The record-union., 1897-08-09

the game was only an eXnlDitlOn event,
the players all worked as though they
were playing for high stakes, and the
result was one of the finest baseball
contests witnessed in Sacramento this
season.
The game was replete with sensa-
tional individual plays, and it would be
difficult to say which was the most
meritorious, although Davis catch of
Nfulvey's line drive was a beautiful
piece of work. Mulvey drove a hot
liner into right field, which Davis
judged accurately, but just before the
ball reached him it began to curve
sharply and he just managed to catch
1t on his left side a few inches above
the ground.
There were four rafting double plays
in the game, those by Lewis, Ranlett
and Ridley, and that between Wilson
and Gormley being exceptionally clever.
Wilcox and Perrine, the kid" pitch
ers, are fine twirlers and their equals
would be hard to find. Perrine is a
spare built youth who hardly weighs
a hundred pounds but he has mar
velous speed, and it is difficult to inn
agine where he gets it. Time and again
his opponents would strike at a ball
when it was safely in the catcher's
hands
Wilcox is also a speedy pitcher, and
has some beautiful curves. He was
seriously handicapped in yesterday S
game by an injury to his index finger
which he received in the first inning,
making it difficult for him to control
the ball. Wilcox fields his position
splendidly, and is far ahead of any
pitcher in the State in watching the
bases. He has a very quick throw to
third base, and twice he caught base
runners dreaming.
Neither side did much hard hitting
until near the close of the game, the
longest hit being made by Davis, who
landed the ball into the deep left field
and easily made the circuit.
Newbert and Wilson each played a
good game at third base. and the form
er made a beautiful stop of hot liner
and retired the runner on a quick throw
to first. Neither side scored until the
fourth inning, when Gormley reached
second on Ranlett's wild throw, and
scored on a wild throw by Lewis
The c. C. and BIS scored twice in the
sixth after two men were out. Rice
reached second on an error by GOrmley.
Newbert hit an easy grounder to Fftz-
gerald, who threw the ball over to the
bicycle track, both runners scoring.
IN the last half the visitors won the
game by scoring four runs, the last
they made in the game. Wilcox lost
control of the ball and hit two bats
men, gave a base on balls, and allowed
four hits to be punched on him, which
netted the visitors four runs.
In the eighth Davis sent the ball
spinning over the left fielder's head for
four bags, and scored the only earned
run in the game.
In the ninth Ridley made the circuit
on a couple of errors, after two men
We're out, and the home team, unable
to get another man across the plate,
lost by a score of ; to 4.
Fitzgerald is the most humorous
coacher ever in this. city. He kept the
audience in a roar Of laughter by his
antics, and especially his 'hulla-ba-loo'
coach
Romeo Barry umpired a splendid
game, and showed great improvement
in his work He put new life into it.
and his decisions We're unusually good
both on the bases ana on balls and
strikes.
pleasant feature of the game was
the absence Of unnecessary kicking. II
the players realized how monOtonous
fault finding is to the audience they
would not indulge in it. The following
is the score: