The San Francisco call., 1908-04-24
SeesaW Game Taken
by Commuters
HeitnlulIcr and Eagdn Bredk the
Last Deadlock During the
Eighth Inning
By w. j. SIattery


The Commuters and the Beavers see
sawed and stalled around for eight in
nings at the Valencia street lot yester-
day in as tiresome and nerve racking a
game as any fan would care to gaze
upon. The Commuters broke the last
deadlock by sticking two runs over in
their half Of the eighth inning The
Beavers still had another chance to
break il up In the ninth, but with each
sack decorated and only one down Dan
zig bit three chunks out of the air and
: Bassey ended the agony with a fly to
Haley.
There was no class 10 the work of
either team and the most that they
did was to waste a lot Of valuable time
and delay the supper hour for those
10 who were unfortunate enough to make
the trip to the park. Everybody was
unanimous in saying that the contest
was the worst that has been pulled off
on the local lot this season
Southpaw Killain made his second
attempt on the Oakland slab, and un-
less he has more than he showed yes
.terday he had better seek a job in some
other league. 1t was awful to watch
his feeble attempts to stick the bali
over the plate and Van Haltren, realiz-
ing that the fight would surely be lost.
chased the left handler in the ninth and
put Wright at work
Kinsella, who is supposed to have
something and whom the Portland fans
have been boosting as one of the teams
life savers, was nearly as bad. He
! lasted five innings, after doing consid-
cradle damage. His fault also was lack
Of command of the ball When he did
stick the sphere over the Oaks as rule
pounded IL to the far corners of the lot
Oakland threw down the gauntlet and
OH 1r-
first inning was over. Cook landed on
A boot by Cooney and Van beat a bunt,
both advancing on Heitmuller's sacri-
nee. EaEan produced a single 10 center
that registered Cook. Hogan forced
Van at third. Eagan getting 10 third on
the play. A passed ball put him over
and sent Hogan to third. After all this
rough stuff Altman was passed, and.
together with Hogan. pulled off a
double steal for the third run.
For Portland. Bassey and Johnson
partOOk OF Killain's generosity in the
second and Cooney bunted them along.
Whalen did the rest with a two bagger
10 right.
Portland broke into the lead in the
fourth Johnson got a double to the
center field fence aad Cooncy was
slipped a pass. After a double steal
the men completed their journey on the
hit that Kinsella tore off right over the
open space at second base.
But Oakland was not to be denied
and he score was again tangled up in
the same half OF the inning. After
Haley beat out a neat bunt Slattery
singled into the right garden and Kill
lain brought Haley across with a hit
that very much resembled the one that
Kinsella had tore of q moment before.
The game remained in this muddled
condition until the eighth. when the
Beavers went for another one and ap
parentiy had IT under their belts. With
two gone, Johnson hit to center and
Immediately stole. He kept on tearing
when Cooney laid down a slow one to
third and beat it out to the pan.
The customary final rally was very
much in evidence as the Oaks came up
for their last wallop at the ball Heit-
muller started il with a two cushion
shot against the left field fence and
q single that knocked board off the
right field fence, scoring the big Ger
man. Infeld outs by Hogan and Alt
man put Truck on third and a wild
pitch allowed him to register the one
that counted most.
The crowd was yelling like mad for
the Beavers in the ninth After Mad
den had faded away Casey and Raftery
walked. Here Killain was chased and
Wright came out He celebrated his
arrival by passing McCredie. but Dan
zig famed and Bassey flew to Haley,
so the Portland rooters had to stop
shouting.
Garrett pitched grand baseball from
the fourth inning until the Oaks got
to him for those two runs in the eighth.
He had good control. but lost his head
when Truck Eagan cames tearing in
during the eighth when the hit and run
signal was passed The score: