The San Francisco call., 1899-04-07
Bosehau has caught the town.

Baseball has caught the town.
Local fanatics are experiencing their
second appearance on earth
With a fourteen-inning game at the be-
ginning of the season, what will they
hand out when the players get down to
their speed?
Fireman Fitz seems to be in line for
a public reception presided over by the
Mayor in the near future,
Hank Harris has taken the two defeats
of his Native Sons to heart, but says he
will have them in the lead before the
month is ended.
WatsonVille is going to receive a cor
dial reception when 1t comes to town. 1t
has about as fast team as has been
herded together on the coast in many
Hanlon has reached an agreement with
the San Jose management and that popu-
lar player will hold down first base for
the Gardeners for the season.
Jim Mcdonald will start for the East
Saturday or Sunday to fill his engage
ment as a National League umpire. He
has not been notified yet where he begins
Jack Sheridan, the old-time California
League umpire, will be with the Western
League again this season.
Iburg, the change pitcher for Frisco,
has entirely recovered from the injury to
his eye caused by a ball striking him
while practicing two days before the
opening of the season, and he will go in
the box for one Of the games at Watson
vile this week.
Sacramento is in great luck In having
secured Meaney permanently. The clever
center fielder was to go to Newark, n. j.,
this season, but he claims the manage
ment of that team forfeited all right to
his services. Under the National agree
ment all clubs reserving players must
send the men a contract not later than
March l. Newark neglected to forward
Meaney's contract until March 10, there
by invalidating it's title to his services.
When 1t was announced that Hughes
was to pitch last Sunday for Sacramento
local cranks of sporting procl1vities fig
ured It out that the Capital Citys had a
2 to ! cinch on the game and backed their
opinion with their coin. Now they are
sorry that they pinned so much faith in
the National League.
Manager Cripps of Sacramento said last
Sunday that he put Hughes into the game
because the public demanded drawing
cards, and, moreover, because the Cali
fornia League was not a member of the
National Agreement; that If it was he
would not play under 1t. Mr.. Cripps is
right, with some exceptions. The public
does demand drawing cards-which
Hughes evidently. is not-but it will not
accept ringers" Players in regular
league games must be members of the
team with which they play or eligible to
become members or interest in the game
IS destroyed. There has been too much
of patching up teams here with National
and the people have become tired of 1t.
Again, Cripps assertion that the Cali
fornia League Is not a member of the
National Agreement is at variance with
the statements of all the other managers
and If he is right the sooner the league
becomes a member the better it will be
for baseball here, even though Ii were to
result in Manager Cripps Withdrawing
from the game. There are others who
would be only too glad to take hold Of
the Sacramento club.
San Jose has been somewhat crippled,
owing to the illness Of it's shortstop,