The record-union., 1898-05-31
GILT EDGES ARE IN FRONT.
THE STOCKTON AGGREGATION
DOwNED AGAIN.
Before a Large Crowd the Sacra-
mentans Beat Them
IL to e.

The young men who play ball for the
people of Stockton came to Sacramento
yesterday full of ginger and of fine
fettle. They expected either to win
from the Gilt Edges or make the locals
understand they had been in a battle.
But baseball is not a sure-thing game.
and alas! and alack! the boys from
the City of the Sloughs did neither.
They were larruped and lambasted and
went to pieces, and out of a grand
total of fourteen runs gathered in but
two
Yet it was a good game-a game to
please the 1900 people who lined the
bleachers, and there were plays, both
individual and team that brought even
the most pessimistic crank to his feet,
and stirred to the innermost depth the
women who, after the game is over,
persist in telling one another just how
runs innumerabIe We're not made.
The boys from Stockton started out
bravely enough and played veteran ball
during the first inning, but they seemed
a little out of condition. 1t looked as
though king rheumatism might have
had lien upon them, and they stepped
as high as blind horses in a stumpy
pasture Each man of the team seemed
to think that every time the sphere
was touched it was meant for his par
ticular effort, and three or four fielders
punching under a descending ball like
la pack of hounds under a coon tree, re-
suited in nobody getting it, and one
or more runs for the Gifts, who had
a good time and played ball all the
time.
The old veteran. Nick Smith, put up
great ball at second base, and while
he missed an easy grounder redeemed
himself by taking several grand-stand
chances, and "Mollie" White did lit
tie better than his best at the third
station. Stewart started in to pitch
great ball, but Peters. who did the
back-stOp work took the heart out of
him by criticising everything in sight
and showing his spite in more ways
than one. Stewart will pitch great ball
some day. but he must find some other
running mate.
Two double plays by Lochhead to
Dennie, to Caverly, and one by Billings
to Smith to Muller, caught the rooters
and sent them wild. At one time
Pop Lochhead stuck up three fingers,
pulled down a sky-scraper and shot the
ball to first, retiring the runner, who
had started for second on an imaginary
safe hit. All through it was a game
that took with the crowd, and was
free from fistic events and other feat
ures which CRATE on the nerves of
sensitive people who admire baseball,
but who are in no wise interested in
prize-fghts.
It was in the second inning when the
slaughter of the innocents took place.
Doyle rolled a sulphurous one to Short
Stop Billings, who promptly fumbled it,
and the pretty pitcher was safe. Then
"Old Hoss" Shanahan, who was in his
old place in center field, though he did
not get a chance all day, hunted safe
and Doyle was on second. Caverly
sacrificed and Doyle and Shanahan
each moved up a peg. Lochhead bunt-
ed safe and Doyle scored, and Borland
followed suit with another bunt and
Shanahan crossed the rubber "Old
Silent faced the music, also hunted
safe and Lochhead romped home. Five
bunts and three runs, but the end was
not yet.
Both Borland and Harvey moved up
then Dennie raped out a good, hard,
safe one over the third cushion, and
Borland and Harvey scored. Dennie
played horse around to third while the
Stockton people were doing a little Jug
Cling with the ball, that was not down
on the programme. Then kid" Pee
pies flew a high one that everybody
went for but nobody got. and Dennie
was easy and the Gifts rested, but their
lead was never headed.
The local people batted out another
run in the third. two in the seventh
and three in the eighth, while one of
those chalked up to the visitors was
made in the fourth and the other in
the eighth.
In the fourth Billings hit down to
Peoples and beat the ball to first. Smith
rolled one to Lochhead and Billings
died at second. Smith stole second and
Selma was hit on the head for a walk
over to first. Both runners moved up
on a wild pitch by Doyle, who, by the
way, pitched a great game. Rice, the
old Pop" Rice who used to work with
the Corkers slashed one out to Loeb
head. who caught Smith at the plate
in his wild effort to ring the bell. In
a mixup, Rice started for second, and
Lochhead, who had the ball, tried for
Selma at the plate, threw wild, and the
latter scored.
Again in the eighth the Stockton men
crossed the tape. and did it this way:
Babe" White hit to Lochhead, who
was a trife slow Stewart also tried
Lochhead, and White was out at sec
ond. Muller got base on balls. Stew
art tried for third and was put to
sleep, and Billings po1ee one into the
center pasture for a base. Muller on
third. Smith raped out a safe one
and Muller tailed The following dia-
gram tells the tale in detail:
Gilt Edge. alb. r. b.h.s b.p.o. a. e.
Dennie, 2b ........... l
Peoples, 3b ......... 9 2 Q