The San Francisco call., 1908-08-09
Willis Again TwirlS
Seals to Victory
One Run in the Fifth Inning
Breaks Up Great Game
of Ball
By w. J. SIaffery

The onward rush of the Portland
Beavers was heroically checked yes
terday afternoon by the Seals, who
waded into the enemy and played
game of ball that would have brought
them fame in any mans league. They
were there at every bounce Of the ball
and not a bet was overlooked by
single man on the team. One lone
run won the game, and it came about
in the fifth inning through an error
which Cooney made when ne was at
tackled with oVeranxlousness On d a.
easy chance which Mohler lined at Nun;
Though the weather was sultry anu
muggy and anything but ldea III
baseball, a great Saturday house was
on hand. Somehow or other every
body seemed TO have hunch that odn
Francisco was due to put one over on
the slugging northerners and TINS -
also partly responsible LOT the us oeA0
cation of fans on the job. -.
The game was as pretty an eNhlpi-
tion as the most rabid fan would WISH
to sit down and gloat over II Gun
tained everything that would teno 20
cause him to stand up and toss MS
skypiece away to the sparroWs NO
body knew who would win tlIl tHs ne
last man was declared a dead one IN IA
the last inning, for the flghtlnS spirit
was in the air continuously.
WILLIS IN GRAND FORM
Though all the Seals have a large
bunch of credit on the good side o5
the book, most of it should be deeaeu
TO Pitcher Ralph Willis 1t was ms
magnificent pitching that blocked the
smuggling Beavers at every turn ana
chased them away from the plate time
and time again when they seemed 70 De
ready to deliver the much needed run.
Though in bad several times, Wits
always rallied and worked himself out
very cleVerly.
II was the SECOND victory of the
Seals for the week and incidentally
Willis brought both of them home, and
by shutOuts, too. Last Tuesday after
noon in the opening game OF the series
at Oakland the Beavers could get no
more than two hits, and yesterday.
though they grabbed off s, none OF
the bingles counted.
a big Lacquer and but for that unfor-
tunate error of COoney's he might stiu
be pitching shoutout ball against the
Seals. He was there with lne OF
great benderS and change or pace
that was dazzling and he seemed TO
get better as the game advanced. only
one hit counted against him. but that
won the game
COONEY,S COSTLY ERROR
The run was squeezed through in the
fifth. Mohler. who opened up, shot
nice grounder over the grass and
Cooney booted ii. Hildebrand advanced
his captain by going out short TO hrst,
and then Zeider swung in with that hit
directly over second. Mohler tore for
the pan and Raftery made a grand
heave. Il was a hair line decision at
the plate. but Perine said safe"
Portland was dangerous in every in
ming and the fans were nervous till the
last man had been retired. In the
seventh Danzig lined pretty one to
center and Ryan came through with a
great drive to right Danzig dashed
for third. but Melchoir executed per-
feet peg TO the bag. Curtis got the
ball in time to block DanZig and cut
of run for the next man up, Wha-
ling. followed with another bingle
Three hits were wasted in this inning.
So il went all the afternoon Inning
after inning Portland would come up
and make a noise like a broken game.
They managed TO put men on the sacks
most Of the time and they figured to
chase some of them through, but VIII
lis never backed up They could not
make It too fast for him.
The ball was hit hard and often by
the stickers on both sides from the
first inning on. Casey. who opened the
tried TO bunt him down. The BAH went
into the air and Curtis speared it with
one mitt He juggled the ball cou-
pie of times but managed to hold il
and peg to first in time to double up
Casey.
FIELDING Is SNAPPY
Outside of Mohler the Seals all
played perfect ball in the field The
captain was bit unsteady at times
and booted two easy ones. Both of
them came at critical times, too, and
made il look bad for the boys Zeider
gathered in seven hard ones at short
and figured in one double play that
prevented the score from being tied
up. The score:
PORTLAND
ABR BIZ. sB. Po. A. E.
Casey 2b--....-...-. o o