The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-02
WAS A TIPTOP BALL GAME.
BUT THE CORKERS WENT
DOWN AGAIN.
The Fresnos, However, Had Not
Very Much Advantage Over
Them.

1.-The best game of the season." This
was the unanimous verdict of cranks on
yesterdays game between the Fresno
Republicans and the Corkers.
And it was a rafting good one. The
COrkers set out to redeem themselves
and they played the best game they
have yet put up on the home grounds.
With the exception of Mcnamara, who
was playing out of his regular position,
they put up winning ball, and it was
anybody's game up to the seventh in
ming.
The Corkers had the great Overmyer
from the Watermelon belt in the box,
and although he had been working on a
threshing machine for the past five
weeks and had not twirled ball since
he played against the Gilt Edges in this
city, some weeks ago, he pitched grand
game, and held the great Fresno team
down to nine scattered hits, besides
striking out eight batsmen. He also
made a beautiful one-handed stop of a
hard-hit ball that was the feature of the
game.
VIII Newbert put up a splendid game
at third. He accepted seven difficult
chances, and took the star part in rat
Ting double play.
Rice played his usual clever game in
the outfield, and gathered in four fly
balls, one of which was a magnificent
catch, after long run.
Ridley did most of the hitting for the
Corkers, getting one each time up.
Louis Balsz pitched his first game in
Sacramento in seven years, and showed
great Improvement in his work. He now
has perfect control of the sphere, and
made monkeys" out of a trio of the
Corkers. Balsz evidently did not care
TO exert himself to any great extent, and
was content to pitch a slow bali, with
which, coupled with good generalship,
he struck out twelve of his opponents
and kept the ten hits we'll scattered.
Both Balsz and Overmyer, with men on
bases, struck out the side.
McCarty of the Fresnos caught a good
game in place of Chance, who was I'M
able to play on account of a broken
bone in his left hand. In Saturdays
game he stepped on the butt end of a
bat, when the handle flew up and struck
him on the back Of his hand, breaking
one of the bones.
Egan, and in fact the entire Fresno
team, played fine game, and Hayes
gave a beautiful exhibition of base
stealing and Siding
Neither side scored in the first two
innings, but each had men left on bases.
In the third Decker was safe on Mona
mara's error. reached second on Gill
bert's out at first, and scored on Balsz's
two Dagger
In the fourth Hayes hit for one base,
and reached second on an error by Nc
Namara. He stole third, and scored on
a wild pitch.
In the sixth Egan was given a base
on balls, and made the circuit on two
passed balls and a wild pitch.
In the seventh Britain and Balsz hit
safely, made a beautiful double steal of
second and third, and scored on Hayes
hard drive to center In the last half,
with two men out, Rice reached second
on Britton's error, and advanced to third
on Ridley's single to center. Balsz
pitched George Newbert a slow-drop
ball which George promptly hit out for
two bags. scoring Rice and Ridley.
In the eighth Egan scored on two sin
giles and a sacrifice hit, and in the ninth
the FreSnoS scored the last run of the
game on two errors and a single by
Hayes.
Jack Stafford did the umpiring, and
there was not a single dispute to mar
the game which was played in the fast
time of one hour and thirtyfive min
ues. Following is the score: