The San Francisco call., 1895-11-25
PLAYED GOOD BASEBALL,
Hard Fought Game Between
Amateurs and Professionals
at Central Park.
Pacifcs Defeated by San Francisco's
Greater Experience by Score
of 8 to 2.

The ball game at Central Park yesterday
afternoon between the San Francisco nine
and the amateurs of the Pacific team was
won by the former by a score OF to :.
Since the league went to pieces Man
ayers Rockwell and Barnes have arranged
with a number of the league players to
remain and play Sunday games at Centra
Park and when games cannot De arranged
with any of the amateur teams OF the City
two professional mines will meet. That is
the programme as outlined for the winter
in order to keep up the interest III baseball
until spring, when it is proposed to organ
ize the league for 1896.
Yesterdays game with the Pacifcs was
the first to be played under the new ar
rangement. There were about 1000 people
in attendance, and although the game was
somewhat one-sided as to the score, it was
decidedly interesting exhibition and was
hotly contested throughout. The anna
teurs played very good ball, and but for
few bad errors and the inability of the
men to meet the emergency at bat at dif-
ferent points in the game when the bases
were full, there would have been a very
different score recorded.
Lange and Nash made their first appear
ance with the San Franciscos and did good
work for the professionals. They both re-
ceived welcome from the crowd, particu-
larly Billy Lange, who left great record
behind him when he was last in California.
His two-base hit over the right field fence
was one of the features OF the game.
Iburg for the amateurs and Harper for
the professionals did the twir!ing. They
both had good control and one was nit
about as hard as the other, but Harper was
given superior support by the more ex-
perienced professionals to that accorded
Iburg by the amateurs. This and the
greater ability OF the professionals to place
and bunch their hits and TO run bases
account for the difference in the showing
of the two teams. for out of the eight runs
of San Francisco but one was an
earned one. The most creditable features
of the amateurs playing were two base
hits by Hearty and Iburg, the handsome
fielding OF Wilds and circus catch by
Murphy. Smith threw 10 first to catch a
base runner. The ball went very high,
but Murphy jumped and held it with one
hand, scoring put out.
The professionals began the run-getting
in the first half of the second inning,
when, after two men were out, Stanley hit
for a single. He stole second and scored
on Iburg's failure to hold an easy fly of
McCar.hys. Mccarthy made second on
the play, went to third OH a wild throw OF
DreuS' to second and scored on q wild
pitch. In the Pacitics half German
singled, went to third on Levy's out at
first and scored on McCartby's wild throw
to first when no one was covering the base.
In the first half of the third Sweeney
singled and reached second when Lang
went to first on an error of Smiths. The
base runners each stole base and Sweeney
scored on Nash out at first. Lang came
home on Smiths failure to field Mertes'
hit to short.
The Pacifics failed to score and the run
getting ceased on both sides until the
sixth. In the professionals half of this
inning, with one out, Mccarthy got his
base on balls and went to second on Har-
per's single. Werrick hit to Peguigney,
who failed in Judgment and allowed the
bases to be filled. Then Billy Lange came
to bat amid the cheers OF the crowd. They
expected something of him and he did not
fail them, but lined out hot single that
scored Mccarthy and Harper. Sweeney
and Nash retired the side by flying out to
Wllds in right field, who made TWO hand
some catches.
There was no run-making done by either
side until in the ninth, when Lang, as
usual, hit safe. He stole second, went to
third on wild throw of Dreus' and scored
on Nash's out at first. Mertes hit for a
single, stole second and third by virtue OF
an improper decision of the umpire and
scored when Power went out at second
after being given a base on balls. Nc
Carthy struck out. Murphy, for the Pa
cifics, hit safe, was advanced to second by
German being hit by the pitcher and both
were advanced base on Levy's out at
first. Murphy scored on WiIds long
single to second Hearty few out to
Power and Dreus struck out.
Following is the makeup OF the teams:
San Franciscos-W Werrick, second base;
Sweeney, shortstop; Lange, left field;
Nash, third base; Mertes, center field;
Power, first base; Stanly, catcher; Nc
Carthy, right field; Harper, pitcher: Pa
cifics-smith, second, base; Pequlgney,
shortstop; Murphy, left field; German,
third base; Levy, center field; Wilds, first
base; Hearty, catcher; Dreus, right field;
Iburg pitcher