The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-06-18
SCIENTIFIC BASEBALL.
FriscOs and the Dukes Play an
ErrOrless Game.
Hits Were Also Scarce, and the Score Was
One to Nothing in Favor
Of Finn.

It was unusually quiet yesterday in
the swat and run departments OF the
national pastime hereabouts. The Dukes
cayOrted in the desert wastes OF Oakland
for the space of one and a half hours.
When the struggle was over but one tally
had appeared to gladden. the hearts of the
gladiators and this one fell to the lot Of the
Dukes In the fourth inning the score boy
made single straight mark on the score
board and here his labor for the day closed,
but he did not know it at the time.
From a scientific point Of view the game
was absolutely perfect. Neither side COM
mitted bungle. Not even battery error
occurred to mar the serenity Of the occasion.
The young men simply flew out or had
themselves retired at first on grOunders.
Unhappy MeGucken struck out twice, but
then he is always doing something to make
himself miserable. Only few pc ople saw
the game, and these might as well have
been listening to a sermon for all the demon
stratiOn they made.
THEY DIVIDED THE WORK.
Considerable delay was experienced in
starting the game owing to the fact that
coin of sufficient size and weight for tossing
up for innings had not been taken in at the
gate Finally the crowd arrived, aud as
soon as he had paid his way in the proceed
lngs opened.
G. Harper and j. Tanning were the OPP
posing twirleTs, and divided the honors as
evenly as ii could be done. Harper was
touched up Tor four hits and struck out Tour
men, while FanniRg's exploits in the same
lines were three of each, and each pitcher
gave two bases on balls.
For the first three innings the business Of
the day proceeded with the regularity OF
IL rrz1a.g 4aFi
small single, butwas doubled up with Hank
Spies on the latter's grOunder to Denny.
In the fourth BungleS0me Bill tried TO bunt.
but AFTER fOulIng eff lew, and getting two
strikes called on himself Bill flew TO Pete
Sweeney. Ebright tore off a two-bagger,
Dooley sacrificed, and Denny's single scored
Buck with the only tally. The inning
wound up with a sensational One-hand
catch of fly by J. Peck Sharp from the bat
OF his former side partner. Clark.
EBRIGHT's NARROW ESCAPE.
McEey led off in the next with single,
but from that time on until the end not an
other Duke ever reached first base. In two
If the innings the entire side went out on
fly balls, which was also a favorite method
adopted by the others for disposng OF them
selves. In this way kicks against the UNI
pire we're entirely dispensed with.
The nearest approach TO bungle hap
pened in the seventh inning, when Dan
Sweeney singled and stole second. Clark
sent the ball down when Ebright dropped.
Sweeney started for third, but Buck re-
covered the ball and headed the runner off
at that bag. Thus was a catastrophe mar
TOWly aYeTted.
But for The invasion of another mans ter
ritOry in the ninth Frisco would have fin
ished with three hits instead of four. With I
two hands out ReitZ sent fly to left Me
Quicken got under il, but Big BIZ pTsnced
out that way, and did his little ghost dance
alongside Of Mr.. McGucken, vino got ratified
and went to dancing himself. The ball
dropped clear, but the hit made no differ
ence as Denny gathered in the next one.
The same teams play to-day at Haight
street, with L0okabaugh and Hoffman in
the traces. Following is the score: