The San Francisco call., 1908-04-13

Seals and Beavers Part With HOnOrs for
Last Day of Series Evenly Divided
By w. u. SIattery

The spirit OF victory which took pos
session OF the Beavers when they broke
in with their first win Saturday after
noon held over until Yesterday morning.
and they trimmed the Seals for the Sec
ond tine within "A hours IN the after
noon, however, the ebh tide. which is so
uncertain in baseball. switched again.
and San Francisco had all the glory TO
itself before the 5000 or more fans who
saw the game
TIE Beavers had evidently exhausted
al 1Eeir efforts and all their ginger IN
cleaning Longs tribe IN Oakland be-
fore the luncheon hour. Every one OF
them fell with regularity before the
shoots and benders which Mr Sutor
from Texas twisted over the pan Three
hits. al OF them scattered widely along
the route Of the nine innings OF battle.
tel exactly what the Beavers did with
the big stick II the afternoon game
The other Texan. Mr.. Garrett. the ST.
lent. was nearly as effective. Five hits
we're cuIied from his assortment OF
be1cers. and c1e of these was 3 home
run. the first OF the season, over the
right field fence Il left the bat OF Hen
Nelchotr II that ever lucky seventh
inning
MELCH0IR's HOME Run
The game vas one OF those pitchers
about and also view once fn = great
while. Both pitchers we're in the lime
light from the moment the game was
ushered n till the last man was de-
. cisred cUL Il -zs nothing save Z sue
cession OF fast benders 70 the plate, fol-
lowed BY the weak cracks OF the hats
men. who were either cleveriy hel6ed
out AZ shs first station OF else fled 20
one OF the eutEeldsrs or inheIders-
-
either sensational Or spectacular. still Il
was full cf the real old life and pepper
that the fans Ike 50 well Every one
OF the players On each side vas on his
toes. ready and willing 70 give Up the
best he had 6t all tines Snappy field
ing marked every inning OF play. The
only error was committed by Casey
early IN the day. when he allowed VIII
l1sus 70 get TO second after trying 70
complete = double play that looked
easy at the outset.
Nslchoir Tot only put the hall over
the fence in the seventh inning. but he
also arrived with the only other tally %
the day during the progress OF the Sec
end period Starting & OF with 8 pret-
~ chop hit down the first base line.
Mel advanced 10 second or Zeider's neat
sacrifice. went 10 third while Casey and
Danzing we're busy retiring Cap Mchler
and registered tire run OF the scratchy
little hit that McArdie barely beat out
b deity shooting down q very slow
and tvisty one 70 Casey
sUroR BLANKS BEAVERS.
Portland never really figured TO get
a run. and therefore. no hard luck
plays Or horseshoe work On the part OF
the Seals stood as obstacles n their
rough she'd path 70 victory. Try as
they might. the heavy club wieIders
anything that Sutor bent over the rub
ber- Aside from his great speed and
big curves. the southpa~ had wonder
ful command OF the ball and did not
walk man till tne ninth inning when
he Issued q pass 10 Madden who came
up % the bat for Garrett
8cEreoie and Whzlen were the only
Beavers who managed 70 sting the ball
safely Mac got ais hit IN the very first
inning and eleTe-iy stole second The
big catcher picked out his first bingle II
TIE third and came back with another
one n the sixth Both OF them were
nice clean ones 70 the outfeid but
tired the following batters-
IcAr6ie. Mohler and Johnson did the
spectacular work II the iafsid- MohIer
hsd nine chances ard he devou-ed them
al like breakfast food The others had
SIX each. most OF them hard ones. hzt
ths way that the rival third sacker
handled the bail made them look easy
20 the fans
But an hour and half was taken
up with the game The players or
both sides. besides working fast IN the
field ard AZ the bat hurried On and of
the diamond Ike quarter horses None
OF them wasted any tfne Grabbing over
decisions and this also helped the good
cause along Immensely. The score.
MORNING CANE