The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-21
SEALS HELPLESS BEFORE
VICES GREAT SPEED
AND Blenders
Big Oakland Pitcher Let's the
Leaders Down With Lone
some BaSehif

The towering Wigs tore the rushing
the series on the transbay lot yester-
day afternoon. The best way TO eX-
plain it away and smooth it out for
the fans is to say that Melchoir picked
out safe one over the second bag
in the second inning Before and after
that time the league leaders were like
so many pieces of pliable putty in the
hands of big Jim. He struck them out,
he made them hit anything he wanted
to, and he showed his great teeth as
he laughed at their infantlike efforts.
They were his victims and he knew
it as we'll as they did.
To think that the home team should
come all the way from Vernon with
six in a row under their belts and
then be shown up before their own
admirers is pretty tough stuff. But
they were sure shown up yesterday.
One hit, seven strikeouts and three
walks is. some work for any pitcher
during an afternoon. And besides this
wigs responded with three wallops,
one of them over the fence.
If the start goes for anything, Oak
land is going to give us an awful run
this week. The winning of that series
from the Angels last week seems to
have put each of the Commuters on
edge. They are all playing the game
now, as yesterdays score will show.
They don't loaf nor lose heart any
more. They get into the game and
stay right on this Job till it is fin
ished. That's what helped Wigs trim
the Seals so decisively yesterday.
AS for Willis, he could not respond.
All the boys could see at the start
that it was not his winning day. Be-
sides being trihe erratic. he was not
stocked DIP with the sort of curves
that fool a ball team. Whenever he
did put 'em over the oaks were ready
with the big wallop. If hits were not
forthcoming all the time the errors of
the Seals helped out.
Oakland did not even let the first
round go by without registering. Car
roll singled over second, advancing on
Duffey Lewis out and coming all the
way around when Cameron bingled to
right. The second and third were
without incident. but, IN the fourth.
Wigs shot one over the right field
fence on a line drive This made it
safe for Oakland
Carroll again competed the trip in
the fifth, but 1T remained for the
eighth to furnish the big display of
the day. Willis was wild and his field
ers fell down behind him like a flock
bats hard, and in Jig time they put
four past the wire.
McKune, the first man up, walked
and Ragan laid down a bunt. Willis
tossed the ball to second, but too late
to nail his man. Then Carl Lewis
hunted to Tenant and this time Zeider
dropped the throw, leaving everybody
safe with no outs. Wigs kept up his
good work with the clup, picking off
nice one to left field, which chased
Terry in.
The best Murphy had was short
fly to center, but Carroll came on
with long one to Jimmy Williams.
The latter made nice peg to Berry.
but, unfortunately, the sphere hit Ra-
gan in the middle of the back and
bounded away to the bench. Both Ra-
gan and Lewis got by on this one.
Duffey Lewis completed the good fin
ish by singing into the right garden
and bringing Wigs home with the
fourth run for the inning.
The weather was very hot the very
sort for a pitcher like Wigs. Judg-
ing from their work. the Seals were
either stale or else overconfident, for
they certainly did not play the article
lof ball they were playing when they
left here the last time. Their judg-
ment was bad and their work in the
field was very slow and very sloppy
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