The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-04-28
THE COLONEL WON.
Weak Swats by Your
Uncle Henry's Men.
THE FLY REUBEN DIDN'T GET.
Yesterdays Game Was the FEATURE
less Kind, and the Errors Came
in Big Bunches.

That was a punk sort Of a game out at
tie Haight-street grounds yesterday, taking
everything into consideration. Somebody
most likely it was the colonel or yaur
Uncle HenTy-has been saying all along
hat when San Francisco got mixed up in a
hall game with Oakland again some way-uD
ball-playing was going to right away ensue.
Perhaps the weather yesterday prevented it
from ensuing.
Anyway there wasn't much of the genu-
inc article. though occasionally good plays
would creep in by misiake-like oysters in
chufch-f fair soup.
Griffith pitched winning ball from start
10 finish. He allowed nothing above sin
gle and kept them well scattered.
That same Balsz once SO phenomenal, did
not operate so successfully as in the DAYS of
yrIe. There was slant to his eye. Six
men pTofted by this slant and went to first
or poor balls thrown by Louie Balsz.
l. would be hard to designate the portion
oi The game that was especially feature
scE,g. About the only features were the
good plays that weren't made. They were
very numerous. Nearly everybody In Tie
lot assisted in not making them.
EhTiEht and his feet made a double play
IN the last Of the fifth inning. HeruOn was
on third. Cody sent Buck" a short line Iy
which he held in his hands while his ieet
q The bag were putting out Hernon. 1t was
simple. but neat.
Mr.. Carroll. who looks like the picture of
''atier taking" did same pretty field work
With fly Tails IN the right pasture, and also
occasionally gave some valuable Sugges tons
ths man who was painting the fence near
Ei- seat
The irst inning started in with base on
balls aud let out for recess with a double
play. San Francisco was at the bat and
got nothing.
The last half saw McGucken cross the
plate with tally for Oakland.
san Francisco placed a tally on record in
tie first OF the second inning.
Things went along easy and uneventfully
chem until the last part of the third Then
OuklSnd made three.
The first of the fourth passed off uneyent-
fully, ana Oakland raised & couple of pegs
again In the last half
When the first of the fifth was over San
Francisco had two more
Ga kland got one in the sixth because Nc
Gucken made two-base swat and Hines
brought him In with a single
The last two tallies that oakland got
came along IN the latter part of the sew
eDth.
ONeill sent a ground ball to Ebright,
who went INTO commissions. He recovered
TOO late-eyerlastingly too late. O'Nelll got
second on weak swatlet by Cody, aud
came IN on fly to left which was not
caugnt-especially by Reuben Levy. Her
gon went out on a fly to Eorighrs glove.
Cody was thrown out at first by Peck
sharp. Griffith got his base on balls and
sailed into port on that fly which Reuben
Levy Idn't atch. The bases were full at
She time; because MeGuckcn had also been
presented with a base on balls. Hines
went out at first. sad to relate.
Right after Ruben didn't catch that fly
Uncle Henry collected his feet together
trnm in under the bench and went over 10
ihe gate 10 count the shekels. Then his
little band of noble pioneers went into the
game ana logged out four runs in two
EnulpgS-twO in each.
In the ninth Henry's men might have
won out the game, because they had goud
start, tut after Mcguire and Levy had both
scored, Work and Sharp weakly swatted
and the jig was up.
The game tomorrow viii be at Piedmont,
commencing at 3 O'clock.
The score yesterday was: