The San Francisco call., 1898-06-06
YELLOW BOYS
 LOSE AGAIN The Blue Ribbons Are Warm Members. PITCHER SHEA IN GREAT FORM UMPIRE LEWIS DECISIONS A TRIPLE TO THE BAD. It Was Great Game, the Blue Rib bon Boys Surprising Every
 body by Their Superb
 Work.
PITCHER SHEA IN GREAT FORM
UMPIRE LEWIS DECISIONS 4
 TRIPLE TO THE BAD.
BY JOE cORBETT.

Sure enough the "blue ribbons" outdid themselves in yesterdays game. They not only defeated those yellow ham, mers,' but they unmercifully rubbed it in. My how they did play. Not a 'chest" was visible not a play that you could conscientiously criticize, save in one instance, but as this was the only "idio- tic mistake it would be well to let 1t pass, at least for the present.
 A big crowd was in attendance. It was one of those refined, good-natured gath erings that are ever willing to cheer fine plays, and that appreciate good base ball. Only in a few instances did they have occasion to show their displeasure, and 1t was always directed at MT. "Ru- ben" Levy, the autocrat of the field This gentleman gave some miserable decisions on balls and strikes, and while the hon ors in this respect were about evenly divided regards the teams. still they brought no good, and the game would have been much better without them. The players, however, always overdo such thing as was evidenced in the case of Early. He was kicking on strikes that were dead over the plate, and for such work should have been put out of the game. It Is very cheap of a player to make things unpleasant for an umpire when there is really no cause for 1t, and while Levy, in some instances, gave about as poor an exhibition of umpiring as one would care to see, he, however was not to blame in all cases, particularly in that of Early.
 Rube is not aggressive enough, and be- sides he should stand pat on what hes says. Yesterday he called a man out on strikes. The third strike was very bad one, and the yellow hammers" registered quite kick against the decision. knell, who played right field, and by the way played 1t beautifully, made quite demonstra- tion, as was expected, and for his pains was ordered out of the game. To the sur prise of every one, when the inning was over, Knell was still back in his position. Levy should then and there have declared himself. by compelling Knell to retire, but instead, he allowed him to finish the game. This was a serious mistake on Rube's part, for players will always think no matter whom 1t affects
 The game opened up by the 'blue rib bons' making three runs in the first in ming. It looked for all the world as if 1t was to be a repetition of all former games played at Recreation Park, but the outcome was most gratifying, and l may nothing of note occurred until the ninth, as both clubs were putting up excellent ball, and playing the game for all it was worth. Shea, the new pitcher of the Friscos, kept his hits well scattered until the last inning, when four hits and three runs were made off him, but up to this stage ne was 1HOuldS, however, was unfortunate, as the hits off him came at opportune times, as did a couple of the errors, and runs enough to win the game were stacked up.
 Fresno, however, was in reality out played. They made as many hits as did their opponents, and only one error more, but when hits were necessary they were as invisible as the Spanish armada The blue ribbons hit opportunely, and played the game as it should be played. There was no indifferent spirit visible, and the game they played in the field was superb, made so by the fielding possbin- ties which occurred in each inning, all of which were accepted save four, and a couple of these were eXcusable.
 That glorious uncertainty of the game loomed forth conspicuously in the last inning when Fresno made that rally.
 The score Is as follows: