The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24
Blue AND GOLD
WAVES ON HIGH
California's Baseball Team
Defeats Stanford in the
Final Championship Game
CARDINAL TAKES LEAD
Heitmuller Turns the Tide
in Berkeley's Favor With
a Timely Drive in Eighth

III was not STANFORD Un1VerSlty'S day
to shine at baseball yesterday at Idora
Park, Oakland, and the championship
of the colleges went to the University
of California after a pretty struggle
Neither side has much TO crow over,
however, and the score Of 4 to 2 does
not tell the whole story by great DEAL
Stanfords lead up to the eighth, with
every prospect of holding it to the end
kept California hearts a-thumping
against anxious breasts and nobody
could figure. from the way they were
going at it. that the pets of Berkeley
could pull out a victory. But the Stan
ford players let in three runs in that
fatal eighth, and from that time it
was easier breathing on the blue and
gold side.
1t was a heart-breaking contest up
to the memorable eighth round. First
California got a run, then Stanford
got one. and then Stanford got an
other. That made it to 1 when Cali
fornia came up to bat Tor the eighth
time. Sweesy was thrown out at first
by Williams and Gillis flew to Trow-
bridge, and, with two down, it looked
as III CdllIOrnld was all IN.
In baseball, however, they never say
die, and California was after the last
desperate chance. Adams came up and
hit one to left that landed him on first.
Sales walked Strub to first, and that
forced Bliss, who was running for
Adams, to second. With two men on
bases, Heitmuller came to the bat, pre-
pared to do or die. He was still smart
ing under a previous strikeout and
looked for revenge. He got 1t, for after
a strike and two balls had been called
on him he lined one past first base to
right, bringing in Bliss and Strub.
"HEINE'' HEITMULLER SCORES.
The upshot Of that scrimmage was
two runs for California and prospects
of more with Heitmuller perched on
third. The prospects materialiZed when
Graham came up and swatted it past
third for a safety and "Heine" trotted
homeward There were still more pros
poets, but Graham ended it all by get
ting caught off at first.
While all this was going on afield
something else was going on on the
bleachers. California's rooters seemed
to feel that it was up to them to help
win and they manufactured frightful
din. 1t was enough to frighten a phi
losopher. When three runs walked
across the plate the crowd went wild.
California achieved the first run in
its half Of the first inning. With two
out, Strub got to first on Colbert's er-
ror and scored on Heitmuller's two
bagger to deep center. The rest of the
innings, with the exception of number
s, were goose eggs for California.
Chalmers made Stanford's first run
in the second. He reached first on Gill
lis wild throw to first. stole second
and came across on Sales hit to CEN
ter.
In the seventh Stanford had the
bases filed twice, but could only get
one run. Ball hit to left and stole sec
ond. Strub walked Chalmers and Writ
bunted safely, thus filling all the cor
ners. There were no outs and it looked
bad for California Sales bunted. too,
and forced Ball off the board. In try
ing to catch Sales at first, Graham
missed Bliss throw and let the ball go
by into Gillis' hands. Chalmers saw the
mistake and dove for the plate, ellis
erratic throw saving him from being
caught The bases were still full of
Stanfordites, but Strub braced up and
struck out the next two, so that Cali
fornia was able to crawl out of a small
hole.
STRUB PITCHES GOOD BALL.