The San Francisco call., 1896-11-04
WEBFOOT WONDERS
WERE WALLOPEO
Citrus Belt BaseballiStS
Beat Them Very
Easily.
Fennimore, the Supposed Great
Pitcher, an Exploded
Phenomenon
BASE HITS IN BIG BUNDLES,
The Game and Its Principal Incidents
as Seen by the Horse
Reporter.

Fennimore, the boy wonder of the Web
foot State, is an exploded phenom.
Heralded asa world beater the Monogram
twirler stepped into the box at the Fol-
| som-street grounds yesterday afternoon.
Fifteen minutes later he loomed up an
East St. Louis Hindoo in Suburban
handicap. Hopelessly beaten his team
was foundering along eleven runs to the
bad. with the lads from the citrus belt
bowling along under double wrap. Fen.
nimore may be a wonder at Hooppole
County fair, but when he gets in fast
class he has got as much chance to win
as has a one-legged man to corral first
money in footrace.
The Tufts-Lyons representatives got all
the best of the start. Although the Port
land entries made two tallies in the open
ing dash the Southerners IN their half got
on their stride and gailoped around the
bases until their tongues hung out. When
they finally quit from sheer exhaustion
eight notcnes had been cut in their side
of the stick and their opponents had
slipped their weight-pad in order to have
a chance to get within hailing distance.
The only result of the endeavor was 10
cause the orange-eaters to pull the bat in
the second heat and hammer out a lead of
five additional lengths. After that they
pulled up and finally won in walk by a
score of 16 to 4.
The Oregon boys were first to the post,
and Mr.. Harvey, who engineered the bat
terry work of the tough lions. took his
place in fear and tremb bling. So agitated
was he that when Schmeer sent warm
grounder at him he fell in heap, and be-
fore he recovered there was Schmeer on
the initial bag Mr. Parrott. who was next
in order, sought to obtain cracker, but
for some unexplained reason failed, and
after making three vigorous stabs at the
elusive pigskin retired to the bench. Ham
mond, the little backstop OF the Alameda
Alerts, who was pressed into service to
assist Mr.. Phenomenal Fenniiaore, re-
placed Parrott at the bat. He selected
large, balIoon-like bail and swatted it to-
ward Mr.. Heavyweight Cummings, who
otficiated as tender OF the three-quarter
bag for the lions. Gran pa" as the small
boys called him, was evidently thinking
CT the vote he lost by not being at home
and fun bled the sphere. Hammond
reached first safely, and Schmeer, who in
| the meantime had sprinted to the half-pole,
making a new record for the distance, got
| to third on the play. Fennimore, the
great, then faced his opponents. He sent
slow grounder to Tufts, who did not
want TO shame 'gran'pa' by appearing
10 excel the old gentleman. and so also
| gave IN exhibition of butter FINGERS at
work. Fennimore got life, thus filing
the bases. Schmeer, however, thought he
saw q chance to complete his journey dur
ing the excitement attending Tufts error
| aDd set sail for home. Although he
| pulled the whip on himself as he neared
the finish, Franck. who had secured the
ball, threw it to Henry, who nipped
Schmeer out, by nose, at the plate.
| mopd and Fennlmore scored. Giles stole
second and tried to get home on Henry s
| overthrow TO catch him and was also ex-
tinguished at the rubber.
| Then came the rupture of Fennimore' s
reputation. He started out well enough,
Franck being retired on an easv grounder.
TUFTS, who was next in order was pre-
sented with a base on balls Harvey hit
safely, as did Tyler, filling the bases. The
| wonder was not equal to the strain, and
| instead OF striking out the next man, gave
| him base on balls, forcing in Tufts.
Henry then sent an easy one to Schmeer,
who allowed it 10 escape him and Harvey
and Tyler scored. Farrell hit the ball right
! in the eye and brought Henry home, he
having purloined second. Fergie also
made connections and got sale hit. The
iusllade had disconcerted Fennimore, ana
| he made wild pitch, advancing both the
runners panel. Wolfskill broke down
| at first, and Franck coming to bat for the
second time, placed one beyond reach of
the tielders, scoring Farrell. Tufts also
cuIled a hit and Fergie and Franck got
home. Harvey ended the agony by send
in a slow one to the pitcher, who threw
him out at first. Fennimore pulled up
| lame.
The Monograms got two more men
around the bases in the third event on
| two hits and two bases on balls, while the
citrus belters added i've TO their total in
the second on five safe drives, with total
| of seven bases. Schmeer assisted in the
work by adding another error to his COL
| lection.
After the fourth heat. the sport quieted
| down, and there was little to interest the
| big crowd u hich Was in attendance.
| Following is the official score: