The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-09

won that afternoon game. True they.
hit the ball hard enough and made
plenty of noise, but the way they
worked on those bases was painful.
pitiful and nerve racking. Ten we'll
placed bingles, most of them coming in
punches, brought only one run, and
that in the first inning. This sort of
stun can't be beaten except in the
Sahara desert league or some other
remote spot
Pitcher Tyler Christian had to do
everything himself. He received prac-
tically no aid from the eight men who
We're supposed TO be his assistants.
fortunately, they did not err behind
hln, but this is all that can be said to
their credit. They would not score
runs when they might. Another pitcher
would have lost heart long before the
nnlsh, but Christian plodded along in
ms own game way and won the game
all by himself
The lone tally was eased over in the
opening round. Carroll started with a
single to center and Duffey Lewis
hunted him on his way. Hit seemed
10 fear Willie Hogan and slipped him
a ticket. But Terry McKune was just
as good, responding with pretty drive
TO right Carroll gave a great exhi-
bition of sprinting and barely beat the
throw in. His slide was one of the
most artistic that has been executed
around here for many a day.
That ended the scoring, but not the
sensational incidents. for the Oaks
made many more near runs. Duffey
Lewis started them in the third with a
drive TO right but he was tossed out
while trying to make a double out of
II. Then Hogan got two sacker TO
center and Cameron singled over sec
ond. Hogan started home, but StovaIl
pegged him out.
The fifth saw Oakland with another
grand chance which went the way of
both hit, but Carroll forced Raglan at
third on a hunt Christian got to third
when Hap Hogan made a wide peg.
Then Carroll tried TO steal second and
they nailed him. Lewis was passed
and Willie Hogan ended it by striking
out. They should have grabbed at least
two runs there.
But the prize BOBBY play was Matched
in the next round. Kelly was on first
and Cameron on third and only one TO
the bad. Hit used his half balk clev-
erly and erased Kelly from the first
sack Cameron was going through
living picture. posing stuff on third, so
Brashear pegged the ball over and Mott
put it on Cameron ten feet from the
base.
Vernon was never close to the plate.
Christian had the number of each of
his opponents, and they all realized 1t.
No matter how dangerous they looked,
he never varied a trifie and kept put
ting the ball over the corners. The
five hits We're all we'll scattered all
along the line Vernon probably could
not score if the game was still in
progress.
Though it was an exhibition between
the cellar representatives. still the
crowd was large. The bleachers were
ready to overflow, and the grandstand
was more than half filled. There was
not the slightest enthusiasm in evil
dence. The fans were there simply be-
cause they wanted TO see how much
worse Vernon and Oakland were when
compared with the Seals.
If the boneheaded work of the Oak
land base runners could have been
eliminated, the contest would have
proved one of the prettiest all around
Sunday exhibitions that the park ever
knew. The fielding was smart and
snappy. and the hits that were made
went right out to the unoccupied terri
tory. There was nothing scratchy nor
fiuky about them. Score: