The record-union., 1899-08-13
THREE TO A GOOSE EGG.
sACRAMENTos SHUT OUT THE
SAN FhANcIsCos.
A Star Game Played by Stars and
Stulz One Of the First
Magnitude.

| Sacramento 3, San Francisco @.
Just another little shut-out
! Local cranks were satisfied.
| 1t was a star game, played by stars,
with Hennie Stulz in the title role.
The populace salaam to Hennie.
And the populace, for once, Is right,
for of all the good games put up at
| the halfway station on the local dia-
mond this season, that of Stulz yester-
day looms up like searchlight in
fog 1t was a revelation, and Henry
Reitz in his palmiest days never did
anything better. Stulz was simply I'M
pregnable The San Francisco people
took shy at every joint in his armor,
out it stood the test. The chances fell
to him thick and fast, frequently in the
one, two, three order, and he gobbled
them all without wobble, and like
Oliver Twist was found crying fer
more. And some of the chances handed
out to him were trying ones. They
looked safe enough, but Hennie always
managed to get there first. He re-
ceived the plaudits of the crowd, but
nothing to what he deserved. Good
boy, Hennie.
| But there were others. Oh, my, yes!
but fortune did not send them as
many chances as she shunted out to
Hennie. Tommy Sheehan played his
corner like a Trojan, regardless of Tip
O'Neill's remorseless guying, and the
local outfield was like a string of
gunnysacks set out to capture every
| thing army Ration Eagan was
very effective at short, and went wrong
but once, and that once, as it turned
out, did no damage.
! Doyle in the box was as steady as
clockwork, and the league leaders
touched him for but five base hits.
| But if the locals put up a good ar
ticle of ball, the San Francisco people
followed suit Tip O'Neill had his team
well in hand and it played ball all the
time. Krug, the erratic, picked up
couple of costly errors, and Hilder-
brand in right field let bounding ball
through his legs, but otherwise their
error column was kept white.
Sullivan, O'Neill and Riley, the only
and original JOSH" took care of their
infield stations like the veterans they
are, while Muller and Pyne in the outer
garden took everything in sight. Iberg
in the box put up a good fight ana
pitched what ought to have been WIN
ming ball. He throws an underhand
upshoot that is very effective, so eff
fective, in fact, that he induced Harvey,
the silent blond who leads the league
| in batting, to swipe the ether three
times without connecting with any
| thing in particular. Ham Iberg is
sure reliable mana good man to have
on your side.
| Uncle Jack O'Connell acted as referee
and did remarkably we'll until the
ninth inning, when he fell hard. Sew
eral balls had been rung in which were
as black as a pocket, and which had
evidently seen service when O'Neill was
carrying bats for Mercury, the Mes
senger of the Gods.
| In the ninth inning, then, with Sui
Ivan at the bat and one man out, one
of those murky, ancient balls was
| thrown onto the diamond to Doyle
| O'Neill noted the dusky hue of the
| horsehide, and requested O'Connell to
examine it. O'Connell ordered Tip to
| sit down, and told the boys to play ball.
Tip persisted in demanding O'Connel to
examine the ball, and O'Connell called
| Sullivan out and ordered up the next
| batter.
| AS a matter Of fact, O'Neill, who is
| Captain for the San Francisco team,
| had an undoubted right to request the
umpire to examine any ball before 1t
was put in play, and it was the UNI
pire's duty to do so. If, after he had
examined the ball., he should have or
dered it into play, and O'Neill had still
kicked, he would have been right in re-
| firing the batsman, but as it Was-well,
| let it be hoped that O'Connell thought
he was doing right, and let it be further
hoped that he will study the rules made
| to govern the game. To the sorrow of
Sacramento, be it said that the crowd
applauded O'Connells decision.
O'Connells decision was probably re-
sponsible for the shut-out, for had Sui
Ivan reached first he would have scored
on Riley's two-bagger into right field.
| In the eighth inning the locals made
a pretty double play-the only one of
| the game. Doyle gave Iberg free pass
| to first, and Hilderbrand sent a warm
one to Stulz who doubled up with
Eagan, nipping Iberg at second. and
catching the batter at first.
| Sacramento made it's three runs this
way: In the first Mclaughlin, front
name Brick dashed smoky grounder
| between Krug's legs and landed at
| first. Harvey went out at first via
O'Neill, Mclaughlin taking second on
| the play, and scorning on O'Connor's
| two base drive to left field.
| In the third, Iberg furnished Stulz
| free transportation to the initial. Stulz
| took second on Sheehan's sacrifice and
scored on McLaughlin's safe smash to
right.
Again in the eighth, Eagan was given
| base on balls, advanced to second on
| Stanley's sacrifice and scored on
Doyle's two-base drive to right field.
To-day's game will begin at 2:30 p. m.
Harvey will be in the box for the locals
and Fitzpatrick for the visitors.
The following chart tells the story
Of yesterdays game from the scorers
point of view:
Sacramento. alb. r. bh. sb. pc. a. e.
! Mclaughlin, If ...... 2 0 2 0 0
Harvey, ri ......... 0 / 0
O'Connor, 1b ........ 0 IL 0
Eagan, SIS ............
Stanley, ...........2 0
Doyle, p .............. 0