The morning call., 1893-06-24
STILL THEY LOSE.
The Fag=Enders Holding
Their Position.
MIKE LAWRENCE PITCHED.
Something About a Lot of Funny
Plays and How They Came
TO Be Made.
Nike IaNrsnce is no pitcher.

MIKE LaWrelee Is 10 pEteHtTs
He does not even claim to be one.
But he pitched a game Of bail at Pied
mont for the Stockton team yesterday and
almost won it.
The Stocktons were playing against the
Oaklands. Inc Oakiands had Griffith a.
work pitching. Griffith is the man Colonel
Robinson used TO say was tbs best pitcher
in the league. And the game was pitch
er's battle between Nike Lawrence. who is
not pitcher. and Griffith, who is.
For Oakland the outpouring Of the popu-
lace was good; far in excess of that of
any game played al the Piedmont grounds
for long time.
the end OF the sixth inning. Then with
the bases full il the first Of the seventh on
an error by Peoples ana two bases on
balls, bis royal IN happlnesc, Joe Nc
Quicken, drove out single. This was fol-
lowed Immediately with another by Hunk
mess Hines, ana the dream Of Stockton
was over.
Possibly if Lawrence had been able TO
forego these bases on balls Stockton
would have won the game. The men be-
hind Lawrence were playing remarkably
good ball. with The exception OF Peoples.
The fielding was superb, and Whitehead at
third played as though 10000 pairs Of eyes
ployeT, though neither were.
Harper IS still kept al Stockton by the
Illness Of his wife. Jack Fan ming was sta
toned In right field aud misindged one fy
that swelled Oakland's score by one tally.
Que pleasing thing about the game was
the throwing of Cnick Speer to second
base. Another was the way Roberts II
left field captured flies. He made regn-
lar fy-trap OF himself and nothing es-
capped him.
Callopy's movements at third were spir-
lied. He captured TWO difficult fouls.
Lawrence caught one foul nearly behind
the batter, peculiar thing for a pitcher
to do, and Cody Won tremendous applause
on foul catch close up TO The grand stand.
But the really and truly brilliant play Of
the game was the double play by Pete
Sweeney without aid from any source.
Call0py had singled. While he was at
first Hernon drove a fearfully hot one
pected TO reach third and perhaps home
on il. He was halfway down the line
when Sweeney caught the hot drive and
stepped on the plate, putting both men
out.
Bing caught of the line in the first of
the seventh gave tie boneless Mr.. Earle
chance 10 demonstrate the advantage of
being long drawn out He was halfway
down the line when be found himself
hemmed in. At first be was undecided
what to do.
Of course his play was to lie down, but
whether II would be better TO put MS hand
On second base or his foot on first base b 9
couldn't tell. He wasn't quite long enough
to do botn. Finally lie decided to put his
foot on first. Sweeney had the ball and
tried TO touch Earle's leg as it shot by him
for the bag, out the leg was too thin to be
located exactly in the hurry and confusion
OF the n ment. and Earle WAS declared
sale by tue umpire.
Once Stockton got three runs after two
men were out on an error by Cantillion.
Peoples and Mannasau were on the line
and Sweeney al bat He hit a high fly over
Earie's head. OF course it had to be high
or II wouldn't have gone over, but II did
and Canliilion started for II like streak
Of CREASED sunlight.
me-"
Bat be didn't have IL.
sweeney did not stop at first when the
ban was thrown there but kept right on
around. Inc ball went 10 third and while
l. was 10 transi: MaDnasau started for
nome. where Peoples had already safely
landed. Cailopy threw the ball to catch
him al the plate and 1t struck him on the
skull CT his think works instead. It
caTTomed over TO the bench and Sweeney
scored nm and brought il two hands on
nit that should have put him out and re-
tired the side.
That was in the fourth inning and gave
Stockton lead OF four. But Oakland got
four in the seventh, two in the eighth and
one in the ninth, while Stockton could only
ooZs one more run out of the remaining five
innings and that one in the last of the
ninth.
Today the same teams will play at
Halzht street Stock ton has lost three
straight games now and Tanning will pitch
to-day. 81 the game should be lively one.
Yesterdays score was as follows: