The San Francisco call., 1908-05-02
Beavers Trim Seals
for Fourth Time
Pinnance. The Indian, Soaips
Every Man on the Home.
Team Sape Tho
By w. j. SIattery

'Tis funny how things go in the
world of baseball. About a week ago
the Seals were lighting hard TO keep
in first place, while now the battle
to keep out of the cellar is in order and
1T must be fought with all the vigor
at the command of the local brigade
if 1t wants to make good. The Beav-
ers CREASED the chute again yesterday
for the fourth time in row and the
Seals took fast ride down the line.
The score was to and 1T truth
fully portrays the work of the teams,
Portland batted, fe1ded and ran bases
like an aggregation of three time
champions. The Seals could do neither.
With the stick they were jokes, in the
field they performed like Esquimos and
on the sacks they worked like dray
horses. There was no class to their
stunts at all and they did net de-
serve the lookin which the fans
thought they should have had
Pinnance, the Indian pitcher. again
showed the boys up with that fast
curve of his. Although the ball came
right over the plate nearly all. the
time and apparently with the same
speed. the local batsmen could not
get jerry to 1T. The redskin did not
seem to have a whole lot on anything
he tossed. but at all events his assort-
ment was good enough to keep his op-
ponents swinging vainly at ii all the
afternoon One hit from the bat OF
Hildebrand in the first inning and
Berrys safe drive in the third we're
all that San Francisco could show the
fans in the form of stick work,
BEAVERS wALLOP JONES
With the Beavers it was different.
Oscar Jones failed to stem the tide of
the wonderful batting fever that seems
to be burning inside of each member
of the squad this week. Every time
the Beavers started anything they went
right through with it and the six
runs which they stuck over the plate
were for the most part earned by the
sweat of the batsmen.
Casey opened up the game by lifting
a fly to center which Piper dropped.
Raftery- forced him at second. but he
got as far as that bag on the over
throw Zeider made while. trying to
negotiate double play. Ryan brought
the run in with a resounding smack
to the right garden.
The third inning was where the
Beavers figured good and strong. Casey
was right on the job with Els pass and
Ryan came through with another hit
This one was followed In rapid success
sion by a single from Danzigs club
and double against the right field
fence which Bassey connected with.
Three runs were rung up when the
slaughter ended.
From the fourth inning on Oscar
Jones managed to collect an assort-
ment that tended to mystify the Beav-
ers and only two hits were recorded
against him till the eighth inning. In
that round Big Chief Esola was called
upon to use the club in place of Jones
and the latter, according to the rules
had to retire from the game Skill
man then mounted the knoll.
TWO RUNS IN THE NINTH
The Beavers hailed the southpaw
with a wall of delight and immediately
began to sting his offerings. Cooney
the first man up in the ninth. got a
pass and Casey varied the monotony
with two bagger to left, which Hide
sadly misjudged Raftery's fielder's
choice to Zeider put Cooney over the
jumps and Ryan's we'll executed Sacri-
fee allowed Casey to register.
| The efforts of the Beavers. in the
! field were about the best that they
have shown us this season. Every man
was working at his post like a Trojan
and not one of them overlooked a bet
Madden's wing was limbered up nicely
and Zeider was the only Seal who. could
get away with steal of the. second
sack The Indian handled his four
chances like big Lacquer.
| The day was cold and raw and this
may have had some effect upon the
batting eye of the Seals as well as on
their fielding ability. However IL did
not seem to affect the Port1anders
much The game was reeled off in an
hour and half, very fast time con-
sidering that six runs were made.
SEALS SLOW TO START
Throughout the home team played
like nine that knew the other fell
lows had something on them. The fast.
snappy work which marked their move
ments a couple of weeks agO was con-
| spicious by its absence. AS nobody
was there to start anything it was
| impossible for anybody to follow a
| lead. The score:
PORTLAND
ABB. R. BIZ sB. Po. A. E.