The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-06
An Eleven-Inning Game
Yesterday.
SAN FRANCISCO TEAM WINS.
Was a Pitchers Battle From
the Start.
coRBETT AND PETER WERE IN 1T
There Was Nothing "YaIler" About
the Playing, but There Was
Lack of Team Work.

Corbett and Jackson mixed things lit
tie yesterday and Corbett got the best of
it. Not "Pompadour Jim" and the immor-
tai Peter, but Jim's brother Joe and
lanky twirler who carried the dusky An
tipodean's surname.
1t wasn't slogging match; only ball
game, and the principals, those who bore
the names of the men now filing the eyes
of the sporting world, were the respective
pitchers, Corbet for the San Francisco
team and Jackson for the CALIFORNIA;.
COrbett wOD, and had the ending been
that of the greatest scrap that looks as if
il never would come off the enthusiasm
could not have been much greater. In fact
when the suggestion of war came in the
names of the opposing pitchers the enthu-
siastic crowd Rugged the idea and pulled
just as hard for the namesake of the
champion scrapper as they would have had
the greatest of the worlds fiStic contests
be en- actually on.
1t took eleven innings to do the bust
ness, but there was some of the prettieSt
ball-playing in iE ever witnessed in Cali
fornia Early in the proceedings it was
evident that the battle was TO be between
the pitchers. With unerring precision and
elusive curves they sent the sphere over
the oyster from the start. Under the col
lars and close to the ears of the wary bats
men the little round ball twisted and shot
and whizzed, the wielderS of the willow,
desperate as were their attempts to do
better, doing little more than fan tho
whiskers on the leather. When they did
hit the ball in most instances 1t was only
in the way of gentle love tap or gently
sailing fly, promptly gobbed in by the
vgilant feders.
1t was a great ball game just the same,
the score showing thai. There were errors,
OF course. due to lack OF team work ana
weakness in captainlng, but none OF them
were costly and not one glaring.
TIE CALIFORNIA; went first to the bat,
and by succession of fumbles. due to the
cold wind and few well-placed hits, sue
reeded in landing two runs. The San
Franciscans tied this in their half and
doubled the score in the next inning by
vigorous play at knocking jackson out of
the lot The CALIFORNIA; sent Shea to the
bat in their first half of the third, but he
was quickly retired on a beautiful assist
from DeXtraze to Bliss. Stanley got first
on balls, but was cut short at second on
Mullee's hit. Hanley hit for base. Buck
ley got first on wild throw. and the ball
kept circling around the lot till Mules
and Hanley scored. Zies struck out.
In the next inning the CALIFORNIA; got
a run in the lead and that is the best they
could do for the rest of the game. The
last half of the fourth and the fifth and
sixth innings the game was a sort of out
in one, two, three order for zach side, but
in the seventh they woke up again.
Stanley went 20 bat for California and
was promptly retired from DeXtraze to
Bliss. Mullee secured first with his good
eye for bad balls, and made great time for
third on Hanley's hot hit to LETT field, the
latter getting second in the shuttle.
There were now two men on bases and
only one out. 1t was getting exciting.
Buckley stepped up to the bat with a
do-or-die expression. He died. His eye
was like that of the proverbial dead
mackeTel and he couldn't fud the ball.
There were great hopes Of Zes. When lie
died. hope fled. The San Franeiscos did
no better in their half, although when
Bliss got TO first on a very moth-eaLen
mutf by Mullee they had hopes. That's
as far as it got. They never got near a
run that inning. In the eighth they did
better, making run and tying the score.
Bodie was the first batter up and he got
his first on balls. He was pushed TO third
on Knightey's safe hit to center. Corbett
made short hit to short, doubling
Knightley and himself out. On Dex-
traces hot hit daisy cutter to right field
Budie scored. Farrell came to the bat and
DeXtraZe made run for it to second. The
ball was after him, and it was only by
most wonderful header and slide for life
that he reached the bag. Farrell flew out
10 Hanley, retiring the side.
The pitchers battle developed stronger
and for the next two innings not score
was made. In the FIRST BALI of the tenth
Corbett put up a particularly strong game
in the box, but was badly supported.
After Shields had famed the air three
times Farrell muffed the ball and he latter
ran it out to first on very wild throw.
He ran down to second on another moor
throw of Farrell. Cannon struck out and
Jackson got his base on balls. Then, with
Shea at the bat, Shields got third on a
passed ball and jackson reached second.
Shea and Stanley struck out and another
good chance to score was beaten. The
San Franchises did no better in their half.
II began to look like an all summers
game, when the blue boys went in for
their first half of the eleventh. Hauley
flew out to Bodie and Mullee and Buckley
struck out, and when Jackson got Into the
box be looked as fresh as could be. The
best Farrell could do was fly out to Han
ley. 1t looked like a goose egg and indef-
mite innings. Levy got first on a tumble
by Shea, the latter redeeming himself,
however, moment later by clean assist
TO Mulee, putting Bliss out Of pain. Then
Murphy came 20 the bat He grabbed the
bat in a vicious sort of way. Daraded the
rubber suggestively, and when the first
ball came along he just lined her out to
q safe center, bringing Levy in and max
ing the Winning score.
The crowd raised in their seats and
howIed It's delight. The game was over.
and "Pompadour Jim's" brother. Joe, had
knocked the persmmon. The score:
CALIFORNIA; A.R. II. s.B. 20. A. f.
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