The San Francisco call., 1897-12-06
THE OLYMPICS
were v ALLOPED
Baltimore Beats Them by
a Score of Fourteen
to One.
Clarke and Corbett Put Up
Great Ball for the
Visitors.
Smith as Usual Plays an Excellent
Game at Short-0ther
Features.

There wasn't much in the game at Rec
reation Park yesterday afternoon between
the Oiympics and Baltimore. outside of
the gesticulations of Huey Jennings and
Mike Griffin. 1t is true that Baltimore
connected with Wheeler's and Peddicord's
curves, and base hits were as frequent as
plum bers in Oakland.
There wasn't much to the game. 1t was
kind of lop-sided, slip-shod affair and
wasn't nearly as Interesting, as bitter and
as wicked as the fight being made by the
Judges in Oregon against the appoint
ment of Joe McKenna to the United States
Supreme bench.
The Fasteners, while credited with fl
teen base hits. slogged the ball in an in
different sort OF way; in a way which
would have brought discredit to the So
ciety on the Stanislaus, from whose brill
liant chronicler THE CALL yesterday had
an original story.
Smith, the great shortstop of the Heese-
mans, played that position for the Olym-
pics. Never was there man on the local
diamond who played it better. Five times
at the bat he knocked out two base hits,
one to the left garden in the first half of
the third and one TO the same location in
the first nalf of the ninth. He is credited,
as the score shows, with five put and
six assists. Brother Joe" Corbett did
not in the least discon cert Smith, for he
found him for two safe cracks.
Ford received Wheeler and Peddicord's 8
delivery, and the Bsltimores, as the score
will snow, are credited with seven stolen
bases, whereas in Saturdays game be-
tween All-America and Reliance, in
which Matt Stanley received Moskiman's
curves, not a stolen base was made by the
Eastern aggregation of ball tossers.
The one run, the lonesome run, the dis
consulate run, which the Olympic made,
and which was as thoroughly isolated as a
man with beer check, was made in the
first half OF the eighth inning. Riley, the
first man al the bat, caught the ball on
the trademark and il went sailing out in
the left garden. The speedy Baltimore
players commenced gathering themselves
when they saw the ball, ike Andree's
balloon, sailing through the circum-
am bic atmosp sphere, Jester" Jennings went
back, Kelly retreated and 'Brien came
in. But the ball evaded them and il was
the finest TWO bagger made In the game.
Kid" Peoples was the next man up. He
lined one to Reitz and was retired at first
Riley going to thud. Mccarthy came to
the bat and drove a single into the risht
garden, kiley scoring. Sheehan retired
quickly thrown 10 Doyle.
The errors of the Oiym pics. which were
costly, account largely for the lop-sided
score. While Baltimore is credited with
fifteen base hits, not a home run was
made, nor a three bag drive. In fact. of
this hard hitting aggregation Mike Griffin
Is the only man who made two- base hit.
For the visitors Brother Joe" Corbett
twirled and did effective work. He was
only found for seven base hits and struck
out six men.
Billy Clarke on the coaching lines was
in evidence. His voice was resonant and
he did far more to inspire The Baltimore
players than did the Grand Jury the peo-
pc Saturday night in investigating
wide-open own. He caught a great game
Not an Olympic made a stolen base while
arke was on watch.
Griffin, Donovan and Reiiz are credited
with nine OF the fifteen base hits made by
Baltimore.
The following is the score: