The record-union., 1898-05-23
CAME NEAR BEING A RIOT.
a LITTLE TILT ON THE BALI.
FIELD.
The Gilt Edges, However, Won the
Game From Santa Cruz
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by 2 to /.

II viewed as a scientific exposition Of
the game Of baseball, that played at
snowflake Park yesterday was the best
seen in this city for years, but if view
ed as rough-and-tu slogging
match, it was disgusting, to say the
least.
In the fourth inning, Devereaux, who
captained the visitors, and who played
third base, caught Doyle off that cush-
ion and in retiring him pOked him
sharply in the back with the ball.
Doyle, to use a worn but appropriate
expression, flew off the handle" and
evidently greatly to the surprise of
Devereaux, struck the latter a blow in
the face
The assault. so far as could be seen,
was entirely unprovoked though many
Gilt Edge ''rooters'' at once took up
the cry, started on the diamond, that
Deyereaux was the aggressor because
he applied the ball to Doyle harder
than was necessary in putting him out.
For a few moments it looked as
though a riot might break out, and
had the two mines been left to fight it
out there might have been a very
locality was too strong, and a hundred
men and boys invaded the diamond
and encouraged the locals to kill the
visitors, and as the odds were too great
the battle was called off.
The visitors demanded that Doyle be
retired from the game, but the umpire
held that Devereaux touched the local
man too hard with the ball, and the de-
nd wa of "a
We're with Devereaux, but they were
in the minority, and were not the class
of citizens who delight in witnessing
disgraceful scenes.
Every man who ever played base
ball has received harder thumps than
that received on the back by Doyle,
and never even thought to rub the spot.
To an unprejudiced witness-and there
We're a good many such present-it
looked as though he lost his temper,
and. acting on the spur of the moment,
smote the man who put him out.
Brick" Devereaux is not popular in
Sacramento He was here month
ago, and at that time threw Stanley on
the line near third base during a mix
up Many persons who saw the fall
said he played dirty" ball, but if
dirty ball was played yesterday
Brick" Devereaux was not the man
who played it.
The Santa Cruz players are kick
ers" to a man, but they redeem them
selves by being ball ple yts >, and that
the Gilt Edges won out IN yesterday S
game by a score Of > to l is no sure
sign that they really outclass the visi-
tors.
A feature that would have stood out
prominently in any game was the her
culean and successful effort made by
Harvey in the first inning. Williams
hit to Peoples, who fumbled it. Nc
Intyre took a base on balls, as did
also Devereaux, and the bases were
full. with nobody out Then "Old 81
lent Strengthened himself out and be-
gan to PUNK the leather over the plate.
He pitched just twelve balls, and
Strieb. Fitzgerald and McGrath cut
great swaths in the air but failed to
connect. Three strikeouts, with the
bases full, comes near to fixing rec
ord
But if Harvey did great work. he
was not far ahead of Ed. Daubenbis,
who did the arm work for the visitors.
Ha was steady. sure and reliable, and
held the heavy hitting locals down to
five scattered hits. Fitzgerald found
Harvey for two hits, one Of which was
a twO-bagger.
In the third inning Williams, the Vlsi-
tors shortstop. flew out to Lochhead
Mcintyre got a free pass on called balls.
Devereaux hit to Caverly and died al
first. Strieb was hit and walked, and
then Fitzgerald poked a safe one into
right field scoring Mcintyre and BRING
ING IN the only run the visitors made.
In the fourth the Gifts tied the score
and did it like this: Stanley got life
on called balls. Doyle hit to DevereauX
who tried for a double to Arrelanes al
second. Arrelanes dropped it, and both
runners We're safe. Caverly sacrificed
to Devereaux. and both runners peg
ged one. Lochhead hit safe into right
field and Stanley scored. DevereauX
caught Doyle off third base. put him
out and got slogged in the face for MS
adroitness. and the score was tied.
It was in the seventh that the locals
pegged up the winning run. Borland
few out to Ed. Daubenbis, and Harvey
hit to Devereaux, who fumbled, ano
the runner was safe. Dennie MI
safe into right field, and Harvey was
on third. Peoples hit to Fitzgerald who
besitatad as to where to throw the ball
and Harvey scored the winning run
Though the visitors strained every
nerve they were unable to overcome the
lead. but they succeeded in holding the
Gifts down. The following map VII
show how everything except the scrap