The record-union., 1897-11-22
WAS NEARLY A WHITEWASH.
STOCKTON ESCAPED ny A MAR.
ROW MARGIN.
Great Game Won by the Gilt Edges,
b to 1-Harvey's Phenomenal
Pitching.

Ihe Stockton people were unable to
connect with Silent" Harvey's curves
at snowflake Park yesterday afternoon
ana that is the reason why they were
beaten by score of to / There were
slfong prospects of a whitewash uD to
The beginning of the ninth inning.
harvey is a wonder, and yesterday
ciinched the idea that hundreds of peo-
PIE nave been carrying around for three
months, that he is the greatest pitcher
IN the State. He struck out ten heavy
Datters without turning an eyebrow,
played his position like an old Lacquer
and throughout the game only one
single, doubtful, measly hit was made
off his delivery.
In other words, silent" Harvey, the
tWenty-year-old Los Angeles boy, cut
out pitching record that has never
been equalled in California, and never
excelled in the history of the game. And
his laurels Were justly earned. He
went UP against Staley and Josh"
Riley and Nick Smith and George Har-
per, and came out of the struggle With
only one doubtful scratch hit laid
against him. He gave one man a base
on balls, and hit another, but was as
steady as clockwork, and did not make
even a suspicion of wild pitch.
But in setting an out of sight record,
"Old Silent had an assistant to bank
on. Stanley was behind the bat, and
than Stanley there have been no better
oatchers in the city this season. In
shunting the sphere to second base he
is the equal of Henry of the Gridleys,
and in his steadineSs and ii@htneSs of
play he is fully the equal of Chance, the
crack Fresno man.
What little work the local fielders had
10 do they did well, and while in the
ninth Eddie Nethercott, who was in the
right garden, let the ball get between
his legs, and Stanley failed to reach a
high twisting fly that landed near first
base, and really belonged to Henesey,
the crowd forgave them, even though
Peters crossed the plate in consequence
and scored the only run the enemy
made
Two thousand Sacramento baseball
cranks lined the bleachers and shivered
and shook and danced while they yelled
out victory for the husky brewers, and
about 100 Stockton rooters groaned and
moaned, and incidentally swore and
groaned again to see the merclleSs
slaughter of their pets.
Harper pitched a good uphill game
for his people, but he was under the
shadow of "Old Silent and his work
was not duly appreciated. Peters, the
Stockton catcher, put up the game of
his life, but he could not play the whole
game and that his team came out at
the little end of the horn was no fault of
his. Josh" Riley was away out in left
field and took everything offered, and
most of the visitors played grandstand
ball, but all to no purpose.
In the first round, Selma, the long first
baseman, tipped couple of fouls, and
then famed out and the gallery went
wild Next Josh" Riley rolled an easy
one to Lochhead. and died while fighting
to reach the initial. Billings, the short
stop, ended matters by sending one out
to Shanahan.
Dennie, who played second base for
the local people. was given free trans
portation on called balls, and Henesey
lined one to NJ. White. who was at the
third station, and he shot Dennie out at
second Jay Hughes, who held down
the third pillow, flew out to Riley With
two men out, Harper gave Stanley a
free pass, which set Henesey on second.
Then Pony Walker stepped to the
plate and spat in his right palm, and
when Harper turned the ball loose he
swatted it a side-winder and it landed
under the bleachers by the south fence.
Henesey loped over the plate and Stan
ley followed suit, and when the ball
finally got back Walker was taking Sec
ond wind at the third stop.
Then il was that the Stockton people