The San Francisco call., 1907-06-06
BY w. j. Slattery

If the Los Angeles aggregation does
not become victorious via the home
run route during these stirring times,
its victory Is not considered a legiti-
mate one, and the self-respecting
members of the team figure that they
are not giving the fans full value for
the 25 or so that they drop into the
box office. Acting on this theory,
both Carlisle and Dillon came to their
own yesterday in the ninth spasm
with the score four all and both
boosted the leather over the fence. The
fans, feeling that they had received
full value, left the park without a
murmur
Nobody could tell who was going to
win that game till the critical moment
was at hand The score kept see
saving all the time, and, as the batters
were wont to hit the sphere on the
nose many times and oft with men on
the sacks everybody settled down and
began to figure a bit. The crowd was
for Oakland, but still those two home
run hits. coming one after the other,
started a ripple of applause for the
southern swingers.
TWO TERRIFIC sWATs
One had been tucked away when the
mighty little Carlisle took his place
with the club. With FIVE drives over
that fence in two weeks, the fans, bas-
ing their deduction on the law of
averages, did not concede him a chance
to lift another. But he was there
Scarcely had the bleached brigade
finished figuring out the average of
the little Angel left fielder than Dillon
followed his lead. Then, instead Of
grabbing. everybody began to yell, for
two home runs in the ninth inning was
more than most of them had seen in
many a year and something they
probably will not see for good many
more.
Oakland made fight that bristled
with gameness in nearly every inning.
The Angels were leading 2 to 1 when
the Commuters came up for theirs in
the third. Smith singled and Heit-
muller Immediately sent him through
with double that landed against the
right field fence. A pass, an error,
hit and a passed ball put the Angels 3
to the good in the next round, and
they added another during the
progress of the sixth.
COMMUTERS KEEP 1T UP
But the Commuters were not for
stopping. Every man on the team was
game to go the whole route. Heit-
.
misplay to make first In the sixth,
and Eagan waited for the wide ones.
Bliss lost no time in clouting double
to the clubhouse on a line. He tried
TO go to the next resting place on the
swat. but they nailed him to the bag
by many feet.
That helped Oakland out a whole
lot. but 1t was not through even them.
Bigbee responded with a drive to CEN
ter in the seventh and Devereaux> laid
down the nice sacrifice. Jimmy Smith
was good enough to unload a grass
cutter that took it's course down the
right field foul line, and, amid the
cheers of the populace, Bigbee sprinted
and arrived at the plate in ample time
to tie up the score.
Everybody was talking about extra
innings till Carlisle and Dillon did their
mighty swinging stunts in the final
round. There was not a fan in the
crowd that did not say, TOO bad for
Oakland" but still none of them could
get away from the fact that those two
hone runs came at the opportune mo-
ment for the Angels and that the VIC
tory was legitimate and on the square
in every respect.
RANDOLPH EASY FOR ANGELS
Randolph started in to do the twist
ing for the Oakland team, but the
plate looked too far away for him and