The morning call., 1893-03-15
NOW PLAY BALL!
All Is Ready for a Great
Season.
There Will Be a Grand Flourish With
Bands and New Uniforms at
the Opening Game.

March % is the date set for opening the
| coming season of the California Baseball
League.
In Difference TO the jublant feelings of
| the gay and festive baseball crank the aus
| picious event is TO be attended by all the
pomp and glamour Of brass bands and full
| drum corps. 1t is to be day OF rejoicing,
| loud and expressive.
Nothing" says the colonel, oracularly.
nothing in the base ball past has ever come
up to the glorious outlook for the present
| season, and If things don't pan out in a way
TO fulfill all expectations I'm a hOodoo,"
and the colonel knows things about base
| ball.
All baseball geniuses coincide with the
Colonel in his sanguine opinions. and the
present makeup of the several teams in
| the league would seem to indicate that they
are right
Los Angeles. Stockton. Oakland and San
Francisco are all represented in the newly
| organized league with an array OF sterling
talent gathered together from the four cor
ners of the country.
San Francisco's team consist of pitchers,
Bslsz and Knen; catcher, Spies; first base.
Power; second base, Sharp; third ba Sc,
Mcclure; shortston, E0right; left field,
Leoy; center field, Works: right field, Car
roll.
These gentlemen will be uniformly ar
rayed in white with blue trimmings the
Identical colOrs worn by the All Americas
when they made their famous tour OF the
world
The Los Angeles nine is made ND as fol-
lows: Pitchers, Roach and Nicnll; catcher,
Sheehan; first base. McCauey second base,
Glenalvin; third base, Hnlen; shortstop,
Sheeveck; lett field, Van Dyke: center field,
Wright; right field, Lytle.
The uniform Of this team is not at present
knOan.
Those make up the Stockton team: Pitch
ers, Hopper and Faunng; catcher, Speer;
first base. Sweeney; second base. Lawrence;
third base, whitehead; shortstop. Peoples;
left field, Roberts; center field, Dan
Sweeney; right field, Sunday.
a garnet Vesture trimmed with white
will make the Stockton boys distinguish
able. Some even say that this raiment will
be audible.
Oakland's nine is organized With: Pitch
ers, Horner, Grifiths and Dewald
catchers. Hess aud Dickson; fist base
Howard Earl; second base, Tin" O'NeH;
third base. CallopY; sb0ristor. Irwin left
field. MeQuade; center field. HermOn; right
field, Hines.
The foregoing will be garbed IN black
with white trimmings and will, by way Of
adding little color, wear bright red coats
At a recent meetiug OF the directors of the
league II WAS ueCiueu 10 make rules
pelling umplTes, while engaged in their
yOeat on, to wear regular uniform of dark
blue-NoTfOlk jacket and long trousers
This WILL 1t is calculated, be an improve
ment on the old vestess and shirisleeve
style. This measure Is due to Colonel
RObnsOn's persistence in pressing il to the
notice of the directors.
The official schedule of games for the
season of 1898 viii be ready for publication
on Saturday next. when it will appear fully
in the columns of THE CALL. This years
schedule covers seven months and a half,
which IS two weeks longer than the usual
period. The object OF this is 10 avoid any
unpleasant complications with players such
as have frequently arisen when stress of
circumstances compelled the league 20 ad-
vertise games to be played after the seven
months contract time of the former had ex-
pired. By the present system if all games
are played out within schedule time the ex-
ira two weeks will be occupied in a series
OF contests Tor championship h0nors with
the Northwestern League.
The games 10 come off on the 25th Of
March will ba Oakland versus San Fran
cisco at the Haight-street grounds, in this
city, and Stockton versus Los Angeles, at
Los Angeles.
All the teams are getting in some good,
hard practice work. The Los Angeles team
is at San Diego PLAYING against local anna
teuTs. The Stockton boys are pIaving
scrub" teams on their own grounds, Oak
IaDu IS uSlhs TIE berkeley College campus
and gymnasium, and incidentally teaching
the college athletes how to play ball San
FranciscO's representatives are making
good use of the Haight-street grounds and
the ball field in Golden Gate Park.
"ColoneP Robinson is doing all in his
power to encourage the colleges in their en-
deavors for baseball superiority To this
end he has arranged for game on the
Haight-street grounds to-day and Thursday
between the Berkeley boys and the Oakland
nine. On Friday tile Oaklands will go
down to PalO Alto and play a game with
the Stanfords. Saturday they will play
second game at the Haight-stree grounds
The college men are very anxious to test
their strength against that of professionals,
and these coming eyens excite great deal
Of interest. Besides pTacticing with The
university mines, it has been decided to play
a game every Sunday during the season
with team composed exclusively of ANA
teurs, TO take the place Of the mercantile
nine that it was the custom to play with
last year. The change has been made be-
cause IL was found that the ''mercantile'
team was an advertising scheme on the part
of certain big firms who made fat thing
out OF the frequent mention of their names.
There has been a revival of the old Nc.
Elroy amateur league of three years since.
The mines composing the new league will
be two from the Olympic Club OF this city
and one from the Acmes of Oakland.
Their schedule will cover the same length
OF time as that of the professionals.
Oakland has caught the baseball fever in a
violent form this year aud the modern
Athens are taking a greater interest than
ever 10 the national game.
To n CALL reporter Mr.. Robinson stated
yesterday that he had had twice the number
of applications for boxes and seats at the
Haight-street grounds that he could possi-
bly, supply.
1--WE have sent invitations 30 all the big
men OF this locality to be present at the
opening-day festivities" he said. "Mayor
Pardee of Oakland and x-MRyor Chaplin
are both expected to be there.
Twelve or fifteen open carriages will
accommodate the guests Of honor, and as
the procession winds through the principal
streets with the band playing aud flags fly
ing 1t will be glorious celebration"