The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-20
A BIT OFF COLOR.
The First Championship
Ball Game.
PLAYERS NEED PRACTICE.
California Defeats Sacramento
Hands Down.
SCORE: TWENTY-FIVE TO FOUR.
Better Sport Promised After the
Teams Shall Have Had an Op.
portunity to Get in Trim.
SCORE: TWENTY-FIVE TO FOUR.

The first championship game of the
California Players League was played
yesterday at the Haight-street grounds.
California won from Sacramento by a
score of % to 4, and their victory would
have been more prom Ounced if they hadn't
forgotten to play the ninth inning. The
youth who marked the score on a black
board at the south side of the grounds
lost his bearings in the log and chalked
the eighth inning down as the ninth; but
nobody noticed it, and the players left the
field without knowing the game was really
unfinished.
From professional point Of view the
game was about as bad as could have been
put up. The score indicates this. Once
in awhile a brilliant idea would dawn on
the minds of two men simultaneously, and
a double play would result, but such
things were so rare that they did little
toward bringing the game up to the re-
CURED standard.
A painful lack of training and discipline
was apparent from start to finish. Glue
seemed to be mixed in the brains of the
fielders, for after catching ball they not
infTeQuently held on TO 1t until the base
runner had scored or reached his base.
Probably little practice would make a
marked improvement in the games, but
the style of playing that was put on the
market yesterday Is the kind that makes
loving husbands 60 home and beat their
wives.
California went to bat first and Shea
made base hit. Mullee and Hanley were
put out in short order and Cannon batted
a fly into MulVey'S hands. Mr.. Shea was
permitted to die on second, while the Cali
fornians went into the field without hav-
ing made a score.
Devine went to bat first for the Sacra-
mentos aud got to first base on a fly.
Nsthercott followed and advanced Devlne
TO third. Mcdonald sent the ball out into
center field then, and brought Devine and
Nethercott home, but he was put out on
third moment lateI. Shields aud Mui-
vey went out without undue delay, and the
side was out.
Mccarthy made base hit for the Cali
fornians at the opening of the second in
ming and made way for Buckley, who was
put out at first. MOnahan made a two
Dagger ana brought Mccarthy home.
Then hrug batted a ball into Hughes
hands. but his brain became befogged at
this point, and when he emerged Krug
had reached first, and the ball was still in
che hands OF the pitcher, Loughran made
three-bagger, bringing Monshan home.
Mr.. Shea struck out and Mullee was put
out for touching first base.
Duffee began the ceremonies for the
Sacramentos by batting fly out into left
field and being caught out. Walker made
base hit, and Devlns was given bis base
on balls. Hughes batted the ball into
M0nahan's hands, who, by means of q
| double play, put out both Hughes and De.
vine, retiring the side.
So the game dragged on for eight in
nings. The CalifornIans had thugs all
their own way and trotted around the
bases so frequently that the official gong
beaIer, who announced the runs in each
inning at its close, had to put his right arm
in sling.
In the fourth inning the Calfornians
made nine runs, and in the fifth seven.
Then they became weary and didn't take
the trouble TO score again during the game.
In the seventh inning the Sacrament0s
tried TO remove the hoodoU that seemed to
rest upon them by putting Shields in To
pitch IL place of Hughes. Hughes pitched
ike a squaw, but Shields did little better.
and there was no visible Improvement in
the game. After scoring twice in the first
inning, the Sacramentos laid up treasure
Of goose eggs until the seventh inning.
when they scored. Another man scored in
the eight, but that ended it and everybody
went home.
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