Show eureka defeats mercur the first game of ball this season between the and eurea teams wag played at this place last sunday and re suited in a victory to the local nine the score being 14 to 1 had it not been for an error in the third innings the mercer team would have failed to score the eureka ball players put up a splendid game but the mercur nine did not play a strong e game as it 13 capable of play ing jensen was in the box for the home team and pitched a good game donavan who played in the pacific national league during the early part of the season pitched for the mercer team the hits which he allowed the locals were so close ly bunched that they brought in ran after run three costly errors in the sixth innings together with a couple of wild throw gave the local team seven runs deore by innings mercur 1 eureka 14 line up of the eureka I 1 jensen pitcher J heuser catcher king let base basu beckesh Beck sh ait oit lor Mt Farland left field me kean center field E heuber riby it field nd ditmer sub bit off jensen 6 off donavan 12 hit by pitched king of eureka struck out by jensen 10 by danayan 10 left on badiei eureka mercur 8 home runs king ad E heuser 0 eu teka two base hit plynn of mercur double plays mercur fly to peter son to garland eureka liner to beck to haan to king paid admission 1000 umpire dan Os r at the eleventh hour the herour peo pie to ran an excursion to bur eka the apeci train the ball team and numbering about in all arnved here at 11 in the forenoon and departed at 8 clock in tha evening the people from that amp are for return game to be play ed at dercar and it is quite likely that the 1001 team will journey over there for baxie during the present month |