The record-union., 1899-07-09
THREE HITS FOR OAKLAND.
HOW DOYLE HELD DOWN THE
VISITORS.
The Sacramentos Continue Their
Up-Grade March Toward
the Pennant.

the KeAAAAts
The Oakland "cripples'' were an easy
mark. They went down before the
Sacramento people like a Kansas wind
mill before a cyclone. 1t was all done
in an hour and a half. and at the close
the refrain ran: Sacramento 8, Oak
land 2.
Better games have been played here
this season than that played yester
day, and worse. The pitching was A 1.
but there are things in a ball game
other than pitching. Harvey, who had
been profusely advertised to do the
pitching, pitched his tent in the center
pasture, and Doyle did the hard work.
1t was given out that Harvey's arm
was sore. There was probably truth
in the statement, but no harm was
done by the change. Doyle pitched
his usual fine game, holding the GRIP
ples'' down to three hits, neither of
which cut any figure in the result.
Moskiman, who officiated for the In
dians from the village of colleges,
pitched ball which would have won
with any team in the league except
the locals. Seven hits were taken from
his offerings, most of them being wide
ly scattered.
The game was really a comedy OF
errors. Just one out of the total of
ten runs was earned The score ought
to have been, Sacramento 1, Oakland
0, but it wasn't. Seven of the eight
runs made by the home team were in
the nature of gifts, while the Oak
lands xyoro proSonfa1 bofh of theirs
with the compliment of the heavy
hitting Senators.
Still there were snappy, brilliant
plays made by both teams. Stulz
struck his gait. He is a good one.
but has been playing in hard luck.
Yesterday he was given hatful of
chances, and accepted them all. "Old
Hoss'' Shanahan put up faultless
game at the initial, and over at the
third corner Tommy Sheehan gave an
exhibition of the game as it ought to
be played. Eagan also put up good
ball, and Stanley, behind the bat.
played the game as only kingpin
veteran can. Only once was his judg-
ment at fault, and that was excus-
able.
For the visitors, Schmeer did WON
ders at short, and Father" Peoples
at second put up the best game ne
has played in this city for year.
Old Hutch at first also did good work,
and the outfield was superb, While
Lange at third worked hard for a VIC
tory from start to finish.
Uncle Reuben Levy did the umpir-
ing, and during the first half of the
game he was not a drawing card. The
crowd said he favored the visitors, and
for once the crowd was right. Reuben
may have meant all right, but he got
away off, His eyes were crooked on
balls and strikes, and on every close
play he gave the home team the little
end of it. Later in the game he did
his best to even up matters, and threw
a number of close decisions to the
Gilts. but by that time all interest in
the umpire was lost the crowd being
kept busy counting the tallies.
Up to the fatal sixth inning not
run had been scored, and only one.
man on each team had reached the
second station. In that inning, how
ever. little Hammond, the gritty catch
er of the Oakland aggregation, assisted
by Moskiman, gave the home people
two of their eight runs. Admiral
Dennie smiled on Moskiman, thereby
inducing him to grant free passage to
first. Harvey raped out safe one
to right field, landing the Admiral on
second. Then Doyle came up and
frowned on Moskiman, and the latter
shot one along the ground. which
Hammond failed to gather in, and as
the ball rolled back to the bleachers
Dennie crossed the plate. Hammond
tried to shut him off, but got the ball
into the bleachers on the other side,
and the blonde boy from the southern
country walked home.
The only earned run of the game
was made in the seventh. Stanley MT
a safe one to the infield for a bag.
went to third on .McLaughlin's single
to right field, and scored on Stulzs
long f1y-out to Dunleavy. Stulz subse-
quently scored on Lange's tumble of
a thrown ball at third. The locals
took four more runs in the eighth
The visitors pegged one in the eighth.
DOYLE hit Donovan over the kidney,
and he walked, gave Hutchinson
base Non balls and he walked, moved
both runners up a peg on wild
pitch. and Donovan scored on Peoples
out at first. Z
In the ninth the Indians were pre-
sented with their second run. Dun
leavy singled to left field, stole second
a moment later, and went on to third
on Stanley's wild throw for the second
base. Then Donovan hit one through
Harvey in center field, and Dunleavy
crossed the plate.
The annexed chart tells the story in
figures:
Gilt Edge. alb. r. bh. sb. po. a. e.