The San Francisco call., 1908-04-12
Beavers Break Seven Day Hoodoo By
Indians Good Work
BY w. j. SIattery

The winning combination which the
Seals workei against the Beavers seven
times without a comeback was shat
tered yesterday afternoon and Portland
broke into the percentage column. 1t
remained for Pinnance, the little In
dian pitcher, fresh from the Carlisle
school. to humble the pride OF the local
tossers. The redskin was ably aided by
every one OF his teammates. who wad-
ed In and tore off the hits with light
ming rapidity.
Not till the last man was out were
the Beavers sure that their seven
days dream of victory would be real
lied. They thought that the game was
In, but they were not for taking any
chances with fate. After McArdle had
made the last out of the game by fly
Ing to Cooney every Beaver lay down
on the lot and acted like dead man.
Victory-sweet yictory-was theirs
and they wanted 1t heralded to every
fan In the lot. -
There was no fiuke to the victory
and. therefore, none Of the Seals nor
their admirers Will have a chance to
holler horseshoe or anything like that.
Nothing save resounding binglers fig
ured In the piling up of the Portland
runs. Once they got line on that ball,
the Beavers were able to wallop the
best that Henley had. Every man on
the lineup laced the ball for one hit or
better, most of them doing better.
INDIAN PITCHER SHINES
The Indian was the life saver. The
way he twisted that ball around the
necks of the Seals caused Danny Long
to throw at least fourteen fits. Try as
they might. the Seals could not get
jerry to anything that the Indian tossed
over the pan. Five scattering bingles
no two OF them coming in any one In
ming. tell the story of the efforts of the
home crew at the bat
Though he did not display the change
of pace that marked his work In the
portion Of the game he pitched last
Tuesday afternoon at Oakland. the red
man stuck the ball right over the plate
all the time and put plenty OF smoke
behind 1t. The local rooters were look
ing to see the Seals hammer 1t when
1t came right in the groove, but there
never was q chance, for the Indian
sign" was working double all the time.
Portland started off on it's victorious
career in the fourth spasm. Danzig
bingled to right and Johnson bunted
him along. Cooney lined one TO Hen
ley, who used bad Judgment in his toss
to second, and both men were safe.
Bassey's Texas Lacquer to the right
field foul line put Danzig over the
jumps and sent Cooney to third. Walsh
hit to second and Cooney was nailed at
the plate. making the second out Pin
nances easy grounder was felded by
Henley, but Williams dropped the
throw and Bassey registered.
BEAVERS HAMMER BALL
After taking the rest cure in the
fifth, the Beavers came right back in
on resounding wallops by Cooney, Bas-
sey and Walsh. The seventh produced
another pair Pinnance singled into
right and Raftery waited for a pass
after Casey had forced the Indian at
second. Then followed another fusil-
lade, McCredie and Danzig each meet
ing tho ball square on the beak, cras-
ing in Casey and Raftery.
During the progress of the eighth the
Beavers gathered their final runs. Bas-
sey smashed the leather into the right
garden for the third time and was sent
around to third by another wallop from
the bat of the Indian. Bassey beat in
through when Casey smote one into
center and Raftery's two bagger to
the left field fence sent the redskin
over the hurdles.
Though the Seals were apparently
beaten early in the fight, they never
quit for a moment, and Manager Long
was waiting for them to rally with the
stick even UP to the ninth period Be-
lieving that there was still chance
Long sent in Esola to bat in the ninth,
but the best the big chief did was to
unload little grounder which the
Indian and Danzig took care of.
The Beavers felded fully as well as
they handled the club, not one of them
falling down on the many and difficult
ones that skipped over the green dia-
mond. The work of the little red man
seemed to inspire his fellow tossers
with the real victorious spirit. for they
were always there to back him up. no
matter how hard the task was. The
score:
PORTLAND.