The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-26
Bv WILLIAM ]. SLATTERY

Santa Claus, Hogan and his eight
assistants opend the Christmas season
early yesterday afternoon by deeding
one to the Seals. 1t all went along
very nicely and everything looked
good to everybody, but the San Fran
cisco committee failed to walt upon
the Vernon manager and his charges 10
vote them a bunch of thanks Tor the
favor which they had bestowed upon
the local tossers. When an IL INNING
game is deliberately handed over some
body should be thankful and somebody
should express it in visible FORM winch
was not done.
The way that southern gang played
behind Pitcher Willett was crime
against the fair name of baseball In
ming after inning found the young
slabster faithful to his job and pitch
ing his young head and his young arm
off But this made no difference to
the men behind him. The harder he
tried the worse they performed until
| they finished in the eleventh with a
grand series of boots and errors.
Mohler opened this eventful round
| by beating a bunt Tenant laid one
down to sacrifice his boss along, and
Haley booted the ball and kicked 1T
all over the lot Mohler got around to
third. on the play, while Tenant
pulled up at second. Then came Ping
Bodie with wallop into the left field
| bleachers, and everybody went home.
Two runs should have registered on it,
! but as the Seals only needed one the
other was forgotten.
San Francisco went for its first tally
in the second spasm. Lewis hit one to
Devereaux. who kicked it. He tried
| for steal of second and Hogan threw
the ball away, and Lewis got as far
| as third He stalled around there for
a while when Hogan made another
awful heave, the ball glancing off and
going into center field and Lewis trot-
| ting home with a run.
Coy was the only man on the vernon
| team who could make a run and he
had to put the bail over the center
| field fence in order to make the round
! trip. The others kept swinging at 1t
| for a fare We we'll but as soon as they
would land on the bags they would
either be caught mapping. or else they
would loaf and stall around until three
were down and out.
/ The second inning furnished a SPLEEN
| did example of the Vernon f1eetness.
Martinke, the first man up, singled
against the right field fence, but was
| caught off first. Then Coy followed
with a safe one, but they threw him
out stealing second. After this Mott
and Hogan each soused the ball safely
but Wtllett persisted on a grounder,
pitcher to first. This made four nice
hits in one inning without a run.
| But what's the difference? It's an
other step nearer the top OF the ladder
for the Seals and another dive into the
pit for Vernon. So long as the home
team continues to! win the San Fran
cisco fans will be satisfied but it's too
bad that team like Vernon besmirches
the name of baseball
i Considering the way they hit him
| Raipn Willis was fortunate hnVOnd
words to get away with his game. He
did not seem TO have thing but
really he did not need anything save
| a lot of gall and a smile. Had not Coy
| Knocked the ball out of the lot the
chances are that San Francisco would
| nave won, TO 0, and it did not need
hit to make this run. Score: