The San Francisco call., 1898-08-14
Not a Run Do They Per init: T hose Florists.
@ARELLANES' GREAT STOP
.BALsz WAS INvINCIBLE FROM :. THE START.
;:The:Gaine Was Horribly one-Sided, :: Yet the Sand Crabs Work Was Extremely Inter
 esting.
By Joe Corbett.

By Joe Corbett.
 s' Yesterday at Recreation Park there was a great game of ball, or more prop ; 6rly speaking, a game of baseball in
 (which the San loses met defeat at the :. hands of the Sand Crabs. the score ." standing at, Jhs end of the ninth inning ."n to 9.
 ... Without arriving immediately at the point 1t may be easily conjectured that
 the game according to the score was . greatly a one-sided affair, yet the score : does not tell about everything.
 Ma. Balsz, who occupied the pitchers territory, was at his best, and when this. gentleman comes forth in such . light he is invinCibe; and this statement : will stand uncontradiCted. even after : the Gilt Edges win the pennant. Yester- . cay was the. nrSt time this season that ] :: have seen Balsz pitch as he has in days ,. now passed. Speed. curves and slow balls were at his command at every in- ..staTlte, and the way he used them in de- - ceiysng his opponents may be best meas -.ufcd by the fact that they did not get .: s man across the plate during the entire '. His. superb work, then, was the main : reaS!in why the Florists were defeated; {;
 Eef his support in every department was, . might say, perfect, and in a few cases :. wonaeriul. Arellanes, at second base, is 2. @the:Onfy player in the team credited with .~ errors, and while this chap did make two .sTch .Inlslakes, they were of no benefit
 :tqa with every one present. as his other
 &ttempts were really and truly marvel
 9HS.
 : :"Or two distinct occasions this fellow : irEtercepted balls that had apparently gone safe, and by amazing deXterty re . :tifsr tHe runners at first.
 >: ,Qne or his plays almost passes compre- . A&4slon A ball was hit on a sharp line
 oyer second base, and he was at least .: M'Ih' d N!YacIty beyond my power 10 eX- press this chap moved in the direction of that. sphere, and with one hand out
 stretched as lar as nature would permit
 he. captured it on the first bound and '- 3y l3 E|1uJ a moments relaxation tossed it = to~ the initial bag just In time 10 nip the .: rurrler. The play, as l said before was q !naIEelOus one. and was much ap- :. plagued.
 An: inning or so later a play took
 place in which this same chap was the .. central figure A ball was hit over second
 base and with the same display of vivac- :. " ne was ln front Of 1t. this time with . noLl hands, and without hesitation a
 t9+nS generally conspicuous in such q
 !lay. he had the ball To first in time to
 - :Arrelanes' two errors can hardly be con- Sfi5red ID the lace or such wonderful
 PltFlhg especially so when they were of
 sis lillIIcdhl cohsequence-
 such is the kind of support Balsz re-
 CelEed al second base, and throughout the
 tLVFe team IL was perfect; and while not ' or -.he same order as characterized the .. work Of ArTelanes it was beyond crirf-
 cizi1. and ] myself consider that extraor- i: .,.., Besides .displaying such ability in the : ltr ti. the sand Crabs acted like perfect
 ~qeLfqns at the bat Nothing that the great .. bang. bang. from start 10 finish and while llr score displays but thirteen base hits 5. mace DIT his delivery, there Were numer- ? 0aS.ptneE hard drives visible yet captured " .N@rl!y, J say. the Sand Crabs are ex- ireBrely vicious. and with ii are onife
 a Gay l sincerely believe to be fncontestahI,,
 me hest yet seen at Recreation Park this
 Heascil Every man of them was in rbe 70 Ss-IAe 9n every occasion, and the dash and
 Nlnl visible in the plays were exceedingly : inVlgCrating. 7 What a pleasure it is to see a team . move about with alacrity, run in and out :. rom bat to field and accomplish all those ,.. oty@r little maneuvers so seldom seen .. .-AIid: what made this work so apDTeci- :sitsiQ was the miserable exhibition put up : by. 'their opponents. It would be uniust :: 70. -cFlt;cize them too severely. as they :. have played some mighty good ball this s' and have time and again asserted
 dheIr rlBht as possible winners of the 0. .-Jeu:sant- But what amazeS me is the fact .Lslat they moved around and played not . like. team having an off day''-an ex-
 nTezsi6Tl.- current among ball players when % things go to the contrary-but more in ac- : cqTranve with the characteristics of an Inferior 'aTnateur team. From the great .Ibeyg to the letter-Writing McGucken did .:tfey .esinCe that crazy, lazy, intractable
 Style-Of play
 :.' To be ungenerous, the game they .. pfayed: was the severest insult yet cast ' .upGn the great national pastime They not only made eleven errors, which in it. self should cause the emergency board
 tq' fake immediate action, but they batted : and Iran bases as a team from the Old . J .adieS Home might do.
 . W-fla throws of a horrifying nature were . so plentiful that at one stage of the game T 'tf3ught the spectators were in danger
 of Being struck fatally: but Providence .: Is ever kind to a baseball audience.
 Fl bout going into details, the Florists , had better get to work and practice. . n%:felaXation from this important ele-
 disraai uncertainties, and a team never
 becqines so great that it can dispense
 with. it. The Florists have an enviable -stanGjnk.in the league race, and to main stain.;it. they will have TO continually hus-
 tie, as the Sand Crabs playing no doubt
 imUEaTssed them.
 ,IbGrg. by no means pitched his usual game. His famous cunning and decep- tive :curves- were lacking both in speei - and. sharpness. and this gentleman, to .cOnimEriitX, had better coax himself out = of that trance he fingered through yes terd&X. The attendance at the game was very large for Saturday, and while the
 the. work: of the Sand Crabs, particularly '. that. of ..Balsz and Arrelanes, pacified
 The .misplays of the game I will take . up laterf. on, and l will over again say :that the. game was won by the Sand
 Crabs through superior playing in every :depaEtnent of the game and before I for get Il: the throwing of Catcher Dauben- bis was tbeautiful in fact, it was sub : lifnely beautiful The score follows:
 .. SAN JOSE.
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