The San Francisco call., 1908-05-15
Zeider Steals Home
in Thirteenth
Little ShOrtstOp's Daring Dash for
the Plate Wins Exciting
Game for Seals
By w. !. SIaftery

by w. j. SIaffery
The extra inning craze was working
again yesterday and the Seals and the
Oaks ripped OF ls rounds Of the real
spasmodic stun. But this time it was
San Francisco that put the winning
tally over. Rollie zeider was the man
behind the run, tearing over the pan
from second base on Curtis sacrifice.
The verdict at the plate was a close
one. but the umpire seemed right. for
the little Seal shortstop slid clean
around Catcher SIattery as the latter
made a stab TO clap the ball on him.
Il was q well merited victory In
fact either nine could have got away
with Il without. making any of the fans
sore Both teams were plugging away
every moment Of the time for all that
was IN them. Just as in every tight
game Of the kind the rival teams each
tossed away several chances that would
have broken il up.
Zeider inaugurated the last and jinks
round with a drive into the center gar
den and made a pretty steal of second.
Curtis, who had taken Pipers place
when Esola batted for the latter in the
eleventh, laid down bunt- The ball
was a slow one and hard TO handle, but
Killian picked il up clean and hurled
il neatly to first
MAKES DASH FOR PLATE
Zeider came right on to third and. to
the surprise OF everybody. he did not
even hesitate there. All the fans were
up in their chairs as the speedy short
stop made a dash for the plate. Hogan
whipped the ball TO the waiting mitts
OF Slattery in lightning time. but the
peg was too late, for Zeider slid right
around the plate and won the game on
as daring and as clever a piece of base
running as was ever pulled Off on the
lot
From the way the Oaks started after
Oscar Jones in the opening spasm it
looked as il they would gather dozen
runs. Smith, Van Haltren and Heit-
muller. the first three men up, smashed
the ball safely, making it a full house
with nobody gone. Eagan could do no
better than pop out, but Hogan re-
sponded with a drive against the right
field fence that chased Smith and Van
home. Strangely enough, not another
Commuter crossed the pan for the bal
snce Of the game. though. some Of them
came pretty close 10 it.
The Seals rested in the first. but
came back full Of fight in the second
and tied the score. Zeider, the first
man up, hit the right field fence and
promptly stole. Piper scored him with
a drive into center and got as far as
second on the return throw. After foul
ing of about a dozen, Berry picked out
the one he wanted and sent it on an
excursion over Van Haltren's head.
bringing ia Piper with the tying run.
PITCHERS TAKE Up WORK
From that moment the batters ceased
TO figure and the pitchers took the cen
ter Of the stage themselves. They
worked everything they knew and the
heavy hitting stickers on each side
kept falling for the shoots regularly
Both men seemed 70 grow better as the
innings rolled by and but for Zeider's
clever little sprint they might have
been playing yet.
Jones tossed away a chance by be-
ing caught of the second bag in the
tenth He had started the inning with
a neat single and reached second on
Hildebrand's sacrifice. Mohler was up
and the chances looked bright. but Os-
car fell TO dreaming of the days when
he used TO cross the Brooklyn bridge at
night. and while he dreamed Slattery
whipped the ball down to Eagan and
Oscar was nailed a city block of the
bag.
Il looked bad for the Commuters
again IN the twelfth, when Cook fun
bled McArdle's grounder, letting the
runner reach second Jones sacrificed
and Hildebrand took a slap in the ribs
Mohler lined a long fly to right and
everybody was looking for McArdle to
come in. Instead Of taking a chance
however. be held on TO the bag as
though II was worth q million dollars
The throw TO the plates was bad and
Mac could have scored by walking
backward
As on the previous day. not a player
eff-av eide cors16 hif he a J, r1ar
than a single. On several occasions
Truck Eagan. Heine Heitmuller, Hide
brand and the other heavy stickers had
chances to break it up, but the pitchers
invariably had the sign on them in the
tight places. The score;