The San Francisco call., 1908-04-03
CoIIegians BIanked
Without a Hit
Groom and Kinsella Pitch Spec
taculdr Ball for the Port
land Nine
BY w. j. SIattery

For nine full innings at Oakland yes
terday afternoon Pitchers Groom AND
Kinsella of the Portland nine held the
mystic sign high over the heads of the
aspiring young tossers who represent
the Phoenix ball team of ST. Mary's col
lege Not a collegian could negotiate a
hit or base on balls. One of them
managed to get to first base on an err
ror by Catcher Madden after Groom had
famed him, but aside from this trifiing
incident the St. Mary's lads were bowled
over with machine regularity
The defeat of the previous day must
have left it's sting with the Beavers, for
they surely did play baseball that
would have won fame in any mans
league. In the field and at the bat
Portland was ever there ready to take
advantage of each opportunity and al
ways lighting as though the little prac-
tice game meant a pennant. Such gin
ger in an ante-season contest was a
treat to the fans.
Groom opened the game and unloaded
his various assortment of twisters for
six innings He seemed to develop more
speed and a greater line of curves and
change of pace as the innings rolled by.
One after the other, the collegians fell
down until the fifth round, when Hart
struck out but managed to reach the
the ball He was the first and last col
legian to have the honor of gracing a
bag as a base runner during the game.
Kinsella was trotted out before the
small but admiring throng to work for
the last three innings. He had as much
as. if not more than, Groom. Five men
famed while he was tossing 'em up and
nobody got anything that looked like
a hit. Kinsella displayed far more
speed than he ever showed during all
the games he pitched in the Coast
league last season.
Krause. the lad whom Connie Mack
has grabbed for his Philadelphia Amer
lean team, graced the mound for the
collegians. There was something amiss
with his soup bone, for the big leaguers
waded right into bis slants at the out
set and gave him an awful lacing. Thir-
teen bingles two of them doubles by
Casey and DanZig and one a triple by
Rafferty,, were garnered from Krause's
storehouse.
The Beavers lost no time in getting
two in the opening period. Casey start
ed with d double and, after Cooney had
died, Rafferty, tripled against the left
field fence, chasing Casey through Nc
Credie's infield out gave Rafferty, all
the time he needed to come in. In the
next spasm Bassey hit and stole and ar
rived on bad error by Wallace, who
let a thrown ball get away from him at
the first station.
The fifth netted Portland another.
Danzig landed while Feeney was busy
booting his grounder and Madden sent
him around to third with a neat single.
Madden stole and Groom unloaded a
hingle into left. Danzig beat it to the
pan, but Madden fell near the plate and
was nailed. AS a polisher. Rafferty,
picked out a single in the ninth, took
second on another muff by Wallace and
registered after Danzig dispatched d
torrid one into center
Cooney played remarkable ball at
short, handling his five chances with
great speed and accuracy. Danzig got
away with the work at first like big
Lacquer and Casey showed all his old
time form at second. The outfield had
little to do, but three chances coming
its way. The score: