The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-04-18
MeIchoif's Home Run in The First Inning
Makes Victory Easy for the. Seals
BY w. j. Slattery

Some crab in the bleachers yester-
day afternoon remarked that Melchoir's
batting eye was in the class with the
blinkers as the little Seal right fielder
stepped up to the pan in the opening
inning of the game. Jifst-to square
himself with the rest of the gang and
incidentally to show the critic up Mel
walloped the ball over the right field
fence. and Curtis and Piper. who were
on the paths. also trotted home, CIV
ing the Seals a lead that the Oaks
never could overcome
Eddie Quick. the former San Fran
cisco twirler. made his bow as an
Oakland slabster, and out OF generosity
to his old team he walked Joe Curtis.
the first man TO face him Piper laid
down a bunt which Scruggs tossed
wide to first and Williams followed
with a sacrifice. Melchoir's gentle lit
tie tap came next and the Seals were
on velvet ere the fun was five minutes
old. These runs, however, were needed
before the game was over.
Inspired by the three tallies that
they picked up so handily in the first
the Seals came back for another one
in the fourth period Haley could not
field Piper's bunt so the little rabbit
and wild pitch helped Piper to third.
Melchoir was slipped pass this time
and he promptly stole. Zeider's re-
sounding bingIe to center put Piper
through. but Mel was pegged out at
the plate by old Van.
OAKS RALLY IN NINTH
Oakland could not break in again
till the fourth. Then both Cook and
Van Haltren Strengthened out the kinks
that Sutor hurled at them and the
southpaw was so distressed over his
inability to puzzle them that he baked
sadly. advancing both men notch.
Truck Eagan came through with
long fly to center that was good
enough to let Cook tear home.
From that moment till the ninth the
Texas southpaw had enough to mys-
tify nearly every man on the Oakland
lineup. The Commuters, however.
seemed bent on a ninth inning finish
again and they showed a large fash
of speed in that getaway period Cook,
the first man up. waited for the bad
ones and Van followed the lead. The
best Heine Heitmuller had was a long
fly, but Eagan dispatched a hot one
down to short that singed all the grass
as it tore along.
The ball went right at Zeider and
it looked as though the little shortstop
"
of his lightning double plays. But
to the dismay of the crowd he let the
ball get away from him and Cook
romped in. Hogan hit safely. filling
UP the bases, but Haley was easy and
so was Altman. who batted for
Scruggs. SO the fun ended.
sUTOR PITCHES WELL
Outside of the first inning when Mel
ehoir's home run clout upset all MS
seemed to have most OF the Seals on
his staff He used his slow ball often,
mixing it up with fast ones and bend
ers. His control was good. though the
support behind him was rather ragged
at times.
Sutor celebrated his third straight
victory and his pitching warranted all
the credit that is coming to him. Until
the ninth inning the husky southpaw
had almost perfect command of the
ball. 1t was then that he tried to
| twist the curved boys over -.se pan
and they would not break right for
him. SO a couple OF walks was the
result. The Seals played well behind
Sutor all the time. He winged six
men to the bench.
Both pitchers worked very slowly,
especially Quick. This seemed to have
a bad effect on the other members of
both teams and they failed to show
their usual dash in wading into their
work. They were also slow about get
ting on and off the field, and TINS also
helps to account for the two hour
game. 1t could just as we'll have been
played In an nour and a half, for the
| men went out very regularly in nearly
every inning.
INFIELDERS KEEP BUSY
The San Francisco infield was kept
very busy all day long. For the first
three innings not an outhelder had
/ chance. Zeider figured very promi-
| nently in two fast double plays that
| helped to keep Oakland batters away
from the plate. and he had a chance
to make 1t three in the ninth inning
when the ball got away from him. The