The San Francisco call., 1908-11-02
GetawayD Daya Sad Day
for the Home Team
Oaks Wind up the Season by
Giving the Seals a Double
Trimming
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
By w. J. SIaftery

The curtain dropped on the 1908 sea-
son of the Pacific coast baseball league
yesterday afternoon at the Valencia
street lot. and the finish was as spec
tacular as any that has furnished
amusement for a gang OF local fans in
many a year. San Francisco and Oak
land tugged and twisted away at each
other for IA spectacular rounds. Finally
the strain OVercame the Seals. Ihey
weakened and caved in during the
progress of the fourteenth and Oakland
won, to 4.
Ali in all, the last day of the season
was one OF the proverbial dark and
dismal sort for the home team In the
morning at Oakland the Commuters
squared themselves with the fans OF
their fair city by giving San Francisco
a to trimming. Anybody who had
not been watching them play all season
would at once say that Oakland was
the class.
ball so far as the flag OF 1908 went.
every one of the 5000 fans in attend
ance seemed to be as brinful OF en-
thusiasm as though the flag had not
aggregation at least couple OF months
ago. The farewell game was a fine
sendoff for the members OF both teams
MAKE 23 HITS
The Commuters used up two OF the
local pitchers and laced the ball out for
team making 23 safe drives against an
other mines seven and still keeping the
game dragging along for five extra pc
RODS. But this is the sort of stuff that
final bow of the season.
At the end of the ninth spaSm Oak
land was there with four runs and II
bingles. while the home brigade had
them deadlocked. though its share was
exactly seven less. None of the old
time fans on the job had ever heard Of
anything like It, and nearly everybody
in the park firmly believed that the
Oaks had established worlds record
in their line.
But when the Commuters did start to
tear off victory they went so strong
that there was no question as to their
sincerity They went for three runs.
and oil Of them were of the earned va
riety. With two down. Willie Hogan,
who had taken Miller'S place at first,
poked single through the inieId and
got away with a steal of second.
Here Pitcher Griffin made the mis-
take which blew the game. He passed
Micky La Longe to take chance with
Nelson. The old slim boy, who had
been singing the ball hard all after
noon, proved true again with drive
to the right field fence, registering both
men, He waited only a moment. when
Cook swung in with a double TO left.
making Oaklands third for the inning z
and last for the season.
MADE FOUR RUNS
The Seals piled up all their four runs
| in the third inning. Willis started the
rally with single into the right gar
den and Mohler waited for the bad ones.
Curtis stung the ball safely to left and
registered Willis. Both other runners
advanced on the tossin. Zeider laid
down pretty bunt and cleverly
squeezed his captain home.
Ping Bodie lined long, sharp fly
10 left which Duffey Lewis grasped.
but failed TO squeeze tight On this
error Curtis scampered through. Bodie
stole the second bag Immediately and
Nick Williams set the crowd wild with
a slashing single into the left garden.
which was good enough to chase Bodfe
all the way around.
Oakland landed hard and often on
the offerings of Willis during the four
rounds he lasted. Their efforts netted
three runs and 10 safe drives. Wills
was relieved by Grifith, with the score
"a to in favor OF his team. but the
Oaks were there with every batting
eye shining and they created a dead
lock In the fifth. which lasted for nine
periods.
The Seals pulled Off many a sensa-
tional fielding stunt and pulled the
game out of the fire several times by
their brilliant work. Beck alone speared
two long flies in the center garden and
tossed as many men out at the plate
on double plays However. the boys
could not withstand the fierce Oakland
onslaught. which finally triumphed.
The score.