The herald., 1896-11-04

ing. But Tyler was hit by the pitcher,
forcing In Strohn and keeping the
bases as full of runners as the crowd
was full of pins and needles.
And then! Cummings strode, like
Casey, to the plate. The coacher hush
ed his cry. The crowd was hushed and
still. Pitcher Ray escorted ball up the
central aisle. Bang! Mr. Cummings
bat collided with that ball head on. Up
sailed the white sphere. 1t caught the
CLEAN of the setting sun. 1t became a
speck, an atom, a mote. 1t sailed joy
ously over the left field fence. A home
run with three men on bases. That hit
belongs in the heroics of baseball. Thir-
teen to fourteen-one to tie and two to
lead.
An Invalid in Alameda was disturbed
by the noise that crowd made. That
noise going south coilided with noise
coming north from Los Angeles and
caused rain on the Mojave desert where
rain had never before been known at
this season. No convention ever set up
such shout
1t ratified Ray, the tired pitcher He
gave Manzerina his base Then he was
sent into center field and Neidermark,
the southpaw, cold with inaction, was
brought in to take his place. Probably
this was fatal, though Neidermark af-
ter wild pitch lured Riviera into strik-
ing out at wild balls, when he should
have waited and taken his base.
Eere was the score IA to Is and one
inning to play. There was enough thrill
in that for the most blase and cynical
of men. And the Monograms were taken
care of in one, two, three order. Schmeer
hit to Franck and died on first. Par
rott's pop fly was netted by Strohn.
Neidermark hit in front of the plate
q nasty ball to handle. Mangerina gV
1,A
throw was what is known as peach
by horticulturists. The ball didn't miss
the runner an inch. But Strohn was
not ratified. He held it, and the Mono
grams would score no more that day.
Now one to tie and two to win. Could
they, after the big strain? The sus-
pense made mems heads buzz The ner-
vous thrill kept women with their
mouths agape.
Ferguson was up first. He struck
three times at the ball as awkwardly
as If he We're driving cows with his
club, but the catcher missed his third
strike and he reached the initial corner
in safety. Neidermark, the southpaw,
was pitching his singularly contorted
best, but the leading batsmen of the
south We're up against him.
Strohn. the master of first base tao
tics. slugged one over short in safety
Ferguson going to second.
Then came Franck the shortstop.
"Strike!" said the umpire.
The crowd groaned
Foul"
There was a relieved "Oh!" when the
ball sailed into safety.
The end came like a flash. Franck
caught one of Neidermark's straight
ones-caught it full and fair, right on
the seam. Up and out it flew, and when
it came down no one knows to this day
for 1t was over the fence-a home run;
three men scored and Los Angeles had
won the great game of games.
Then the crowd broke down the ropes
and jumped the fences. Up they caught
Franck and carried him in delirious
triumph. Up they caught the wondrous
little fellow Mangerina. Up they
caught the burly Cummings and the
mighty Strohn. Up went Riviera, too,
the plucky twirler who never once had
weakened.
They carried Franck clear down Mar
ket street and set him up like king on
the counter of the Examiner business
Office. He had earned his triumph So
had the team who fought with him. 1t
was the pluckiest uphill fighting ever
seen,