The San Francisco call., 1908-09-02
Oaks Give BurlesQue
on National Game
-Four Home Runs the Only Re-
deemiHg Feature of One
Sided Match

- one redeeming feature of the m1sef-
. able exhi bition of baseball dished up to
a fair sized crowd at Freeman's park
yesterday was that the fans who were
: present had the pleasure of seeing
something that had never before oc-
CURED in the coast league. They saw
four home runs in one game, which
stands as a record in this league and
IS likely to remain so for some time.
san Francisco emerged from the ARRAY
with u runs, while Oakland netted
but ?.
Oakland having taken five games out
OF seven from Portland While the
Seals had just lost the ood game in the
series with Los Angeles, after STUB
bornly lighting ii out every inch OF the
way the fans expected to see a hot
struggle; but il the father OF baseball
had been present at yesterdays eX-
hibition and was. told that it was the
game he gave TO the American public,
he would have buried his head in
sack and sneaked beyond the wrath OF
The multitude. AS far as the Seals
as it was meant to be played, but the
Oakland bunch burlesqued from the
first inning until the last.
HARDY ONLY a JOKE
Mr.. Hardy took the mound for the
Commuters and got away all tangled
dent that there was something wrong
with Oakland's southpaW. He may
have been affected by the northern eli
mate or the balmy weather of Califor-
MIA was not TO his liking. He aoundered
about like an intoxicated man on q
frosty morning, and Pop" Van Haltren
got jerry that il was not Hardys day
and rushed him to cover after the OPEN
ing frame.
The game was virtually lost by this
time, for the Seals had put five runs
over the pan. Hardy's trouble was in
getting all fuzzled up in trying to pick
up a couple OF hunts which rolled slowly
down his way. He handled the ball
with the skill of a washerWoman, and
when the first half OF the inning ended
there was sigh Of relief from the
fans.
1t was the move OF wise old owl
when Van Haltren chased Hardy,
thought the spectators: but they were
wrong. for Pitchers Nelson and Hogan
who succeeded him, were the victims
OF an awful slaughtering. The offerings
of the Oakland twirlers looked like a
lot Of balloons to Longs men.
Curtis opened the first inning for the
Seals with a clean drive through short
and went to second on Hildebrand's 5
sacrifice. Hardy juggled the bunt and
both men Were safe. Zeider rolled a
similar one down 10 Hardy, who for the
second time electrified the crowd with
It's crossed the pan on Melchoir's out.
H1ldebrand scored on Williams out
Zeider and Beck were on the bases
when Berry drove the ball over the left
field fence, clearing the, sacks.
HEITBIULLER LOSES THE BALL
The way Oakland went after Henley
IN the opening round made It seem that
the Oaks were going to get the five
back in a hurry. Van Haltren opened
with an infield hit which he outfooted
to first. Truesdaie, the new second
basemen, famed. Reitmuller leaned
his massive frame against one which
was lost in the clouds, but a fan who
was sitting in the bleachers with a
neldglass asserts the ball went over the
left field fence.
Then Oakland closed up like Jack
knife. 'Slivers" Henley had Vans men
on his staff during the remainder of
the game.
';Slim" Nelson went to the front for
the Oaks in the second frame. but he
was not even given a chance to warm
up before ne was made a target Of by
Longs salaried stars. He was touched
for two runs in the second, one of
which was a homer. McArdle reached
first, and Henley brought him home by
hitting the ball out of the lot
= Hogan was then sent TO the front
but he hid not have much effect in
stopping the Seals. They helped their
hating averages many points by bif-
hng him around the field to Danny
Longs delight. In the third they in
creased the score by two runs on three
nice hits, and they got one in the fourth
on a hit and some errors. A run was
scored IN the seventh and another in.
the nlnth on hits ands errors. The score:
SAN FRANCISCO