The morning call., 1893-06-11
FUZZY BASEBALL.
One BeWhiskered Game
for Oakland.
NONE, HE BOUGHT A TICKET.
The Spectators Were Panied at ths
Sad Sight, and 0oZed Out
Through the Gate.

It's like writing funeral notice. almost
to tell the painful details of the defeat
that the Los Angeles baseball team met
with out at Haight street yesterday. Il
was no doubt the most irritating defeat of
the season, for it was solely upon the
errors that Los Angeles made the crushing
defeat rests.
No use to lay the defeat to the pitchers,
for in the statement below it will be seen
that Los Angeles wa confined 10 six runs
from nine hits, while Oakland secured
eighteen runs from fourteen hits.
The sky was very low yesterday-very
low indeed. Tall Mr.. Earle could almost
reach it by standing on tiptoe. And so the
hits were all of them wee ones. while the
errors were, some of them, as large as all
outdoors.
Speaking about errors now Buck Hughes
should have been fined regularly every
half hour yesterday for being on top of
the earth. Really, there was no excuse
for his existence whatever.
1t will be remembered that several days
ago Buck threw his spinal column out of
killer, aud il was given out al the time that
it was the result of an exerton while eat
ing pie with knife. That was mistake,
it seems
Yesterday the real cause of the injury
came out. II appears that the hotel in
Stockton, where Mr.. LindleY pastures his
herd of athletes while in he slough clty,
makes practice of serving pie once every
week, whether the profits of the business
justify it or not.
The generOus-hearted management of
the house does not announce the pie-dav
ahead, but leaves its coming as glad sur
prise Tor the bOarders, 50 that when they
gather around the fes i've board on the
auspiciOus day. and their gaze goes out
across the eXpanse OF fried liver ana
onions and beetsteak de COW, they may
ind, nesting among the rebuilt ruins OF
former meals. one solitary goOSeberrv PIE.
Pie-day at Stockton last week fell on the
very day that Mr.. Lindtey and his herd
were to leave the city. Immediately the
dinner-bell rang the bnarders made rush
for that pie. Mr.. Hughes reached it first
and got it started down his ample throat.
But alas. he was not 10 he allowed to
peacefully make away with the prize in
that off-hsnd way. Ten or a dozen of the
other boarders grabbed hold of that pOr-
tion of the pie that had not passed beynnd
the portals, and then hegan the most real
istc and exciting tug-Of-war On record.
But the tremendous strain put upon the
pie was too much for it. 1t was built for
service, but there must have been flaw in
about amidships ana the react on resulting
from the break caused Mr.. Hughes to re-
treat rapidly across the room on his Shou-
der blades.
That's how he strained his back Pee
pie no doubt it are invited to visit Stock
ton and view the remains of the pie.
And 1t was the errors that MT. Hughes
mnde-f0ur in number. and all of them
costly, together with fonr more cobtrjb-
uted by Others of his assOcia es-that made
the game what 1t was: mighty poor QUE.
Aud twas ever thus The crowd yes
terday was large anA en- thus astically in
clned. but the enthusiasm died out and
the crowd ooZed away through the ga te
when Oakland made eighteen tallies in the
first i've innings from Twelve hits.
William Moist Rag Nlco essayed to do
the pitching for Los Angeles at the start.
but his accents did not meet yath the ap-
probation of Captain Grnalvin for some
cause or other, So la the middle of the sec
ond inning. after having sent Mich1el
COdv to first on balls. he was requested to
deslst and his job was turned over 10 Mr..
Borchers.
What satisfaction Mr.. Nicol can now ex-
tract from the fact that Borchers did no
better than he is his.
Seven men scored ID the last of the
fourth inning The inning was a con-
gomeration of bases on balls. wild pitches,
passed balls, rum, hits, errors, and ball
saving S,
But during that one inning Oakland won
the game and had eight innings left Oh
their hands.
The low sky. or something, shortened
the hits wonderfully yesterday. Out of
The twenty-seven only three were longer
than singles, Oakland has the honor
of those three
Pop Lytip. who saved Fridays game for
Los Angeles, got half of the runs for that
unfortunate team yesterday, and deserves
that much credit, at least
The particulars of the playing yesterday
you'd prove too liresome, perhaps. If
ven In full. There were no nice dnub be
VS. or pretty pu outs on the lines, Or the
p of that but just dreary bunderings
"a such. 0 kland kent the bases full
frtty much all the time during their turn
Il bat and even such situations got
monotonous after time.
1rwin's long backward running catch of
HutchinsOn's iy in the sixth inning was a.
feature pleasing to the eye.
a startling rumOr was passed around
yesterday to the effect that Tip O'NeilI
VIII soon be umpiring in the California
League games.
Some things that have transnired re-
Gently point to such rumor being we'll
founded.
But the fans are ready to see most any,
thing happen now after witnessing the sad
spectacle of johnnie J. None purchasinp a
ticket to the game yesterday
To-day the usual two games will. take
place.
Ihe morning game will be at Piedmont.
anu the afternoon gone commencing at 9
o'clock a Haignt street.
The score of the game, if it can be called
game. was as follows: