed to founder
through a game in which the Liabilities
were somewhat ~ advance OF jh6 assets,
owing 10 the number Ct bright new 81 %
oal.s ~ +, ,f.'s+,ril,r a1i1,ra,11ots NJ the
"liLS-h ~ ,,. ,iiias ocrts7r0ns ~
he 15T-
Let a baseball once stray from the mar
row confines of Central Park and its DO
fessflraI career ia ended forever.
Those engaged IN the ,rlav were supposed
IN rrnrpspn5 the great baseball attractions
of Hank Harris and Colonel T. Prophetic
Robinson. who said that consolidation
w0uI5 never come to pass, or # il did he
vCUId De- I'D il lust tie same.
There were only three If the COlOuPIs
original men from across the bay, but tie
nine has clear and honest tide 10 the
name Of Oakland. II for no other reason
than because tEey lost the game. accom-
DIslfug this result with The easy grace Of
Iong f.nsfl+a~f-v with defeat Sore 10 +.
While tie came was fairly Interesting the
finer points we're lost bv the majority u the
audience. when leaned back ana lost Itself
in dreamy 4. rtewul4tian Of the uniforms.
There vss nothing r8udv or Clarlng ia auv
of tle rigs as most taIl-playprs are Young
men II TIgbiv cultivated taste in the matter
Of color and prefer plain rcd and yellow.
with streak # aggravated br.nd.e here
ana there. No two Of the eighteen Ilayers
wers dressed alike.
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two teams gave q pleasing though vivid
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COWe delay was experienced I'D opening
the game. owing 10 tile ugu-aTTiV9l of Mex
smith \.ra If his arrrr.r5f1eas rool-. +,a
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would see notice OF tie game in the Iapers
and come anyhow. As MI smith failed 20
come the grave suspicion is gaining ground
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go @ 20
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SUBJECTS Iri tt---LA 10 lille ana base gail at
Central l'lrh.