The record-union., 1899-09-11
THE ATHLETICS VICTORIOUS
BEAT THE PHOENIX MEN BY A
SMALL MARGIN.
The Rival Amateur Teams Played
to a Good Crowd at
Oak Park.

The baseball game at Oak Park be-
tween the Sacramento Athletlc 0iup
and the Phoenix teams yesterday aIteI-
noon was a long -drawn-out affalr. Inc
first ball was pitched at 2:3O O'Clock,
and it was long after 5 when the emu
came
The Athletic Club team carried OH
the game by a score of u to IL, ana
while those figures do not indicate high
grade ball, some really clever work was
done
McCaffrey and Fitzgerald were
touched for many hits, but they noWleo
away manfully, and aside from three
innings the game would have passeo
muster in. any company.
In the second inning Fltzgeralo
proved an easy mark for the Athietlcs'
and when they let down six runners
had crossed the plate, and 1t lookea
as though they had cinched matters
particularly so when they peggeo TWO
more in the fourth.
But the husky Phoenix boys were
only waiting for a chance. They TOOK
a tally in the first inning, and in the
fourth they lit onto McCaffrey's curves
like savages, and when the fireworks
stopped they had spiked the plate nlne
times, and the score was 10 to 8, with
the Phoenix on the long end.
They took another tally in the sixtn'
but after that McCaffrey settled down,
pitched good strong ball and was given
such support by his field that the big
fellows got no more runs at all.
From the fourth to the eighth the
:,
in the latter inning they again got the
gauge of Fitzgerald's shoots, and pat
tered him for four runs winning the
game.
There were some fine stops and some
stupid muffs, but owing to the extreme
doubtfulness of the issue the crowd
which was a good one for an amateur
game. stayed to the end, and cheered
the players on to greater efforts.
Fifteen good, clean hits were what
the Athletics did to Fitzgerald, and
while they were at it the Phoenix men
Strengthened out twelve of McCaHrey
offerings. Logamazino, Butler ana
George Newbert each hammered out
two-bagger, while the Athletic Clup
shortstop led the batting, gathering IN
four hits out of six times up. Iloga~
mazino and George Newbert each came
in with three hits, and the rest of the
players trailed down, all except one OF
them taking at least one safe crack
In the matter of errors, the Phoenix
men picked up seven and the Athletics
five. a number on both sides being ex~
cusable.
Big Russ Pace was behind the bat
for the Phoenix people, and that he did
not put UP his usual strong game was
probably due to the fact that he had
worked all the night before. He did
we'll, however, and is tower OF
strength to any team, either amateur
or professional.
Ridley and George Newbert each put
up good games at second base, While
Jimmy Butler at third was the star at
traction. He literally scooped every
thing that came along, and was wildly
cheered by the ladies'
And as the boys played the sun came
down It was warm. Frank Grimm,
who did the umpiring, perspired freely
and for a time it looked as if he might
float away on his own brine. He held
down his job under difficulties. His
dicer was caved in by a thrown ball,
and throughout he had a warm, hard
time
The following chart will show just
how and when the fireworks were en-
gineered: