The San Francisco call., 1898-07-10
THE YELLOW
 HAMMERS WIN They Easily Defeat the
 FriSCOS. UMPIRE SMITH CALCULATES PERRINE'S WILDNESS CAUSED
 DEFEAT
UMPIRE SMITH CALCULATES
Fresno Displays Excellent Form, While the Friscos Play Their Usual Poor and Stupid
 Game.
BY JOE CORBETT.


 This is the remark MT. Smith, the auto- crat of the field. hurled at a MT Shea, who was doing the relief act, proceed ing quite common almost every time the San Franciscos attempt to play ball.
 MT Shea took possession of the pitch CTS box in the second inning. after Mr Perrine, the eccentric marvel. had pro- pitiously filled the bases with Fresno yellow hammers"
 MT. Shea. it appears, is very nervous chap-always on the do something"
 NIT. Smith. on the other hand. takes things quite easily. never allowing him. self to become excited. and believes inn plicitly in the proverb that prudence is one of the first duties Of an umpire" He experienced great difficulties in the fourth inning of yesterdays game in ad- Jusung his mask For some unacCount- able reason that cage would not fit his head. and 1t was while he was experi- menting with a new idea, which no doubt struck him quite forcibly that MT. Shea, unfortunately pitched the ball. It cut the plate in two, but Mir. Smith did not see it, as he was still busy with that idea, which every second became more complicated. It was during this exgence that he ejaculated, with some acrimony, Cant you wait until 1 am ready" What could poor, old. nervous Shea do with this remOnStranCe? 1 believe he retorted in a rather subdued manner, but this re- mark. whatever 1t was, conveyed no fear, as MT. Smith would give no decision, and there the matter terminated, greatly to the disgust of Shea, who had undertaken a task containing a superfiuity of diff cuities
 MT. Shea was not the only one humili- ated by this gentleman's remarks, but as he hon i, +-i, ance with the rules and is a man of in- tegrity there should be no grievances
 If some of the other umpires would ad- here to Mir Smiths methods there would be less discontent. He gives his decisions vociferously and with great precision. He does not hesitate before issuing them, and will entertain no prolonged disputes. which trait Is much admired. In the par lance of the diamond, MT. Smith, you are a wonder"
 l would continue singing your praises were 1t not for an ominOuS circumstance which ! had cOgnizanCe of and which was verified during the miX-up yesterday. For some time past reports pertaining to the improved condition of the Fresno team have reached my ears, yet little did l dream that they were attended with 50 much veracity. Their superior work in every department, however. in yester- day game was confirmation enough.
 My! What a grand game those yellow raisin-eaters did play. In only one in stance did they faIl, and this in the last inning. when Britain permitted Dunlea Vy's safe hit go through him. Had it not been for this one mistake San Francisco would have had to succumb to the inev- itable-a shut-out Not run did they score until the final inning, and the fates may be thanked for that
 Thomas was an enigma, from start to finish, and at times pitched phenomenal ball. This later style of twirling asserted itself in an unmistakable manner in the eighth inning, when, after giving his only base on balls, the next three men, BeatOn, Shea and Perrine, succumbed on strikes to his prOWess. Not once did he show signs of failing, being steady and collect ed throughout.
 Opposed to him was Messrs. Perrine and Shea. The former pitched an inning anC q half and in that space of time. by his bases on balls intermingled of course, with an occasional hit lost the game. Shea succeeded him with the bases full and but one man out. Two runs were scored before he had secured proper con- trol of the ball, but after. this inning, he, Ike Thomas, was inVincible, although in a much milder form.
 There Is no telling how the game might have terminated had Shea started off. Considering his work after the second inning, there is room to surmise that. had he been sent in at the beginning. close and interesting game would have resulted. As 1t was, the game was de- cidedly one-sided and uninteresting The
 
 recognize, owing to the new faces and the way the men were changed around played their usual poor game. Perrine of course, was the real offender, and his poor showing, no doubt, unnerved the team, yet at times their work was pro- Vokingly stupid, especially the base run ming of Krug and Croll.
 Mir. Collins also gave an instance of what happens to man when he neglects to construct his play. In the second in- ming the bases were full and the batter hit a sharp grounder to Collins, who picked it up, and after touching third base stood stupefied with the ball in his hand, allowing the other runners to make their destinations. He had ample time to retire the man at either first or second but, nRt having his play constructed. nervous prostration followed the retire ment of the man at third.
 The snappy, gingery play. of the "yel- low hammers" was an awe-inspiring con- trast to the stupid work of the Friscos. They made five errors, equaling their op- ponents in this respect; yet their other ef- forts were so brilliant and steady that the mistakes credited to them pale into in- significance, save Brittains error, which, under the circumstances that prevailed was inexcusable. They com eted three lightning double plays, and it a word, played the liveliest games thessed at
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