The record-union., 1893-07-21
THEY DIDN'T EXPLODE HIN.
Sacramento's New Pitcher a Sure
Enough Phenomenon.
The Los Angeles Team Could Do Moth
ing With the Young Wizard
The Game at the Bay.

sacramento has a real live baseball
phenomenon.
When Manager Moore announced last
week that he had secured the services of
a kid" who pitched with his left arm,
there were no fires from spontaneous
combustion, nor any other unusual hap
penings. The story of the explosion of
phenomenon Hughes only a week before
was too fresh in the minds of the baseball
cranks for them to hail with delight the
signing Of "south paw Cameron Of Or
egon.
But this time Moore made a good
guess. as everybody who saw the new
conner slaughter the big hitters from Los
Angeles yesterday can testify. Cameron
is quite young chap, good-looking,
small in stature, but wiry and quick as
cat. No pitcher in the league has such
snake-like curves at his command as has
this youngster. All he needs is little
more confidence in himself as well as in
the men behind him and an umpire who
has no dust in his eyes. Cameron had
the Angels at his mercy all through the
game. only letting up on them once, and
that was i'll the eighth inning. Had
Cmplre Charles Sweeney been able to
follow the new pitchers swift delivery,
the base-on- balls column would not loom
up SO big in the score as it does. Sweeney
had an OIL day, and his decisions on balls
and strikes were very rocky" particu-
larly in the earlier innings. But then,
he was impartial in his bad guessing, so
that neither team Jared worse than the
other. Sweeney was once CALIFORNIA;
greatest pitcher, and certainly knows
ball from a strike-but then, the best of
them have their bad days.
1t WAS the first anpaaranna nf tho I nc
Angeles team in Sacramento, and while
they did not put up very good quality
OF ball, il was easily seen that they are
not second-raters. Every man IN the
team knows how to WELD his bat, and
had it not been for Surprise Party Dam
eron they would have no doubt given an
exhibition of fireworks. But cameron
was their Nemesis. why" said one of
the visitors, throwing himself on the
players bench after having struck out,
you couldn't hit that fellow with
cricket bat. There's no use OF our max
ing any fight for this game"
George Borchers pitched splendid
game Tor the visitors, the only draw back
being his old fault-wildness. But George
looks better, and is pitching better than
he has for years, and he was well re-
ceiVed by his old Sacramento friends.
Hutchinson, who plays at short tor the
Angels, and Buck" Hughes are old Sac
ramento players, and We're also applauded
when they stepped up to the plate.
The SacraInentos opened the ball with
three runs in the first inning. Mannassan
took first on balls, but went out on an
attempt TO steal second, Lehman making
good throw. Sweeney was also made n
present OF first by Borchers and went to
second on Whitehead's safe shot to CEN
ter. hlopf also hit to center for one
cushion and Sweeney skipped across the
plate. McHale connected with the ball.
but was thrown out at first. Roberts
then sent long one into right field, and
didn't stop running until he reached
third. Here he had close shave, as the
ball was there ahead of him and Huleu
tried 10 put him out. Many of the spec
tators thought Roberts was out, but the
umpire said no. Whitehead and klopf
scored on Roberts hit. Peoples was
thrown out on dropped third strike, re-
firing the side.
The visitors made one run in this in
ming, too. Wright, the long-legged CEN
ter-nelder, was the first to face cameron.
lie had on one red stocking and one black
one, probably for the purpose of discon-
certlng the new twirler. The "hoodoo''
was a success, for Cameron didn't get The
ball over the plate-at least that was what
Umpire Sweeney said-and the mis-
mated stockings went to first. McCauley
the next batter, had on two black stock
lngs and was promptly struck out. Then
hutchinson hit to Sweeney, and on the
latter's tumble was safe. Cilenalvin. the
heavy-hitting and oratorical Captain of
the Angels, hit to Sweeney and Wright
scored. Lyle went to first on balls.
Hulen hit to Peoples and Hutchinson
was shut out at second. Lehman sent a
long fly down to Roberts and retired the
side.
The visitors made no more runs until
the eighth inning, when, with their two
hits and few errors by the home team,
they secured three runs. But in the same
inning the Sacramentos "lit onto, the
ball, too, just for exercise, and sent four
men across the plate.
Following is the official score.