The record-union., 1897-09-14
THEY DOWHED Los ANGELES.
GILT EDGES oUTPLAYED THEM
NINE TO SIX.
An Interesting and Well Patron
lied Battle at Snowflake
Park Yesterday.

Nine to six, with the home team on
the right end.
The Gilt Edge and the Los Angeles
Baseball fans mixed things two hours
worth at Snowflake Park yesterday af-
ternOon, and the men from the far
south We're beaten at all points. The
local team played ball, which is a thing
they failed to do at Sundays game,
and the visitors were out of luck.
1t was only an exhibition game, that
played yesterday but it drew l 1,500 peo-
pie, including the pestiferous small boy,
and they all rooted and howled and
yelled with joy when a beer maker
would slide over the home plate, and
jeered and gave cat-caIls when Um
pire Mcdonald called an Angel man
safe on a close play
Both teams promised to put their
crack twirlers IN the box, and they
kept their promises-for three innings.
Then Jay Hughes, the brawny brewer
began to make wry faces and false mo-
tions in the directions of his working
arm, and the crowd began to squirm
Jay glanced at the bleachers, and then
remarlz.ng that his arm was sore, went
out in the field and little De Costa
was Tung in to do the hard work.
But a moment later Harvey, the
south-paw pitcher Of the visiting fans
followed Hughes lead and held down
a seat in the outfield. After all, it was
an exhibition game.
There were dozens Of slky-blue plays
made throughout the game, and there
were as many which showed yellow to
the core. The brewers caught on to
the left-arm jolts of Harvey early in
the melee and began to scatter flies and
grounders around in promscuous
manner. Some of these the Los Angeles
people stopped, and some of them they
chased. 1t was sad and sorrowfuI to
see the bah slip through their fingers
and go sliding back to the rear fence,
but that sight was seen early and
often.
Herd shot the leather over the plate
for the visitors after Harvey had grown
weak and he did remarkably well. He
was strong to the end, and there was
nothing glass about him. Every once
in awhile, and sometimes oftener he
would fool a Gilt Edger into gashing
the atmosphere three times, but his ef-
forts in that direction We're not ap-
preciated by the crowd
De Costa, for the local team, sent in
spiral shoots like a veteran until the
eighth inning, and then weakened It
was q costly weakening, for up to that
attempt the visitors had made big
round ciphers, While the locals had hit
the home square for eight tallies But
the visitors found the weak points in
De COsta's armor, and then the people
in the crowd grew uneasy.
Four runs We're piled up by the Los
Angeles in their half of the eighth, and
after hard scratching the brewers add
ed one more to their string
In the ninth the visitors came up
strong, and batted out two runs, with
one man out Then came the end,
ball vas shot out to Lockhead, who
handed it to Nick Smith on second, who
in turn shifted it down to Henesey.
making neat double play, and putting
the visitors down and out.
The feature of the game was the
magnificent work of Chance, the new
Gilt Fdge catcher. He is wide awake
and has a cool head, a strong arm and
an accuracy and judgment that has not
been oqualled on the local diamond this
season.
When it was all over the brewers
were jubilant, and their opponents
wore a jaunty don't-care-a- whoop air
that was good to see.
The true history of the slirmish is
contained in the following table: