The San Francisco call., 1909-06-24

Los Angeles. How they managed to
sgonizing rounds and pitch the ball,
which they did, nobody can bring him
self around to figure out. y But they
were game 10 the finish, both of them,
and their speed and cunning seemed to
grow with each succeeding inning.
MAKES DECIDING HIT
With one man down, Nick Williams,
the man who broke up the great !
inning battle, smashed nice MI
through the Angel infeld. catcher
Berry went out from short TO nrst, ao-
vancing Williams to second. This fea
brought out only a few faint SOUNDS
of applause from the fans, because 9
other and better opportunities had
gone for naught earlier in the game.
What made the prospects even less al
Turing was the fact that McArdle, the
weakest sticker on the team, was up
Even stranger, he already had two hits
10 his credit and there were not
dozen among that crowd OF 5000 pres
ent who conceded him chance TO help
the cause of baseball history along o!
producing the hit at that stage.
But baseball is the strangest OF all
strange games and McArdle did what
the famed sluggers could not do lie
landed safely on the ball and sent II
on its way down the line between short
and first. There was a wild Die
between Delmas and Wheeler to see
which would get hold of the ball. and
tneH DOtn seemed 10 d ulNc lOi
IL at the same moment.
Williams, realizing that IL was case
of one final desperate dash, rounded
the turn of third and tore for the plate.
In the mea ntime Wheeler picked up
the bali. hurled it into the waiting
mitts of Catcher Orndorff, but too late
to save the day for the Angels. VIII
lams was already over the pan and
the greatest of all focal games was
won by the Seals.
CAME DEVELOPS LATE
That run was the first that had been
registered since Ssn Francisco put one
over in the eighth and created the
deadlock which all but drove the fans
mad. During all those innings both
teams had cnance upon chance to break
it UP, but there was always something
sensational happening at the eleventh
hour and thus the runs were kept away
from the plate.
The southern tossers went through
the 1s innings without making any
thing that even bore the slightest re
semblance to an error The Seals made
three mistakes in the field, and all of
them helped Angel runners over the
route The work of both teams was
in the earlier stages. In fact, the
game did not really develop till after
the ninth had been reeled OFF
The Seals did not play their game at
the southerners had the class on them
and undoubtedly would make ii two
victories without setback. They
showed only few flashes of the speed
that had won them so so many games
of late. and they were slow to take
advantage Of the openings left TO them.
At that. San Francisco was the first
to score in the fourth inning. Ten
nant hit, Bodie sacrificed, advanced on
Melchoir's out and registered when VIII
liams drove safe one through second.
The erratic playing of Tenant and Nc
Ardle gave the Angels the desired
chance, and they tied il UP tight in the
next inning.
TAKE TWO IN SIXTH
The Seals went for two in the sixth
and apparently took half Nelson on
a two sacker to left. and Mohler sacri-
f1ced. Tennant chased him in by clout-
ing the ball out to center. Here the
first row of the game started after
Bodie laced the ball out to the left
field fence, the sphere rolling to a re-
mote corner.
Tenant came on and registered
from first. and Bodie got as far as
third. Umpire McGreevy. however,
would not allow the run, saying that
the hit was ground rule one and
good for two bases only. McGreevy in
reality was wrong, but his ruling was
it, Mohler made fuss and was al
most thrown out OF the game
But even with this ruling working
against them. the Seals did not lose
the good work up with a single to
right and home came Tennant. Bodie
should have landed also, but he loafed
on the road and they nailed him 10
feet from the plate.
The Angels gathered once more in
the seventh when Howard hit, but
sprained his ankle sliding into sec
ond and was replaced by Wheeler.
Their one grand chance came In the
ninth. There were two out and two
on the sacks and Beall UP. Browning
feared the great southern slugger and
passed him, only to be touched by
Wheeler for two cushion swipe
against the right field fence. which
registered two men and put the Angels
in the lead.
The ninth saw the Seals there again.
the most important deadlock of the
game being brought off. Zeider led of
and was hit by the pitcher Mohler
bunted him on his way. and a wild
pitch put him on third. He had
scarcely landed there ere Orndorff
was charged with passed ball and
Zeider raced home, though he did not
seem to have a chance.
After that 1t was nip and tuck and
scrap and fight all the time. There
were chances upon chances for both
teams, but just when they were about
TO jump into the lead something would
haDDen and the game was ~,