The San Francisco call., 1904-08-21
OVERALL STARS
AS A SLABSTER
Mighty College Man Keeps
Uncle's Finest Wondering
in Every Round Save Two
Erratic Fielding Lets the
Tigers Score Many Runs,
Though COrbett Does Well
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.

Los Ingls. Is .591 Oakland -. Is .5ol
Big Orval Overall won the hearts Of
the San Francisco baseball fans yester-
day at Recreation Park, just as he
often captured the admiration Of thou
sands Of football rooters. The college
giant loomed UP majestically on the
slab while the multitude cheered. In
every inning save two he baffied the
best batsmen San Francisco can boast
Of. Score-Tacoma 6, San Fran
cisco 3.
The largest Saturday crowd in the
history Of Recreation Park was on
hand to give the Rah. Rah! Rah hero
a reception that would make any man
feel proud. There were Berkeley root
ers and stanford rooters and the regu-
lar baseball rooters, but they all united
in cheering the big slab artist when he
stepped into the middle Of the diamond
for the first time.
All the college man needed was con-
troll. He was lacking in this respect,
otherwise he would have achieved a
victory that might furnish the fans
gossip for months to come. To his cred
il he had a wild pitch and six walks,
one OF them turning into a run. But at
that, he was ever cool and effective
beyond description in the tight places.
Errors lost the game for Corbett- He
pitched brilliant ball, but contributed
10 his own defeat with a wild pitch
and two misplays that allowed three
Tigers to Dounce upon the pan. His
felders were nervous and were always
making the wrong kind Of play at the
wrong time. The Tigers managed to
amass most Of their runs with two
men out.
Not since that eventful Sunday after
noon when the redoubtable Rube Wad-
dell made piaythings out Of the then
champion San Franciscans has a pitch
er displayed the speed Overall did yes
terday He used a straight. fast ball
most Of the time, varying IL with a
drop occasionally and an out-curye that
was effective He struck out three men
in two innings, but after that did not
play for the tanning honors much.
A bad error put the Tigers three
ahead in the third inning. There were
two down and out when Doyle hit to
Gochnauer and Travelled to second on
the latter's bad throw of a beautiful
stop Sheehan cut loose a drive to right
and Doyle landed on third. Anderson
had a dope streak and threw the ball in
bad form. Sheehan advanced a base,
and both came in after Nordyke hit to
right. Eagan's bingle brought Dyke
home.
Overall had two slowed away and
Hndebrand on second in the third when
Charley Irwin popped up a Texas
Lacquer to right, bringing the run in.
The Tigers broke it up for fair in the
seventh, when two hits, coupled with a
wild pitch and an error at the plate by
Corbett, let the Tigers take three.
After that il was easy sailing for them,
though one bad breaker appeared in
the eighth.
II was then that Corbett and Wal
dron swung through with singles after
Overall began to let down a bit. Nor
dyke fumbled Hildebrands hit, and it
was a full house. Van Buren smacked
a smart one down to Truck Eagan, and
in a tWinkling a double play was pulled
OF Corbett scored and Waldron land
ed soon after on Charley Irwin's beau
tiful three-cushion swing to deep Gen.
ter-the best Of its kind this year.
The fast double play helped to get
Overall out of a mean hole, but at
that he seemed to know what he was
doing, and Van Buren was rather
afraid Of the big fellows speed. He
held the locals safe in every other in
ming, pitching mastery ball when he
settled down.
Barber viii pitch against ST. Vrain
this morning at Oakland. Whalen and
Thomas are TO oppose each other in the
afternoon The score: