The record-union., 1899-07-09
HOW THEY STAND.

San Jose. II 16 .5l3
Sacramento .......... 16 16 800
Oakiand Is % 1896
THAT GAME AT CHICO.
A Sacramentan who was present at
the game at Chico, Butte County, on
the Fourth, makes the following crit-
cism Of the treatment accorded the
Sacramentans:
1.-The Phoenix baseball team of Sac
ramento played in the tournament at
Chico on the Fourth of July, and from
all accounts were robbed out of victory
in no very gentle manner. The rules
as set down were that no two teams
could claim the same man, and If they
did the team which could prove it had
first claim on him could make him
play or else keep him from playing in
the series. They also provided that
no team could select a player from one
of the other teams to fill in.
"The Durham team, without doubt,
must have read these rules upside
down, for to both of the above rules
they paid no more attention than if
they had not been made at all. The
trouble commenced in this way: The
Phoenix engaged Hoagland of the
Rocklin team to play with them, and
the manager Of the Durham team was
we'll aware of this fact, but by some
means or other he got Hoagland to
play with them.
when the Phoenix and Durhams
lined up to play the manager of the
Phoenix team raised a kick about
Hoagland playing; and proved by a
letter that he (HoaglanO had written
a week before that Phoenix had first
claim to him. Right was on the Phoe-
nix side, and if they had held out for
their rights and the Durham team
would not play unless Hoagland played
they could claim the game by default
and thereby have a 'cinch' on second
place and second money But in order
not to disappoint the spectators who
had come to see the game, they gave
up Hoagland and engaged another
man.
Durham, not satisfied with what
they had already done, added insult to
injury by ringing in Sheehan, the
shortstop of the Red Bluff team. At
this the Phoenix raised another howl,
and would have had victory on their
side, but, as one spectator remarked,
they were too easy and let Durham
walk all over them They gave in
again and played the game. But, as
was soon proven, they had figured
without their host and he was the
umpire. He gave them the worst of it
all through the game, but in the last
inning, when the Phoenix had the
game won, he gave two of the rankest
decisions ever given on a diamond,
and deliberately robbed the Sacramen-
to team of three safe runs, which, if
they had received them, would have
won the game.
The Phoenix men took their defeat
without a murmur, and know that the
game should have been theirs, and
also those who witnessed it say it was
robbery from start to finish.
The Chico public had no hand in
this work. In fact they seemed to fa-
vor the Sacramento boys all through
the game, and on several occasions
hissed the Durham players for the
kind of ball they. were playing. This
was proven, when Manafee, catcher
for the Durhams, deliberately raised
his hand to strike Thielen, who was
at the bat, for no cause whatever. But
he got no further, for the diamond
f1ocked with gentlemen to see that
Sacramento got no more of that kind
of treatment
'Manafee saw that he was liable to
go home on a stretcher, and so tried
during the rest of the game to keep
his Texas blood in his veins
In the afternoon game between
Willows and Durham the latter team
won the game by the same kind of
ball-playing as in the morning, and
also had the help of the umpire to do
it. Willows, Red Bluff and Sacrament
to played good, clean ball, but the
the least said the bet
ter, but their winning this tournament
in the way they did is to them no
credit
John c. DAILY, the manager of the
series. proved himself to be a gentle
man, and in no way can he be blamed
for what was done. Another in his
place would have found out that the
path of a. manager for a tournament
of this kind is not strewn with roses"
Baseball among the amateurs for
this week is more than quiet All the
teams are laying off to recover from
the effects of the Fourth of July
games. To say the least, the games
held on that day We're more than dis
astrous for the leading amateur teams
of this city. The Mason Laundry team
lost twelve inning game to Wood
land by score of s to 4; the Athletic
Club lost to Gridley, to 3; and the
Phoenix gave way to the Durhams. 9
to 8. The latter game, from all ac-
counts. should have gone to the Mil
lers but for the umpire's worse than
bad decisions.
This morning at $50 the Phoenix
men will cross bats with the Webb
Tonic team on Ryan's diamond. at
Fourteenth and r streets This is the
first game for the Phoenix in town in
over two months, and it will be worth
while to go and see the Improvement
made in their playing.
The Mason Laundry team goes to
Rocklin to-day to play the Rocklin-
ties. The Masons are taking a strong
team along and intend coming back
with the scalps Of the Rocklin players
dangling from their belts.
The Clouds and c. C. w. Clubs will
play at Fourteenth and r streets after
the conclusion of the game between
the Phoenix and Webbs.
The Colusa people are more than
anxious to have the Phoenix team play