The San Francisco call., 1909-08-19
Seals Are Mystiifiied by
Curves Of Hardness
McArdle's Two Errors in Sixth Round Tosses
The Game Off to the Beavers

,
afternoon before the wonderful speed
and twisters of Harkness as so many
small cakes of ice under the blaze Of
/ d southern sun. The stately looking
young man from Portland town had
them at his mercy inning after inning
and not one of them got past second
base. Harkness winged 10 TO the bench
on strikes and altogether, made
show OF the leading team of the lead
ing minor league of the country. And
meanwhile the Seals gave Portland two
runs through their own indiscretions.
This is a brief summary of how the
second battle of the great series went
TO the lighting Beavers. They surely
deserved the victory.
The biggest Wednesday crowd of the
season turned out to root for san
Francisco. but, unfortunately. its Ia
bors consisted of waiting and watch
ing. This is about what the Seals bat
ters did also. Maybe they would be
playing yet had they waited and
watched a little more closely IN the
field, but they concentrated their ef-
forts in the wrong place.
HARDNESS SHOWS SPEED
1t is many a month since the fans
saw such a pitching exhibition as
Hardness showed them and t may be
many another month before anything
| like this feat will be repeated. One
| inning seemed to be just about the
same with him as another. He was
never in danger and the Seals were
all buffaloed. The way he twisted and
! bent that ball around and over the
| plate was marvellous and mystifying
and his control was perfect.
The brunt of blame for the defeat
will have to be borne by Shortstop
McArdle. It's tough luck that one
man should be compelled to shoulder
] all of il one day. but this is the an
swer The two runs which the Beav-
| ers eased over the pan were the result
/ of Macs erratic pegs to the first base
| and they both happened in the sixth
| inning.
Johnson was the first man up and
he laced a resounding two sacker
/ against the center field fence. Ort
started a fast one which Nick Williams
/ knocked down with one hand, retired
! Ort at first and held Johnson at sec
ond. Henley struck Hardness out and
a great cheer went up from the crowd.
for il looked as though the Seals would
/ get out of the hole.
| But the worst was yet to come.
! Cooney lined a slow one to short which
was legitimate hit. McArdle ielded
the ball very nicely. but made a wild
4 heave to first. 1t got away from Will
/ lidliicl 6AlO OOHHSOAl lole OH NiiC
way from second while Williams was
| recovering the sphere.
COONEY MAKES PRETTY STEAL
Cooney was nerved right up to the
effort and got away with pretty steal
| of the second sack. Here they inau-
| gurated more trouble for the Seal
| shortstop. Olson drove easy
| grounder down TO McArdle and once
| again Mac pegged it away at first
| after making a perfect pickup. Just
as on the former occasion Cooney
| followed Johnsons example and sprint
| ed in from second with the second
tally. This ended the scoring, but it
was one run too many.
San Francisco meyer seemed to have
a real live chance. but there might
have been run in the third had the
Seals been able to rally. Berry inau-
! gurated the inning with a great two
| bagger to the left field bleachers. The
| crowd was on its toes, for every man,
woman and child scented at least a
run. However, the next three faded
| away quickly.
But for Bodies wonderful throw in
| the fourth Portland woulds have had
another run. Two were down when
Olsen punched a double to left. He
started TO steal and Berry pegged the
| ball 10 feet wide of Zeider. On came
Olsen. but Bodie recovered the ball on
a dead run, pegged it true TO the plate
| and nailed Olsen just as he was about
| to slide in. The score: