The record-union., 1899-06-26
OLD HARPER IS ALL RIGHT.
THE VETERAN PITCHER GOOD
AS EVER.
He Waterlooed the Sacramentani
Yesterday-Seems to Improve
With Age.

the great Napoleon one foggy evening
when indigestion had laid it's clamny
hand upon his bread tank and clouded
his ideas. And so said Admiral Jimmie
Dennie at the close of the argument at
the Oak Park diamond yesterday after
noon.
The Watsenville babies gave it right
back again. On Saturday the mighty
Gilt Edge tribe went out to do battle
with the sugar beet braves, and after a
great contest, shut them out. And
then followed a period Of great rejoicing
in the teepees of the local warriors.
They held a big powwow and told OF
their great deeds and valorous prowess,
and the squaws and pappooses looked
up with awe and wonder, for the big
braves from the sugar beet country
were beaten hip and thigh.
History repeats itself. even If its pup
pets, owing to the shifting, of the slides,
are sometimes reversed. And they were
reversed yesterday The women and
the pappooses cover their features with
mourning streaks, paenS of victory are
heard no more at ALL
Oh, somewhere in this troublous world
do people dance for joy,
And somewhere happiness is found In
And somewhere women prattle and some
where children shout
But there's no joy in this old town-the
beet men shut us out.
1t is simply awful, and even poor
rhyming gives no relief The joyful
people referred to live in jacksonville.
History repeated itself, but the pup
pets. thanks to the enigmatic curves
handed up by Grandpa Harper, We're
t. oil .sc for
1t is he who is responsible for the sack
cloth and ashes, for the wailing and for
the emigration of joy from this city.
That is to say, Napoleon Harper back
ed up by his impenetrable stone wall.
did the work His was the master hand
and his the ugly curves which did the
work.
Watsonvilles 2. Gilt Edge 0. That
all, it is the first time the local people
were ever served so scurvy trick. In
all the life of the team the men who
beat the Baltimores were never shut
out. Thus it will be seen that there is
reason for mourning among the cranks
Good baseball? 1t was that, and bet
ter 1t was great 1t is thin plank
that has but one side, and in the course
of time the locals will dry their eyes
and look at the other side. They play
ed winning ball, but they were pitted
against the unconquera BILE. Some men
go to pieces after defeat, but the
Watsonvilles are not that kind of peo-
pie. Instead they braced up and gave
pointers to their former victors.
The title of this wall should be
George Harper" He has been here
before He was here when the old AL
tas were in line. He was here in 1891
when the old league went to pieces, and
since that day he has tried out his men
in the big Eastern league teams. He is
a head worker, and uses his cocoanut
equally with his hands. And he didn't
do anything to the Gilt Edges-except
to shut them out. He looked easy, but
looks are deceptive. The balls he
dropped over the plate looked as big as
pumpkins to an outsider, but to the
members of the great Gilt Edge aggre-
cation of innocents. they were about
the size of pin heads. There is no need
to tell about Harper-the local popula-
ton has walled before Harper has
several thousand admirers here, every
one of whom would rather he would
stay at home His advent means de-
feat.
Just three dreary hits were taken
from Harper, and they had the appear
ance of accidents All the rest were
captured. Giant Selma at first put up
a star game; Mccarthy at short was as
swift as streak and as fast as shot;
Brockoff at third took all kinds of i'm
possible chances, and Flake at second
put up two of the greatest games ever
seen in Sacramento. Flake is wonder
and Sacramento needs him. He is a
stem winder, warranted to neither rip,
ravel nor run down at heel. And in the
outfield, Borland Che of the funny fea-
tures), Courteney and Billings complet-
ed the wall, while Morrow behind the
bat kept working His voice was al
ways raised in times of danger and his
henchmen listened thereto and-won.
The visitors played an errorless game.
And such were the men who shut out
the Gifts
The efforts of the blonde youth from
the horned toad district We're herculean
but fruitless. Old silent" pitched great
ball-winning ball, but his laurels fad
ed when he did battle with the veteran
of thousand victories. And the wall
behind him was not of stone. Eagan
picked up an error and Sheehan did
likewise, and at several other stations
the players were listless. The WATSON
villes played a swifter game than on
Saturday. the locals a slower. Harvey
was touched for six hits-away under
the average. by the way-and the locals
picked up three errors, one each for
Stanley. Eagan and Sheehan.
OF the locals Mclaughlin. front name
"Brick" carried off the honors giving