The record-union., 1898-10-31
WAS ALMOST A WHITEWASH.
SAN FRANCISCO MADE BUT
ONE TALLY.
Jay Hughes Helped the Gi1ts Roll
Up Seven-Presentatio on
the Diamond.
Gilt Edges Z. San Franciscos /.

1ake Park yeSterQay-a genuine STEM
winder, all wool, full width and war
ranted not to rip, ravel nor run down
at heel. He was the same old Jay,
| with the same old, broad smile, the
same speed, little quicker on his feet,
and the same general favorite with the
crowd that he was at the close of last
season after having pitched his team
up to the point where it met and de-
feated the Baltimores-the winners of
| the Temple cup, and the best aggrega-
| ton of ball tossers in the world.
And the crowd turned out to meet
| the exponent of curves and shoots
turned out as it had not since the day
| the Baltimores We're outplayed and
| beaten by the Gilts. Fully $500 peo-
| pie saw the game; saw, appreciated,
applauded, but did not descend from its
| high position to the level of mob.
| Charley Sweeney did the umpiring.
and he did it we'll, and as the players
themselves interposed no objections to
his rulings, the crowd followed suit
Jay did wondrous well, and three of
| the scratchiest kind of scratchy hits
was all the hard hitters from Market
street and vicinity could do to him. and
| neither of them helped the visitors.
Only one tally could the boys from San
| Francisco chalk up, and that was due
| to no fault of the husky lad who was
! the joker of the Baltimores. If any
| individual player was responsible for
that little run, the fault lay with old
| Pop Lochhead, who fumbled one of
| Carl krug's hot grounders. Krug sub
sequently scored the only run made by
his team, and the general verdict is
that the boys from the bay ought to
| have been shut out.
But the San Francisco people play
ed ball. Iberg pitched winning ball for
his team, and had his support been
equal to that given Hughes by the
| brawny Gifts, the score would not have
been so lop-sided. But the Gilts were
| lucky. They managed to drop their
| drives in safe places, and though they
won on their merits, the San Francisco
| boys made friends in the crowd by their
clean work and gentlemanly conduct
| During the first inning there was a
diversion seldom seen on a baseball
diamond. Umpire Sweeney called
game, the Gilts went to bat and McHale
was safe at first on Murphys tumble.
| Kid Peoples bunted and sprinted for
first, but expired just before he touch
| ed the cushion, but in the meantime
McHale had been doing a cake walk
on the other side of the lot and got
around to third.
When Jay Hughes trotted up with a
willow in his hand, Judge C. N. Post
walked impressively out onto the bat
tlefield with all the confidence of a
Rough Rider invading a suffers tent:
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and both teams loped down to the home
plate and lined up, the Gilts on the left,
the San Franciscos on the right
Then Judge Post measured the dis
tance his voice would have to travel
to reach the grandstand, removed his
hat and said =omething like this:
Mr.. Hughes: On behalf of the thou
sands of men and women assembled
and the uncountable number of small
boys who line the bleachers, 1 bid you
a bright welcome back to your home
and birthplace. But few months ago
you left us with reputation little more
| than local, but you have returned with
a fame national in extent, having
proved by demonstration that you are
one of the foremost exponents of the
national game-I might say, the great
| American game.
ITO excel requires strength, courage,
ability and brains, and you have ax-
celled. The future of our country de-
pends upon our fostering athletics in
the youth of the land, and I hope the
time may never come when the people
will lose interest in honest, health-giv-
| ing athletic sports.
by your skill and gentIemanly de-
meanor you have done credit to the
State and to this city, and in order to
fix upon your memory that your acts
have been watched and approved, I
have been delegated by your friends
| to present you with this beautiful
watch and chain Gaking them from an
| inside pocket as a testimonial of their
| esteem. Wear it all your life, not so
much for its intrinsic value as for The
meaning it conveys. May your life be
one-of sunshine, and when the record
ing angel foots up your life's score, may
the error column be a string of ciphers:
may the assists to your fellowmen be
| plentiful; may you have pitched out
all evil inclinations, and when you go
to the bat for the last time, may you
cheerfully bat out a home run, is the
wish of myself and other friends"
| Jay took the watch gingerly in his
hams of hands, handling it as though ii
were an egg, and shifting onto the other
foot, said:
Il want to thank you one and all for
your kindness to me. / don't know any,
thing about the recording angel and
all that, but l do know that I apDre-
ciate the gift, and as long as 1 stay
| here / want a. show To helm tha howe
| play ball.
Then Ed Roeder, representing Frank
Ruhstaller, Sr., took Judge Posts place
and presented the husky pitcher with a
| beautiful diamond set in locket. as a
testimonial of Mr.. Ruhstaller's appre-
citation of his merits. What Mr.. Roeder
said could not be understood at the re-
porter's stand, but it is generous to
| believe he made a base hit.
/ And then as the crowd. which had
grown weary of seeing the good things
of life dished up to the successful ball
| tosser, yelled Play BALI" a small how
| brought up bouquet as big as a
wash tub. Then Jay Strengthened him
| self out and lined out a three-ba gger
which brought in McHale. thus draw
| ing first blood
| In their half of the inning the visi
tors scored their only run. and they
did it this way: Smith (alleged to be
the only and original John Smith)
struck three times at nothing in par
ticular and looked ~fatigued when he
sat down. Carl Krug hit to Lochhead.
who fumbled long enough to give Kruc
| life at first. Murphy tried Jaw and
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