The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-04
Seals and Beavers
PIay Fast Ball
Northern Team. Beaten IN First
Game, l2etrieves Loss bv
Winning Second
By ". ,. SIattery

laorgh they tried harder than ever
before in their lives. the best the Seals
Eot yesterday vas one decision over
r-e Beavers from Portland. Dame For
r--e bestowed her winning gIances on
--e BOYS before the noon hour OF the
oakland lot. ard they landed after II
innings q the real blood tingiing base
BAH score. 1 H. But in the after
roon TIE CIT was STITCHED and the Bea-
vers had everything. the to score
te-A1g IFS own story without the aid
% tootnotes or elaborate paragraphs
u explanation
The series closed with I've victories
% the credit OF Mercedes band and
rair FOR the local tossegs- lives a very
disastrous week. but the better team
COPIES the Hons share Of the game so
--s a-dmirers OF the short VIII have 10
gre { 70 the northern hosts this time
M-eR the DOPE is figured out from
every angle the Seals were lucky to get
even two.
oscar Jones. who toiIed al the Va
ieE-ia street lot in tie 5zzl game OF
re series vas no match for the elon-
Ezred M Groom After his team had
taken 20 the easy going in the first
ming and broken in with q pair. OF
rms ere Jones had chance to twist
-le kinks out OF his bread winning
arm- the Portland boy turned the vel
come sign around On every Seal who
aspire5 20 score Z rUn
JONES HAMMERED HARD
7roons pitching was vel worth the
rrir 20 the park he seemed 70 have a
correct line on the weakness % every
member Of the home brigade save Nick
Williams. and inning after inning he
moved them down with machine Ike
reg-lsrity- HIS feeders were always
doing tLeir duty faithfully behind him.
50 liz IS no wonder that san Francisco
never figured
Jones dl6 not even have & smile when
De faced the Beavers in the warmup
rc-n5 Everything Re tossed was ike
hrea ktasL food for the gang and they
proceeded 20 deVoUr the collection rap
sally Afrsr setting down in the secS1d
Jones was himself for the balance OF
--e game and not another Beaver came
around The paths IL. SkilimSn went in
during the ninth
casey uslered IL the fun with Z drive
90 the right garden and Ryan followed
with a twin brother % the pearls hit.
Ealzig started another fast one 10
nearly the same spot and both Casey
and Ryan began 70 tear They kept Up
The mad race and both beat II home.
owing tc the slow manner in which the
seals handed the sphere.
SEALS FALL BY WAYSTDE
The eng rest was then il order till
re ninth rcun6. It was then that
szL----an mounted the knoll relieving
Jcues. whose place AZ beI ESoIz had
taken in rls previous inning Madden
greeted the southpsw By slapping one
Of lis henfers safely into right. and
Ceoney waited fer the bad ones Groom
al
Casey laid the ball down. and as
nobody was rhoughtfuI enough 70 cover
first OF Third while Williams was field
ing IT, Maiden came IN and cooney
pulled Up At third Rsftery brought
hiru safely home with a long fy which
Hide spesred with one mitt. but could
NOT reccFer in tine 20 wing 70 the
plate.
The only tine that san Francisco hg-
Ered 70 co any good At AL was IN the
Lhir6 inning. when both Williams and
Piper stung the leather safely. Groom.
however. vas on the job quickly and
msraged to get I'd OF the others before
they had chance 70 even advance the
runners Kid Mohier opened ID the
seventh with q nice drive 70 left field
ard the fans thought that the old lucky
spasm would produce something. but
nothing IKE that came 70 pass
BIG CROWD TURNS OFT
Although the weather was rather
cold and q sharp wind swept the stand
ana hleaclers IN immense crowd
turned out % cheer the Seals on 70 do
something noble TIE fans did more
shouting than they usually do. but this
noise failed 70 deter Groom and his
Eeanmates. al Of whom went al their
work "a Z business sort OF way and
overlooked 40 bets At any stage
The fielding was very high class on
49,
Tor each side. mzrring the afternoons
work Casey did the best AL around
work picking out three safe bfngles.
scoring a run and handling seven hard
chances with his usual ease and grace.
Both McArdIe and Johnson pulled OF
several starting plays a. the third
station The score