The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-11

I Dy BayIy CdpdIlSOubu anu 1OiiONeu
by score or more of turnouts with besuti-
full women in gay attire and brave men, the
representatives of the Pacific Union and
Bohemian clubs OF this city drove TO the
baseball grounds at the end OF Haight street
yesterday afternoon TO again contest for
supremacy in athletics in the interest OF
| charity.
For several years past teams picked from
the members of the two clubs named have
PLAYED game of baseball for the benefit of
certain welLknown benevolent institutions
OF this city. The games have long been
recognized as social event and have always
called out not only the leaders of fashion in
| San Fran isco but all its devotees. The
| game yesterday was no exception 10 those
OF former years. and it is more than likely
the receipts were larger than those taken in
at an annual club gaIpe heretofore.
Sweet charity went around last night ar
rayed In red gown, with red Gainsbor-
ough hat. red slippers. bunch of crimson
chrysanthen INNS for corsage bouquet and
coat of arms consisting Of an owl ram
| pant above two baseball bats and catcher
mask, while her sister, the charity that be
! gins her work at home, donDec an indigo blue
raiment OF sackcloth and dyed the ashes
she poured upon her head a cerulean hue.
1t was all on account of the annual game
| OF baseball between the athletes of the
| Pacific Union and Bohemian clubs. played
! in the interest of charity family at Haight-
/ street park yesterday afternoon. The Bo-
hemians wore red and won. won in a can
ter with dozen open lengths to spare. and
consequently sweet charity arrayed herself
/ in their colors because. forsooth. they had
! put many ducats into her ever depleted
| treasury. The humble charity CARRIED her
| self In robes to match the feelings and
/ bruises as we'll as the costumes of tie
! Pacific Union bays, not because they had
not helped earn the ducats. but because they
lost the game. She stayed at home and
was everywhere present in the clubhouse
| al Stockton and Post streets last night ex-
cusing the fumbles. misplays. strikeouts
and all the other unfortunate things that
combined TO defeat the men of the Z. u. c.
The weather was perfect for ball game
and for once the fogs that are won't 70 roll
in and blot out the seventh, eighth and
ninth innings of the professional bail games
stayed away behind the hills. The Bohe-
miaBs were glad of it, but the poor Pacific.
Union players would have gladly welc lmed
mist thick enough to hide the grand stand
at any time after the sixth inning. They
did their level best, but fog would have
helped them.
1t was 2 O'Clock when the teams from the
two clubs, headed by the Angel Island band,
marched across the diamond and took their
positions on the benches preparatory for
play. Amurmur OF admiration ran through
the 1000 people seated in the grand stand as
the players appeared. They were beyond
question, ali in all, as fine body OF men as
as ever took the field from any social club
IN America. and their neat aud becoming
uniforms added to t3e manly appearance of
every player. At the hour play was called
the grand stand was not as well filed IS it
should have been, presumably because
/ the game was a fashionable event and
| therefore was not supposed to begin within
an hour or two of the time scheduled. but
| those who were present made up in the
warmth OF their welcome of the players
| what the crowd lacked in numbers.
The Pacifc-Union and Bohemian Club
members pre-empted the western end OF
the grand stand and hung their banners on
tie outer walls. The two clubs were about
/ equally represented in numbers in the club
quarters" and for time displayed equal
enthusiasm, but as the game progressed the
wearers of the red were largely REINFORCED
by those who apparently lacked the nerve
to show up in the club seats until their team
was almost a sure winner. The Pacific
Union boys stood their ground from start
to finish. and after finishing in the last ditch
crawled out and gave the victors a three
times three that even drowned the yells oil
the followers OF the Owl.
| While the captains OF the mines were toss
! ing for the inning, and the players were
arranging their natty sweaters and Ions
overcOats, so as to be able to pose prorerlJ
for the benefit of the ladies between in
nings. Robert Grayson, the manager of thu
Pacific Union Line, walked to the bench
occupied by his players. accompanied 10y
the clubs mascot. magnificent St. Bernard
dog. Grays0n knew what he WAS about
Tor In less than six seconds twO-thrds o
the ladies IN the grand stand had forgotten
ali about the players and their favorites
and openly expressed the hope that thi
L. u. boys would win because that "swee
dog was their mascot.
Play commenced. and at the close OF the
| FIRST half OF the FIRST inning the average citi
zen of the male peTsuation who was out 1,
| enjoy tue game sent up a silent prayer o
thankfulness because of the marked ah
senee Of the hshhOrnS, rattles and baZoOs Will
which the enthusiasts are won't to enliyen
game OF any kind between amateur players
True there were a number of fshhorns. bnl
! they were Tor the most part in the hands o
small boys, not bieaeher boys, but BOYS il
kits and knickerbOckeTs whose tiny lung
|
horns pronu all the nightmare OF noise
OF which they were capable. Over on III,
bleachers there was quintet Of cowbeii
In the hands Of some clubmen, but they
were so far away that the janeing discorC
did not seriously ufferd the spectators. /
was expected the grand stand would rival ,
boiler man ufaclory for noise, and the sur
prise was most delightful one.
ID the grand stand proper as the game
progressed there seemed TO be lack OF en-
IrEl IN hHf In to
by the clubmen there was any amount 81
loudly expressed appreciation or condemna.
ton as the plays that were made from tim,
to time deserved. A most delight fuI feature
VI the game was the music by the Ange
Island band during the waits between thu
hall innings. The band is too well and tor
favOrably known TO need comment npon lis
performance. Even the blue 7. us, way
down toward the seventh inning. would for.
get their sorrow aid smile when the band
struck up lively tune. and that, too, JUS
alter their men had been shut out with the
score Is to 8.
Ii was not until the game was half over
that the big crowd of ultra-fash ion bic
people began to arrive, and they all came a
once. This was hard on the Pacific iou
boys, Tor during the first part of the game
they more than held their own with their
opponents, and had the big crowd been there
to cheer them there is no telling what they
might have done. As it was a large ma iar
lty OF the people arrived just when The
Z. us struck their streak OF bad luck. and
even their mascot couldn't stop IL.
When IL became evident that the Bohe.
mians had won the game the people began
TO leave. first by twos and threes and then
by dozens until the close OF the game was
not witnessed by more than thousand
people. But the exodus, seemingly uncom-
pllmentary as IL was 10 the players, had It's
advantages, for instead Of there being a
wild rush for overcrowded cars the cable
road was enabled to handle the peopls
gradually and run full but not crowded
cars for an hour or more.
When at last 1t was all over the universal
verdict was that iii had been a good after.