The San Francisco call., 1899-04-13

awful fourth inning last Sunday. Had
chances offered them San Jose would
have been retired without run, and the
score at the end Of the ninth would nave
been a tie.
SACRAMENTO, April 12-The game
has caught the capital city and no mis-,
take. More interest has been manlIesteo
so far this season than at any TIME since
the days when the old Atlas dished out a
quality of baseball that would make tne
hair assume a perpendicular poslutoln; on
Fully thousand people w1tnesseG Ine
game last Saturday between the Sacra-
mentos and Santa Cruzans. ana douple
that number went out to OAK PARK the
following day to see the same me- leans affsnGe
the Sunday game had the weather peeh
more pleasant. ,.,,
the teams winning three. out of four
which puts them in front place. Last sea sea
son the Senators, started off in FIRST place Place
and were never headed. Wonoer Il tneS
are going to repeat the dose!
Jay" Hughes and Harry Lochhead left
for the East last Sunday night. Bolh are
on Brooklyns pitching staff, while otil the
latter will cover shortstop for St Louis,
Lochhead's departure was q surprise even
to his most intimate friends. 1t was was
known he signed with ST. Louis late, last
fall but owing to the fact that the CieVe.
land team was switched to 81. LOUIS , ~ ~
st. Louis had gone a-glimmerlng ABOUT
three weeks ago, however, a ticket anu a d
piece of advance money came 70 the , DiF3 2
shortstop and he wired back VIII come.
The loss of I,ochhead is a great one, ana
the team will feel it keenly.
Henry Stulz will in all probaDll;ty pe
signed to take Lochhead'S S place, but with
ali due respect to Mr.. Stulz we are sure
the contract will be too great to enanle
him to jump into immediate favor Win
the local fans.
The local team has the distinction Of be-
ing the only team in California which IN
tho past three years has developed Ma
tional Leaguers The Senators manage
to turn out at least one each season, ana
last season both Harvey and Doyle could
have signed with teams in the Dig league
but they preferred to stay on the coast;
Pittsburg was hot after Harvey all
through last season, and he ignored tele-
gram after telegram. Doyle could nave
gone with Lochhead to St Louis. stan
ley, our crack catcher, can play IN the
East whenever he desires to, as several
teams are after this star backstop.
Warren w. Beckwith Jr., the new ac-
QUESTION, Is proving himself to be great
ball player. He has just arrived here from
Chicago, and is a great friend of Mat
Stanley, having played with him two sea
sons in the Texas League. This same
Warren Beckwith has had quite little
romance. It will be remembered that not
so very long ago there was an elopement
of President Lincoln. which set the news
papers and gossips all over the country
talking Beckwith, who at that time had
just graduated from one of the big East
o.
and general all-round athlete of no mean
ability He became infatuated with Rob
ert Lincoln's daughter, but her folks
would not hear OF her marrying BECK
with, and the couple were obliged to elope.
This proceeding greatly angered the pa
rents of the young bride and they refused
to recognize the marriage, and further
more they diSoWned their daughter. After
the elopement young Beckwith took his
wife to Chicago and he began playing pro-
fessional ball. His profession took him
all over the country-to Missouri, to
Texas. to Colorado and finally to, the
Golden State. He intends settling down
now that the Lincolns have been recon-
ciled, and intends to make California his
soon as he ''gets settled" She is at pres
ent with relatives in Denver, Colo.
Next Saturday and Sunday the team
plays in Santa Cruz. The boys will
uniforms, which arrived from, the East
Monday These uniforms are by far the
SWEETEST" in the league.
Tommy Sheehan, the little round fell
low. as he is termed at home, is playing
the fastest ball imaginable. He is surely
the find" of the season. He has caught
on with the local 'cranks',' for keeps.
Beckwith may be put in to pitch one
of the games in Santa Cruz this week.
The lad has plenty of speed and good
curves. He has pitched before; in fact
that was his position while in the Chi
Tim Shanahan still looks after the first
bag lin his same old style, and we might
add that he still retains that same old
kid Peoples is playing a great third
for the Senators. He continues to prac-
tice faithfully, and will soon work
around to his old-tfme form.
The entire team practices for two solid
hours every day In the week but Monday
and the days they play. 1t is the faith
thing toward landing the pennant each
season.