The record-union., 1899-11-27
LAST GAME OF The SEASON.
LANDS THE GILT EDGES AS
PENNANT WINNERS.
A Good Crowd Enjoyed the Sum
shine and Yelled for Their
Home Team.

| The California League baseball sea-
son is dead one. 1t passed away yes
terday afternoon, and fully a thousand
people lined the bleachers at the Oak
Park grounds to witness the passing.
1t is all off. The seasoned crank and
the infant rooter are out of a job, and
until springtime comes again there will
be no more league games at all The
silent blonde from the horned toad
country has pitched his last curve, and
this morning will HE away to hibernate
where the sidewinder listeth and the
tarantula chases the festive lizard from
his crevice on the sunny side of a sage
brush; Pretty Charley Doyle will trek"
| back to San Jose and get acquainted
with his wife, and the other members
| of the local aggregation will go about
their affairs and dream no more of
home runs, foul flies and yellow errors.
! The baseball season is over and the
| voice of the rooter is heard no more in
the land.
1t was settled weeks and weeks ago
that the insignificant strip of bunting
| which means so much to the man in
the game, and correctly termed the pen
nant, should stay in this city The
husky hired men who represented this
| fair city in the league did their work
well.
| 1t is understood that a movement is
on foot to present Charlie Doyle with
substantial token. 1t is understood that
the wherewithal will be contributed by
the men who lined the bleachers and by
their roofing helped Charlie to win out
many a hard-fought tussle.
1t is also understood that Captain
| Ruhstaller intends to give the boys
banquet some night this week, to
further show his appreciation of the
work done by them
And the last game of the season was
neither tame nor dull. 1t was full of
good humor and good sport from start
to finish. That the sand Crabs Sc
cured only one. while the Gilts piled up
eight runs, should not be laid up
against the visitors, for the silent blonde
was out in an attempt to set a record.
And though he failed. he tied the for
mer mark reached by himself and Don
lin, and struck out thirteen of Dever-
eaux's curlews. For two and one-half
years he worked hard for his team, and
his last game was as good as any that
preceded it.
Sacramento 8, Santa Cruz /. There
have been worse scores than that
chalked up in this city during the sea-
son just closed. Devereauv, Babbitt
and Dalrymple unloaded a wad of gin
ger among their henchmen, and they
played the game, and had they not had
to contend with Harvey's streaks they
might have made better showing.
Some neat fielding and stick work was
done by both teams In the fourth in
ming "Old Hoss'' Shanahan poked a ball
over the fence, herding in Doyle. Har-
vey smashed out three base hits, one of
which was a, two and another a three
bagger. Young Thomas, however, was
not a shining mark, and by holding the
heavy hitting locals down to eight hits,
showed that he was able to travel in
fast company.
In the first inning, Mclaughlin
dropped one into the outstretched palms
of Fissell. and then Harvey walked to
the plate. Hon. Elwood Bruner walked
in the same direction at the same time,
and at a motion from Umpire O'Connel,
the Gifts who We're on the bench lined
up on one side of the plate, and the
Santa Cruzans, who were in the field,
came pouring in and lined up on the
other. and then Mr.. Bruner, in present
ing Harvey with the diamond stud
given as a testimonial of regard by the
members Of the club and Captain Frank
Ruhstaller, made one of the neatest
speeches ever heard on a baseball dia-
mond.
Addressing the auburn-topped blonde
boy, Mr.. Bruner said the great East
had called on the great West for youth
full courage and science. and new brains
and Drawn, and Sacramento was hon
ored in that the choice had been made
from among it's athletes, from among
the true sportsmen, athletes and gentle
men who by their careful work had
thrice brought victory in one of the
most manly, healthy and popular pas
times of the age. For the men who had
assisted him in thrice winning vic
tory. he desired to present a testimonial
of esteem.
Mr.. Bruner said the ties which the
blonde boy had formed were enduring,
and while the people. of this city were
sad to lose him, they were glad to know
that he had reached to a wider sphere
one where the eyes of the entire base
ball world would be fixed on him. The
diamond of the East, however, was no
larger than the diamond of the West
(applause) and he felt that the luster
which would surround the loose-jointed
pitcher would be as fine as that of the
stone presented would be admired by
every true lover of the healthful sport,
baseball
And then the crowd cheered and
cheered and then 'Old Silent" cap in
hand, proved himself equal to the oc-
casion. In a voice tempered somewhat
from the 1--WE got it," he occasionally
let's loose, but round and firm, he ex-
nressed his appreciation of the gift;
smoke a kind word for the members of
the club and for the people of the city,
and said that wherever his lot might
fall he would ever have a tender spot
in his heart lit is suspected that he
has a hearD for Sacramento and its
people.
And then the two teams tossed their
cans into the air and gave three lusty
cheers for Harvey; Brick Devereaux
cut a monkey shine, and Harvey
walked to the plate and thumped out a
base hit, and the game went forward
the last game of the season. The
score looks like this:
Gilt Edge. alb. r. bh. sb. po. a. e.
Mclaughlin. If ..... Q ! 3 3
Harvey, -..-....-..-.
Nenefee. Id ........... |
Eagan, SIS ..-.-........