The morning call., 1893-04-10
THE DUKE IS SAD
Harper's Curves Hit the
Bat Every Time.
=. BABY sWEENEY,s" DEBUT.
One Triple Play and Two Three
Baggers Made a Hot Game at
FiaigIit Street.

DIXIE Harper was wszg slIillfua in pitch
inn the bah yesterday aftegn opn AT Haighf
street.. He lit The bat nearly every time,
and the consequence was that the Colonies
made singles without number, two three
base hits and FIVE two-baggers.
And with the hts came the tallies-17 of
them all told, as against 6 for the River
Pirates,
And the Duke OF Santa Clara is cast down
and repiueth much. forsooth. because his
favorite pitcher was swaited so roundly.
Twas an interesting game withal and
witnessed by a goodly crowd of enthusiasts
who chee!ed and stamped for two reasons.
And the first of these was TO keep warm
and verify the second sprung from a spon-
taneOus desire to applaud deeds we'll done,
runs. hits and plays well performed.
And of the latter there were lot a few.
There were many, in truth SO many that the
score blank had to be enlarged to hold them
all. u wit: When Lawrence and p.
Sweeney made a triple play. Only double
plays are provided for on the ore-blanks.
and this sufficiently argues the rarity of
triple plays. Il was the first this season.
The Gro wd cheered and stamped like wild.
1t was a neat play. II happened like this:
Cody opened the eighth inning for Oak
land with ground liner that landed him
safely on first. Griffith gained first on
Lawrence's error. Cody advanced to second.
Came cow McGueken 10 bat. He swatted
liner about an inch higher than Harper's
reach. but Harper jumped after it and
touched It with his finger tips.
Cody and Griffith both saw the muff and
both started TO run. But they reckoned
unscientifcally and without the rare quick
ness of Lawrence. Harper's finger tips
raised the course of the bail enough to let it
fall into the hands OF Lawrence.
II was mick liphtuipU N IN
left he caught Cody Just off the base, then
threw swiftly TO P. Sweeney at first. The
latter caught it in time TO put Griffith out
as the latter was just starting for second.
It takes lots OF type to tell it all, but it
happened like fash, and whole side was
out on One mau's swat.
The game opened with hits and talies
galore. McGueken made a single Irwin
followed with a two-bsgger. Hines hit
safely to second and McGucken and Irwin
scored. Then Earle was thrown out at
first. Calopy came next with foul that
was caught by Spear. O'Neil hit a single
and Hines scored. HernOn gained first on
an error IF Whitehead's. Cody made a SIM
gle. Came Grifiths then with a tw6-bagger
10 the scorehoard and Hernon and Cody
scored. McGucken was thrown out at first.
The boy plastered big six on the score
board.
This was little bit diseouraging for the
Dukes after the trOuncing they had Just
gone through at Piedmont, but Whitehead
came up to the bat smiling he only staid
little while, just long enough TO hit out al
first.
Lawrence made single.
CantilliOn flew to Tip 0'Neil.
Sunday followed with a single that was
too hot Tor Callopy and Lawrence scored
P. Sweeney made a base HIT
Little Danny hit hard and straight to the
center. Hines fumbled it and Danny got tC
first while Sunday and p. Sweeney scored.
Then Danny got ambitious and tried to stea
second. lie was caught and tile side wa;
out with only half the number of tallies
credited to the Colonies.
10 the second inning Oakland scored two
Irwin opened by being thrown out al
first
Hines hit three Dagger to the extreme
left and scored.
Earle and Collopy made singles.
lip. flew to Danny Sweeney, but Danny
wasn't quick enough. Earle scored anC
CalloDy was caught out on third.
In the third inning the Colonies scored
again. Cody took first on balls and Grit
1thS' tWo-bSggeT brought him home.
Baby Sweeney" appeared in the latter
half Of the fourth. Sunday had been
thrown out at first and P. Sweeney came Il
bat Came also Baby Sweeney" carried
by very small boy, Duke Firms mascot
In his arms he held an infants high chair
covered with Gala lilies and roses and
ferns. In the center Of it was big placard
bearing the legend that told the grand
stand and kindergarten and all the world
that ?. Sweeney had just been made
proud papa.
P. Sweeney blushed. The grand stand
and the kindergarten cheered. "PIay ball, y
said Umpire Meegan, and when Baby
Sweeney" was carried back to the bench
papa Sweeney hit a tWo-bagger to relieve
his suffering emotions,
Danny struck out.
Peoples made first on Callopy's tumble
Spear hit safely TO first and Papa Sweeney
scored.
Harper was thrown out at first.
La tile fifth inning only the Dukes scored,
Whitehead made a tw0-bagger and P
Sweeney did likewise. When the innin!
was over Stockton's score was 6. and i
stad right there.
The Colonies knocked out one more tally
in the sixth, three more in the seventh anC
lonely one in the ninth. The score was
AT SAN FRANCISCO, APRIL 8. 1895