The record-union., 1897-07-10
BALL GAMES SCHEDULED.
HIGH SCHOOL LADS TO PLAY
TWO GAMES TODAY.
Tomorrow the Gilt Edges Will
Meet the Athletics OF San
Francisco.

This afternoon at o'clock the High
School Baseball Club will play against
the x-Rays at Oak Park. The two
clubs are thought to be evenly matched,
and close and exciting game may
be expected.
At .. m. they will also play against
one Of the Mercantile League clubs,
probably the Waterhouse & Testers,
with whom they have postponed
game.
Halsey Smith will pitch the first
game for the students, and Jerry Grit
fin will occupy the box in the second
contest. The students will play their
regular nine, but the names of the
players of the other clubs could not be
learned.
SUNDAYS GAME.
Tomorrow afternoon at Oak Park
the Gilt Edges of this city and the
strong San Francisco Athletic Club
baseball nine will cross bats in one of
the tournament games.
The Gilt Edges are anxious to re-
trieve their lost laurels, and hope to win
to-morroW's game, though they are go
ing to play against the strongest club
in San Francisco. They have secured
Pitt the well-known pitcher, to twirl
for them in Sundays game, and will
play Shanahan at short, Hughes at
center and Pommer in right field.
Pitt has made quite a reputation
pitching for the Stockton club, and has
won a large number of games this sea-
son. With the support that he will re-
ceive from the Gilt Edges he ought TO
make a fine showing against the San
Francisco ''sluggers."
The Athletic Club has failed to send
their list of players for to-morrow's
game so little is known of them as
YET, except as to their past efforts. They
have not lost game this season.
The game will be called at p. M.
sharp, SO as to enable the visitors to
catch the $40 train for home.
CORKERS GO TO FRESNO.
The Sacramento Corkers start for
Fresno this evening, and will play the
Republican team of that place to-mor-
row. The home boys will go up against
twirler Balsz, and will have chance
to show what they can do when q
first-class pitcher shunts the ball over
the plate.
The Corl1ers, however, do not intend
to depend entirely on field work and
hard hitting to win out. Manuel De
Costa will again be in the box for
them, and the Fresnoites will have to
do some guessing before they keep the
Corkers' outfield busy. De Costa signed
with the Gilt Edge team about six
weeks ago, but was never put in the
box by them. About week ago, it is
understood, he was released, and ar
rangements are said to have been made
by which he will henceforth alternate
over the home plate for the youngsters.
Here is a tip for the Corkers. Balsz
the phenomenal throws nothing but
straight balls this year. One is very
fast, and the other is as slow as mo-
lasses in January. If they wait until
the slow ball reaches them they will
win.
Since the Gilt Edges went down be-
fore the Reliance Club at San Fran
cisco on the 9th, local ball cranks are
arriving at the conclusion that the
Corkers have been underestimated, and
are a much better aggregation of play
ers than they have been given credit
for. Heretofore they have relied upon
their fielding and batting to win, but
with a good pitcher to help out, it will
not surprise some of those who have
studied the matter to see the little
fellows" win out when they meet the
Fresno team.
1t is even argued that with Hughes