The San Francisco call., 1898-07-04
A GREAT CATCH BY PINE
OAKLAND PLAYS RAGGED BALI -..., AT INTERVALS
The Game Started Off Beautifully, but # Deans Misplay Incapacitated
 Moskiman, Who Lost His .......: Cunning
BY JOE CORBETT.

MT Moskiman, who handles the mystic sphere on some occasions with inconceiv- able deception, was yesterday hammered :: ali over Recreation Park by Manager Crowley's sturdy ball tossers, the score at the end of the game standing Is to 3 in their favor. Not during the present season have the patrons of the sport wit messed such clean and persistent bom- barding, and they enjoyed it immensely. as their applause on several occasions gave evidence.
 The game, as the big score indicates. was provokngly one-sided, yet at times most exciting. It opened up in magnifi- cent style, both teams having men on bases in the first inning with no one out yet not. runner crossed the plate This rather unusual fact led those unfamiliar with the uncertainty of the game to be- HeNe that close and exciting contes, would ensue, but MT. Moskiman lost his cunning after the second inning, and as sisted by the ragged playing of his col leagues, the Athletics steadily piled up a runs, greatly to the delight of their nanv . supporters. When Fred Lange makes four large yellow errors in one game, some thInS certainly is wrong. Such a record no. little extent, by MT. Donovan and a :. Adr+.rF Foulter. This latter gentleman re. %NeNed MI. Diminutive Sykes in the fifth lnnn6, and whether it was from lack of
 
 .. that he was no improvement over Sykes lis rendition of how not to play first basr blended beautifully with Mir. Langes eff forts Tn the direction of third. The work : CT these players, however, fades into in- significance when compared with the one /: mistake made by left fielder Dean His SSensaI2naT Q. !, miisjudging of a line drive rom: MT. Fords bat, in the third inninA. with the bases full was the prettiest piece of work displayed by any fielder :.Slnce.the San F'rancisCos had their parade Fr1iE Ef9l -fa tod T1,, A+1,1 .- Qn their victorious journey, for that on, ntsplay alone gave them three runs, and # the same instant incaDacitated MT MQsktlnah for further use
 .-. From this moment to the end of the r.Eanie a. confusing complication of base : hts and runs characterized the playing j. el. the he, Athletics. while the Oaklands . Well!s they tried hard, but in vain Fitz- patFiclI, handsomely backed up, was al fmost+Invincible, for try as they would t the Qaklands could make no encouraging :: impression on his shoots. Once in the fifth inning his cohorts tried hard to lln- ;nerTe him by. throwing the ball all over the park but the two runs which result :. ed while. a propitious act as viewed from an Oakland standpoint, had the effect of spurrlng- him on to nobler deeds, rather than to .diseoncert him. You are a con- scientious fellow, Fttz, my boy and your work is appreciated. So is that of your Tighttielder, Mr.. Hilderbrant. He has been. hacking you up in grand style all s- season; and his two two-baggers yester- % steady falltless playing. And MT. Pyne, yQur<@new first baseman; where did you get him 2. Released from the Frscos You dgn't.tell me, We'll well! Who would have thought 1t after that phenomenal catch he made yesterday, not mentioning those four hits which are credited to him in the score.
 The Athletics presented a sort of patched-up team yesterday their short- stop. Williams, being disabled, necessitat- ing a change. Stultz was assigned to look out for that position, and did so splendidly, while Pyne, the new acquisi- ton. was stationed at first base, His astonishing and successful leap into the air after a wild throw, completing the performance by retiring the runner, brought forth a long and sincere cheer It was marvellous catch, and will in all probability be the star play of the season. MT. Lange also made a great catch. which under ordinary circum- stances would have been considered superb. Mir. Pyne, however. carried off the honors in that regard, and justly too. The score was as follows: