The San Francisco call., 1897-07-26
VICTORY FOR
SANTA Cruz
The Beachcombers" Ad-
minister Another Defeat
to the " Tigers"
Delegations From Fresno and
Santa Cruz Cheer Their
Teams to Victory.
Nearly Five Thousand People Wit
ness an Exciting Game-0ther
Games

Santa Cruz's crack team repeated their
performance Of Saturday by again defeat
ing the Fresno Republicans yesterday in
hotly contested game.
From start to finish the play was rapid
and at times brilliant. and received the
merited applause of the thousands that at
tended.
A large crowd OF enthusiasts from
Fresno and Santa Cruz were seated in
sections of the grandstand, and their
presence went great way IN encourag-
ing their respective teams.
The game opened with Santa Cruz at
bat. Williams flew out to first and
Arellanes struck out. AS DevereuX
stepped to the plate a.beautiful bouquet
from some feminine admirer was handed
to him, and he blushed becomingly.
The floral tribute did not prove tails
man, as he went out on liner to first.
Fresno scored its only run in its OWE
half of this inning.
Gilbert led off with long fly to left,
which was neatly captured by "Monky"
Burge. Britain was hit by the pitcher,
and Chance hit to the left field fence for
two bases. Burge recovered the ball and
threw high to second to catch the runner
and Gilbert scored. Chance going to third.
Balz sent Il grounder to short, and on
WillIams' fum BILE Chance came home.
The next two men went out In short order.
In the second Santa Cruz scored. Streib
bunted 10 short, and was safe on Nc
Cartny's wide throw. +. Dauben bis
gained his base on Brittan's error, and
Burge struck out, much to his disgust and
to the surprise of his friends as "Monky'
has a great batting eye Q. Daubenbis
singled over short, filling the bases.
McGrath hit slow ball to Mccarthy,
who threw to third, shdtting Il. Dauben-
bis out and StreIb scored. BALI steadied
himself and retired the side by striking
Rash out.
The Fresnos could not connect with
Dauben bis curves in this inning and were
quickly retired.
In the third Williams was safe on singl e
to right and Arellanes hit in the same
place. Deyereux flew out to short and
Streib hit to BALI, who threw to third, and
Britain dropped the ball just as he was
stepping away from the bag. Umpire
Long decided the runner was safe. and his
decision caused great dissatisfaction. With
three on base, DaubenDis hit in front of
the plate and Williams was thrown out at
home. Burge ended his teams chance of
scoring by going out on fly to rlght-held.
The only interesting feature OF the first
half of the fourth was Arellanes' spectacu-
lar catch of Gilbert's liner. The batter
sent the ball over Arellanes' head and he
MADE a jump, stopping its flight, and as
it bounded out of his hands he clutched it
again and the batter was out.
The Santa Cruz team tied the score in
the next inning. c. aubenbis went to
first by being hit by pitcher. McGrath
sent slow grounder TO second and beat
the ball to first. Nash fouled out. Will
liams hit to pitcher and BALI fun bled, al
lowing him to reach his base, and again
filling the bags.
Arellanes fouled and the ball struck
Chance in the stomach, knocking him out
for ten minutes, when he pluckily contin-
ed the game.
AreIlanes hit to second, who threw
quickly home, shutting out c. Daubenbis.
Devereux batted swift grounder TO Gill
bert and was safe on the tumble, McGrath
scoring. Streib went out to short, ending
the inning.
The Fresnos were unable TO score during
the remainder Of the game, although they
had men IN bases This was due 10 the
great fielding of the Santa Cruz team.
The latter team added another run In
the next inning and two more in the fifth,
giving them winning lead.
Fresno's defeat was due to the clever
all around playing and batting OF their
opponents.
The pitching of DaubenbIs was excel
lent and he deserves great credit for win
ming both games.
Balz's work in the box was also of high
order.