The herald., 1897-11-08
OLD CALIFORNIA FAvoRlTEs
GET A WARM WELCOME FROM
THEIR FRIENDS
The Game They Played Was Rather
Rocky One-The State League
Games
Ass ociated Press Special Wire.


gregation of star baseball players from
the east made their first appearance il
California today at Recreation park, ant
the All-Americas played all around tht
men from Baltimore. The day was ar
ideal one for baseball, balmy and with.
out air stirring, and the size of the crowt
was only restricted by the limit of the
grounds. Every seat in the grand stand
and in the bleachers was taken and the
fringe Of humanity surrounded the en-
tire field, greatly interfering with the
fielding of the players and partly re-
sponsble for the large score. The
been used for football when soft and
slushy. Doctor Pond, for the Baltimores
did not prove much of puzzle for the
nine selected from the cream of the Ma
tional league. They batted him hard and
often, and after the sixth inning the
crowd set up a continuous howl for Joe
Corbett, but the latter did not respond.
All the old California favorites
namely, Lange. Reitz, Clarke and Nash,
received a warm welcome from the $4,000
or more spectators. "Bill' Lange was
fairly smothered with floral tributes, the
most attractive of which was large
shield Of white roses with the words
Little Eva" in carnations. Lange re-
sponded by lining out the first ball
pitched against the center field fence for
two bases. The fielding of the ALL
Americas was clean and snappy. The
fac nff Ant II, ha MI n
the Baltimores was Jannings' quick and
clean fielding. He made a remarkable
double play, catching a straight liner
by jumping up in the air and throwing
the batter out at first. Donohue's work
behind the bat for Baltimore was very
slow. Following is the score by innings:
Baltimore ........ 2 0 O. Z
... 8 0 l 6 #-16
and Smith. Umpires-McDonald and
O'Neil
STATE LEAGUE GAMES
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. THE Cali
fornia Markets defeated the Will &
Fincks at Central park today by score
of to 2.
Both mines played good ball. Smith of
the Will & Fincks made two costly err
plate in the third inning. The Will &
Fincks scored one run in the first and
one in the eighth inning.
Both Fitzpatrick and Iberg pitched
good ball.
Modesto-The Stockton and Modesto
baseball clubs played a game here to-
day in which Stockton won by a score
of Il to 16.
Sacramento-At o'clock this after
noon the Gilt Edge baseball nine lined
up at Snowflake park with Harvey in
the box and Mertes behind the plate, but
the Olympics of San Francisco, the team
billed to meet the local cracks, failed to
put in an appearance.
Umpire Fisher called game" and
Harvey proceeded to fan out three i'm
aginary Olympic men, after which the
umpire declared the Gilt Edges winners
by default by a score of to 0.
Early this morning McGlynn, the
of the Olympics, telephoned to
Manager Kripp of the Gilt Edges that
his team had missed the train. Kripp
told him to hold his men and that he
(kripp) would charter a train and bring
them here on time. McGlynn said his
men We're scattered and that it would be
to get them together.
Manager Kripp has Informed the Re
lance and Stockton managers of the
action of McGlynn, and the probabili-
ties are that at the meeting of the board
of directors to be held Wednesday he
will be retired to private life.
The Gilt Edges split up and played an
exhibition game before q fair crowd.
Santa Cruz-Dolphin Athletic park
was opened this afternoon with an at
tendance of 1000. A game was played
Santa Claras, resulting in victory for
the beachcombers. Score, to A. For
making a home run, Streib of the Beach
and Kelly of the Santa Claras
were each presented with $3.50. Steffani
pitched several innings for the Santa
Claras and then Doyle took his place.
was catcher. BALI and Dau-
benbiss were the battery for the local
team.
Stockton-Stockton took the game
from the Reliance today with apparent
ease by score of 8 to G. Ahern went in
to pitch for Reliance, but walked so
many men to first on balls that Van
Haltren came in in the middle of the
fourth inning. Six of the nine Stockton
players hit him frequently but not to
earn runs after the fifth. Harper, for
stockton, was a little wild in the first
Two innings, but then settled down to
work. The weather was cold, which ac-
counts for some of the fumbled balls.
Errors were not infrequent. Score:
Stockton 8, basehits 9, errors 8.
Reliance 6, basehits 6, errors 5.
Batterjes-Harper and Peters; Ahern,
Van Haltren and Stanley.
Grass Valley-The hottest game ever
seen on Watt park diamond was played
oday between the Monarchs of Grass
Valley and the Colts of Nevada City
Several hundred rooters came down
enthusiasts were out. The
Monarchs We're victors by score Of
10 to Z.
NEXT YEARS LEAGUE.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.-President
Young, who leaves tomorrow to attend
he annual meeting of the National
eague in Philadelphia, made the fol-
owing statement tonight:
EVERY fall brings the usual rumors
If the dissolution of the partnership of
welve and the return to the old organi-
.ation Of eight clubs after the fashion
If the old eight-club league and the
American association. The conference
# 1891 that brought about the twelye-