The San Francisco call., 1899-09-08

Manager Harris has secured courtney
Watsonville's heavy batter. for the Local
team. He will take Muller's place in left
field Muller will not be released, but will
be retained on the team as an extra man
Brockhoff another Watsonvile player
now with the local aggregation. will oc-
cupy short, while "Heney" hrug. VIII
cover the second cushion.
1t now comes to light that although the
managers of the San Francisco team were
10th to lose Tip" O'Neil, they nave sur sur
vived the shock Tip was looked upon
as being the greatest diamond general IN
the league. but he did not live up TO ms
reputation this season. He was Grltlclzed
by the fans for his ceaseless but use,
less kicking" during the contests ana
also for substituting ripped bail near
the end Of one of the games. a AcG0FuiIg i(Ir Lis
loud and frequent kicks to the umpire
that he had a meager knowledge OF the
rules governing the game; Ihen again;
Tip did not play his position at second
as he might have done. It is we'll
known fact that he did not handle
thrown bali during the entire season, al
lowing Krug. to do this important p, parbb 10 OF
the work. Frequently left-handed bat
ter would come to the plate, and aIthough
a runner was on the initial bag and the
man ar the bat was notorious for sending
the ball along the third base line the
moment the ball was pitched hrug Would
have to rush to second TO eaten the run
ner, thus leaving his position az the mercy
on6 ~ The acoi,fsition Of Brockhoff and
Courtney. the managers look for great i'm
The "Friscos'' are anxious to win a ma
iority of games in the next series. Inc
team will work under complete system
of signals and although IT VIII not De ap
parent to the spectators. the effectiveness
of the signals will be.
Babbitt, a player who has won IaIne
in the Canadian League and also IN the e
Seattle tournament. is likely to play snort
for the BeachcOmbers. Negotiations are
now under way between the management
of the Sandcrabs and the young man; man;
Should he accept Clark will be released
and Arrelanes will be a fixture in right
field When Clark was engaged TO play
on the team it was predicted ne Would
astound the natives, but he did not live
up 10 his reputation. In fact, as one fan
puts II. he was a frost
Oakland played four games last week
and only made two errors. This fact mas
been favorably commented on by the eX,
perts as It is unprecedented in baseba!l
for a tail-end team TO play Such good DaI.
Both errors were eXCusable. The one
made made bv Schmeer in Saturdays game was
more an error of judgment. A man was
on first and the ball was batted close to
second. Schmeer secured 1t; but instead taIl
throwing to first, making double play,
he threw the sphere into Franks face.
The error charged to Dunleavy was for
a fly ball. which, carried by the wind pre-
vented it being properly Judged. He ran
hard for it from center and managed TO
get his hands on 1t, but the ball slipped
from his grasp. Had he held it he would
have received an ovation. The other two
games played by the Athenians were
errorless. which bespeaks praise for the
men who compose the aggregation.
Some fans" are saying that the "Fris-
cos are weak in "twirlers." This con-
clusion was evidently reached through
the fact that "FitZ' was touched up for
fifteen hits last week at Sacramento. 1t
is well known that pitchers in the Ma
tional League are batted out of the box
frequently during the season. 1t was
FitZpatrck's 5 turn to experience the SEN
satiOn but as it was the first time this
has happened to him there is no danger
of his being released. With a good team
behind him "Fitz" and Iberg are worthy
to cope with the heaviest batters.
1t can be truthfully said that Schmeer
is playing as fast a short as any National
Lacquer If his batting was a little
heavier he would be a star in any league.
With Borchers, Steffani and Harper the
Oaklands have an effective corps OF
pitchers.
Donlin leads off for ST. Louis and he is
batting more effectively than any man in
the club with the exception of Burkett.
Pace is playing short for Colusa since
his release from Santa Cruz.
Bad base-running lost Saturdays game
at Sacramento. Idiotic plays on bases by
Pyne, Swindells and Krug did more to de-
feat the team than the work of the Sac
ramento pitchers