The San Francisco call., 1909-11-12
MAJOR LEAGJJERS AND SEALS PLAY
/ TO / GAME STOPPED BY DARKNESS
Great Contest
A Deadlock In
Twelve Rounds
Seals Play Athletics Off Their
Feef ia Game RePIete With
Sensational Features
By WILLIAM ]. SLATTERy

By WILLIAM ]. SLATTERY
The Seals took hold of the Athletics
with bulldog tenacity yesterday after
noon and played them of their feet for
= sensational innings. When the
shades OF night at last descended and
made further play impossible the score
was one up for each Of them. Umpire
Van Haltren called il a day with Nc
Rride up for the Athletics in the thir-
teenth The fans We're glad and sore
at tho same time-glad that the seals
s.scs ped defeat and sore because the
game did not come their way as II
should have.
CLEAN CUT EXHIBITION
It's a long time since any of them
witnessed q more clean cut exhibition
Of the national pastime. Nothing was
lacking 10 stamp the game as game
Of games. Though the field was wei
and soggy and the weather emily, the
PLAYERS on each side kept on their toes
every minute of the time. IL was any
body's game time and time agaln Tor
hit. and many Of the wonoeF1ul stops
made by the inhelders on each team
would have brought about crisis be-
Nond the question Of 4 doubt
Little Browning was right after Jack
Coombs every minute OF the time.
Though the big fellow from Quaker
Town famed y men, five more than did
Browning. the latter really outpitched
his big league rival in the tlgnt places
and deserved to win. His work was a
revelation and his fade a way ball had
the runners for the American league
pennant going south and sidestepping
inning after inning.
ZEIDER AND BROWNING STARS
Together with Rollie Zeider, Brown
ing PLAYED the whole game. These two
stuck out as prominently as the head
light Of an automobile Zeider could
hft the ball and field like three time
CHAMPION. Browning could set him
self and twist over the plate an aSsort-
fnent of Blenders $vhich the big leaguers
were unable 10 connect with But the
others made their mistakes
The game was sensational one, two
three and side out affair till the
seventh inning. which Collins opened
for the Athletics bN beating OUT an
inheid bit. The ball came right to
Mohier, who was unfortunate enough
20 fan down on the slippery pathway.
This made II 5ook rather bad but
moment later Collins was forced at
second base by Baker
Harry Davis fitted A long Single into
fcft field and the troubles Of the Seals
commenced. Red Davis booted the ball
around. sending Baker 10 third and his
namesake 10 second. Heitmuller was
slD and on the second bah pitched Nick
Williams pegged down TO third to
catch Baker mapping. The bail Went
wide and Baker tore in with the first
run
Heitmuiler and Mcbride then fell
easy victims 10 the fadeaway benders
that Browning was tossing. Had Viii
liams held on to the bah instead of
trying 10 make a play that looked i'm
possible no Athletic would have reached
The plate in that inning. But all play
ers make their mistakes at times and
Williams is only human like the rest
sf them.
In the meantime the Seals were melt
ing away before the wonderful speed
Of Cnnr111,z like hafQTa the bright
rays of the spring sun. All the fans
looked for ! to victory for the
Athletics San Francisco apparently
did not have an out, especially as II
failed to get a man on base in the
eighth inning. There was only one
more left
STEAL AND TWO BAGGER WIN
However, Coombs lost control of the
ball in the ninth just long enough to
walk Davis. Captain Mohler famed
and the gloom settled down again. But
Davis sprung a sensation by stealing
second. The cheers had hardly sub
bagger between left and center and
Davis came prancing home with the
run that tied il up.
Then the battle of the pitchers COM
menced in earnest. Both of them were
very well warmed up by this time and
each ball they tossed seemed TO have
additional speed and curve on it. The
Athletics could not get hit on Brown
ing. who received the united support
of his teammates. Coombs was equally
effective save in the twelfth.
Here the Seals lost splendid chance
to break IL up. Zeider again demon
strated his class by leading off with
q two cushion smash against the right
fieid fence. Miller shot hot grounder
down TO short and the little Seal short
stop tore around to third. The fans
yelled themselves hoarse, for II looked
as though the game was in for fair
Melchior, who had been meeting the
ball like a fiend all day long, came
up He swung on the first one. but the
next two were curved right over the
pan by Coombs and Mel was famed.
rom Tenant came along, but. alas. he
struck out for the fifth time during
the game. lima gine, you fans, FIVE
times up and five times winged to the
bench What an awful recordi
That settled IL. The next inning was
called with Mcbride up. but after
Browning had tossed a couple TO the
batter Umpire Van Haltren gave the
distress signal and the game was
called. The score.
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