The San Francisco call., 1908-10-17
By w. J. Sfattery

According 10 popular belief vacations
act as speed capsules in almost every
walk of life, but in san Francisco base
ball circles the rest cure is not a bust
ness Up to yesterday the question was
an open issue, up TO the fans TO deter
mine for themselves. and after they
had laid their eyes on the Seals in ac-
ton for a few short minutes they were
all agreed that the two days layoff
which the home team enjoyed was a
links rather than boost for the boys
ran second TO the Beavers.
II the vacation did not go for the
ball players it helped the fans a lot.
Practically every one of them was nun
gering for baseball during the two days
that the rain and slush had lnterIereo,
and when the good old yell play bali
sounded yesterday afternoon everybody
looked happy and everybody was even
as far as the eye Of the umpire could
travel.
The home team never figured Sc
riOusly in the running once the slug
gish Beavers waded in during the ear
lier stages. They were to the good
with their runs and their hits ere Cap
MOhler's band had a legitimate chance
TO warm UP. They saw the chance to
win out early and they took advantage
of every loophole that was left un-
Southpaw Harry Sutor, the man who
used 10 win whenever he started, made
another bloomer. His showing yester-
day was very much like the one he
made last Sunday afternoon and 1t
looked like q case of q mans believing
that he was there only TO awaken to
the sorry realization that he did not
have enough TO lfurl for half the game.
Sutor put himself in bad during the
opening inning. Casey sneaked hit
across and Cooney hunted Williams
failed TO cover the bag and both men
were safe. After Johnson had worked
the Seal southpaW for a ticket to the
first sack, DanZig laced the leather into
right. IT was a two cushion drive and
Casey and COOney rode right home on
il. Madden hit TO Berry, who got John
son at the pan and doubled up the run
ner at first
The Beavers tore right after Sutor in
the third after enjoying layoh in the
second. Danzig and Ryan walked and
when Sutor hurled three wide ones at
Bassey he was officed out of the box
and Jones went TO work. Oscar had a
bad start and the first thing he did
was TO hurl wide one at Bassey, who
got to first and made it a full house.
Jones got a rise out of the house by
slipping a slow one to Madden, COM
pelling him to force Bassey at second
on grounder. This made it look a
bit brighter for the Seals but the
gloom settled down again after Ryan
and Madden pulled off a double steal
and Berry pegged the ball away at sec
ond, letting two more runs slip in be-
tween the acts.
The Beavers enjoyed a clean lead of
TO up to the seventh. Then Mad
den's bushy work gave them a pair of
runs. Beck started the inning with a
bunt which Madden fumbled Berry
kept right on with a drive to short
center. McArdle famed, but Madden
missed the ball and then tossed It away
at first, giving Beck a chance to score
from second. Mohler swung in with a
double, registering Berry, but the run
getting ceased after this
Graney pitched the best game he
ever started in here. But for Madden's
blunders in the eventful seventh he
could easily have made it a clean blank
against the Seals. The field was wet
and slippery and the players on both
sioes old very wei to field the ball as
fast as they did. The score: