The morning call., 1893-05-06
AGAIN THE DUKE.
Uncle Might Have Won in
the Ninth.
CARRoLL's CUSTOMARY HIT.
The Dukes Recently Acquired Talent
Helps Him Win Yesterdays
Game at Piedmont.

There was just a slim chance for Mr..
Harris to lay away yesterdays ball game,
over at Piedmont. in the ninth inning. But
the opportunity, like many another, faded
silently away. and the transpanted Duke
of Santa Clara, when the ninth inning was
over, wrapped up the game in a shawlstrap
and lugged it away where Henry will never
see it more. Score to g. Poor Henry.
There was nothing the matter with the
game. It's a shame there wasn't larger
crowd cut there to see II, that's all.
The day was well nigh perfect The air
was mild and a soft, lanEuid breeze rustled
softly through the trees where the small
boys sit amid the foliage and view the
gamescape Ger. The sky o'erhead was clear
and blue and bright, and a velvety haze
hung low in the distant horizon. 1t was a
bully day for baseball.
Somebody had been out on the grounds
with pail of whitewash previous 10 fhe
game, and the straight, white basenes and
boxes were glistening in the sunlight. OF
couISe they were wrong. How cOald base
bail diamond be laid out to suit both cap
talns? The thing Is impossible. So Mr.
Meesan had to rub out the nice white lues
and scratch out some new ones with a bat
II costs s. to dispute lines laid out by Mr.
MeeEan, so nobody said word.
Gustavus AdolDhuS klopf got into yester-
days game much more numeTously than on
the day before, and while he is credited
with one Of Stockton two errors it was not
a costly one, and Mr.. Klopf bids fair TO be-
come n favOrite. He contributed a tally to
the score, also pair of base hitl cts, while
Mr.. Whitehead. who so nobly swatted on
the day previous, was the only StOektonian
who failed TO cross the plate during yester-
days encounter.
Interesting Leuis BalsZ contributed half
Of Uncie's six tallies all by himself This
Is rather new for Louis. Seldom is he won /
to act that way, and Uncle should eacour-
aEe N in 1t.
Large-sized Mr.. Carroll contributed his
customary homerun. In order to make it
sure and clean he pushed the bail over the
leit-held fence, and in doing 50 he also as
sisted MIR. Balsz in bringing in one of his
aforementioned tallIes. Mr. Carroll has
natural talent for home runs. and should
also be encouraged.
HarpeT did the pitching for Stockton.
lie was not as effective as BaSz. but the
men behind him kept the runs down better
BalSZ IS awarded the lone strike out of the
day. He famed Mr. Harper himself in the
fourth inning.
AI.er stockton had gone out three in n
row n the hrst inning, Sharp brought in a
tally lor Uncle by getting to third base on
an error ny hlopt over ground hit. He
scored on Reuben Levy's neat single.
stockton got a lead of three in the second
inning, and kept 1t throughout the succeed
ing stages Of the game.
Men lcher had been thrown out at first bv
Peck Sharp Peoples singled SWEET fol
lowed with ditto, and that brought Peoples
around 10 third. Mannasau got a base on
balls, and with the bases full Kiopf, reaiz-
Ins tHat tie opportunity had come 10 make
his peace with the bleachers, tore off a
dluble-bagger The three runners came in.
Again IN the NTH Stockton registered
two, sweeney getting a base on balls and
scoring on Reuben Leyy's failure to hold
AcN lcker's lcng fly. McVicker got second
on thaL-and scored on Peoples base hit
Two OF Uncle's came in the seventh
making an aggregate Of four up to that
time. Stockton made two in the eighth
Ihat brought the game up to the ninth,
with Stockton eight and San Francisco
four. stockton failed to score in the first
half, AID Uncle Henry, sitting on the sunny
corner OF the settee, shifted his feet uneasly
and hoped for the best.
But ncle's men only made two and they
ought To have had five TO win. BalsZ sin
gled, stole second and came in on CarrolFs
single. Sharp got base on balls and third
on carroll He scored on Works fly out
10 right Levy few out to right and Ebright
lev out to Peoples at short.
The Duke and Uncle rode back on the
ferry boat together, but Uncle kept always
trying to lead the conversation away from
baseball on to something more pleasant.
To-day there will be a game our at
Haiglt-stTeet grounds, when Philip Knell
Will be pitted against Professor Tanning in
The pitchers box. 1t should be a great
game. Uncle will need it in his business
and FINN can hardly do without it. Yes
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