The San Francisco call., 1898-12-19
DOYLE PROVED AN EASY MARK
so DID THE ENTIRE SAN JOSE
 TEAM.
The Game Was About the Poorest Ex- hibition Ever Seen, and Some Bad Ones Have Beer
 Witnessed.
By JOE CORBETT.

The Pacific Coas- League has played its last game, and. my. what miserable af- fair it was. About one-fourth of the usual crowd that is generally present on Sun- days turned out to see the closing contest and finding from the outset that the game was to be one of those rag-time mix ups made the best of the situation and amused themselves in cheering and ap- piauding players and plays, just show that, despite the awful exhibition, t,.ere existed no hard or i'll feelings. The crowd was unreasonably good natured, consider ing the very cold weather and the order of ball played. They had no favorite club, bestowing their adulation upon all, and for this they deserve to be compli- mented.
 The Friscos, who nave been mixed up in more inferior games than any two clubs in the league. and most always on the wrong end. surprised the populace yester- day by winning the contest in so decisive a manner that room for argument could not exist. And the victory, considering the lineup presented by the Florists was in sense glorious. l thought, on seeing Doyle Of the champion Gilt Edges walk into the box for the collection of Me Gucken, that the game was over so far as the Friscos' chances were concerned. But this IS just where l made huge mistake. Doyle was hammered over Recreation Park in a manner that was really distressing and appalling. It Is a
 
 end without registering some sort of d complaint, but l guess the boy has been there before; at least, he gave that inn preSsion It must not be cOnjectured from what l have said relative to MT. Doyle's harsh treatment that he was alone re- spousible for the Iumiliating defeat. That While it is true he was batted unmerci- fully for such a star tWirler, yet his cohorts contributed quite largely toward assisting him to defeat by their many CT and 19iT-raiGlng wild throws
 To give a correct idea Of the extent to which these men, who are supposed to pture base hits and make them when at bat, went in their endeaVors to outdo the baseball world l will say that MT. Hop ALs with a man on third interfered with a ground ball, then picked it up and tossed ]. not only over Murphy's head, but clear Into the bleacherS, This same individual made five errors, all told, and they were were clever ones, but this side must not he taken into consideration. Summed up the supporters of MT. Doyle made nine large, juicy yellow errors. Every one of them was responsible in some form for a run and a few were respon- sible for more than one: It Is quite possible then that Mir. Doyle was not the only bad egg in yesterdays game. The part he played is by no means deserving If cOmmendatiOn and yet he must find 1n- finite consolation in the fact that outside of the "Friscos ' work there is not a sol itary thing worthy of mention in an ap- proving sense This is cruelty so. The FlOrlSIS to q man pldS tu lAht d bulIOll of bamboo peddlers. It appeared as though they were striving to outdo, the many other poor exhibitions that have time and again been witnessed in the vii cinity of Recreation Park, and if this be the case they succeeded admirably. In fact, their success in this respect was such as to arouse even the displeasure of MT. Rauer, the collection warrior and their opp0- nents, whO up to this moment were head and heels ahead of all competitors.
 There is of course, no comparison be- hn tyE~n rGa m 1 terday. The Friscos won with an ease that was astonishing-they so seldom win with ease-and played an almost faultless game. Batting and good base running marked their march through the Flor ists," 2" while their fielding was simply su- perb, save in one or two eases. Shea pitched a steady. earnest game and kept the opposition guessing at all times. The boy has always worked hard and earnest ly. no matter what position they played him in. Smith made a wonderful one handed stop, but in his anxiety threw badly to first and spoiled a good opportu- nifty.
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