The San Francisco call., 1896-11-09
Riviera, the Citrus-Ba!t Twirler,
Too Skillful for HIS
Opponents.
MADE SIXTEEN sTR1KE-oUTs-
Men From the Silver. Sat outplayed
at All Points by the Cali
forlil Lads.

The amateur baseball championship of
the Pacific Coast. including the silver
trophy and pennaDt, was yesterday won
by the Tufts-Lyons team of Los Angeles
They won the deciding game from the
Nevada Stars. champions of the Silver
State.
The prime cause of the defeat OF the
young men from Virginia City was their
inability to size up the delivery of Riviera,
the Los Angeles twirler. Riviera is a
little. spindle-shanked, copper-colored
son of a Spaniard, with long arm and a
long head and an over-deveIoped baseball
tendency. He is about as big around as
an umbrella, and looks as though be
might be waited out of the lot by a strong
gust of wind. But the manner in which
he can work shoots and curves into the
flight of thrown ball is wonder to ali
beholders. The heavyweight Miners
were as pigmies in his hands and no less
than sixteen strIkeouts were placed to his
credit.
Next to the pitcher, Mangerina, the
other half of the Los Angeles battery, was
the bright particular star of the game. He
is even smaller than Riviera and looks to
weigh about three pounds less than a
straw hat. He, however. is a bundle of
nerves, has an eye like an eagle, and is at
all times bust than a boy in a store.
But one of the visitors from Nevada sue
ceeded in stealing a base from him. and
he played the game through without a
battery or fielding error He also suc-
ceeded in obtaining his base on balls no
less than three times, and out of the other
three times at bat secured o-basger.
OF the other citrus-belters, Strohn ex-
celled at the bat, b obtaining two SINGLES
and double out of six times up. while
Franck, Cum mings and Tyler made two
safe hits each.
Moore ana Radcliff OF the Neyadans
made two hits apiece. one of Moore's swats
being over the right-fieid fence.
Neither side scored run during the fret
two innings Riviera struck out six OF the
Miners and two of the Los Anseles lads
perished in the same manner. The Other
tour were retired at first. In the third
INNING, aI.er ferrow had made three fruit
less !a5s at the sphere, MerKle secured a
hit, but was thrown out trying to steal
second. Moore then hit the hall souaralv
on the nose and lifted it over the righi-
held fence for q home run. Radc,iff re-
tired the side by tanning out. In their
hall OF the third the orange-eaters saw The
NeFaoans one and raised them one
otronn. who was trst at bat, hit safely
anu Franck followed suit Cummings
struck out. Mangerina secured a base on
balls, filing the bags. Farrell was ~ -.
llrsd en- po fly to Perrow, when farmer
1yier dropped safe one into leitfield and
sfrohn and Franck scored. TUFTS retired
the side on tiv TO Randall.
HITS by Riviera, Suohn and Francl-
earned run for the Tufls-Lyons in tha
fourth. and in the fifth the Neyadans ,;aS
the score on Franck's error, a base on halls
and hits 10y Moore and Radcliff. Thaf
however, was the end of their run-gettlnr' .
pleted the circuit. making the scora 4 - :
In favor OF the Southerners, on his 80
drive, Tyler's sacrifice ana Dexter's srror
Then came the Waterloo OF Nevadsis