The San Francisco call., 1899-05-15
OAKL AND TAKES
TWO FROM THE
WATSONVILLES
Again Up Among the
Leaders.
PLAYS CHAMPIONSHIP BALL
AFTERNOON GAME THE BEST OF
THE SEASON.
Visitors Shut Out, While the Dudes
Score a Single Tally-Frisco
and Sacramento Break
Even.
PLAYS CHAMPIONSHIP BALL
AFTERNOON GAME THE BEST OF
THE SEASON.

Oakland made it three straight yester-
day, barring a protest. by defeating Wat
sonvile in the morning and afternoon,
thereby jumping from fourth TO second
place, providing Manager Strives protest
is disalowed. This protest came in the
afternoon and is a double-barreled shot
at the Dudes. 1t alleges that the members
Of the Oakland team made up a pool be-
fore the afternoon game and wagered with
an enthusiastic WatsonVillian that they
would take that contest. AS a second
cause for complaint he alleges that Fred
Lange played ball behind the umpire's
back IN The sixth inning and prevented
Hanson from scoring. AS for the first
charge, 1t remains for President Moran
10 decide; the second IS childish, for
Lange merely blocked the inner corner
OF third base, making Hanson run around
MIN when the runner attempted to go in
from second on Brockhofe's single to right
This gave Hardie plenty of time TO get
lAe pan 10 hammond, who effectually
DiockeQ hanson, cutting him off at least
tnLee Ieet from safety as he came in on a
sllde. IL was good ball playing on Veteran
Ereds part and stupid base running on
Hanson 5, for the latter, instead of slid
ing, ought to have ''roughed it, under
the circumstances, seeing that his path
was blocked and jolted Hammond out of
me, way If he could But such is base
The morning game was not worth look
ING az, unless one considered Little
Egypt thing of beauty. Oakland. re-
lnlorced by Johnson, who played first for
tle Athletlcs last year, and is as good as
lAe pest or them in the position. simply
toyed with the Sugar Beets killing two
pltcners ana paralyzing the third and
winning by a score Of 10 to 2 Hines
started IN to DO up packages for the vis-
ltors. He did the same work for the Ath-
leucS last year, with Indifferent success.
III lhe second inning, after he had given
pase on balls and been touched M for
q dOuDle and two singles he was sum
mohed 70 the bench and Whelan s1hsfi-
tIted. The latter lasted five innings, and
SLeH, Wnen the game was irreVOca biv lost
.HoIIoW was called in from right to finish
{he game. He proved the best of the Iot
Lar ana away, but he could not win the
SfonI- Sff,l y; INIsseII was too great stumbling
Oi2Gh IN the way OF his cohorts, for that
1nIee hlts were all the hayseeds mus
tered from the Oakland twfrIer,s deliv-
~ tiftaari VINE me Dudes gathered in a total
% iAteeIl hlls, including a homer triple
ana a double from the trio of Watson
VIE ne tWlrlers. That tells the story
,-o-n me only noteworthy incident of the
same was the outcome of a wager he
EE%eSH lam Juice Lou Hardie and
LLed I-ange. The former wagered his
EI me captain that he would outbat fhe
!atlgr IN the game. Lange plucked n
LIlPie ana TWO singles, while the terror
~ ulS alameda flats got a base on balls.
W. HS outs ana lone single. Lou saws
ne VIII shaVe his upper lip to-day. pIir-
CHaSe soft white hat, like the one Col
WINS wears, ana be real wicked
Inc afternoon game at Recreation Parl,
WIS on; so different from the morning
game Large sections of the lot came
Whlrllng IN almost necessarily, envelon-
ing the players in clouds of dust and
temporarily blocking the proceedings. II
was the worst day ever experienced by
d crowd or fanatics at the park. but not
one or them became discouraged: the
game was too hot for that
Harper and Moskiman were the onnos
ing pitchers, the latter having a Shade
the best of it, Another such game has
not been witnessed here this season NOT
excepting the fourteen-inning game he
tween Frisco and San Jose at the open-
ms. II was hit smash, bang from start
. 10 finish. The ball seemed to be ever i'm
the air, and the 5000 spectators were AL
ways shrieking at the circus catches and
Denny stops and pickups that marked
the game from start to finish The crowd
seemed to be with the under dog which
IN this instance, was Watsonville it hav-
ing already lost two games of the series.
echo.
The dust blew in in clouds: every batter
that came up had to wait for the clouds
70 roll by in order to get chance to
swat the sphere, and swat it they did.
Every fielder saw the ball disappear I'm
cloud of dust, and moved over to where
ne thought it ought to come down and
o.. waited for 1t to reappear. Sometimes
they judged 1t accurately, and again the
wind would carry ii over to the next gar
den but somebody always got it. 1t was