The San Francisco call., 1896-04-26
The Charity Game oS the
University Club and
Berkeley.
BERKELEY PLAYED THE BALL.
In the Last Half of the Last Inning
the Club Men Got Into
the Game.

At Central Park yesterday afternoon the
nine men of Berkeley had been having fun
with the nine men of the University Club
for nine innings, and the score stood like
this:
o o o 0 o 0 0 0 ?
There was just ore more chance. The
Berkeley people were through-they had
done all they could hope to and had nine
runs standing to their credit and swell
ing ambition not to let the University
Club have a run.
The spotless white uniforms of the club
men were now spotted with whitehall is
to say, the original white showed through
in spots. The wet ground and vain and
eager sliding" had done terrible work
Still they were cheerful and disposed to
hope.
Captain Cohen stepped to the plate and
the other eight men with one voice said to
him: I'VE are badly in need of a a run,
Mr.. Cohen" and Mr.. Cohen, with great
judgment and caution hositated in his
place until four balls had been called upon
the pitcher, and took his base
That was fair beginning and the root
ers for the clubmen cried 'tBravor
Arthur Allen hesitated also for bit, and
blowing
into the mud at the bag with entire disre-
gard OF his white suit.
Then Allen swung back his bat and
swat the ball. Proctor out at center saw
II coming, but did not realize tnat it was
the supreme effort OF the clubmen. He
waited FOL it to fall into his hands, but
when too late saw it was sailing far over
his head for the fence. He ran for it, but
was too late.
All this time the crowd of university
rooters were joyed in such fashion that
they would have turned handspringS but
for the mud and their kids and light over
coats. AS It was they threw their hats in
the air and yelled ike riot, for Cohen
had come in and the club was saved from
rout.
But they were not through. They had
learned how the thing was done. Allen
went all the way round to third on his
strike and was as tall as a monument in
the estimation of the University Club and
all that adhered thereto. The club had
run and nobody was out.
There were those on the benches who
thought the club was now almost certain
to win. They had only nine more such
feats to perform and the thing was DONE
Will Magee hit the bail to Elston at
second and Elston fumbled it. Magee
reached first safely and Allen came in.
The University Club had two runs and still
nobody was out. The rooters on the
benches were so noisy that the people out
on Market street were unhappy because
they had not gone to the ball game.
Then Adam struck out and there were
those among the most sanguine on the
benches who began to see how it might be
possible that the University Club might
yet lose.
Tom Magee reached first on a blow at
the ball. Latham struck out. Chetwood
took a base on balls, and Magee was ad-
Yanced to second, and VIII Magee to
thlrd-a man on every one of them.
Smedberg struck the ball and Elston on
second. reached up and lifted it down out
OF the air and the game was over and the
score stood 9 runs to these tardy 9
ana the three men in their soiled white
suits stood forlorn upon their three bases.
According to the Bible injunction they
had done what they could"
Considering the uncertainty of the
weather the attendance was large. Other
wise 1t was not so. The game throughout
was lively and interesting one. The
ball was knocked in all directions, once
over a neighboring roof, again over the
fence at center-tield and again-this by
Elston-into the grand stand, where it
struck Spartan old lady glancing blow
on the head, who refused to allow the in
cident to interfere with her enjoyment of
the game. She simply waved her fan and
kept her place. In the very first inning
Captain Johnston of the Berkeley team
met Win an accldent that put him out OF
the game.
He had sent long drive to right field,
on which he took third base. Trying to
come home on a narrow margin-Mc-
Laren's hit to short stop-he slid, his hand
caught in the catcher's mask and was torn
so badly that he had to be taken to the
Receiving Hospital, were eighteen stitches
were found necessary to sew it up. Hart
took his place for the balance of the game.
The fielding of Berkeley was excellent.
Charley Gagus umpired and ]. D. Mckee
kept the books.