The morning call., 1893-11-03
FavOrites i'm the Charity
Baseball Mines.
UNCLE GEORGE THE MASCOT.
A Tenor at Second Base and a Sol
dier or Two i'm the
Field.

| played at Haight street tomorrow after
noon that will open The eyes of some
people.
| Since the glory of Thomas Prunes
Robinson faded there have been those who
| thought that baseball was not the strong
point of the athletic young men of North
ern California.
! To-morrow's event will dispel that for
| ever. Tally-ho coaches, red ribbons and
streamers of orange and white, the brass
| band, the tin horns and society will put an
| end to that delusive idea ere the sun goes
| down and the last victim is carried off the
diamond.
The swell young men of San Francisco
and the other side of the bay are going to
play match game of baseball in earnest
and for gate receipts. OF course the latter
| will be large. for society has already
claimed it as a function and the San Fran
cisco Polytechnic ard the Children's HOspi-
tai will profit most thereby. What vio-
lences are committed in the name of
charity!
An ambulance and sufficient corps of
surgeons will be on hand. This announce
ment is made specifically in connection with
the statement that G. NJ. Belshaw is going
Fred Atherton of the BohemianS will
probably have at least one inning at the
bat.
1t is remem bered that no ball ever passed
Athert0n at the bat and that Belshaw is
pitcher to be admired. but not initiated.
There is swish in the atmosphere when
the ball leaves his hard and only the very
stoutest ash when held in the proper posi-
| ton will resist its force.
Suppose the ASH welded by Mr.. Ather-
| ton should not be held in the prOIer posi-
tion when the sphere comes alongside. OF
course it is difficult to realize how this can
| possibly be with batter of Mr.. Ather-
toms experience. yet accidents do happen,
and it is remembered that when last he
| played ball Mr.. A thertOB earned two bases
! on Dals-but the balls were not pitched by
| Beshaw. He is the dark horse of the
university team and may be expected to
win the game all by himself. For the
! past week or more many ostentatious ru-
mOrs have been circulated IA bout Belshaw's
| bad health and lack of training and prac-
! tice and so forth. Aud the louder and more
| persistent these rumors have become the
more have the knowing ones wnked the
off eye and set Beshaw down as the crack
ma IN of the team.
Hence it is with grave apprehensinns
| that the possibility of ball thrown by
| Mr.. Belshaw not striking the bat held by
| Mr.. AtheTton is considered. For II the
sphere strikes not the bat it will strike the
batter. So much is certain, for when Fred
Atherton stands over the home plate no
| curve that Belshaw can give the ball will
enable it pass ON TO the catcher. viii it
| puuc ure AthertoD? Will A herton have
| to be carried to first base when the ball
strikes him? These are grave questions.
However. it might be worse. If Ather-
ton was member of the University team
the police would proba bly, inteTfere-or be
Iax ai ha mi
pitcher. F. l.. Owen, sends the sphere with
a cannon-ball vgor the curve of a comet.
Owen pitC he'd last year for the Bohemi ans,
and they 10 tell some startling tales of his
prowess. II Belshaw doesn't win the game
Owen will.
Uncle George Bromley will be the mas
cot. He will probably not appear in black
face and knee breeches and sit on bench
out in the sun. though If be follow the
precedent Of all past and gone mascots he
will do this. They are having mask
made for him now.
DR.. b. r. Swain, who Is to be the official
surgeon of the event, has had his toolbox
hauled ont on the grounds and bale of
cotton batting has been ordered II is 60
ing TO be a great game.
Elmer Depue will hold down second base
for the Bohemians. He is one of the
heaviest hitters in town. When be played
last year the sawmillS could not turn out
strong enough bats for his muscle, and it
is likely he will be asked to use crow bar
tomorrow. If you hear a sweet tenor
80 10 coming up from the virinity of second
base you will know the Universitys are at
the bat. are you never so color-bliDd.
E. L. Eyre is the second baseman for
the Berkeley team. He did we'll at this
bag last year for the Pacific Union nine,
and since then he has been In constant
practice singing grain-sacks at Port
Costa. His employees tell wonderful
stories Of his prowess in this line. He can
catch and hold, too, a much heavier thing
tn an a baseball. Keep your eye on second
base when the Bohemians have their in
nings.
W. A. Lange will stand behind the bat
while the Berkeley boys WELD 1t. LaDge
was once a member of Colonel Robinson's
team, and has been playing in Chicago this
year. To offset his professional skill the
University team have Ii. j. Earle for
catcher. He was once a member of the
Northwestern League. With these two
the list of professionals ceases, and the
brilliant young men Of Northern California
blossom forth 10 do bloody deeds for
charity's sake
Lieutenant c. A. t. Flagler of these is
one. He will stand on the first bag for
Bohemia, and if he be only half so brave
there as in the Presidio tennis courts vic
tory Is assured for his nine. 1t will take
a high ball to pass over his head. Wonder
ful tales are told OF bis altitudlnouS reach
with the wicket, but they need not be told
herein. for the man who will play right
field with him has even a higher reach.
This is j. l.. Dim mOnd. He has been in
training to reduce his weight, and tips the
scales now at number of pounds not
much in excess of the number of inches in
his six feet and over. Bohemia expects
great things from its two giants.
An amateur baseball game without Bob
Woods would be an anomaly. This will
not he such. Mr.. Woods plays center
field for the Bohemians. When the water
came up to Montgomery street Robert
Woods played ball with the Bohemians,
and when it comes there again he will still
be found at that post or Angel Gabriel
will be very much surprised.
What will astonish society most at this
game will be to see A. h. Small play right
field for the Berkeley team. Small is
Bohemian from toes to crown. In other
days 1t was Small who managed the BO-
hemian nine, and there are those who pre-
dict dire things for the club, because Small
Is on the other side. The truth is Small
was neglected little this year by those
who picked out the Bohemian players and
now he Is arrayed agin' them.
Lieutenant w. r. Smedberg's center
field playing for the Unlversitys is conf