The herald., 1896-10-26
The Amateur Ball Championship
Still in Doubt
A GAME OF TWELVE INNINGS
Stopped by Darkness and Results
In a Tie
land Ball Bumpers But Fails to
Take Them Into Camp.
Associated Press special wire

Associated Press Special Wire
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25.-The
Portland Monograms and the Los An
geles Tuft-Lyons played twelve innings
today for the amateur baseball cham
pionship of the Pacific coast. With the
score 12 to IL the game was called on
account of darkness. Nearly 10000 peo-
pie went to Central Park expecting to
see an exciting game and they were not
disappointed. The game started off
with row. Los Angeles attempted to
play their star pitcher, Harvey, who had
been declared over age. Portland pro-
tested and was upheld. Los Angeles
then declined to play. The umpire gave
the southrons five minutes in which to
play ball or quit. and they finally de-
cided to play. The Monograms started
in like winners and 1t looked dark for
Los Angeles. In the third inning an at
tempt was again made to play Harvey.
but it would not work. The Alameda
Alerts were on hand ready to take the
place Of Los Angeles the moment that
team quit and the Angels finally con-
cluded to play it out.
For several innings the score stood
hine to nothing in favor at the Mono
grams and it looked like a sure thing
for the boys from the north. But 3
streak of bad luck hit the Portland
youths. One crack player had a finger
smashed, the catcher was injured and
In the eighth inning the score was tied
at II to 12. Then both sides braced up
and played ball for dear life. Not a run
was made by either side for four innings
and finally darkness put an end to the
most exciting amatuer game ever seen
here.
1t is understood that the game will be
played off next Sunday.
A FANS ACCOUNT
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25.-The
Tufts-Lyon baseball team Of the sun
kissed south plucked safety from defeat
at the hands of the husky spindle
| shankers from the humid north-those
hard-hghting Portland Monograms.
| The boys from Los Angeles discovered
that a game is never lost until it. Is
won. and they might have spoiled the
| most interesting match seen in San
! Francisco for a decade had they insist
ed on maintaining the false position
they advanced when things looked blue
They called upon Harvey, a phe-
nomenal pitcher. to save the day for
them, but as he was over age the Mono
grams objected and insisted that they
would not play If he went into the box.
The southe1ners thereupon braced up
and played great game.
In the second inning for the Mono
grams Black got first on a passed ball.
Busby hit to Cummings and made his
base on tumble. while Black got as far
as third. Ray was out on strikes, and
then they all began to hit the ball. OIL
yer. Dunovan, Schmeer. Parrott and
Webber all got in their work with the
stick. and with the help Of an error by
the shortstop they piled up a total of
six runs for the inning by the time the
side. was out.
This was beginning to get disheart-
ening. The Los Angeles boys had not
scored and they failed to do anything
that counted in their half.
The tide turned in the fourth, how
ever, for the Tufts-Lyons piled up seven
runs in their half and gradually crept
up until they tired the score in the
eighth, and as neither side tailed for
four more innings and darkness set in
the match was declared a tie and must
be played over again.
The ccoro.