The record-union., 1899-05-08
DISCARD THEIR ShOWSHOES
THE GILT EDGES STRIKE A
SOLID FOOTING.
After Losing Seven Games Straight
They Wipe the Diamond With
the 0akIands.

The hoodoo is off. 1t lifted its shadow
from the Gilt Edge tepee at the Oak
Park diamond and scared away to at
tach it's sombre shade to some other
aggregation It may have been because
Matt Stanley had discarded his new
mitt and belt and resumed those he
wore a year ago, and then again it may
not; at any rate the hoodop has flown.
| Sacramento IL, Oaklands 2
| That sounds better, and the 800 low
eTS of the sport who witnessed the eff
fort howled themselves hoarse and play
ed the game all over again while COM
| ing back to- town.
| The local people were out for revenge,
and revenge is sweet. The crowd, long
used to the misery of defeat woke up
and howled and howled, while the hired
League batted out all kinds of hits and
played horsey with Cal Ewing's Grip
pies.
AS said before, 1t may have been Matt
Stanley who broke the hoodoo, and it
may have been somebody else. 1t may
have been Other Arm Harvey. who shot
razzle dazzle streaks across tine plate
which the tribe from Oakland could not
Shanahan in left field, Stulz at second,
or Truck" Eagan and Brick Nc
Laughlin at short and third; or Shee-
han or Denny in the field might have
been to blame for it ALL But to man
on the fence it looked as if all of the
above-nnentioned people had a hand
in it.
Brick" as applied to Mclaughlin,
was not chosen at random for
Mclaughlin you're a brick,
You're al fighter and bitter,
You're a handy man. and nimble on your
pins;
And we need you on our side
It's the turning of the tide
And you're wanted when the heavy work
begins.
The drubbing given the Oakland team
has never been equaled where profess
SIGNALS met on a local diamond. And
the causes for the slaughter were not
hard to find. Russell's offerings were
strawberries and cream for the local
people. They were soft, muslhy ones,
which fattened out like exploded toy
balloons when they attempted to crawl
over the plate. Russell was a good
thing and was worked to perfection.
When at length his own people grew
weary Of him he was sidtracked and
Shea, another good thing, was sent in.
He lasted two rounds, and when he had
been successfully batted out of the
county, Fred LANCE, the gritty third
baseman, went to the slab and did
work Of which a, top notcher might Well
feel proud.
But toward the end the visitors tired.
The heart was out Of them. They We're
not surprised at anything. Even little
Hammond, who had done his best to
steady his pitchers, and who had worn
himself out at the job, went out in the
field and chased flies and another big
Indian wore the 1iver-pad and the pill
low,
Timothy 20. H." Shanahan covered
himself with glory of the baseball va
riety. He put up ragged game on
Saturday, but wiped away the stain
yesterday. He missed only one chance
| in the field and made hit every time
| he came to the bat.
And TRUCK" Eagan was given plenty
of work. He took nine out Of the ten
chances given him at short.
| Harvey, the silent blonde from the
rainless region, was touched for seven
hits, widely scattered. He again waved
his red sweater along the coaching line
| and howied, but forgot to sprain his
ankle. Earvey had the crowd with
him, and his pitching had all the snap
and effectiveness of former years.
/ Another change will be made in. the
! Gilt Edge ranks Within a week Shana-
han will be sent to center field and one
| of the best first basemen in the State
will take his place. Who? Wait a
few days. We all know him.
The Oaklands scratched out a measly
run in the third inning and another in
the sixth, but there they stopped They
could not solve Harvey's enigmas, and
had no heart to do so even had they
been able
| The local people took three runs in
the second, two in the third, ten in the
fifth and two in the seventh, and then
Lange went into the box and the fun
was over
! The following details CLEANED on the
firing line will be studied by the cranks: