The San Francisco call., 1908-05-24
Los angeles Pitcher Scores Tho
Men and WINS His Opn
Game
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
BY W. J. SIattery

- OA6LlCly y
Mr- KOestner. the able bodied young
pitcher who works for the Angels,
showed the fans yesterday how handy q
slabster may become with the stick
provided his batting eye is FURNISHED
Up properly In the ninth inning. when
ne game was about ready to be de-
lvered to the Seals. Mr. Koestner
swung in with his third hit OF the
g4me- Two men were on the paths at
re tine and then both beat II through.
-h1s switched the tide OF victory in
tavor OF the southern hosts and as the
seals could DO no good next inning
Berrys men trotted out with ali the
glorv-
After a very tempestuouE game in
which Dame Fortune pulled constantly
n favor OF the home team the eventful
ninth inning was reached and San
Francisco had the goods, : to T. After
he manner IN which Oscar Jones had
managed TO weather the storm Of so
many bad innings II did not look as
though he would lose out at the
eleventh hour. but you never can tell IN
baseball
Eube Ellis. always = dangerous man,
Hss the FIRST 10 face Jones and after
biting at two he laced a two begger
against the center field fence. being
, sollowed by Deln2s. who beat out q.
prsety stunt Happy Hogan managed
20 sdvance Deluss TO second. but he
coo1d not bring Ellis IN Therefore,
ne task was up 70 KoeStner and he
net the ball for the bingIe that won
ne game.
ANGELS SCORE FIRST
Jones had al the luck that wes being
distributed throughout the afternoon.
and but for this the Angels sure would
have broken Up the game in one OF the
earlier innings They figured danger
OuSly with the big stick al the time
bur a foolish play or & lazy base runner
Invariably stood as an obstacle IN their
path 70 victory
The Angels put their nrst one over
II the second inning. when Smith cIout-
a the hall into center and went as far
as third after Jones had pegged wide 70
FIST IN 8 vain attempt to catch the big
fellow posing. The squeeze play was
nicely worked at this juncture, Delmas
bunting Smith over while the Seal in
fed was OF its guard
san Francisco tied x Up in its half OF
the same inning Zefder hit 10 center
and pulled Of great steals OF second
ard third. while the fans howled for
eIee Piper worked koestuer for q pass
vas II ght on the Job with clean single
ID left which registered Zeider. but
4 per vas nailed at the pan
EALS FORGE AHEAD
KOestner opened up the third for the
southern band with & single and Oakes
beat out a hunt Jones took his first
skyward trip. issuing pass TO Wheeler
and filing Up the bases But here his
good angel went TO the bat for him
and Dillon Brashear and Smith three
OF the best Angel batters. fell by the
wsyside and the day was saved for
the Seals for the first time
The boys showed more speed in the
thir6 and forged aheae again Jones
surprised the multitude with a two
sacker into center Hide followed with
g hunt which Koestner tossed away at
nrst, allowing Jones 10 come through
and Hide 70 go 70 second MohIer
hunted Hide 70 third but the rest OF
the gang fell down. so the best the
team got was a run
The fourth saw the finish OF the Seals
as far as getting q run went The old
reliable Zeider waited for the bad ones
this time and Piper put him down with
a buut- once more La Longe measured
the Angel pitcher right. tearing OF a
neat single over the second sack that
gave Zeider al the time he needed to
beat the throw IN from center field
Eoestner helped the Angels get their
second run IN the fifth by leading OF
with double 20 left Cakes advanced
re pitcher on an out and Wheeler lined
4 grounder 70 Aohler- The kid" be-
iieved he had q chance TO head OF
Koestner at the plate. but the throw
was many seconds late and the run
scored handfIy. though the Angels
stopped there when they figured TO get
more.
SLUGGERs FALL DOWN
san Francisco was exceptionally
wezk with the big stick throughout
he entire game Time and time again
both Williams and Melchoir, the heavy
lifting lads Of the team could have
hammered the team into the lead with
The necessary bingle. but they fell down
On every occasion But for Zelder the
seals would have been badly OF for
rtlrS The score
Los ANGELES