The San Francisco call., 1908-04-20
Willis Meets His First Defeat IN
a Pitchers Battle With
Hopkins
RESULTS Of GAMES
Oakland 4, San Francisco 2.
Oakland 1, San Francisco o.
Los Angeles 1, Portland o.
By w. j. SIattery


The Commuters filled up the cup OF
sorrow TO the brim yesterday and the
Seals gulped 1t down The merry
chimes of Easter were ringing for al
most everybody. but IN baseball circles
n was different The only bells the
Seals heard were those that tolied on
the runs for Oakland The gong rang
out four times for the Commuters IN
the morning game across the bay.
while the best the Seals got was two.
In the afternoon only one clang WAS
heard. and Oakland made the noise.
Though they lost both games. the
Seals did their duty They were play
ing baseball all the time. and never
stopped trying. The Commuters had
il on them several shades. especially
with the stick II the Oakland pitchers
work for the balance of the season
as they worked yesterday. there will'
be only one team TO figure in the run
after the flag
The grand ball that the boys have
been playing all week attracted the
record crowd of the season TO the Va
Iencia street park IN the afternoon.
close TO 10000 fans reporting at the
appointed hour. Oakland, as usual. had
as many friends in the stand and
bleachers as the home team. and the
victory was popular as though il
had gone the other way.
OAKS SCORE LONE RUN
The pitchers showed up the other
diamond performers. They were the
triple attraction. Willis lost his
first game this season. while Hopkins
won his second. The little southpaw
put another plume in his bonnet with
yesterdays victory 1t was he who
pitched and lost that memorable II in
ming affair of last Wednesday after
noon
The sixth inning tells the tale OF
Oaklands victory, and IL was started
by that disastrous base on balls. which
Willis slipped TO Cook Old Pa Van
Haltren was there with his ever ready
sacrifice. and after Heitmuller had
faded. Truck Esgan tore OF the neces-
sary one IN the form OF a clean drive
TO the center garden. and Cook regis
tered the lonesome run of the day.
Heitmuller's magnificent peg to the
plate Grabbed the only live chance the
Seals had In the fourth inning. Will
liams led OF the round with q hot one
10 third. which he beat out by q wink.
but Aelchotr forced him az second on
bunt- Zeider. however. responded
with a single into right and both men
advanced on q passed ball. Cap Moh-
Ter unloaded q long ny into right and
the fans had visions OF the run scor-
ing handiIy. but Heitmuller's heave
was perfect one and Melchoir was
trapped foot from the pan.
VAN AND ALTMAN SHINE
The marvellous work OF two more of
the Commuters cost the Seals another
run in the seventh inning. Zeider was
the first victim and was thrown out
after rapping one near third that looked
safe enough for any one Altman was
on the Job and felded the runner out
r11z
moment later Van Haltren got under
a hard drive from the bat OF Mohler
near the center field fence and the Kid
lost a three bagger
The game was the fastest OF the sea-
son. being reeled of in an hour and
25 minutes. Every chance that went
the way of the felders was devoured
eagerly and without even the slightest
semblance of an error. The Commuters
figured In two lightning double plays
and the Seals managed TO pull on one
in the eighth inning that probsbly pre-
vented another run
Outside OF the fourth inning, when
HeitmulIersf throw choked on the run,
San Francisco could not manage to get
20 the little Oakland southwinger for
more than one hit in any single ne
riod. He seemed to have the measure
of them all and apparently knew where
10 put the ball. Besides the tiny
pitcher had perfect command. walking
only one man.
CATCHERs THROW TRUE
Both Slattery and La Longe worked
their wings to advantage behind the
plate The only stolen base of the game
is credited 10 Heitmuller, who man
aged TO catch the local backstop nap
ping early in the game and put one
over on him before he could recover
himself in time
Believing that there still was
chance 10 tie IL up IN the final inning
Danny Long sent In Esoia TO bat for
Piper and Henley TO take a waliop In
MeIchoir's stead The big chief could
only unload a long hy TO right. while
Henley died even easier The score.
SAN FRANCISCO