The morning call., 1893-05-22

Robinson. showed under.
Yesterday the Oaklands won two games
from the Stocktons, and both games were
far removed from being what you might
designate as alright cinehes.
1t required ball-playing of high degree
OF excellence To win either game, but Oak
land had their excellence with them yes
terday and smeared iG on whenever neces-
sary.
The amount of ginger that has been In
jected into those swampers from Stockton
on account of their taste of success lately
is remarkable. They begin 10 look like
pack of winners. sure's you're born.
Perhaps you have heard the remark
made that when Stockton got to playing
together the team would prove as strong
as any in the league.
Yesterdays playing looked as though
they had reached that happy stage in their
career And they are also doing the kind
OF batting that has been expected of them
all along.
Roberts is going to prove tower of
strength In the team. He will be to Stock
ton what Fred Carroll is to San Francisco
the man for an emergency. If he had been
able to prorel himself more rapidly yes
terday his name would have appeared
much moro profusely among the list of
long hitters.
Yesterdays games brought Mr.. Kloff
outin bold relief several times also. He
handled Pop" Swett's throws to second
with great deXterity on several occasions,
never failing 10 put out a runner when the
conditions were anywhere near favorable
Yesterday was not a good day for ex-
tended hits, for some unknown reason.
There were no home runs, and no three
base hits even. The general trend of the
batting was toward the two-base hitlst,
and there was plenttude of those.
The Oakland players seem hardly to
have become accustomed to the new or
der OF things yet. and young Dir. Cnllopy,
generally so reliable. seems TO take to it
the poorest of all. with Hunky Hines
close second. But their nerve is slowly
coming back. They both showed up bet
Ter in the afternoon game than al any
lime since the change of management.
Fair-sized audience witnessed both of
The games yesterday. The Oakland spec
Iators saw the better game OF the two.
That was game worthy of any baseball
league in existence.
The score was practically tie from the
6rst inning to the ninth. A little luck
mixed in with considerable quantity of
good playing gave the game to Oakland in
The last inning.
Perhaps even then things might have
turned out different if time had not been
let for calling the game and the Stocktons
hadn't got fatal hurry on in the succeed
ng innings, onlv to find that they had
more time than they could assassinate in
he last one.
That was funny windup anyway.
After Oakland had gone into tie ninth
with the score O tie and had made three
allies. II occurred to some one that, as the
Eame was 10 be called at a certain time
Unless they gave Stockton time to play the
asst half. the first half wouldn't count and
lie game would still be tie.
Then began a scramble to see how
quickly the side conld retire itself In
lact. Captain Earle gave out orders for the
iatilers 10 be sure and get out.
He did it, and Stockton was compelled TO
play the last half.
The details of the plays where runs were
made are interesting of themselves.
Oakland went first to the bat, and
hen two-baggers formed the foundation
or two tallies. Irwin, Hines and Callopy
made the hits. McGucken first went ont
1t the initial sack, alter striking TO White
lead. Irwin hit his wo-bagger and came
u on Hines ditto, following immediately
lfter. Hines came in On Earle. who went
tut at first. Callopy's two-bagger lief; him
IN the line. when Hernon flew to Roberts.
Stockton tied up the score in the last
talf. Mannasau got first on an error by
Hernen. Sweeney followed with a single.
md Whitehead hit to Irwin, forcing Swee
ley at second and putting Mannasau on
bird.
Klopf was hit by the pitcher just then
md Lawrence got base on balls, filing
he stations. Roberts sent long fly out to
Hines and Hines muffed it and let in
Whitehead and Mannasau.
Oakland worried one more out of the
bird inning, when Irwin got around to
econd on Lawrence's muff of fly ball.
le came in on Earle's single
1t was very close decision In the
onrth when Cantillion was called out at
irst On Peoples assist. Sweeney was up
II the air somewhere reaching for the ball
then lit,ls Mr. Cantiilon reached the
ack, but Umpire Meegan thought lie saw
me OF Sweeaey's feet on the sack AMI he
allied it out.
The Oakland rooters thought it was
mirage that Meegan SAW instead Of Swee-
icy lceis VI ci5e mat Lue WO0l6 thing
yas merely an optical delusion with Nee
an, and they m ade the welkin ring with
heir indignant bowls.
In the fifth Stockton tried to score again.
Iopf was swatted on the head with
lie ball 10 start out with. He took sec
cid on Lawrence's single, third on Rob-
rts' strike to Callopy and came In on
lwstt's little funk down 10 Cantillon.
The eighth WAS played with neither hit
or run, and then came the runs for Oak
md in the first of the ninth.
Cody went out at first by Peoples, and
loeked like tie game. But Griffith sent
be bail down in tie same direction and
Peoples made an error. giving Griffith a
fe at first. McGucken singled and Irwin
Dllowed with the same, and Griffith and
icGucken scored. Irwin got second on
fanDasau's error, stole third and came in
Hines strike to Peoples that Peoples
hould have fumbled.
Strange as 1t may seem, tumble would