The record-union., 1899-08-19
SUNDAYS AMATEUR CONTEST
LAUNDRYMEN AND MILLERS
TO MEET.
1t Is Expected to be One of the
Most Exciting Ball Games of
the Season.

There is every indication of a large
crowd out at Oak Park on Sunday af-
ternoon to witness the contest between
the two crack amateur ball teams of
this city, the Mason Laundry and
Phoenix. Both teams have been play
ing ball all this season and have rec
ords they are proud Of and to lose
Sundays game would be a thorn in the
side of the one that goes down. Hence
both teams have been out every even
ing this week practicing hard and
faithfully, and. in sporting parlance,
they are now in the pink of condition.
The Mason boys have been playing
splendid ball during the season, and
since Manager Compton took them in
hand and strengthened the team they
have been considered a hard nut to
crack. Among their most notable
games We're those played at Colusa,
Gridley and Woodland the latter being
a twelve-inning event.
In the game tomorrow the Masons
are more than anxious to Wrest the
title of champions of Northern Califor-
MIA from the Phoenix men. and to
achieve that distinction the manager
has secured strong men to fill in all
the weak spots. Money and time have
not stood in his way, and when it is
known that he has secured the strong
Rocklin battery, Cox and ,Manafee,
known as the cyclone" for to-mor
rows game, it can be easily understood
that no stone will be left unturned to
bring about the downfall of the Phoe--
nix outfit. These two players were
last year in the Texas League, and in
the Lone Star State they are consid
cred king pins For the past two
months they have been playing with
the Rocklin team, and have received
offers from three of the clubs in the
Pacific Coast League to enter their
ranks, but have declined.
1t was this same battery that Phoe-
nix went against in the tournament at
Chico on the Fourth of July, and they
made the 'millers'' lower their colors.
They virtually won the tournament for
Durham on that date Cox pitching
eighteen innings, or two games. The
following is from. a Willows paper:
THE battery for the Durham team
was Cox and Manafee, two profession
ais who have just arrived from Texas,
and they are 'corkers.' In the two
games they played not man was
given a base on balls, and not a base
was stolen"
Little Jack Ruser, one of the best
all-round amateur players on the coast,
will be seen on the initial cushion in
this game. When Phoenix downed the
Athletic Club boys a couple of weeks
ago Ruser was in this same position
for the millers, and everyone who saw
l. j
marvellous. Nothing could get away
from him, no matter how wild the balls
were thrown. The rest of the infield
is composed of such well-known anna
teurs as Lewis on second. De Costa on
third, and kid" Nichols on short.
From all accounts this is an infield TO
be proud of.
"Sharkey" Helman will give the
knockout blow to balls sent to the left
pasture, and his companions are c.
Coffman (center), and Peters CrighD.
The fielders are all sure ones, and it
will be surprising if anything gets
away from them.
The Phoenix boys will line up almost
the same as when they made the Ath-
letic's bite the dust. Fitzgerald, 'the
Terrible" will once again use all his
persuasive powers in the form of curves
and shoots to make the laundry men
chop the air, and he is certainly a good
one in this art of pitching. Davy
Cowden c1ightning Dave'O will don the
mask for Fftz, and everyone who has
seen Cowden catch knows he has few
equals among the amateurs.
Base on balls Jack Ridley will be
seen as of old guarding the second
cushion, and with Jimmy Butler on
third, Benedict Thielen at short, and
Am. Shields on first, they have an in
field that Captain Ridley claims is a
veritable stone wall. Billy Rice, late
of Watsonvile, but now a member of
this team, will keep a watchful eye out
in the left garden, with Logarazino in
center and Lucky" Buck Thielen, who
has wishes for a 1900 league uniform,
out in right
From the lineup of the two teams, it
is hard to pick the winner, as both
clubs have the strongest amateurs in
and around Sacramento in their lineup,
and the only way to decide is to go and
see the game.
Francisco game will be posted during
letic Club sends a challenge to the win
ner of the Mason Phoenix game to play
on the Sd of September at Oak Park
for any amount they are willing to put
up.
+ The Clouds will cross bats with the
Machine Shop baseball team Sunday
morning at the Fourteenth and R
street grounds These teams have
played two games and broke even, and
are anxious to play off the tie.
Kestler, the south-paw, and "Looie"
Payne form the Clouds battery, while
Christie and Smith will officiate for
the machinists Game will be called
at $50 sharp.
The Pickle Works ball team defeated
the Young Sacramentos yesterday by
score of 20 to 10. The battery for the
winning team was A. Reichert and a.
Beckman, and for the losers Callono
and Dangleson. The features of the
game were grand catches by Harry
Dixon and A. Reichert.
Tomorrow they will have a game at
Nineteenth and FL streets.
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