The record-union., 1892-08-15
IT WAS GILT-EDGED.
The Quality of Baseball That Was
Played Yesterday.
It Would Have Puzzled the State League
Clubs to Do Any Better--Sac-
rameuto Won.

Agricultural Park yesterday afternoon
witnessed a fine game of baseball be-
tween the Suisuns and the home club.
The players on both sides were on their
mettle, and for the first six innings put
up game such as has seldom been seen
in Sacramento. The hitting was very
heavy. There were no scratch singles,
but good healthy hits, there being two
home runs, five triples and three two
baggers made in the game. The fielding
on both sides was excellent, until the
last few innings, when most of the errors
were made.
Up to the ninth inning the Scott &
Gilberts made but one error, but made
three more in that inning. At no time
OF the contest was the game dull, and not
a person left the grounds until the game
was over.
The Suisun club is composed of gentle
manly players, mostly residents Of that
village. They are of the never-give-up
class, and played as hard and earnestly
when the score was Is to l against them
as at the beginning of the game.
They We're minus the services of their
regular second baSeman, which necessi-
taled putting an outfielder on the bag
and one who had never played the posi-
ton before. The rightfielder had q badly
bruised hand, and could not do himself
justice. The change in positions cost the
SuisunS nine of the thirteen runs scored
by the home team.
Tillman, their pitcher, did some fine
pitching at critical stages OF the game,
but on the whole he was hit much harder
Than usual. lie was finely supported by
| 'BiIF' Stevens, who is we'll known to
the Sacramento public, having played
two seasons with Mike Finn's team. He
threw like shot to bases and caught
several Would-be base stealers at second.
Outside of Perry and Barbour the
Suisuns played fine bail; ball that would
win nine out of ten games.
Callen pitched splendid game for the
home team, keeping the visitors down to
nine hits, four of which were made after
his side had a big lead. He struck out
nine or the visitors and gave but two
bases on balls.
Pace caught in his usual clever style,
and rendered his battery mate fine sup
port. Mcdonald, at short, sustained his
reputation as the best shortstop in the
! State by accepting eleven hard chances
without an error. Should he maintain
his fine work he will be in demand by
the. league managers.
Campbell put up good ball at second
base, and With Shanahan and Mcdonald
executed two rafting double plays.
Shanahan, besides playing fine game at
the initial, secured a triple, a double and
single out of five times up.
q. Trainor, of the Suisuns, also did
some heavy hitting, securing home run,
a two-bagger and single.
The umpiring of Terrible" Tom Tur-
ner, late of the Oakland Club, was all that
could be desired. His decisions were all
correct, and his judgment on balls and
strikes excellent Ha
players moving, and the game was
played in an hour and thirty five min
utes.
In the first inning Barbour's error and
Nethercott's three-bagger sent Pace
across the plate. In the second the Sui
sons tied the score on Trainor's clean
home-run hit. In the last nalf Shanahan
hit for three bases and scored on Moody's
sacrifice.
In the fourth Hapeman surprised every
one, himself included, by making a clean
home run. Two singles, a double, two
sacrifices and an error gave the "Sassa-
fras Sour boys two runs in the fifth, and
in the seventh two singles, double and
| triple, with three errors and base on
balls gave them seven more
In the eighth they tackled up another
on base on balls, a wild throw and
single.
The Suisuns did not score after the
second inning until the ninth, when the
home team grew careless and piled up
three costly errors, which, with three
hits, gave the visitors four rims.
As there has been great deaf of fault
found with the grounds at Agricultural
Park, both by the management of the
| club and their patrons, the games will
| hereafter be played at Snowflake Park if
suitable arrangements can be made.
FOllowin ing is the score: