The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26

not even an attempt to capture the ball, Wnlch would have been an easy play for him had he but tried. Donovan came all the way in from right field and almost caught it, which fact had a tendency to make the play appear much simpler than 1t was. This was the second chance of fered to retire this lucky fellow, but fate decreed it otherwise, for on his next at tempt he hit fly square into DonoVan's s hands and the dear boy" gracefully dropped it.
 This chap Arrellanes afterward scored with two men out and his run tied the score. Therefore, Sykes and Donovan had a great deal to do with the defeat of their team, yet they were not the only offenders. O'Neil, Moskiman and Schmeer each had an error, and they were errors that were of the miserable ming. Had they been less conspicuous Santa Cruz never would have scored in that inning, and there is no telling but that the game might have been finished by lamplight.
 The account of the last inning owing to its sensational finish, will no doubt be interesting. McGrath, the first man up, hit an easy grounder to O'Neil, who fum- Burge then hit to MoSkiman, who threw beautifully to second, and Schmeer dropped the throw, at the same time put ting aside a chance for a double play Then Daubenbis hit a pop fly to Sykes and was out. Up to this moment the side should have been retired, but baseball is a peculiar game, and evidently Moski- man was laboring under such an impress sion, for the next ball he delivered went clear to the grand stand, and the runners naturally advanced. Then came that fel- low Arre4lanes, whom Providence had been so kind to the inning previous. He cracks out clean hit to right center and one run crosses the plate. He then start ed for second. O'Neil intercepted the throw down and in his anxiety to pre- vent the man on third from scoring threw wild to the plate, making his second er TOT of the inning. This ended the run getting for both sides, as Oakland could do nothing in it's half of the tenth, so the game was, therefore, turned over to the Sand Crabs
 It will be readily seen that they were unreasonably fortunate in coming out victorious. but they should be compli- mented for their unceasing efforts a characteristic of the team greatly ad- mired.
 A decided improvement was noticeable in their play, both at bat and on the bases, which no doubt results from daily practice. MT. Balsz, who occupied the pitchers box, also gave evidence Of prac- tice. His tossing of the ball underhand to first base on one occasion was much admired by yours truly, for it demon strates that a pitcher realizes what he is doing, and MT. Balsz, on a play of this nature, has very often given the opposite impression. All through the game he was very steady, and after the first three in ningS pitched maSterly ball.
 His opponent however, was very ec- centric, and pays entirely too much at- tention to base runners. This accounts for his wildnesS, no doubt, and l would advise him to let a runner on second base, with two men out, do as he pleases. By this I mean, look at him only occasionally, as it takes but a glance to disconcert him. The batter is the man you want in such a case, and give him your uninterrupted attention.
 The star play of the game was made by MT. Devereaux, who after a hard run, captured a fly ball with one hand, much to the delight of those present. The catch was remarkable when one censid- CTS that Bill took his eyes off the sphere, thinking another player was going 10 take it, and on realizing his mistake, stuck out one hand, catching the bali about a foot and a half from the ground.
 Outside of this one play the game was devoid of brilliant plays, unless it be MT. Hardes unsuccessful efforts in center field. His judgment of line hits certainly will never bring any medals, but Lou is a good old soul, and he made a hit, so let us live in the expectation that he will some day go through a game without serious injury to his mental faculties. A rapid decay is bound to set in, Lou. if you don't display a little more energy.
 The score is as follows:
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