The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-01
NEARLY
CHASE CORBETT
TO WOODS
Ninth Inning Rally Furnishes
Most Sensational Game
of the Season
By William J.. Slaffery

There's an old saying that you should
never make getaway from the ball
park till the last man has been off,
cially slowed away. :. Many. times we
forget and look upon this one as a
bewhiskered expression, but. neyerthe4.
less, it worked yesterday and it workeG<
so strong that it nearly deprived 1.-THE
Seals OF a victory. Sacramento. did not
have a run with two down in the ninth:
inning, yet ere the round was over it:
tied up the result. Fortunately. the.
Seals had reserve supply of the fight
ing spirit and they came back with: the
run that captured all the glory.
Not since the season opened has such
a spectacular sensa tional game of ball
been pulled off on the local lot. Brother.
Joe Corbett worked, and because. OF
this the largest weekday crowd Yet
was on the lot. And the crowd Will
never forget that game. 1t was a.
nerve wracker and a blood tingler and.
an eye opener all rolled into one GIN
gerry package.
Brother Joe moved the Senators.
down like so many bushers for eight
innings. 1t looked like good old Bait
more days once again He bent EN-
over end he shot EN- straight, and he
did everything that a pitcher was eX-
pected TO do. Nobody gave Sacramento.
q lookin. 1t was dollars TO peanut
shells that the Seals would win to o,
for they had piled up three TALES while
the game was yet young, and they
were resting on their oars during the
las few rounds, for there was no use
of hard work.
again bit off single over second. but
as Gandii died an easy death. nobody
paid much attention to this wallop. but
Busher Zalmoek sneaked in another
one and right. on top OF him came
Charley Graham with two bagger
into deep left field that sent Flanagan
tearing home and put Sacramento on
the boards.
for Graham sent Adams in TO bat for
Jimmy Whalen For the first time dur
ing the game Brother Joe lost his con-
troll and issued a pass This hlled up
rl1e bases. Shinn came along and with
two strikes he cIouted a hot one and
dispatched it on its way down the
third base line at a mile minute
clip.
RolIfe Zeider fell right down on the
ball and made one of the most cleo
trifying stops OF the year. The crowd
one grand round OF applause when
Zeider made a wretched peg to nrst-
The leather bounded ten feet ia front
Of Tenant and got away to the nleech
ers. Graham and Zamlock came in
nd the score was tied. Doyle was re-
tired ere he had chance 10 break the
That Comeback which the Seals made
IN their NAIL OF Atc il.hNlt 49, 3feA-
them for many of their past wrong
eoings. They waded right in and
stuck a run over ere a single man had
been called out 1t was a businessifke
sort of rally and IL showed what the
boys could do in a pinch.
Mohler opened up with a groundee .r
down a bunt and Brown tossed it wide
to FIRST leaving both men safe Ten
nant followed with another flop, which
he beat out. Melchoir was right out
on the limb, lacing one to the right
field fence. Mohler breezed home and
IL was all over for the afternoon.
The Seals started the game with q
rush. putting one over in the first on
a hit by Zeider a sacrifice by Moaier
and wild pitch by Baum. Melchoir
produced the other in the next period
by Shaping the ball over the right
field fence and brother Joe himself
he scored Lewis from second with
timely bingle.
Corbett was IN grand form during
eight innings In fact, no pitcher ever
gave a more polished exhibition of his
skill on the local lot He was there
with everything that carries twfrler
along and the Senators seemed power
opened up the fifth with a triple, but
Corbett got the next three men so
quickly that the crowd was awe
stricken. This is the way he worked
tin the big blowoff came.
All those who saw the game left the
will be the big pitching sensation of
the league this season He seemed to
have even more friends than ever and
the park simply resounded with the
cries of those who were shouting his
praises. The score: