The San Francisco call., 1908-10-11
Establishment nCOmeWith
a Rush in Twelfth
Three Bingles Break Up a Game
That Keeps the Fans
Guessing
By w. J. SIaffery

For the first time this week the
downtrodden Commuters broke in with
victory over the Seals yesterday aft
ernoon. The very fact that the game
went II innings makes it all the more
a notable achievement fer Oakland
but any other team would have easily
cantered away with the contest in the
regulation nine spasms. Anything
goes when Oakland is playing, and
everybody is even. Anything that
Oakland does is accepted by the fans
as matter Of course, but they were
sore yesterday
The game contained just as many
thrills as 1t did disgusting bush plays
and rough house incidents. Oakland
corner of the lot for total of II hits,
but the best il got was seven runs
and the seven did not come until three
hits had closely followed one another
In the wfndup round.
Heine started 1t with a smash against
the center field fence. Before Henley
Eagans weakness the old boy slapped
a two sacker right down the first base
line. This put Heine on third and he
simply breezed in after Cook showed
fast bouncer past Mohler and out into
deep center.
Mr. Alameda Johnson was the sensa-
ton IS well as the fall guy of the aft
ernoon- After his awful bloomer of
Friday he got in right at the outset
yesterday and seemed for a while to be
hot after a record. However, as the
into unconsciousnes and was strong
for filing up the bases with walks and
hits.
But as sticlxer Johnson was all the
cream cheese. -Four times he came up
with the heavy club. and on each occa-
sion he drove the ball out for as clean
a hit as ever left bat. Had he been
able to pitch as he walloped. Oakland
nT1ld hnr --raIr
about four innings, but this is merely
one of those baseball Ifs the most
common of all things
Oakland was riding along nicely
with the game to in its grip, when
the eighth dawned. 1t was then that
Bodie and Williams singled into left
the ball away at first and Bodie tore
in. After Berry flied to Eagan, John
son passed McArdle and hit Henley
thus forcing in Williams and putting
the Seals to the good.
Oakland. however, was right back
In Jig time La Longe singled and
Johnson followed with his fourth safe
double steal Papa Van lifted a long sv
to right field and La Longe arrived.
Bodie made a nice toss to the plate
but Berry could not keep his mitts on
the ball. otherwise the run never
would have codnted.
The ninth saw the Seals on the iob
with the fighting blood of every man
DOlitlS ONcI. I1liQtDTdnQ lnduZur3 cd
the rally with double sacker to deem
left, and Van quickly put Nelson in the
box. Mohier sacrificed and Williams
bit off a double, which registered
Hide, after Bodie beat an infieId hit
Cooks tumble moment later allowed
Bodie to come In
This made 1t look fine for the Seals
but you never can tell. in baseball
Heine opened up with a bunt. wbicf,
Berry threw wild to first, allowing the
runner to reach third. Fagan bif one
to Henley and was tossed out at frsf
but in the meantime Heine made .
daring steal of home. Berry failed to
clap the ball on his man, though he
had it in plenty of time, and the result
was another deadlock that lasted until
the twelfth
Throughout the Oakland batsrnen
gave Henley an awful lacinE. The
faster he winged them over the harder
the Oaks clouted the ball. johnson
was the job with a lot of curves
and fine speed, hut once he forgot the
location of the home plate he was in
bad. He walked eight men while he
lasted and famed four OF them In the
first two innings.
The work of the Seals in the field
was about as ragged as any one might
expect from class @ bush nine. but
with the aid of those seven errors ans
IL hits, the Commuters could not show
speed enough on the bases to make
victory certain along about the fifth
inning. Oakland helded fairly well
but suffered from Johnsop's wildness
The score:
SAN FRANCISCO