The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-05
II WAS AARVErS OFF DAY.
AND THE VISITORS HANDLED
HIM ROUGHLY.
The Sacramentos Have Slipped OF
the Ladder and Are Again
ON the Ground.

The Sacramentos have again tackled
the toboggan. The shout that had gone
up that the hoodoo had flown was pre-
s11latlre-it had only gone visiting me
hoodpo is still lowering. 1t refuses TO
be shaken. 1t is still a corker, and II
stiH hangs on with a persistence sell
dom equaled and never surpassed.
1t was high-grade ball, that played at
Oak Park yesterday, regardless of the
fact that the score-San Francisco t.
Sacramento 3-should be taken with a
grain of allowance. just what the
score would have been had an umpire
off1ciated is a matter of conjecture. But
Car Cahdll-he of the white wings
was on deck, and he was a sumner. He
was rank enough on Saturday, when
the Gifts had the game we'll in hand,
but in his efforts yesterday to lift them
out of the pit they themselves had dug
he laid all previous efforts in the cool,
green shade.
=, Patsy was hummer. It was evident
to everybody who watched the game
for the games sake and who kept local
prejudices in the background-and there
were a few such present-that he was
out to win the game for the locals. That
he would have done SO had not some-
thing interviewed is very evident, but
something did intervene, and that some
thing was the San Francisco baseball
team.
The San Francisco boys declined to
be beaten, even by Gar Cahill, and
though he gave every close decision
(and many which were not c.ose) against
them, they doggedly kept Strengthening
out Harvey's curves and batted out a
victory regardless of Cahdll and the
double-distilled extract of rankness of
his decisions. Umpires are liable to
err, but it becomes monotonous to see
continuous string of erroneous de-
cisions, all directed against one team,
even though that team be one of the
leaders of the league.
The San Francisco people won the
game on it's merits. They gauged Har-
vey's curves to a nicely and landed on
them for fourteen safe hits. Some of
those hits looked like scratches, but as
safe ones continued to drop into short
right field it dawned upon some of the
crowd that the people from the bay
We're dallying with the blonde youth
from the southern citrus belt and We're
picking out safe places to drop the ball.
AT the close of the game Harvey had
not a single strike-out to his credit
On the other hand, Iberg pitched fine
ball and was given superb support The
visitors played an errorless game
something of novelty in Sacramento.
Their field was a stonewaH past which
nothing escaped. Krug's performance
at short was dazzling, and Tip O'NeiIl
s Was given more than his share of
chances and took them ALL Josh
Riley was taken i'll at one time and de-
layed the game for five minutes, but
the veteran partially recovered and
finished the game, though it was appar-
ent that he was in trouble
The locals also fought nobly, and the
visitors gave them plenty to do. Stulz.
1t is true, fell rather awkwardly while
fielding grounder near first, thereby
giving the batsman a base, but it was
preferred to give the latter a hit rather
than mar the error column. Then again
Tommy Sheehan fielded one nicely to
Hutchinson, who dropped it just as
-sasy,sbut somehow Sheehan was given
an error and Hutchinson went free.
So that the error of the game was post
ed opposite the name of Sheehan. whose
ringlets still foated in the breeze.
Mclaughlin, Doyle and Shanahan did
great work in the field, as did Stanley
behind the bat, while Eagan at short
made some lightning connections. Shan
ahan and Stanley each touched Iberg
Tor two hits, the latter sma shing out
a two-bagger. And right here it may
as we'll be said that the .'Old Hoss'' is
pointing the way with the stick
For the visitors, Swindells carried off
the batting honors, taking four clean
hits out of four times up, and Iberg
followed with three. Sullivan and Krug
took two hits each, and with the ex-
ception of Hildebrand, every one of
Uncle" Harris men pegged up a hit
or more
Until the third inning the game was
fast, and no man in either team had
got to second base Then, however,
the Gifts being first at bat, Shanahan
ripped off a two-bagger to the south
east corner of the lot. Sheehan sent
a smooth one between short and third.
Shanahan advancing to third A Sec
ond later Sheehan was caught in an
attempt to purloin the second bag, and
Hutch sent one to Krug. who tried for
Shanahan at the plate, but was slow,
and the bell rung up a tally.
But the visitors came right back.
After Tip" O'Neill had died an easy
death at first Swindells began his ex-
hibition of batting with a two-base hit
along third. and took third on a wild
: piteh- Iberg followed with a single,
bringing in the supple backstop, and
the score was tied. Pyne hit to Stulz
and-according to Car Cahill-was. out
at first. and Krug flew to Mclaughlin,
front name Brick"
In the fourth the visitors forged
ahead. Riley tried one to Sheehan,
but was out at first, and Sullivan drove
safe one to- the left garden for life
Hildebrand flew to Eagan, and as
Muller faced the battery Sullivan stole
second. Muller Strengthened out one
of Harvey's choice offerings for base
and Sullivan scored. O'Neill hit safe to
left field, advancing Muller to second