The San Francisco call., 1897-09-12
ALAMEDA GAVE
TN TO OAKLAND
It Was a Ball Game in
Which City Officials
Shone.
But the Various Members of
the Teams Did Do Most
Valiantly.-
The Score Was Small, Justifying the
Verdict That the Contest
Was Great

ALAMEDA, CAL, Sept. 1.-THE city
of Oakland plays better ball than the city
of Alameda-not such a very large
amount better, however. That fact was
we'll demonstrated this afternoon, when
the teams met on the diamond at the
Alameda Baseball Park.
The trouble began with a parade on
Park street, Alameda, of the two teams.
City Treasurer Wheeler of Alameda, orna-
mented with pretty white sweater, led
The van. Then came the Alameda team,
marching in single rank and covering as
much OF the street as they could.
The second division of the parade con.
sisted of the Oakland team, manfully
trying to spread out over more street
than the Alameda team could. Then
came citizens IN carriages. citizens on
foot, citizens on the sidewalk and citizens
in sGreetcar. The parade made good
time down Park street to the narrow
gauge depot. and there all hands took the
train down to the grounds at o'clock.
1t was warm game, but 1T wasn't quite
SO warm as the games the city OF Oakland
played against the county of Alameda.
But the Oakland team all solemniy assert
that i. was a much better game, better by
partly explained, however by the fact
that this is the first game they happened
10 have won. Circumstances muchiy alter
cases.
The players and thoir positions were as
follows:
Alameda City Employes-Goldsworth thy short
stop; Steinmetz, pitcher; simpson, catcher;
Schumacher, first bsse; kleupter, third base
ana captain; Wahnanth, lett field; Mailot,
center field Rogers, right field; Scullv, second
base; Gum, IT. Sure and Lam born, substitutes.
Oakland City mployes-Callahan, short
stop; HennesSy, third base; Holland, first base
Co blett, second base; Clement, catcner; Ro-
nan. pitcher; Jacobus, left field; Thomas, cen
ter fed and captain; Allen, right field.
During the game Goldsworthy took
Steinmetzs place as pitcher, for the last
three innings, for the Alameda nine, and
Gum replaced ScuIly on second bag for
two innings.
The game was called almost on time, at
a little after 2:30 P. NJ. Alameda went to
the bat and Goldsworthy got first on very
pretty hit and stole two more bases.
Steinnetz. who followed him, made the
only three Dagger Of the ay, and he and
Colds worthy, got home before the bali was
returned.
Then Oakland came to bat. Mr.. CalIa-
han rapidly found the pitcher, and after
knocking two foul balls so farzover The
fence that the game was delayed while a
party went 10 search for them, he got his
base on balls. He also managed. to get
all the way around the diamond and got
tally all by himself
Mr.. Spike Hennessy, clerk OF the Police
Court, as is his usual custom famed out
in one, two, three style. Mr.. Holland
gathered in another run, and then the
misfortunes OF some of his fellow players
resulted in ending that inning with the
score tie, to2.
In the second inning on Alameda's side
two men struck out gracefully, and then
Chief OF Police Rogers came up to the bat
The Chief was presented with an elegant
bouquet consisting OF an assortment of