The morning call., 1893-06-18
A GLAD SURPRISE.
A Game of Genuine Ball
at Haight Street.
Fanning's Timely Hit in the Sixth
Won the Game for the
Visiting Team.

LIS the unexpected that generally hap
pens, as. for instance, yesterdays game of
ball at Haight street. which, while not of
itself unexpected. was as full of surprises
as grab-bag at a church fair.
The one great. overwhelming surprise of
the game was the fact that it was a great
game, magniicently played and full of ex-
element from start to windup, and one of
the little, side-show surprises was the fact
that Stockton won it. There were other
small, one-horse surprises mixed into it all
the way through.
Something has happened to the Stockton
team. Large, copious doses of ginger have
been injected into their several systems by
some unknown process. and under the
spell of its influence they are acting like a
lot of ball-playerS trying to earn their sal
aries.
When the home team, by timely distri-
button of hits in the sixth inning, yester-
day, made two tallies and tied the score,
Stockton pulled the winning tally out of
the last half and then shut out San Fran
cisco in the three following Innings.
That was fine exhibition of the game
as it ought to De played. And. barring the
work done in the last half OF the first in
ming, when Stockton made four of their
FIVE runs, the home talent put up very
superior quality of ball-playing that ordi-
narly would have won the game hands
down.
In this connection peculiarly appears
in the large number of double plays de-
yeloped. The home talent wound up four
of Stockton's promising innings by brilliant
double plays, the second put out in each
being invariably at the first base.
Kid Peoples, 10th to see San Francisco
| wa Iii nfTy oil N
cepted chance to operate a double play
all by himself. 1t required no great
amount of science, for he only caught a
line drive and stopped oD the second bag,
but it served to show that the kids cocoa
nut is in good working order and goes off
with har-trigger movement when the
occasion demands it.
Louie Balsz. pitching for the home folks,
was at himself after the first inning. In
the first he allowed cluster Of five hits,
yielding four runs.
Mannasau got a base on balls and
Sweeney singled. Both scored when
Whitehead sent ball sailing way out to
the right field fence that netted him two
bags.
KlOpf singled. 1t Twas a peculiar hit.
The bali, when it eollided with his bat
went straight at the pitcher, but the
pitcher lodged it, 1t earromed then on
the left shin of Umpire Donahue over to
Power at first. Il was then far ahead of
the batter, but DOnahue called it a single
while he hoped around the ball-players
regulation circle, nursing the injured
shin.
Lawrence, with a double scored White
head and sent Klopf to third. Roberts got
base on balls and the way stations were
full.
When Speer hit to Balsz a neat double
play resulted. Kl0yf being forced out by a
throw home ana Spies getting the ball TO
first IN time TO put out Speer.
After base on balls to Peoples, Fam
ming singled and scored Lawrence. a live
drive by MannaSau neatly captured by
Carroll shut off further trouble.
San Francisco had already secured an
| earned run in the first half. Levy drove
out three-bagger and Works single down
the left foul line brought him IN with the
rGn
The first half of the second inning
brought out Mannasau, the guardian of
SIockton's center pasture. into bold relief.
In quick succession Messrs. Mcguire,
Basz and Sharp sent him long flies and he
| held them all. Mr.. ManDaSau might have
passed for an imitation of a piece of fly
paper in full operation during that in
ming.
In the three innings following the first
| nothing OF Importance happened except
| ing number of good plays, but in the
first of the fifth the home talent secured a
run by Peck Sharp.
Smashing out double to deep right as
a starter, Sharp went to third base on
Levy's sacrifice hit to flaming. and
| crossed over The plate on long fly TO
Mannasau by Large Carroll.
Ebright opened the sixth with a single.
He stole second. The infield had closed
up for Spies, and when he hit the bali
passed through Peoples hands and gave
| him life, besides sending Ebright to
third. Ebright scored on an error by
Peoples.
Mcguire singled. and went 10 second on
Whitehead's error of Balsz's ground ball.
He scored on Sharp's single that was
blocked out for home run. but was op-
portunely blocked by Mannasau.
The score was now tied. Remembe bering
| the success that attended klopfs swipe,
| Captain Mannasau at once gave orders
for the men to bit something. '1f You
can't bit anything else hit the umpire" !"
he yelled.
Peoples hit the ball 1t was what has
been sometimes called sunshine tly
The sunshine got in Maguire's eye and he
muffed the ball. letting Peoples TO second
a very opp6rtune single by Jack Tanning
who was singing quite frequently yester-
day. let Peoples in with The score; the
very score that won the game.
| To-day there will be two games. One
| Will take place in the morning at Piedmont
grounds and the other at Haight street,
commencing at 2 O'Clock.
Matte McVickers, who has been sin gled
| by Uncle to take up the burden laid down
! by Pill knell. will pitch at Piedmont an d
BalsZ Will be at it again in the afternoon
| at Halgbt street. Yesterdays tabulated
statement is as follows:
| SAN fRANcIsCos Alb. R. So. Po. A. e
sharp, o...... /