The San Francisco call., 1908-05-18
Three Cross Pan on
HiIdebKand's Hit
Seals Fatten Their Percentage
bu Giving the Oaks a
Double Drubbng
By W. ). SIattery

The seals worked yesterday as thev
never worked before in all their lives
and when the sun had set they were
into the oaks for & pair OF games and
riding away I'D high on the seat OF
tho leading band wagon. On the Oak
land neld Ia the morning the score
Was tc IN their favor after-IO
innings Of ball that made the weaker
fans faint At the Valencia street lot
it vas 70 and the game was pulled
cut Of ~ hole in the eighth inning
when oakland looked to have it tucked
under the belt
Little George Hildebrsnd left the
bah park with a halo OF glory hanging
round his head. And il IS likely to
hang there FOR several days 10 come
because Georgie Walioped the leather
right square in the beak when every
sack held q seal runner The hit went
100 fast and was surrounded by such
= vast amount Of smo--e that Pa Van
Ifaltren booted il aud then quit. so
Hide made round trip for himself
IN company with the rest Of the boys
The story OF that stirring eighth
viii linEer in the minds OF the 1000
fans when Recreation park IS forgot
Ken after fighting all the time and
bringing up the score 10 the . to !
stage the Seals came I'D in the eighth
determined 20 break I'D the game or
make bloomer. And they were
there.
Hides MIGHTY SWAT
NcArdle. who seldom hits EN-
safely. planted one right into the riEht
garden and Berry varied the nonotony
with scratchy bunt. Sutor also had
the bunting habit and. laying one
down the third base line. he beat IL
out by a wink amid the terrific ap-
plause of the multitude.
Hide, the best pinch hitter in the
league, was up and he knew that he had
.o make good After letting q couple
OF wide ones pass him Hide met the
next right on the middle stitch OF the
outside seam II took a line course
for the center field and everybody
started 10 tear. Pa Van HsltTen was
80 anxious 70 pick the ball up that
he forgot 10 spit on his mitts and II
went right through his legs and into
the most remote corner of center.
Fer the hrst time in his lie the old
boy quit he stood for an instant and
eazed wistfully at the ball as il
bounded Then he started after Il and
The boys on the bags dug in and hot
footed. L took Van long time 10
recover the sphere and before It was
relayed 10 the plate everybody was
home and there was no doubt as 70
whom the spoils belonged
sUTOR STOPS THE OAKS
The game throughout was q nerve
rackilE affair. fun OF sensational hits.
fast flashes of fielding and bone head
plays that let in several runs Both
teams figured IN most OF the good.
bad and rough work and both had the
game 10 on several occasions The
seals fought hard al all times and the
eighth inning rally was the croWning
success fcr their efforts.
With the score . all, the Oaks began
10 take after oscar Jones in the fifth
and when they had hammered three
runs across Il looked very had for
rhe home guard. Hopkins. the first
man Up. singled into right, Smith hit
To center and Van beat a bunt, which
was very poorly handled BY Mohler
and Williams HeitmUller forced Hop
llns al The pan, but old Truck
Eagau bit Of 4 single past the first
sack and Smith and Van registered.
Hogan tried hard 70 do some good.
but he onlv forced Heitmulier az the
plate II looked as though this would
be al till cook leaned up against q
fast shoot that took a board OF the
center field fence Truck came in on
Ihis drive
The Oaks could not land another, for
Manager Danny Long quickly rousted
Jones in the next inning and put Sutor
on the mound. During the four in
nings that the big southpaw worked
the Oaks gathered but two lonesome
hits which did not even come near
producing 2 run Sutor had almost
perfect control and the entire team
played It's game behind him.
SCORE Is OFTEN TIED
The Seals opened up strong in the
first putting a run over on Hide
brands single and Melchoir's doubIe
Oakland lied il up in the third. after
y hich the Seals developed another
busy streak and created the second
deadlock After Oakland made the big
rally in the fifth Cook booted Mel
Choir's hat and threw il away into
right giving Williams a chance TO
score from first This was what acted
ike e speed bail for the Seals and
encouraged them 10 go in and win.
he score.
AFTERNOON GAME