The San Francisco call., 1908-08-13
Williams Timely Drive
Breaks Up the Game
Nelson Gets Of Nicely, But
Blows Up i'm the Final
Innings
COAST LEAGUE STANDING
By w. J. SIattery

With a mighty drive against the
center field fence in the tenth inning
yesterday afternoon with two men
down and Seal on every sack, Nick
Williams put the crusher on the Oaks
By registering Hildebrand. Up 70 that
time it was a great game of baseball.
full OF the old thrills that the fans
love so well In the earlier stages the
Seals did not figure. but they doomed
ike Marathon runners At the finish and
came so fast that the Oaks were step
ping sideways, and they finally blew
up
La Longe' was sent in 10 bat for
Kansas Skillman in the tenth and he
lined out pretty hit, and Aohler
hunted him down the line. Hildebrand,
however, forced the Seal catcher. who
showed enough speed TO get to second
Here Nelson got in bad by passing both
Zeider and Henley, and Williams
raped out the hit that counted
Nelson pitched a grand game OF ball
until the big bloWof came in the
eighth I-p TO that time he had all the
Seals Indian signed and none Of them
seemed able 10 get jerry 10 the brand
he had But the fatal bases on balls
whi1h break I'D so many games hap
pened there, and before Nelson knew
what was coming of the score was
deadlocked.
Rol.ie Zeider gave the boys their
start in the eighth by lining a hit into
center. He tried 10 make a double out
OF Il. but they nailed him at second
big southpaw made the mistake of
passing Henley and Williams. Beck
peTtSaed on an infield out. advancing
both. and then Berry became hero
with q wallop that chased both men
through.
Oakland was all TO the good in the
earlier stages The first inning brought
them a run. Cook hit for two bases
after Van had been taken care OF by
MOnier and Williams, and Jones ex-
ecuted a wild pitch. Heitmuller neatly
wei in on the ball. he could not heaye
il 10 the plate in time TO cut of the
run.
The Commuters laid of until the
sixth, when they came on with another
one Heine did the business this time
with double to left. Old Truck laid
down a bunt that advanced Heine. and
Billy Hogan was there at the critical
moment with the necessary hit to the
right garden.
Zeider got away with a beautiful
play in the third that saved the game
for the Seals The bases were full and
and Zeider nailed Houston at the pan
This was clever enough. but a moment
later Helne started one over second
that looked good enough to net q
couple of runs Zeider was on the job,
and after touching second he winged
the ball over TO Williams and the
Gg0D-- PAde ElA OL Ntc IAlA
All the fans agreed that Nelson
pitched the best game OF his career.
He had big breaks TO everything he
twisted and a nice change OF pace
During the earlier stages OF the battle
his control was great, but at the very
time he needed command of the ball he
lost il and then ne blew the game al
though IL should have heen a shutout
for him.
Oscar Jones was being bumped
rather rudely by the Oaks. and in the
eighth inning he was replaced by Skill
man. Though he has worked but little
for the last couple of months. Kansas
was there when they needed him. Oak
land got only one hit of the south
Tinger and this did not count. He is,
incidentally, credited with the victory.
The score.