The San Francisco call., 1909-09-01
Lefty Nelson
Slows Up the
Angel Champs
Commuters, Reinforced by New
Men, Play Like Bunch. OF
Big Leaguers

For many years past that Los Ange-
les baseball team has been at the mercy
Of left handed pitchers and the old
weakness worked double yesterday art
ernoon on the Oakland lot. 1t was the
opening game of the series between
the Oaks and the rushing southern
tossers and the Oaks were there to
at the finish. The answer is Nelson.
This explains the game from the open
ing spasm till the last Angel had faded
away The further they went the more
mystifying the southpaw became, and
anybody could see the result
The very fact that Nelson passed
eight men did not make any difference.
Any time there We're men on the bases,
the slim southpaw'S fielders came to
his rescue and saved his life. Time
Sfter time hit would have meant a
tie score and perhaps a victory for the
proud southern crew, but there was no
chance for this hit to come through,
the way Nelson was bending em over
the pan and the way the men behind
him worked Every Oak seemed to
have the number of every opposing An
gel in every inning.
GOOD GAME OF BALL
Nobody would have asked for bet
ter game of ball. 1t was clean cut fast
and snappy throughout, and the nine
that played the better brand won out.
The Oaks, reinforced by Maggart, Cut
shaw and Claire, their three new stars,
were full of that old confidence and
pepper that always helps so much on
any diamond. From the standpoint of
the fan who did not know either team
Oakland looked to be the class through
out.
The errors of Shortstop Delmas gave
the Oaks their two starts and prac-
tically decided them the game. Delmas
was unfortunate on these two occa-
sions, though he played a rafting good
game in the other innings. His boots
seemed to be the signals for profitable
rallies by the Oakland batsmen, and
they did not overlook either of the
chances.
The first of OakIands eras of pros
perity happened in the opening round
Carroll worked Thorsen for pass and
Duffey Lewis neatly sacrificed Mag
gart produced a soft grounder, which
nelmas booted, and the Oaks were on
their way. Cameron responded with
clean drive over second, which the fleet
footed Carroll easily, registered on.
This was only the beginning. Cut
shaw displayed his patience and got
walk. Christian was determined, but
the best he did was to force Maggart
at the plate on an easy one to Thor
sen. But Terry McKune planted a nice
single through second on which Cam
eron arrived. Cutshaw also tried to
make the plate on this drive, but they
heaved him out.
OAKS ARE STRONG
With such a start the Oaks were
stronger than lions. Nothing could
stop them Nelson had an awful bundle
of curves, for which the Angels fell
like a flock of bushers. Thougr wild at
times and apparently due to pitch him
self into many a hole, the slim south
paw was just as versatile as erratic
and with men on bases he simply toyed
with the southern sluggers.
The final Oakland tally was eased
over in the old lucky seventh. Carroll
again started the boys on their way.
Unfortunately Delmas booted his
bouncer. Carroll quickly stole, and
MaggaEt advanced him to third with a
drive INTO the left garden. Cameron
lifted long fly out to Goodwin and
Carroll handily loped home on the
THROWN.
The work of the Commuters in the in
field and the outfielda was a revelation.
Nothing was too fast to handle The
way Nelson pitched seemed to inspire
the entire team, and nothing that
looked like an error was committed by
any of the lads. Los Angeles might
still be batting against the curves of
Nelson without doing any good for
themselves. The score:
LOS ANGELES