The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-10
HITS WERE HEAVY
How the Home Team
Won a Great Victory.
ONE HOME RUN WAS SPOILED
A New "Pilenom'' Pitches a VIM
ming Game Before His First
Large Audience.
ONE HOME RUN WAS SPOILED

baseball save a close score were present
yesterday afternoon at the Haigh,-street
grounds. There was also present very
generous outpouring of the populace.
Because the individual members of the
San Francisco team hit the ball oftener
and harder than did the men from Los
Angeles San Francisco won the game.
The score was IS 10 3. Such a one-sided
score might lead to the supposition on the
part of those not present that the playing
was not close enough 10 be exciting.
When it is known, however. that ont OF
the total OF tweuty-threa runs sixteen OF
them we're earned IL seems apparent to the
average fan that enough robust biting was
done 10 make the game at least Wo nth see
ing.
Besides the hitting the game was full OF
pretty plays. and only few real bad errors
were made. Henry Spies oistlngu!S he'd
himself with catching foul balls. One fou!
that Ebright caught near the gate might
almost do for feature OF the game. Once
Rube Levy sprinted in from his pasture TO
about half way from third base 10 the fence
and caught the third man out when the
bases were full of Angels. Work shut or
some runs one time by pulling down diff
cult fly that threatened at least three
Dagger. if not home run. so 1t went all
through the game. When the opportunl-
ties came for good plays the good plays
were made.
But the feature of the game was the hit
ting. Tom Mcguire for the home team and
that grand old man, Pop McCauley, for the
visitors evidently tried to Guido each other
with the stick and came off about even.
Mcguire sent out a home run and two
til rec base hits, while McCauley had a
home run, two doubles and q single. Hank
CpiaS cC, taptad hlmeplf with two thTep-
baggers.
There can be no difference Of opiniOn in
regard 20 Harris new pitcher. McGreevey,
who is now doing his first job of profess
siOnal pitching. He Is surely speedy
enough for the company in which he now
finds himself. His Work yesterday was
up with that of George Borchers, who was
pitted against him, and BOrchers has been
considered by some the most pulling
pitcher in the league.
Yesterday there was but one inning
when the home team failed 10 get hits. and
hits enough to produce runs. On the other
hand four of the innings were blanks as
far as Los Angeles was concerned. What
McGreavey couldn't accomplish toward
putOut with bis curves was done by the
GelderS.
Evidently both teams started out with
firm determination to hit the ball hard.
Sharp's single for San Franciscos was fol-
lowed by three-base jolt by Reuben Levy
Reuben has been moved up from the foot
Of the batting order TO second on the list
and that's the way he celebrated the
event Sharp scored on that long hit, and
after two men had gone out on long flies
10 the outfield. Magpire scored Levy when
he sent out a three-bagger. a single by
Power Straight down the center aisle
scored Mcguire.
Los Angeles filed the second half nearly
aS f. Of hn oil 70 a =
many runs.
Wright's hot single over short was FOL-
lowed by slam by Pop McCauley. 1t
looked like home run when the bali was
Stlll I'D In the air. and when the fielders
turned and chased the ball down past tie
fence and up 10 the corner of the club
house there was no more doubt about 1t.
\ single later on by Lyle constituted all
the hitting Of the half and resulted in no
more runs.
About the cheapest run of the game was
made by Henry Speer in the second. He
singled and then went the rest OF the
circuit on errors. a throw to second
brought him home When there was no
possible excuse for throwing to second.
AIaguire's home run brought in the two
runs IN he third. Carroll had singled
before Mcguire came up. The ball went
over the back fence.
That sort of hitting was calculated to
discourage Los Angeles enough for all
PRACTICAL purposes. but when, in the last
half Of the Inning. Buck Ebright spread
out his white wings and sailed way out to
the left fence to catch McCauley's foul it
was Ike insult added to Injury almost.
Even that failed TO satisfy The home
team, however, and they punched five
runs ont OF the next inning. These five
runs were mostly earned ones. Spies got
a base on balls and after McGreevey had
MT Tn | Vt IN
did Levy, filing the bases. Al that
critical time Work singled, but the hit
was so slight that only one man could
score, so again the bases were filed. Car
roll relieved the situation with double.
He vas brought in from second by Power
who also drove out "a two-oase hit. For
a second time Henry Spies scored ran
in the fifth that began with base on
balls and was terminated on Sharp's
single. The last half was almost a dupi-
cate of the first. for Wright got base on
balls and McCauey's hit, a two-baggeI,
scored him.
When Mcguire was coming up the line
from second in the sixth inning on another
of his terrific swats. he was led to believe
that the hit was good for a home run, but
alas! it wasn't The ball reached the
plate first and Mcguire was touched ont.
Then base on balls was given Power.
Ebright singled-such wee little hit that
the pltcner couldn't nnd IL until TOO late.
Spies tore off a two-bagger and Sharp a
single. All this resulted in three runs. Il
was in tie last of this inning that Los An
geleS again gathered together two runs,
and that was the last they ever aid get.
Hughes singled and went to second on
Borcher's, who did the same. Wright
drove the ball right down over first base,
and II skinned along the foul line until ii
struck the fence and bounded back. 1t was
a double and Hughes and Borchers scored
on it. Wright was put out trying to reach
home on McCauley's single.
Hanks great hitters gathered in two
more in the eighth on great hits by Spies,
Ebright, McGreevey and Sharp, and one in
the ninth on base on balls to Power and
EbrishrS double. The score was:
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