The San Francisco call., 1897-11-29
LITTLE DRBWS
KNOCKED OUT
Reliance's Great Catcher
Went Down Before Billy
Clarke's Speed.
The Oakland Men Defeated by
the Great Aggregation
From Baltimore.
A Game Full of Accidents, Ginger
and Clever Playing by
Local Men.

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little Drews, the great catcher of Reliance,
received in he last half of the fifth in
ming in yesterdays game at Recreation
Park, he will go down and out and re-
main longer out than did Drews. And
this is said in no disparagement Of either
big Jim or joe
Drews jaw and Bill Clarks's arm col
| llded- Drews came down on his back and
rem lined dead to the world for four min
utes. He returned to semi consciousness
arose to his fees and in bewildered sort
! OF way looked about for his mask. See
! ing 1t he djusted it to his face and re-
sumed playing, while the grand stand
Justify cheered and the bleachers yelled.
| Clarke, Baltimore's great catcher, was
| the first man up. He was hit by the
! pitcher and took first. Corbett got his
! base on balls. Donahue flew 10 Donovan
! Jester Jennings was the next man to face
| Johnson. He sent low, SIZZLING, evasive
| grounder to Van Haltren for a cushion.
Clarke kept a coming. Van HaItren made
| a daisy throw in to Drews. The little
| catcher was about receiving the ball a the
! homeplate when the speedy Clarke, run
ming like a whirlwind, both arms in mo-
/ klOU, new uOAn the UdS6 l4ue. his
| lett elbow came in contact with DreWs'
! jaw, and the pluCky catcher went out like
many of the pluoky Gordon Higklanders
! in the recent memorable charge, but. un-
! like them he did not remain long dead.
! OF the Reliance team, Borland, who
played left-heid. covered himself with
| glory. At the bat he made two-bag gger,
and Is credited with the only three base
! hit in the game. 1t was made under try
! ing circumstances. 1t was in the first half
! of the fourth. He smashed the ball and
it dropped at his feet and rolled on the
i hrst-base line. The great little fielder
kept going. There was a hot dispute
! whether the ball was fair oil foul. Seven
! teen players gathered about the plate. 1t
! was the most interesting scene, in the
! knowledge Of the writer. ever seen on a
| diamond. COrDett gOt down on all fours
and sighted from the plate to the initial
! cushion; hat was Ilaced between the
plate and the bali along the chalk line.
Play ballr' yelled the grand stand, and
many OF the spectators made a rush for
the diamond. During all this excitement
Borland kept travelling. He never stopped
until he reached the third bag.
a bout This time the handsome Jen-
nings, Batimores great shortstop,
picked up the ball What is the use OF
dlsputing any longer" said he, "the trade
mark Is over the lineF
And so II was.
BorIand, on single by Mcintyre to
center, scored.
But it was Donahue who gave Borland
several oppor unIiies TO inguish him
self in the field. In the last half OF the
fifth Donahue sent q smashing drive into
BOrlands territory. The little fielder
after a laundering burst OF speed cap
tured it. In the next inning the seventh,
Donahue fiaunted beauty lnto.the same
territory. 1t looked like a Two bagger.
Borland saw il coming ana commenced
gathering himself. Well, he picked that
BALL up as it was about to kiss the ground,
retiring the runner.
Lange, the great third baseman for Re-
lance, put up clever game. Five times
at bat he made three base hits, one two
bagger. This was made in the first
inning, and while Maguire was at the pat
Lange made a brilliant steal of a base
going to third. Clarke, while Lange was
playing we'll off the second cushion, sent
The ball to jennings. 1t was Cleverly
handled, but Lange kept on going. Jen-
nings threw to Kelley, but Lange with the
speed Of Lucky Dog evaded Kelley, landed
Oh tne cusion, hile the grand stand sent
up a tumultuous howl. LaDge in
making the play slid between the legs of
Baltimore's alert third baseman.
Johnson was in the box for Reliance,
and with the exception of the first inning
he ;wirled great game of bail. He has
speed and a remarkable drop bail, which,
after the first nervousness of meeting the
heavy sloggers from the East, proved to
be very effective. As the score shows he
was touched up for fourteen base hits,
seven OF which were made in the first
inning. He has the making OF a great
pitcher; in fact is great one.
Corbett twirled for Baltimore and
Clarke made his first appearance behind
the bat in this city for hat aggregation.
1t was Baltmore's great battery
Brother Joe's" work was effective, as he
struck out nine men. OF this number
Mcguire struck ont four times before his
prowess StulZ, first base for Reliance,
put up a remarkable game considering
The men whom he went against. III the
score he is credited with eleven put-outs
one assist and no errors.
The game bounded with thrilling Incl
dents-they might he called accidents. In
the first half of the fifth inning Lange
struck out. When be made his final
strike. swinging his bat it collided with
Clarke's head, and the great catcher re-
qulred several minutes before he resumed
play. Little Drews, in addition to being
knocked out as already described, during
the progress of the game mad his right
finger split In receiving what would other
wise have been wild pitch if it were not
for his agility. Doyle collided with a
member of the Reliance team in the first
half of the third and WAS forced to retire
from the game and Donahue was put IN
his place. The following is the score: