The San Francisco call., 1908-04-15
Big CrOpd of Tr0nsbay Fans
Sees Home Team Beaten
in Its First Game
srANnING oF rHE cLuRs
By w. j. SIattery


OF transbay tossers. just up from the
orange belt. scampered out upon their
own diamond across the pond yesterday
afternoon with q view 20 putting the
crusher on the victorious Seals. but
they fell by the wayside just like the
Beavers Even with the aid OF
brass band, parade and house
packed with Oakland rooters. the best
the Commuters got was q lonesome hit
The Seals were not giants with the
big stick, but they grabbed or one
run and that one counted most AZ the
finish
Il was the first appearance OF the
Oakland team On the home grounds
and there was an awful mob out AZ
the ball grounds. some 1000 yelling
Oakland fans lining up along the
bleachers and in The grandstand- All
their cheers were for Oakland and
they shouted until the last man was
slowed away in the last inning-and
al for nothing
Before the game there was big
parade through the streets OF Oakland
President Ed walter managed 70 cor
raj 20 big automobiles. into which
piled all the members OF the Two
teams. besides the officers OF the
league, prominent businessmen and nu-
nicipaI officials Everybody who could
hook a half day OF and made the trip
TO the ball field. so the reception that
the Oakland aggregation came in for
was one OF The best ever accorded any
team in this league.
WILLIS Is THE HERO
Tis many a long day since an Oak
land crowd saw such q ball game as
the one that the boys twisted on yes
terday. During that hour and a half
Of action nothing save the real old
bright and sparkling article OF the nz-
tional pastime was on the cards Err
rors we're so few that nobody no
ticed them. and the startling plays
came so frequently that the fans at
last became weary OF applaudiag
them.
Willis played the grandest game OF
the season Only one Oaklander-
Dutch Altman-couId sting the leather
safely. In the sixth inning he lined
pretty one right into the center gar
den. Aside from that effort nothing
that looked ike q nit left the bats OF
any OF the Commuters
Big Bill Wright was close second
allowing only four scattering ones. II
was q hard game for any slabster 10
drop. but Bill viii have 10 pass the
buck 10 Catcher Eastwood. who
pegged the ball away at third base
in the ever lucky seventh inning and
=
with the only run OF the afternoon
Melchoir started OF the inning with
q pretty hit past second base and
Zeider hunted him along After
Mohler had swung wildly AT two nice
ones Mel started 70 steal third Dash
wood pegged the bah many feet over
the head Of Shorty Scrugge and Mel
choir kept right on until he registered
the run Though the error was an
U1Tnrrr1n@-a . 30
come in anyhow. for Nohler followed
directly with another clean single
COMMUTERS LOOK GOOD
| The Oakland team PLAYED nice ball
all the time. and had II not been for
Dashwood's high heave there would
have been no errors charged against
/ the Commuters The niue looks strong
/ in every departments good live in
| field, q hard hitting set OF outfeld ers
and a nice pitching staff II the Com
muters play their game they are very
likely TO give the Seals a good time
! during the remaining six contests OF
+ the present series They play to-
/ gether nicely and seem 10 be working
hard every minute OF the time
The work OF the Seals yesterday was
fully equal 10 that OF any game dur
ing the last series NohIer made one
little error on hard chance, but out
size OF this mistake the entire team
supported Willis in grand shape Both
Zetder and McArdle were kept busy
digging up hard ones and tossing them
TO first, and they frequently earned the
applause OF the Oakland fans
Wills had great command OF the
ball after the first inning In that
round ne passed two men and the local
admirers were fearful lest the young
slabster develop g fit Of wildness.
/ However. he rounded to after the
opening period and issued no more
passes TO the first sack Only four
Oaklanders got on during the game.
/ The score:
SAN FRANCISCO