The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-31
DECORATION-DAY BASEBALL.
Los Angeles Wins a Regular
Cracker. Jack Game.
Plenty Of Hits, but Runs Were sesrce-The
Colonels Take Their Regular
Medicine.

| Decoration day with its wealth Of floral
| tributes and mourning flags is a great equal
izer of the affairs of the quick and the dead
of the heroes who died in defense of the
! flag and of the very much alive young fell
| lowsswho turn Tout Ia lilies and base hits for
! a livelihood on that day.
| IN the matter of the quick, and of the two
games played one served to retain the
Dukes and the Angels on an equal footing
for first place. and the other divides series
of six equally between the Angels and
Hank Harris young men.
But however, this has nothing TO do with
the game, which was cracker jack-what-
ever that Is. Lots of those who dote on
baseball even expressed a wish that the
game might be prolonged TO u or IA in
ningS, which goes to show that it must have
been Of that variety known as the cracker
jack. Score to in favor of the citrus
belters, who were not sure of it till it was
! time TO quit.
EXTRA TOILET TOUCHES.
One of the most pathetic features of the
/ performance was an attempt on the part of
! Iredway and old Dad McCauley to work
/ on their jobs and appear in holiday attire
at the same time. Dad was eminently sue
cessful, but TTedways effort was a beauti-
! ful failure.
| Before leaving their hotel these worthy
athletes spent nearly an hour japanning
/ their tT0tter-caSes. In other words they
! polished up their baseball shoes till they
! shOne with a patrnt-leatheT finish. But
! sad TO relate the effort of Tredway'S extra
! toilet touches was lost in the tall grass in
! left field, While on the other hand Dad was
! given ample opportunity 10 show his at first
/ base, ciawing around for the bag with his
| hind foot. When resting on the bench
/ I 4 Fa.FH-
/ pedals with his cap, thus sustaining the
| reputation he has long enjoyed Of being the
! best dressed man in the business.
| The game was a brilliant affair from be-
! ginning to end, full Of ginger and hits that
/ should have produced new galore. but some
! how they didn't 1t must have been the
/ gliding. There were Harris Young men
/ who swatted SOuthpan Roach IA swats be-
! sides getting two men down the line
| on called balls. and two 20 first on errors,
/ yet this combination produced but talles.
| Great gliding, that, on the part Of the belt
| erS who got along without free passes TO
! first. They Jared loose II hits, including a
! home run. triple aud a double in spite of
| the efforts Of Mr. Tanning to the contrary,
! but only four tallies came Of them, which
! sneaks well for the fielding of the home
/ team.
| Twice was the score tied, Dad McCauley
| scoring Tredway and himself in the sixth
! with hOme-TUu swat, which left the score
( to 5. Then in the next Roach won his
| own game with three-cushion shot to left
| that sent Rogers home. With one hand out
! in the eighth flaming startled the populace
| with liner to left, which leaped the pad
! dock fence and struck a sOrrel horse IN the
! face. Tredway's rapid fielding OF the ball
! held the runner on third, where he persisted
| later trying TO score on grOunder TO short
The game was full Of such plays In the
| sixth Frisco made four hits and a base on
! balls, but only one tally appeared, two Of
the outs being at the plate and the other at
! first with the bags still full. McCauley had
a great eye for hits, getting four out of four
| times up The score:
SAN FRANCISCO MAY so