The record-union., 1898-10-24
PROTECTED UMPIRE SMITH.
OFFICERS SAVED HIM FROM
BEING MOBBED.
An Listless Game the Gilt Edges
Defeat the Athletics by
Score of to 2.

Gilt Edges 5, Athletics of San Fran
cisco 2.
That was the way the score looked
at the conclusion of yesterdays game
OF baseball at Snowflake Park.
The score looks and reads all right,
but the game was not roaring sue
cess. 1t was just about the sloWest
thing of the kind ever seen between
professional clubs in this city, ana
those people who patronize the game
Tor the games sake and who do not
pay their money to listen to the froth-
1ngs and mouthings of mob (and there
are a few of them Left, got little
amusement out of yesterdays perform
Rnce.
1t was game replete with stupid,
inexcusable errors, monstrous blunders
erroneous decisions and senseless
mouthings of the crowd that witnessed
1t as it dragged its nine weary innings
through two hours of misery. Only one
of all the alleged players who ambled
around the diamond appeared to under
stand what he was there for and MS
work in the field, at the bat and on
the bases, was the only redeeming fea-
ture. He was a king-pin and carried
OH the only honOrs to be seen-and his
name is Tim Commonly known as "Old
Hoss'o Shanahan.
The game was listless, apathetic and
void of interest, and every rooter and
crank on the grounds lost sight of the
game in his efforts to heap abuse and
vituperation upon the head of Umpire
Hughey Smith.
Smith, by the way, is one of the
fairest umpires seen here this season,
but his nerves are neither whipcord nor
steel, and yesterday they broke under
the insulting taunts, jeers, oaths and
Kisses of the crowd
Smith made mistake, and made it
early in the game, and the crowd
neither forgot nor forgave, as the mis-
take was in favor of the visitors and
against the Gilt Edges
1t was in the first inning and the Wis
ftors were at the bat. Mccarthy hit to
Peoples, who started out by taking
shy at the error column, and the bats
man was safe. Hanley hit to Hutch
inson at first and was out-McCarthy
on second. StulZ hit to Hutchinson,
who promptly fumbled it, and while
the umpire was watching the play at
first (Which was very close) Mccarthy
started home. He took in the situa-
ton, and instead of going around to
the third station made a short cut for
home, and Smith, who had been else
where engaged, and who had not seen
the runners near cut" decided in
favor of the runner and scored the run.
And then the crowd kicked It had
a right to kick, as a matter of fact, but
ii did not know when to let go. 1t
howled and hooted and abused unlucky
Smith until he concluded that life was
all bitter mistake. 1t jeered in season
and out of season, but for half dozen
innings was unable to shake Smiths
nerve. He did excellent work until it
all became unbearable, and then
actually did get in and give the hooting
bowling mob something to yell for. He
was as wild as an Indian on balls and
strikes, and on base decisions, but he
scattered his mistakes around without
prejudice. When he favored the To-
calls the crowd was silent, but when he
favored the visitors he was roundly
abused. He was willing to make amends
for his first error, but the crowd would
not allow him to do so, and the howl
ing, disgusting scene continued to the
end
Borland, the surest Of the local play
ers, occupied a seat on the bench, and
therein the locals erred. Bob McHale
only recently arrived from the East
was at second base, but played like an
amateur out of practice. For him TO
make neat stop was an exception, and
his efforts at filling the error column
were superb. Hutchinson at first was
on a line with McHale, and Peoples was
a good third, while Stanley's efforts to
throw runners out at second were on
the short order. Pop" Lochhead, it is
true. played his usual good game, but
most of the chances went to the weak
points.
In the first inning, after Mccarthy
had crossed the slab, Hilderbrand hit
safe TO right field, and Stulz went to
third. Hilderbrand slid down to sec
ond. and while the Gifts were tangling
themselves up to catch him. Stulz cross
ed the plate with the second land last)
run made by the visitors.
The Gifts scored one in the third, one
in the fifth and three in the sixth.
On the way down town after the
game the crowd on the car on which
Umpire Smith CHANGED to be riding took
exception to what he had done at the
game, and a riot seemed imminent. Off
GERS Fisher and Maley, however, acted
as his bodyguard and landed him safely
at the depot.
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