The record-union., 1898-03-21
BASEBALL CAMPAIGN or '98.
IT WILL OPEN IN THIS CITY
NEXT SUNDAY.
New Material for the Gilt Edges,
and All the Weak Spots
Made Strong.

| The baseball season will be formally
opened in this city next Sunday, and
the fans" the ''rooters" and the lovers
of the game generally are seeing Wis
ions of sky-scrapers. hot grounders,
| foul tips and home runs, and are scour-
| ing last seasons rust from tin horn and
cowbells. in order to give a fitting. if
| hilarious, welcome TO the chips of the
diamond when the Gilt Edges go up
against the San Francisco Olynpics at
Snowflake Park
! And the opening game viii be no
small matter The Olympics will be
met at the depot on Sunday by a full
/ aedged brass band, and they and the
locals Will be given soft seats in We
hicles behind the music There viii be
a hot time that day, for the Gilt Edges
will have no snap when they meet the
! Olympics, which team they tried out
| last season, to the diversion Of all the
cranks in the city The Olympics are
of the giant order. and they play ball.
While there have been changes in
the Gilt Edge team, it has been
strengthened instead of weakened.
Kid Peoples. the old-time Kid who
shied the sphere when the world was
young will do the turn at the third
station, vice Eddie Nethercott and
Doyle, who did the pitching for the
Reliance of Oakland aggregation last
season, will hunt high flies in the right
meadow, and alternate with Silent
Harvey. the left-handed, red-headed
boy from Los Angeles who pitches
rainbow curves without batting an eye
or straining a muscle.
Stanley. the reliable backstop, Will
be in his old place. Stanley, by the
way, has brought his family to TINS
city. and is now q Sacramentan.
Buck" Hughes-the same funny old
| "Buck'-will make his usual number
of errors at second base, will gibe at
the other fellows, will probably get
rheumatism once or twice, and VIII
act as captain for the Gilts.
"Old Hoss" Shanahan will be in CEN
ter field. and Borland. the husky left
fielder who worked with the Reliance
team last year. will take Pony
Walkers place, and get under the f1les
in the north pasture The boys will be
out for practice on Thursday and Fri
day next.
Lockhead will again play at short,
and Duke Henesey will tower like
telegraph pole at the initial bag
There are few weak spots, and though
Jaw Hughes. Pony Walker and Eddie
NethercOtt are away, it will take ball
tossers to keep the pennant from once
again floating over the men who beat
the BaltimOres.
The Gilt Edges. under the manage
ment of Ed Kripp, will play in the Pa
cihc States League, which comprises
six teams and is we'll differed. The
manager of each team is under 5000
bonds to play the games according to
schedule, and to play the season out
The games scheduled for Sacramento
are as follows:
March - 9th, Olympics VS.. Gilt
Edges.
April-3d, San Francisco vs.. Gilt
Edges; 18th, Oakland VS.. Gilt Edges;
oath, Santa Cruz VS.. Gilt Edges
May-4th. San Francisco VS.. Gilt
Edges; 10th, Olympics VS.. Gilt Edges;
18th, Oakland VS.. Gilt Edges; 30th
| Decoration Day., Oakland VS.. Gilt
Edges.
| June-12th. San Francisco VS.. Gilt
Edges; 10Th San Jose VS.. Gilt Edges.
/ July - 10th, Santa Cruz VS.. Gilt
Edges: 18th, Olympics VS.. Gilt Edges;
oath, San Francisco VS.. Gilt Edges;
31st, San Francisco VS.. Oakland.
August-Tth, Oakland VS.. Gilt Edges;
| 18th. San Jose VS.. Gilt Edges; 18th,
OIympics VS.. Gilt Edges.
| September-9th, 10th and 18th, San
Francisco VS. Gilt Edges; 18TH Oak
land VS.. Gilt Edges.
! October - I'd, Olympics VS.. Gilt
Edges; 10th, San Francisco VS.. Gilt
Edges; 23d, San Jose VS. Gilt Edges.
| November - 9th, Oakland VS.. Gilt
Edges; both Santa Cruz VS.. Gilt
| Edges.
! This game will close the season.
An amateur local league will also be
| formed, and a meeting will be held at
Kimball & Upson's store at 1:30 o'clock
| this evening for the purpose of effect
| ing an organization. 1t is understood
! that it will consist of four teams-the
| IColumbias the Railroad shops, the
High School and the Sacramento Ath-
letic Club.
| Manager Kripp will hang up 500 for
the team making the highest percent
age during the season, and the competi-
tors will receive 80 per cent of the gate
receipts Considerable interest is being
m a nifeSt ed concerning the material to