The San Francisco call., 1909-11-03
Seal Stars Look
Silly When Big
Busher Starts
Carman Wins Every Stunt but
One in Contests Against
Idols of Fans

i. Seals day Yesterday al the Valencia
street lot was the day Of days. Every
body who likes baseball snd-feels proud
Of the: fact that san Francisco won the
first pennant in eight years reported
on the job Il was all for good cause
all TO help the boys who helped to
make san Francisco famous in a base
bali ways They ali came in with their
quarters and their halves with smile.
1t was a tribute ia the best team. that
has ever represented the metropolis of
the Pacific coast. H. -.--
Nobody went TO the ball park in
search Of a surprise. but IL came all
the same. In fact, it repeated itself
The first sensation was Fred Carman,
the big busher from the pumpkin zone.
Before the field day events started, he
cooked like 4 l00 to shot. hut that
made no difference. He went right
down the line and s-on everything save
the bunting and running contest, and
he was second in this. Eo wonder the
fans gasped.
The game itself was another tickler.
The Eannigans fIled in at every corner
save third base, pitchers box and be-
proud regulars. The finish was to ,.
and the yannigans semed 9o have the
class ali she time. Maybe the regulars
did not try. but If This is so they
should apologize 10 the fans. for when
ever baseball is PLAYED. it IS supposed
that every man puts lis heart and soul
into The game.
The field events started with the
accurate throwing At a target at sec
ond base. Berry. Williams, Zeider, Nc
Ardle and williams all came up smil-
ing. but their heaves were wild. They
alT=winked when the big hay stacker
p grabbed hold Of 1he bail. but they
stopped He hit the target squarely
81. ihe middle and w0n the initial event.
Next "a me the - yard dash. in which
AIelchior. Davis. MUndorff. Griffin and
s'the outsider from up the river We're
earded 10 go This time the fans
smiled and. winked and wondered where
: CaTman got the gail 10 send himself in
against this crowd OF feet footed ones
But anyhow, he finished pulled up and
looking over his shoulder az the others.
The time was % seconds F.
:. The long distance throw was another
pipe for the big fellow. He hurled the
sphere from deep center against the
-grandstand, distance Of $40 feet. His
nearest rival was Bodie and he was 10
feet shy. Miller and Berry. two more
of. the noted strong arm boys, also ran
This is all that can be. said as a boost
for them. They performed for the end
book
When 1t came to circling the bases,
Jack. He went over the route in IA As
II. seconds; and Zeider and Mundorff
tied with Is 20 seconds
They finally got Carman in the final
event of the day. the bunt and run to
first base layout. After three trials,
Red Davis was declared. the winner,
tearing down 10 the bag in the. good
time of 2-5. seconds The now IA
nous Carman was tied with Griffin;
Lewis and Mundorf all OF them firish-
ing in 3 A-5 seconds. Tommy. Tenant
Miller and Stewart could do no better
than fat, so they were hardly noticed
in this particular race. -.-.:':--
There was lots Of fun in the game,
even though the class and the polish
were lacking. The boys pla we'd base
ball and horse and everything else that
happened to come to their minds The
YaDnlgans wore the gray suits. which
AllE oG1AS AOn On lne IOdOr -Wfl1lS. the
regulars. were axtired In their white
suits. The fans seemed to take more
fun IN watching this than had il been
the deciding game for the pennant
Meikle and Carman. the bush bat
tery7. were given fine time by the reg
ulars. while Willis and Berry seemed
TO work so well that they puzzled all
OF their veteran teammates. The Yam
nigans certainly displayed more of the
fighting spirit and were never known
TO LOAF on the fob. This can not be
said for the regulars. They all looked
as though they needed a rest
The Hannigans practically won the
game IN the second inning Meikle
got away TO a bad start and Berry and
Henley Immediately slapped him for
TWO sackers. These mighty wallops
were followed by a single by Willis
and a lot of slow fielding by the reg
ulars which nette0 three runs. The reg
ularss could. not register outside of the
thirdgand fifth. The score:
YANNIGANs