The San Francisco call., 1896-08-03
| Mr. MONAHAN'S
MONKEY-SH|NES,
They Won a Ball Game
for the San Francisco
Team.
A TEN-INNING CONTEST.
Excellent Showing Made by Most
of the Players Who
Participated.
EIGHT TO SEVEN THE SCORE.
Costly Errors by Two Of Their Out.
folders Lost the Game for
the Imperials.
EIGHT TO SEVEN THE SCORE

There was game of ball worth going
miles to see played at the Folsom-street
grounds yesterday afternoon. For nine
innings the San Franclscos and the Impe-
rails played as though their lives depended
on the result, but struggle as they would,
neither could obtain q decided advantage
over the other. At the end of the seventh
inning the score stood to 7, and from
then until the tenth inning not run was
scored.
At the beginning of the extra inning
Monahan, formerly of the Pacihcs, Poo
bah" Blake's latest addition to his coterie
of local talent, stepped to the bat. Pitcher
Kelly wasted two chances trying to fool
the little infielder. Then Kelly tried with
a straight ball and missed the rubber.
Monahan skipped to the other side of the
plate, and before Kelly realized what he
was about Monahan had got his base on
called balls. Monahan's monkey shines
beat the Imperials. He got around to
third on outs by Sweeney and Murphy,
and scored on Leonard's safe bit.
In the last half of the tenth the I'M
perlals went out in one. two, three order.
The San Franciscos and the Imperials
they put up yesterday was as good as any
one could ask. Both sides batted well
and, barring Krug's two fumbles at short,
the fielding was far above the average.
Pete Sweeney seems to be regaining his
old time form and put up game at third
that it would be hard to duplicate any
where. Not single error was made by
the I'm perial inteld, and, in fact. but two
were chargeable to the entire team.
Nealon and Crowley each dropped fly
ball, and in both cases the error was mex
cusable and costly.
The San Franciscos were first at bat, and
they earned q run in the first inning.
Smith was the initial batter and lined out
single over the shortstop's head. He
got to second on Krug's out and scored on
Monahan's single. The Imperials in their
half saw the one and went it two better.
Nealon hit safely. Bliss few out, Green
got base on balls and Creamer got to
first on missed third strike, filling the
bases. Beckett lined out a two-bagger and
the three men scored. Cunningham and
Muller struck out.
In the second inning, after one out,
Leonard got a base for being hit by a
pitched ball. Scott hit safely. Coouey
went out on an infield hit. Smith raped
out a long fly to center. which Nealon
dropped, and Leonard scored. But for the
error it would have been three out and the
side retired. As it was, Krug the next
man up, made a three -bagger, scoring
both Scott and Smith. NeaIon's error,
therefore. cost just three runs. The I'm
perials tied the score the same inning on
single by Kelly and double by Bliss.
In the fourth each team scored one.
Friscos tally was the result of SCOTS
triple and Smiths single. Kelly scored
for the Imperials on his double and Neal
on's single.
In the fifth Monahan was hit by pitched
ball. Sweeney sent a fly to short right,
which Crowley muffed, thereby losing a
chance for certain double play, for Mona
han was past second base when he dropped
the ball. Murphy forced Sweeney at Sec
ond. Leon lard hit safely, scoring Mona
han. Scott followed suit, and Murphy
tailed. Cooney struck out, and Leonard
was caught mapping at second. Crowley's
error cost two runs.
In the seventh the Imperials tied the
score on q base on balls and triple by
Bliss.
From that time on the Imperials failed
to get man around the bases, and how
Monahan scored the winning run has al
already been told.
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