The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-15
HELP! HELP! SEALS.
TAKE ANOTHER
BODY BLOW
Bone Headed Base Running and
Bodies Error Tell the
Tale of Defeat
By WILLIAM J. SLATTERY

It's enough TO make the hearts of
the faithful san Francisco fans bleed
to realize that the trailing Oaks put
another one over yesterday afternoon,
but. at the same time. it's one of those
stern baseball truths. which must be
believed Some of them thought that
it was a baseball mystery, but there
was no mystery about it when you stop
to consider that the Commuters played
far and away the better baseball, both
in the field and at the bat Such per-
formances win bail games and the
teams which get away with them gem
orally win the pennant.
OF course. il was a close one. The
Seals never lose any kind but the ? to
and ] TO 0 affairs But these hurt
Just as much as the y to l defeats, and
they count just as much in the final
summing up. too. If the present gait
is maintained, the Seals need not hope
to be riding on the first horse IN the
baseball parade. They viii flop very
shortly unless they get into the game
bit and sting the bail as it should be
stung.
To Mr. Ping Bodie belongs most of
the credit fO tossing the game. ava Y
in the eighth He made a fine mess of
Duffey Lewis fly. spilling it all over
the center garden. Cameron came
Lewis at second but Hogan and Muir
ply were both there with timely bin
giles right through the lnheld Cameron
tore through TO the plate and the game
was practically settled in favor of the
Commuters.
san Francisco's work was very much
on the bonehead order throughout At
least two grand chances for winning
the game were ruthlessly tossed away
by Nick Williams and Bodie. The
other members OF the team did not
have these opportunities, but If they
had Il might have been the same old
should not have lost.
Be that as II may, Oakland must be
slipped all the credit that is coming
TO the team playing one grand game
OF ball throughout. For the second
day running. the boys under Billy
Reidy's command handled the sphere
without committing a single error.
Every one OF them was on the job all
the time. In fact it looked like a
different team from the outfit Of last
week
Oakland started to tear in the very
first inning. Van Haltren beat a hit
10 third and AIcCay hunted him on his
way. Duffey Lewis faded by the sec
ond and first route and Van advanced
to third. Cameron was there with a
nice drive between left and center
which brought Van in.
The Seals lone tally came in the
fifth without the aid of a hit Nick
Williams worked Boice for a pass and
McArdle helped him 10 second on an
inheld out Nick advanced to third
on a wild pitch. after which Eastley
also drew a ticket to first Together
they worked the double steal. They
We're fortunate indeed, to. connect with
this lonesome tally. for this was the
only period during the game when
Boice developed a wild streak
Nick Williams tossed what was pos
sibly the prize bloomer of the game in
the seventh. always looked upon as
the lucky inning for the home team.
Nick got nice hit for himself with
one down. but a moment later was
caught posing off the bag. McArdfe.
the next man up. stUng the leather to
the most remote corner or the left
garden for a fine triple the longest
hit Of the game. Here's where the
Seals lost. There is no doubt about
that The score: