The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-07-22
THEY ALL HIT The BALL.
A Wild and WoolIy Game With the
Los Angeles Team.
Plenty of Fireworks From the Start
Four Home Runs on the SIate-A
Brilliant Triple Play.

Baseball pyrotechnics, did you re-
mark?
Well. if that is what you like, you
should have seen yesterdays game at
Snowflake Park. Why, it beat anything
of the kind seen in Sacramento for
years. Just think of lit Four home
runs, three three-baggers, five two-cush-
ion shots and a whole hatful Of singles,
all in one game! If that wouldn't please
the cranks who always want to see the
ball "swiped," they ought to stay at home
and mind the babies.
HOW IT HAPPENED.
Tell about it? Well, it was this way:
Sacramento went to bat first with
their pockets full of firecrackers. They
were all feeling coltish, too, and, disre-
garding all etiquette, jumped onto poor
Phil knell. the left handed twirler from
the south, in a manner that was real
naughty. The Angels became discon-
certed right away. Mannasau, the king
pin of the local nine, sent the first
skyrocket into the left field and
galloped around to second while the Wis
ltors were recovering from the shock.
Sweeney sizZled one down to Shortstop
wild throw to first. Whitehead, after
knocking half a dozen fouls over the
fence, finally fouled out. Klopf raped
hard one to Hutchinson and was safe,
because the visitors concentrated their eli
forts on Mannasau, who had made a break
for the home-plate. The Sacrameutan
found things rather warm for moment,
but finally succeeded in getting back to
third base safe and sound when one of
his pursuers dropped the ball. Then Bob
McHale took hand in the proceedings.
Knell hoated beautiful coaXer up to
Bob and-bang! That was a big fire
cracker. The Los Angeles tielders found
the ball somewhere out IN the woods, but
Bob had stepped on all four corners of the
diamond before they returned it, and
Mannasau, Sweeney and klopf simply
walked in. Roberts wanted TO distinguish
himself, too, and sent long one into the
left garden, but Lyle caught it. Peoples
hit the ball sharply, but was retired at
first. -Four runsAquite good starter.
ANOTHER OUTBREAK.
Los Angeles got two men on bases, but
could not score in this inning.
The home nine sent one more man
across the plate in the second inning,
while the visitors goose-egged again.
There were some more fireworks in the
third, the Sacramentos getting three runs
and the Angels two. The latter teams
half OF the inning was full OF excitement.
Wright opened up with beautiful three
Dagger. McCauley sent a fly down to
Roberts, but Wright scored after the ball
was caught. Hutchinson, just to show
the spectators that he had not forgotten
some of the tricks he used to play when he
wore a Sacramento uniform two years
ago, hoisted the ball down to the center
corner of the lot, and before the home
players could recover it he was back to
the home plate again. Hutch" was ap
plauded to the echo for his performance,
and he deserved 1t, for it was one of the
cleanest home-run hits seen in many
day.
In the fourth the Sacramentos gave the
visitors another scare by adding three
more runs to their already formidable
looking score. These runs were princi-
pally the result OF a three Dagger by
SWEET when men were on the bases. Los
Angeles didn't get anything-in fact, the
visitors didn't get anything more until the
eighth inning-while the home players
continued to increase their score. But in
that eighth inning the visitors suddenly
emerged from the trance they had been
IN, and, taking advantage of the fact that
LoOKABAUGH WAS TIRING,
Slogged the ball numerically. Seven
men crossed the plate before they could
be retired, and the Sacramentans were
kept chasing the ball all over the lot, 1t
looked for time as though the Angels
were going TO tie the score, if not win the
game. 1t was only the big lead gained in
the earlier innings that saved the game
for the Senators. The visitors started in
to repeat the dose in the ninth inning.
but we're only allowed two more runs.
The game could not be called a good
one from a baseball standpoint. The |
Los Angeles teams fielding work was
very poor, some of the blunders being |
the kind that amateurs would be |
aOIN llI of and fho L., 1 IL
Sacramentos took at the start robbed the |
game of much of the interest. But after !
that there was plenty of fun and lots Of |
opportunities for making noise. The |
heavy hitting that was INDUCED in COM
pensated for the blunders to large ex-
tent.
Umpire Sweeney redeemed himself by |
officiating faultlessly. He had his eve |
with him and none Of his decisions on |
balls and strikes were questioned. He
demonstrated that he knows his business, !
and that his work of Thursday was not |
sample OF the kind he deals out all the |
time.
MANNAsAU's GREAT WORK.
Mannasau, the Senator who patrols the |
confer garden for the local team, demon |
strated again yesterday that he is the !
hardest hitter in the team, if not in the |
league. The three hits to his credit were
two home runs and a two-bagger. 1t is |
getting So now that if Mannasau does not !
get home run or two in every game he |
thinks something is wrong and goes to |
see his doctor. McHale also added an |
other "homer" TO his already cookbook !
ing column.
A feature of yesterdays game was a |
triple play executed by Peoples and |
Sweeney. 1t was in the sixth inning and |
the visitors had men on first and second |
bases respectively. LytIe then popped |
fly just outside of the diamond which |
Peoples purposely nutfed. The second |
baseman gathered up the ball quickly, |
and touching out the player who was on |
second, Immediately threw to first, where |
Sweeney touched out the man there. AS
the fly was mutfed, both of these men |
should have run. The batter did not run |
to first and he was in consequence out |
too, making three in all. 1t was brill |
liant bit OF baseball playing, and it was |
some time before the spectators could get |
it through their heads. 1t was the main |
topic of discussion on the cars coming in |
from the park.
For further particulars of the game
glance over this:
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