The morning call., 1892-04-03
SOME 1891 BASEBALL.
The Game That Reached the
COlOnel's Heart.
Oakland Shut Ont in Lopsidei Affair in
Which an Invalid Pitcher Made
His D but.

during UlScuSSion yesterday morning
between Harris and Captain Fred Carroll
as to whether or not. owing to the threat
ening aspect of the weather. they should
play bali. Harris said that they ought TO
60 ont anyhow. rain or no rain. 1t would
give the men some much-needed exercise
besides advertising to-day's game.
SO Hank and Colonel L. Polonaise Robin
son. so called because he is always behind.
turned their frost-bitten athletes loose in the
limpd mud at Haight street in the presence
OF SEQ people. At the end Of two hours and
half Harris withdrew with thirteen large
and Juicy TALES. Colonel L. P0lonaise had
none at all, and his prospects for getting
few were good in the last inning as in the
first. If the re ort Of their proceedings do
not arouse the cranks 10 perfect frenzy OF
enthusiasm then Harris will be sorry he
played ball yesterday.
Lester German, one of the colonePs trio
of invalid pitchers. made his debut and he
couldn't have appeared under more unfa-
yoTab!e auspices. The young man is not ia
condition, the day was cold, raw and dis
agreeable, the diamond wet am muddy. and
his arm was so lame that control was out of
the question. But he piuckily played the
string out in spite of these and other draw
backs and is deserving of as much il not more
credit than il he had won the contest. Any
how, IL was the game that reached the
coloners heart, and he wept for the sake OF
old times.
Despite the poor showing he made the
crowd was fully impressed with the fact
that German is pitcher, and bore with
him very kindly. He had good speed.
graceful delivery, and q wide outcurye,
which, at times, deceived the umpire as we'll
rs the batsman. For some reason Umpire
Mcdonald was not SO clever in his rendition
of balls and strikes as usual, thus adding
somewhat TO the general discomfort incl
dent 10 the first appearance OF new man
on the job.
HARRIS BREAKS THE LAW.
However, Mr.. German should not be dis
couraged. The colonel Is bis friend and so
are the people. DAYS OF sun shihe and dry
diamonds are coming, and then he can show
what lie can do when the marrow loosens
up in his pitching arm. In ali Frisco secured
from his delivery 10 bases on balls, one nit
by the pitcher and IA hits, which footed up
a total OF 10 sacks The affair was too lop-
SIDED to be called bali game and tell the
truth at the same time, as Oakland was
never ia IL, not even browsing around on
the suburbs.
Old Man Hoffman did the twirling for his
employer. who sat on the bench during the
game urging his men ON to greater deeds OF
daring and valor. Ii is against the law for
a manager to mingle with his men this sum
mer on the bench. and Hank knows it. Car
roll called the umpire attention to Harris
infr4ction Of the law, but he declined to in
teriere on the ground that he did not in
chung TO the bench. After the game McDer-
mott said be understood the letter OF
| the law perfectly, but he hated TO humiiate
Hank by hauling him out Of the game In the
presence of the multitude, which would
doubtless give Harris the ha-ha- President
| None says that Hank will stay eff the bench
| to-day If he has TO get out an Injunction.
| 1t was mainly due 70 their Inability 10 get
| around the bases that Oakland failed TO
score But two men got as far as third
hat mn Ct nj mad
| bag in the fifth aud Smith worked around
| TO the same corner In the eighth. But the
| next man up couldn't collide with HOtf-
mans delivery in safe or connected way.
| He struck but one man out and sent but one
| TO first on balls. Pop. iii rs and grOunders 10
/ the intieid was all the eolonel's hitters could
| turn out, and they got but five safe drives
| during the game. Harjie got two of these.
| Bashman one. German one and Smith
| two-bagger. The locals put up nice field
! ing game and outplayed their opponents
1 generally.
OLD BLocKERs BACK AGAIN.
| Midget Sweeney was absent yesterday.
| thus doing away with the necessity Of pre-
| fixing Up" TO the other Sweeney's name.
| Both Sharps were at work. however. bring
\ ing the -" and ''G'' into play. Little
| Sweeney swallowed lot of grip microbes
| the other day and Is sick in consequence.
BloekerS Hanley took his place in center
| aud performed with the grace and skill for
| which he is justly famed. BlOckers re-
ceived an ovation from the spectators,
muffed one ball, caught another and dashed
| of one single.
A faint idea of the rapidity with which the
game progressed may be cleaned from the
| statement that II took one hour and twelve
minutes TO founder through the first three
innings and they didn't move very fast
either. A great deal of time WAS lost ow-
ing to the heavy diamond and tie players
stopping to clean the clay out OF their toe
ca!ks. Then the ball got soaked every
time II touched earth and had to be gro0med
down with yellow sawdust. supplies of
VII ch were stationed here and there.
Frisco scored four runs in tho first two
innings on like number of IT'S, three
bases on balls. two fielding errors and one
hit ny the pitcher, which IS as good as a hit
or an error Nothing more in ths shape of
runs occurred until the eighth, which inning
| brought up vivid "reminiscences of the
scenes of 1891. Fourteen of Harris men
went TO bat. Seven OF them hit safe and
nine crossed the plate before one man had
been retired. Germans arm gave out. aud
the hungry locals rose up in their might and
Smote him sore. 1t was quite relief when
they had finished.
In the eighth for Oakland Il looked for a
moment as if they might avert a shulout
when Smith opened with a swi-socker to
right but the next three fell easy victims.
In the last Hardie started with safe
smash and Bushman was safe on Hank
Reitz's iuggle. But Bushmsn fell to dream
Ing on first and got caught, and the next two
couldn't get tie ball out of the diamond.
On the other side everybody but Sweeney
took fall out of German. IL was a great
victory for Harris, and places him on an
even footing with tile colonel for tallend
| hon0rs
They play at o'clock to-day with Hart
and O'Neil in the points. Following is the
score:
| AT SAN FRANCISCO APRIL 3 1899
San fRAScIscos IA r. B;H. SD 70. a. Il