The San Francisco call., 1899-04-07

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O'Dea. He is improving, however, and is
expected to participate in the games this
week
1t was thought that Watsonville would
have to place its main dependence on
Harper in the delivery department, but
"old reliable seems to have side part
ner in Whelan, who is fully capable of
wrapping up the goods and sending them
home promptly.
The Sacramentos were somewhat han
dlcapped in Sundays game owing to the
illness of their regular shortstop, Lock-
head. Sheehan, although an exceedingly
clever second baseman, is a comparative
though unavoidable, to Shift him over TO
short. He is a great youngster, though,
and promises to make the veterans
scratch gravel before the season is many
months old Another find" for Sacra-
mento is Kid Reitz, who bears a strik-
ing. resemblance to his brother Hank,
and handles himself much the same as
does the elder Reitz.
Harvey, who is at present in the care
of a physician, will sign with Sacramento
as soon as he is able to get into the
game. The champions will then be COM
plete.
San Francisco had Russell in uniform
last Sunday, intending to put him in the
box, but Fitzpatrick was SO anxious to
go in again against Sacramento that
Harris consented. Fitz's work was ex-
the fact af that a9
fiawless ball the day before, and that
after fighting fire all the previous night:
Fitzpatrick seems to be like Chief
he works the better he performs.
There will be a meeting of the league
directors early next week to act upon the
San Francisco-Sacramen protest, and
also TO settle up some minor affairs.
Bill Clarke, who made hit here some
years ago while catching for San Jose
and later on caught for the champion
hppn sold ROStOn
Oakland looks to have the fastest
inheld in the league. 1t seems TO be
trifle weak in the pitching department
compared with the other teams, but with
its heavy batters this weakness promises
TO be fully offset.
The report that Chance has been signed
by Milwaukee is an error. The Califor-
nian will be a regular member of the
Chicago team.
Lange and Ryan are both aspirants for
the captaincy OF the Chicagos, which pos
ton carries with 1t increased salary and
much glory should the team finish near
the top.
Dalrymple Of San Jose created quite a
disturbance during last Sundays game
by disputing a decision of Umpire Levy.
Such tactics should not be tolerated, and
Dalrymple will find himself relegated to
the bench if he continues his tactics.
The facilities for reaching the Santa
Cruz grounds are meager, and as the
grounds are located on the beach long
distance from the center of the town it
naturally affects the attendance. Man
ager Tuttle ought to induce the street
railroad company to buy another mule
and charter a narrow-gauge boxcar for
the convenience of patrons on ball days.
Hammond, Oaklands second baSeman,
gives every promise Of developing into
first-class man. He is new to the pro-
fessional game yet and shows signs or
nervousness, which will wear off when
he becomes accustomed to large crowds.
The ball that caused so much dispute
last Sunday at Reservation Park was
somewhat soft and consequently could
not be batted far, but the rules provide
that a ball shall be kept in play as long
as the cover is not ripped or torn or the
ball loses it's shape.
lighted over the strong partisan feeling
already developed among. Recreation
Park patrons. This is entirely new to
San Francisco ball patrons, for heretofore
the cranks have shown no marked pref
erence for the home team but have di-
vided their expressions Of approval
among them all. This partisansfiip will
tend to encourage the boys wonderfully.
Baseball teams are being organized in
many of the leading wholesale houses
and a strong strictly amateur league will
Assessors and County Clerks offices
have also organized teams, and already
employed in the Assessors office. The
Assessors want to play Josh, but the
County Clerks protest on the ground that
he is professional. The dispute will
Krug seems to be in company that is
travelling q trifle faster than he ever went
before. In other words, while the other
players who were here last season have
speeded up, Krug apparently has NOT
fallen into the new gait.
The home team makes its first trip
away from home this week, playing at
Watsonville Saturday and Sunday San
Jose will meet Oakland at Recreation
Park, while Santa Cruz will journey to
Sacramento.
The Oakland grounds are. not completed
yet, although work Is progressing on them
rapidly. Manager Ewing expects to pIav
the first Sunday morning game on them
the 23d Of this month. After that there
will be a regular league gametin Oakland
every Sunday forenoon by the teams that
are scheduled to play here in the after
noon.
The first of the intercollegiate games
between Stanford and Berkeley win be
played at the Sixteenth and Folsom-street
grounds next Saturday. There is great
interest in these games, and the students
put up almost as good ball as the profess
sionals.
1t seems odd to see "Tip" O'Neil in a
he has played with Oakland Time was
when Zip" and Harris did not get along
comfortably, but Hank is not slow in rec
ognizing q good man, and he made no
mistake in signing O'Neil. In addition to
knowing every point of the game and
being able to take advantage of it in
stantly, Tip" is a good business man,
and any time Hank finds 1t inconvenient
to go away with the team he will know
that under Tips" charge perfect dis
cipline will be maintained and the busi-