The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-21
THEY COULDN'T hit HOFFMAN
Frisco Defeats the Angels in an
Even Game.
Hank Reitz's Hard Head Played Prominent
Fart in the Performs an ee-Some New
Colonels-Game To-Day.

Hank Reitz's hit In the ninth scored the
winning run for Frisco in yesterdays game
at oakland and his hard head added two
more to the string. Catcher Rogers at
tempted TO read Mr.. Reitz of at third, bat
the ball carromed on Hanks hard skull and
lost itself among the overhaDging feet on
the bleachers. The man with the hard head
scored and Pete Sweeney galloped in from
second. Blockers famed out and the con-
test ended with a score of to g.
LII took IL balls, which reduces the assets
just S2l 80 to play the coloneps park. Six
teen OF these were new icague balls add the
last was secondhand Peck 81 Snyder
used in practice. Foul balls over the fence
never come back. Barbed-wire battlements
prevent the small boy from sitting ON
the fence. and be reyenges himself by run
ming away with nice new baseballs worth
81 % per ball. Special policemen were sta
toned on either side of the lot to arrest the
pirates or the fight of the balls, bu: they
made Door showing.
Inc game was close and Interesting ali
the way through, but somewhat slow. 1t
taxes time to break the wrappings off new
Dali, anu 1t would not be d bad idea while
playing in Oakland to hire man for that
purpose Los Angeles failed to find the
pudding that has heretofore fallen to their
lot, and had to put up with a very small
mess OIL runs. Old man Hoffman had as
mueh speed as one Of the locomotives he
used to run, and more control than a
Kelley graduate. Now and then he
hitting Angels nearly snapped their spinal
CORDS reaching after it.
Los ANGELES SCORED TWO.
All told. the terrific sluggers from the
south punched out five scattered hits For
once young Hulen. who generally hits the
pan every time he comes up. failed to con-
meet safely, and several others of great
renown appeared backward in the presence
OF Mr.. Hoffman. Nothing but outs resulted
on either side until the fourth, when Reitz
cracked single. but the men who followed
Tanned out Los Angeles scored two In
tumble, and Glenalvin brought him home
on beautiful drive to left for three sacks.
Glen scored on Dad McCauley's sacrifice.
Ihree Frisco men get their batting eye on
the ball In the fifth and hammered out three
runs. Sharp dropped Texas Lacquer in
another in right. ShortstUp Coughlin failed
10 show up, but Peoples was a first-class
substitute. Four balls started Hoffman on
the circuit ID. Sweeney contributed sacri-
ice aud Levy hit grounder which buried it.
self In the soft earth in front of the plate.
Peoples scored before MIR. Roach could ex-
hume the ball and hand it to Mr.. Rogers.
Reitz sacrificed Hoffman home.
III Inc siSth the Angels tied the score.
Ireadway hit safe and Tailed on a drive by
Willie Hassamer, who sayshe has forever
foreswnrn the seductive sharp steam and
the drifted snow lager.
The result remained in doubt until the
ninth. which Levy opened with double,
and then came the events already narrated.
Roach pitched strong game, striking out
eight batSInen, some of which occurred at a
time when strikeouts we're in great demand.
Inc sonthpaW took especial pleasure lii re-
firing AIr. Hoffman in this fashion, and sent
him 10 the bench three times Both teams
put up good fielding game.
Manasau aud Whitehead, the new Oak
landers, arrived yesterday and will journey
to San jose with their employer. The
colonel says that he has released no one and
intends to keep about % players in stock
during the summer. He should put some
OF them on ice. Frisco, and Los Angeles
play to-day at Hsight street with Tanning
and Stafford in the box. The score:
AT OAKLAND. APRIL 20. 1892