The San Francisco call., 1908-07-24
Home Run byBemard
Lets Sea S Out
Angel Batsn1cn Ce to Oscar
Jones When Hits Mean
Runs
By w. J. SLatfery

Were It in keeping with the ethics
OF the national game to forget the
sixth inning yesterday afternoon the
struggle between the Seals and the
Angels would have been one of those
worth going miles to see affairs. But
wrapped up in that fateful sixth was a
nightmare that viii linger for some
length of time in the minds Of many of
the fans. as well as the local tossers.
It's principal factor was a four cushion
shot over the right field fence from the
bat Of Bernard that put the rollers un-
der the Seals.
THAT one hit. and nothing more, prob
ably robbed the Seals of victory and
surely robbed the game Of the intense
interest which was centered in II up &c
the memorable moment. It opened with
a two bagger to deep center by Hosp,
and after the latter had rested mo-
ment Bernard did the rest, and then
everybody was ready TO deed the game
TO Los Angeles.
San Francisco played a grand game
of ball. for all that. Oscar Jones
flushed with the success Of so many
recent victories, went into the box I'M
bued with the idea that he had il on
every Angel but instead the cut
seemed to hang II on Oscar when they
pleased. clouting his benders hard at
the moments when hits counted most.
Hosp pitched a mastery game against
the locals. Always rather easy for the
boys TO waliOp, the young man with the
painful box gestures seemed TO enter
upon a new era of his pitching career
Yesterday. He sized each man up in g
twinkling, took his measure and then
tossed him something which seemed
impossible to knock out of the dia-
mOnd.
The entire Los Angeles nine played
a big league game Of ball behind its
pitcher. There never was a moment
when any Of them showed signs of un-
steadiness. Nobody made anything
that looked like an error. though all
kinds Of difficult chances were dis
patched over the grassy stretch. II
seemed that everything was breaking g
the way the Angels would like ii best
The scoring started in the second
inning with a bingle to left by Ellis.
Delmas was also there with a hard
drive TO right, sending the Rube on his
way to third Easterley hit q fly to
Melchoir who made as pretty a throw
to the plate as any fan ever laid eyes
on. but Berry allowed the ball TO slip
through his mitts and the first run
registered
Los Angeles passed the third up, but
responded again in the fourth. This
time Wheeler walked and stole and
went to third on Ellis second safe drive
into the left territory Delmas put
down a pretty bunt, which squeezed
wheeler through Del was safe al
first on a fielders choice and had a
chance to land, but Jones got the other
two men quickly.
San Francisco's only round TO shine
was the sixth. Then Mohler and Hill
debrand each drove the leather hard
over second, advancing on Zeiders sac
riice. After Williams few TO Dillon,
Hosp purposely passed Melchoir, and
Joe Curtis made the fans howl by
singing through second and bringing
Mohler in. Before and after this mo-
ment the Seals never were there with
the club.
1t was another lightning like exhibit
tiOn from the play BALI cry till the
last man was out. Melchoir made the
only Seal error when he let Dillon's
single get through him in the opening
inning. After the game had been lost
in the seventh Henley relieved Jones
on the firing line, and the Angels got
only one hit off him in the two re-
naming innings. The score: