The San Francisco call., 1908-10-24
,JO1nSon'S Home Run With Two
on the Bases Fails to Save
the Beavers
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
By w. J. SIatfery

The oaks and the Beavers tore at
each other in one of those old style
slam bang mixups at the Valencia street
park yesterday afternoon. Each team
took many long and juicy rides on the
offerings Of the two pitchers used on
both sides. and it was anybody's game
for a run after the supply of wallops
became exhausted along about the sew
enth inning The Oaks showed the
necessary speed in the eighth and eased
a lone run over. This was sufhcient TO
break up the combat.
The game was an awful ham if fig
aired strictly upon baseball lines, but
81 that it furnished the fans with
plenty TO shout about and kept them all
on the tips Of their toes until Captain
Bernie McCay turned the final trick
with a timely wallop into the left gar
den in the eighth. The Beavers had a
chance to make another deadlock in the
ninth. but they failed.
Portland grabbed off a run in the
first. and this seemed TO be only d
Ieeler for what the boys intended doing &
in the second. which netted them an
other pair. Christian did not seem to
be there with a bewildering assort-
nent, and the majority of the crowd
began TO predict an overwhelming vic
tory for the Ducks, when Oakland came
with a dash in the third.
Graney made the mistake of passing
Christian and Van Haltren and slapping
4 =
UP the sacks. McCay registered the
nrst two with a siZzler through the
indeld. McCredie Immediately rousted
Graney and put Rose to work. But the
Texas southpaw issued a ticket TO
Heine, and Eagan tore off bingle to
right that chased two more through.
This put Oakland one TO the good,
but Portland lost no time in making
il an even proposition by slamming
Christian for another tally in round l.
Rose was attacked with the jimnlies in
the next period and couple of passes,
aided by as many clean bingles. was
good enough TO net Vans men another
pair ana place them on velvet once
Those who believed that the Beavers
were out Of the fight forgot to reckon
Ote Johnson in the going. With Cooney
and Raftery on the paths in the fifth,
Ote sapped the leather over the center
neld boards: This gave Portland three,
and Danzig's double TO deep left, fol-
lowed by Ryan's sacrifice and Eagan's
boot, made ii four and gave Portland
a lead of two tallies.
But there seemed no chance to stop
those Oakland hosts. They allowed the
uIth TO fit by without doing a particle
Of good, for themselves. All their re-
serve strength was being saved up for
Mlth 2, rush and hurrah. McCredie
Tore MS hair and gnashed his teeth
a1ter ne discovered that Oakland had
tangled up the score once more
The eighth was Oakland's life saver
Old Van stalled around for a free ticket
10 hrst and Hogan sacrificed him down
Tor the second time during the after
noon. The ancient tosser made a dar-
ing steal of the third sack and McCcay
sneaked in a pretty hit right pa ST
Cooney, which proved the best thing
OF the afternoon
ne pitchers on both sides were as
WIG as the horses on the prairies in
tne Ola days. and every batsman man
aged 10 nave more walks to his credit
tnan safe drives. Whenever thew did
get chances to field the ball, the fieIders
performed fairly well, Oakland making
a lone error and Portland only three.