The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27
BASEBALL FEVER
SUPERSEDES THE
GRIP EPIDEMIC
Every Evidence of Be-
coming Chronic.
LEAGUE SEASON INAUGURATED
FAMILIAR FIGURES HAVE VAN
IsHED FROM SIGHT.
Oakland Shuts Out San Francisco In
a Game That Proves Highly
Interesting to 6ooo
People.
LEAGUE SEASON INAUGURATED
FAMILIAR FIGURES HAVE VAN
IsHED FROM SIGHT.

Your Uncle Rennery dispensed with the
+i,,,e-bonored brass band yesterday, ana
nary :. hackman was given job hauling
gaudily bedecked ballplayers through tle
streets for the editicatiOn OF adnllrlhs
1nultitudes He even went so lar as 10
eliminate Colonel T. Passe Robinson from
the festivities, yet notwithstanding an
these breaches Of baseball TRADITION ooOV
neople invaded Recreation Park 10 witness
the ceremony of formally opening the Cal
ifornia League season Of 1899.
There were many familiar faces IN the
grand stand and boxes and on the bleach-
ers for the baseball fever seems 10 nave
broken out again this year with all us
oId-time virulence. People were theFe
who have not witnessed bail game since
the davs Of the Haight street grounds,
and they shouted and perspired and trled
"a break up the benches just as they Gid
IT. years gone by.
II was q real pleasure, too, 10 see Uncle
Hennerv again mixed up in the sport, lot
Il assures the public of an honest measure
of the real article. Jack Bonnet, now de
veIoped into a real baseball impressarlo'
ana wearing chimneys on his lamps to
give him added dignity Of appearance as
well as J. T. Moran. who may with pro-
rrietv be called the father OF DaSeDall OF
mis- coast and is again in the game as the
head OF the league, were also IN evidence
out IN the .ield one looked IN vain LOT
some of the spawned favorites OF the past
who -donned 4 uniform and made oluLL
at playing the game long after they ought
10 have been content TO remain at nome
and play with their grandchildren but
they seem TO be shelYed now nigh enough.
Ola Blockers HanIey rode. his Charley
horse down to the park and insuncuFely
made for the dressing room, but ne was
given the he-he by the colts and told he
ra0lvr m h =
privilege again.
But Rube Levy is still in it. Rube does
NOT cayort over the left meadow any
more. much 10 the distress of the kinder
garten, for he is now a full-hedged UNI
pire He made his debut in a white over,
Garment that resembled ms ilShlIe
with the lower half cut of. A Whte cap
that was not given an opportunity 10 OBJ
tain its full growth was perched JaullI!y
over the bare spot That Is beginning 70
show on Rube's block, and altogether ne
was thing of beauty to his lazy &C
Guaintances, who were out in force to
The game itself was interesting enough
70 hold the crowd until the close, ana al
though it resulted IN shut-4uI ~ = i1T ,IS
, Hennerys Native Sons by the AtleillaIlS
n was in no way discreditable TO the nome
team. Iberg was TO have gone INTO lIIS
box but he got hit in the eye Win d Dan
while nracticing Saturday, sustaining a
rupture of two blood vessels, Whlch VIII
keep him out Of the game Tor anoJher
x. I
good game with the exception OF the
fourth inning, when Oakland Dunched
three hits on him, which, with cluster
Of hard-bOiled errors, netted Two Iuhs.
The result would have been even more
disastrous but for a great throw py M
derbrandt from right field, which caught
Ths Natives missed their great Oppor-
tunity to garner TALES In the second IN
ming, when they filled the bases before d
man was retired. But a clever ooHole
plav spoiled the chance, for the next man
bonovar and Hilderbrandt distinguished
themselves BY making sensational catches
in right field. In the seventh Muiler sent
cut a long fly which Donovan went up
into the air after and piucKea VIII w, S ol1e
hand. In the succeeding inning Hlloer-
brandt destroyed two-cushion shot LOT
Lee Hammond by getting under the
spbeye after a desperate run, and holding
on TO IL although he performed some
wonderful ground and lofty tun ping =,
The whole secret Of Frisco's doWnfalI
was Moskiman. 1t was Impossible Tor
them to straighten out his curves, Tor TWO
hits, both by young DR.. Pyne, were an
that were recorded to their credit. Moskl-
man was in great form for the Deg1nhlhs
Of the season. and though he did not
make a strike-out record and hit two men
he only gave two bases on balls. he was
ably supported throughout the game.
Lou Hardie played on the bench yester-
day. but 1t was only temporary arrange
ment. II seems. Hardie went out clam
digging during the rain one DAY last week
and became waterlogged.
San Francisco was first up and went out
in one two. three order. though Riley was
given his base Krug followed with a
drive down to short. forcing Josh at sec
ond and being doubled at first.
Donovan opened the season for oak
land with beautiful double to right, but
got no further. Both sides flelded re-
markably well, considering the small
amount of preliminary work they have
been able TO put in, and the spectators
settled down to enjoy an even, holly con-
tested game.
the fourth, when Schmeer opened up with
q single over short. Murphy hunted along
the line to third and Riley threw high to
second to catch Schmeer. The latter kept
on toward third, but was pinched by Hill
derbrandt who made a terrific throw
across the lot from right field. Lange' S
single to left placed Murphy on third
nvan's tumble Of w Hammond's bunt
Borland laced out a single, sending Ham
Tnond to third, that young man sneaking
home a moment later when Hartman abb
o sent-mindedly rolled the ball down tc
% Fitzpatrick.
In the fifth Moskiman reached second
on Hilderbrandt's muf of his long fly
went to third on Shea's out to first and
scored on DonoTans long fly to center.
That ended the run-getting, but there
were frequent narrow escapes from more
tallies on both sides in almost every in
ming. Altogether 1t was a most satisfac-
tory Inauguration. The teams are well
matched. the public demonstrated that II
IS. ripe for baseball, and if the country
son Of 1899 will undoubtedly be one OF
the most prosperous ever experienced
here. The score;
SAN FPANCrCCO