The San Francisco call., 1899-11-19
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In tho ten innings played at Recreation
parL Yesterday afternoon the San Fran
ciscos and the SacramentOs furnished
enough excitement and real live baseball
10 thrill the breast Of the most cold and
c-itlcal follower OF the national game
Three times the score was tied. the last
time being in the ninth inning when TWO
men were out and when San Francisco
had victory within its grasp. Henry krug,
the clever but erratic shortstop for the
local nine. won and lost the game for his
team and now his smile has left his BEAM
Ing countenance. He lined the ball out
AZ the proper time. scored a run himself.
made some clever catches and just when
he was ready TO quit the game-with the
supreme satisfaction OF knowing that he
had done well-McLaughlin sent ground
or 70 him and in his eagerness 20 field II
he frrnbled. the runner was safe and
Shanahan crossed the plate, tieinS the
score and necessitating an extra Inning.
The shock almost put Ham Iburg out
OF the business. His face took on look
of WEAKNESS and he sadly shook his head
al Krug and thought what might have
been." and as for your Uncle Henry"
he hung his head and wept. II was a sad
awakening from a dream Of victory, but
IL is the fortunes Of baseball.
Charley Doyle was put in by Sacramento
10 pitch. He deserves a great deal OF
credit for his work in the box and also
for the grit he displayed in playing the
game with fractured fibula. In the sixth
inning Brockhoff lined the ball right at
DOYLE and II was so sudden that the lat
ter could not step aside and the ball
struck him in the right leg. Despite the
pain Doyle gathered the ball up and shot
IL over 10 first, but BrOckhon proved too
speedy a runner and landed on the bag
lust ahead Of the sphere. Doyle limped
throughout the rest Of the game. but his
pitching was as even as in the first part
OF the contest
San Francisco was first 10 score. In
the fourth Krug singled, stole second and
scored on Sullivan's single. In the follow
ing inning Sacramento evened matters
and went the locals one better. Stanley
singled. was forced at second by Doyle
and the latter scored on Sheehan's two
Dagger past third. StultZ flew into short
right and Reilly instead of allowing Hill
derbrand TO take the fly; tried TO gather
IL himself AS a result OF his mufIing the
ball Sheehan scored. In the sixth both
mines tailed. but in the seventh the locals
had things all their own way. Courtney
hit to short and beat the ball TO first and
reached home on Eagan's bad error Of
Reilly's grounder. Reilly reached second
on the throw In and beat the ball 10 third
after Pyne's fly had been captured BY
Shanahan. lie repeated this a minute
later when Muller flew to Harvey. Har-
vey made beautiful throw home but a
second too late 10 land the agile second
baseman Of the San Franciscos In their
half of the seventh Sacramento manared
TO get three men on bases. but through
good fielding not man crossed the plafe
Nothing was done until the last NJ the
ninth, when Shanahan flew 10 Reilly. who
again muned, and the runner was ad-
vanced by Sheehan's sacrifice. Stultz
rolled out and with two strikes on him
Mclaughlin hit 10 Krug, who made the
error already alluded to. Harvey reached