The record-union., 1898-03-28
WAS A THREE-TIME WINNER.
ALL SACRAMENTO BALL TEAMS
WON YESTERDAY.
Victories Over the Olympians, the
Stocktons and Davisville
Martins.

The baseball season opened gloriously
for Sacramento players, and not onIy Oh
the home diamond was a victory Woh'
but mines playing in Stockton ana
Davisville report similar results.
Thirteen to four, with the Gilt Edges
where they should be-on the long end.
That is the story told by the score5heels
when the initial baseball game oi the
season was concluded at Snowflake PARK
yesterday, and admirers of the local
talent are, to say the least, satlshed.
Probably >, 800 people lined the bleach
ers and watched the practice or the Two
teams preparatory to the contest, ana
the brass band which occupied sunny
spot in the region where foul tips love
to wander, played airs that stirred the
blood, noticeable among which was
johnson. Turn Me Loose" GinSery,
snappy baseball was not played yestef-
day. but it was good hard game, and If
not phenomenal, it was at least inter
esting. Cogs needed oiling, low joints
needed raising and the several pieces OF
the machinery composing the mines were
not quite acquainted with one another.
The rust was not all worn off, and the
vim and push and rush seen last sea-
son were lacking,
Silent" Harvey, the local pitcher, who
throws with his other arm, was a bit
erratic and gave many Of the visitors
free transportation to the initial, but his
performance in that direction was moth
ing compared with Fitzpatrick--the
great Fitzpatrick who would, it was
said, lead the Olympics to victory.
Fitz couldn't hit a barn. and when
ever, by accident, he did get bail with
in reach, some sturdy Gilt Edger would
swipe it out into the ether for one
or more bags. But Fitz had company.
If he was erratic, so was Harvey and
Doyle and even Old-time Phil knell was
not as steady as he used to be. Harvey
who has been sick for several months,
went into the field at the end of the
fifth inning, and Doyle did the work
thereafter But Doyle was out of prac-
tice and had poor control, and only for
the excellent field work behind him,
things might have been different.
During the sixth inning Knell relieved
Fitzpatrick, who thereafter watched the
game from the bIeacherS and knejl did
good work The runs made by the locals
were piled up during Fitzpatricks reign.
Both Stanley and Scott did excellent
work behind the bat, and are deserving
OF more applause than they received.
The Indifferent game put up by the
Gilt Edges was owing, chiefly. to the
fact that until Saturday four of the
players had not arrived and the team
had not practiced together. and week 5
work will no doubt show a decided i'm
provement The visitors played good
ball, but the game was lost to them by
the erratic work of Fitzpatrick, an1 had
Knell been in the point all through, the
result might have been reversed.
The Gilt Edges We're first up and
Puck" Hughes started the difficulty by
striking three times and out. Then
Henesey waited till the balls passed by
and walked down, and went on TO the
middle stop on a wild pitch. Borland
also got free pass, and both he ana
Renesey moved up a notch on another of
Fitzpatricks wild pitches.
kid" Peoples also took his base on
balls and every cushion was OCCUPIED.
Then came the crash. Doyle came up
and after sizing things up, slashed the
ball under the heart far over third BASE
and Henesey, Borland and Peoples
pounded the home plate, while the man
who caused the trouble sat down on
third base and watched the shadows
play on the face of Johnston, who guar
ded that vicinity. Lochhead sacrificed -
"Mollie" White, and died at first, but
Doyle got in, and when Shanahan
stuck out four runs were placed TO the
credit of the local people.
The visitors did nothing in their half
of the inning and in the second the Gilt
Edges piled up two more tallies AMI
they did il this way;
Stanley rolled one to Fitzpatrick and
was out at first. Harvey hit to Smith
who threw low, and the blonde pitcher
was safe. Then ',Ruck' come up and
to even up his first performance slashed
one over the center ticlder's head ard
did not stop until he had reached the
third corner. Harvey had in the mean
time got home. Borland tipped an easy
one TO Johnston, who dropepd it, and
Buck got in, and Peoples ended mat
ters by rolling one over to Johnston,
who shot him out at first.
In the Olympics half Johnston flew to
Shanahan and Scott took base on balls,
as also did Fitzpatrick. Smith hit along
second and Scott got home. White
struck out and Hildebrand got to first
on Lochheads tumble and the bases
We're full Then Poulter did a very fool
ish thing. He hit out to Peoples, an1 the
agony waG over.
In the third. fourth and fifth innin gs
the locals made /. ) and , tallies re-
spectively, while in the third inning the
visitors took one tally. and in the
seventh two more. Thirteen may be Uu-
lucky-Some say it is-and that is what
the Gilt Edges got out Of the game a
tabulated statement of which is ap-
pended:
OlvmpiCS alb r bh sb DO a. c.
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