The San Francisco call., 1898-12-05
THE CHAMPIONS WHITEWASHED BY
 JACKSONVILLE 1t Was the First This
 Season. LANCE AND MERTES AS STARS THEY DO SOME VERY CLEVER
 WORK. One of the Prettiest Exhibitions of the National Game Ever Put Up in San Francisco
 Ball Ground.
AND MERTES AS STARS
THEY DO SOME VERY CLEVER
 WORK.
ny doe corbett.

The great Gilt Edge collection has played many games of ball this season Of this number the majority have been victories But of all the setbacks received at the hands of opposing teams none was more complete in every par ucular than that of yesterday, when the Watsonvilles, the tail-enders in the cham plonship race, shut them out without the semblance of a run, the score at the end being 1S to 0. The defeat was one in which no questions as to possibilities might arise. It was a defeat thorough in the extreme, and it was a defeat over which baseballdom will eXpatiate for some time 10 come. In reviewing the lineup of the two teams, however, 1t would be we'll to notice that the Watsonvilles have among other names those of Bill Lange, Sandow Mertes and Chance. The team was there fore unreasonably strong, and to these men, including Balsz and Mccarthy, is due the lions share of applause. They were demons throughout the entire con- test, pitching, batting, playing and run ming bases as only clever players can. l do not wish to leave the impression that the other members of the team did nothing, for they filled their positions to a man perfectly The others played. however. so brilliantly that to them be- longs, as l said before, the greater DOT ton of whatever glory the fans propose bestowing upon their famous cocoanuts.
 BalSz, in the box, was a hurricane by himself. Three scattered hits were ali these men, who on Saturday hammered MT Whalen into almost every nook of Chance, who did the baokstop work played beautifully, and was, by the by accorded grand reception on his first trip to the batter's box. Lange and Mertes gave as pretty an exhibition of base running and stealing as I would care to see, while Mccarthy played third base in true National League style.
 Nobody paid any attention to the result of the game after it had passed the fifth inning. The men whom I have mentioned were giving performances in too superb d tions. The Gilt Edges poor unfortunates. we will say, did the best they could, but this reflects no credit on the work of Pee ples, Doyle or. Lockhead These gentle men played miserably, but Doyle, owing to the fact that he twirled his cohorts to victory on Saturday, can be excused and sympathized with. He retired as grace fully as circumstances would admit of in the middle of the game, and then the con- eeeded him, and then Lockhead succeeded Reilly, and the contest was stripped for good of its interest. The leaders were up against too strong combination and were beaten from the very start. Besides this fact they played poorly and the Watson villes did nothing but fool with them. This is so particularly of Lange, who stole second base while the catcher was tossing the ball back to the pitcher.
 MerteS also worked a clever trick in conjunction with Lange, which brought down great applause from the multitude. With Lange on third and himself on first. he deliberately walked toward second and Was according to programme, caught in between the bases. While the players were endeavoring to run him down Doyle dropped the ball for an instant, but long enough, for Lange was across the plate and Mertes was back safe on first. Doyle's error spoiled the original play, vet it was the idea that caught the crowd.
 Altogether the afternoon was an en- ioyable one thanks to Lange, Mertes and the others mentioned. The attendance must have been near 1000. The score is as follows: