The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-22
THEY WON A
HARD AND WELL
FOUGHT GAME
Victory for the Wat
sonvilles.
THE TOWN Is JUBILANT
COvEToUS EYES BEING CAST ON
THE LEAGUE REMNANT.
Martie Murphy Repents and His
Friends Are Trying to
Make His
Peace.
THE TOWN is JUBILANT
COVETOUS EYES BEING CAST ON
THE LEAGUE REMNANT.
By doe corbett.

ny QUO SOrOCICs
The Watsonvilles, Familiarity known as
the babies" for the first time since their
entrance into the Pacific Coast League
won game on Sunday last.
1t is said that they played an excellent
game and displayed superb form all
through the contest.
The people of Jacksonville love baseball
and were exceedingly jubilant over the
grand achievement of their babies"
From all accounts, they have not such a
poor collection of players representing
their town. I have never had the good
fortune to see them perform, and there
fore can give no opinion of their ability.
Yet, have heard from a great many that
the team is composed of good material,
and will, In time, take some of the edge
off those clubs who are laboring under
the deusion that they are invincible.
Owing to the manner in which the team
entered the league, it would be unjust to
speak disparagtngly of them. True, they
have won but one game in seven, yet 1t
often takes a month for some clubs to
strike their gait, SO to say, and as this
team emerged victorious last Sunday in
a game replete with steady and at times
brilliant playing, 1t is to be conjectured
that they will from now on win their lit
tie game regularly At any rate, their
manager thinks so, and he certainly
ought to know just little about his
clubs chances. In speaking of the team
in general he had this much to say:
Our boys received a most discouraging
start, as you no doubt know, and we
attribute this to their unexpected en-
trance into the league.
Despite the many setbacks received at
the hands or more experienced opponents,
utter encouragement did not take hold,
for we all held that time and assduous
practice would surely bring us victory.
In this we were not disappointed, as on
Sunday last our boys met and defeated
the Oaklands in a hard fought game. 1t
was the first game in which they APP
peared to have played the kind Of ball
that they are capable of playing. and
naturally the town, well as myself and
the players, secured new lease of con-
fidence, as it were.
with this confidence and the knowl-
edge that 1t is possible for us to win,
great things may De expected from this
day on.
that the fateS have smiled kindly upon
them and are determined to win q few
| more games before the race is over; and
conhdentially, you may not believe it, but
we have chance to win that pennant."
/ was compelled to disagree with this
enthusiastic manager, who was, despite
| this fact, complacency itself. regarding
! his chances OF securing the pennant and
| told him with equal confidence that l
thought his chances great If the other or
CARNATIONS dropped dead or went to war
He answered me by saying that he hoped
to sign two new men before returning
home, and If he should be successful Wat
sonville will indeed have a team inferior
to none in the league, for the men whom
| he is after have only arrived recently
from the Eastern League ballfelds, and
as have often seem them perform 1 can
state, with the veracity of a war CORE
! spondent, that there is nothing in the
State that surpasses them.
| 1t is to be hoped that Jacksonville Sc
cures these men. They. will strengthen
| the team immensely and can coach the
lesser lights as to the correct manner Of
not not be De overlooked, bunker of the dilapi-
dated Friscos is after them and he
means business. If Anderson had ma
it is, Bunker needs few good men, if not
! a new team.
Wouldn't 1t be a good joke If the
babies" won the pennant?
Martie Murphy regrets exceedingly his
rash act of last Sunday. He does not
know what prompted him to throw that
bat and ne feels EEL keenly the results It
people who are at a loss, like Murphy
himself, regarding the cause of his action;
tbnr saned ib with Marta @ OF ana
and .gentlemanly fellow and must have
| lost his temper entirely to do such a
That Martie lost his temper strikes
me rs being the only solution of this per-
plexity, and another thing which strikes
Pace Pa vim in refusing MURPHY peTmission to
use that bat. 1t was very unsportsman-
like of him, and he should attempt to be
more liberal with his possessions. 1t was
player refuse another a bat.
In the National League nearly all play
ers have their own private bats, and, I'M
doubt If one were asked the answer
would be in the affirmative.
Pace is an ideal player, and all he
needs to perfect himself is loosening up
| in ideas. If he had not been so close in
his methods Murphy never would have
handled that bat SO roughly but of
sense excuse Murphy's rashness. Moth
| ing but repentance can pardon him, and
as he. has promised never to do. it again
| for what, oh. what will happen to those
Friscos without Murphy?
| The league in such matters is very Sc
| we're, however, and / am afraid that the
| thirty day suspension must go, despite
the influence brought to bear requesting
a s25 fine in place of the suspension. The
offense was. certainly a cruel one. but as
Murphy lost his better reason and is, be-
sides, genteel fellow, the league board
would not injure Its dignity any by a
These are the sentiments of many with
whom 1 have talked, and while they adj
NIT the justice of the leagues stand
they nevertheless hope that it will be
The conduct and playing of the San
| Franciscos last Sunday was about as ter
rible as 1t could possibly be. Such n
goodness knows l believe no one else at
the game would say differently. What a
show that team did make of itself, and
! what a bunch of amateurs they are!
heard from one who finds himself in a
position to know something that the team
complete is to be thrown out of the
league. Gould anything more glorious