The San Francisco call., 1898-06-13
MOSKIMAN WAS
 INVINCIBLE Oakland'S TWirler Fools Santa Cruz Eaters. VISITORS HAVE A 100000 STOCKTON BEATS FRISCO IN A
 HOT STRUGGLE.
Fresnos Succumb to Gilt Edges and San Jose Defeats the Ath- letics at the Garden
 City.
BY JOE cORBETT.

After about as hot and evenly contested a game as one would care to see, the sand crabs fell down before Manager Ewings bunch of hairless wonders yes terday afternoon at Recreation Park to the tune of to 8. It was a game marked by clever and at intervals wild playing, i'll which that rare uncertainty characteristic of the game played a most prominent part Not until the last man was out could one possibly pick winner, and when the finish did come 1t happened so unexpectedly that it was really difficult to realize that team which had made such noble uphill fight had at the last mo- ment met with defeat Such. however, is baseball
 On Saturday the Beachcombers snatched victory from the very jaws of defeat. Yes terday they met with like fate, so there Is no use of complaining. However, 1t is really sad to see those earnest, hard working Sand Crabs" meet with re- verses. for 1t Is to them that the fans are indebted for the few good games of base ball they have had the pleasure of wit messing since the consolidation. All sea- son they have been playing in the se- verest kind of luck. 1t being no uncom- the smallest kind of a margin. Possibly they themselves are responsible for the numerous defeats chalked up against them Be this so or not, they certainly
 
 and If for no other reason than the ono that they have participated in the only good games of ball seen here this season, let us root for them.
 Their defeat yesterday was due princi- pally to their inability to connect with with MT. Moskimans shoots when hits were needed; In fact, they could do noth- ing with this. gentleman to speak of, as only four safe hits were made off him during the entire game He pitched very steady ball and was given the poorest sort Q Snh nd Nail being the principal offenders. O'Neil in particular played miserable game, not only in the field, but at the bat. His man on first and second was just as stu pid play as that made by Balsz on the preceding day. The proper play was to first rules of baseball must be disregard ed and an elegant chance for big rally thrown to the winds simply because a
 fggT Saw ida Ghanfe o to make of himself the proper time, and don't hamper the chances of your team by doing otherwise. the complete though brief ascension of the whole Oakland team It occurred in the, seventh inning, and for a moment it f;'os. looked as If the game must end in con- 1uslng avalanche of every old thing pos slble in a game of ball. Santa Cruz had man on first and one on third. c. Dau- oenbis ofaad f singled G & to left and Donovan, in threw wild to first Sykes finally located the ball and threV 1t wild to the plate, two runs scoring on the play
 ., It took the whole Oakland team to hold that ball, and I'll wager if 1t had not been for this fact the ball would have finally been thrown over the fence It was In this inning that the'Sand Crabs'' tied the score, and how that immense crowd did howl. You know if something like this did not occur the game would not be enjoyable, and, therefore, this terrible in- cident could not possibly detract any in- terest from the game. It certainly did not in this instance, for the game de- veloped into one of those grand finales, and all on account of those few long distance throws In the next inning quiet and good baseball prevailed, but in the following and last what a change. After the Sand Crabs' had retired in order. as also the first man up for the Oaklands, "Claudie" Schmeer redeemed himself by meeting the ball for a clean two bagger Then came the Mighty Sykes "Bing!" and all was over. The ball was found somewhere in the neighborhood of the carriage drive, and no one knows what poor MT. Futile must pass through on his return to ''Knockersville," and all over that last drive of Sykes. Score: