The San Francisco call., 1909-04-18
By William J. SIaftery

Pitcher Griffin from Texas, always
looked upon as a likely young man
in the box, came out to try his luck
for the Seals yesterday afternoon, the
first time this season, and he made
a bloomer. In fact. he tossed the
game off TO the Angels without being
compelled TO adopt such mode of
procedure. San Francisco had a grand
chance to win and should have won,
but Griffin was not to be persuaded.
He deliberately walked man after man
till the right man came up to the bat
and put the ball over the fence. This
man was George Wheeler, who can
always be depended upon.
Outside of the rough work of Grif-
fin. the Seals played a nice brand of
baseball, good enough to carry them
TO victory nine times out of ten. They
fielded the ball clean, hit it hard and
were swift on the bases But luck
was not with them and neither was
their pitcher, and any team that be-
lieTes it can win game OF ball with
Dame Fortune and the boxman pulling
in opposite directions is in a class by
itself.
San Francisco got away to good
start in the first inning. Mohler drew
a pass and Zeider forced him at sec
ond. Jimmy Williams Immediately
swung in with double cushion wal
Iop to right field and Zeider sprinted
homeward. Tennant followed with an
other nice drive, but he and Williams
got their wires crossed. The result
was that Tenant played tooN far off
the bag to draw the throw. Williams
started for home and they nailed him
before he was we'll on his way.
The boys were right in the game
in the next spasm. Lewis beat out
a pretty bunt and started to steal Sec
ond- Orndorf tossed him out by many
feet, but Howard dropped the throw.
Then Griffin performed the only cred
liable feat. He lifted great three
sacker right over Godwin's head and
Lewis arrived. making the score to 0.
With two out of the way in the
fourth. Griffin slipped Howard ticket
and without loss of time Wheeler
slapped the leather out of the lot via
the right field fence. This just goes
to show how much damage a base on
balls Will do when there is no neces-
sity for it. With these two runs
secured so cheaply, the Angels waded
into the fight with a new fighting
spirit.
They patiently awaited their oppor-
tunity, which came in the eighth.
thanks to the generous spirit which
Griffin displayed After Hosp had
beaten a bunt and Howard had hit
into a double play. Smith and Wheeler
got in on walks Thompson's chance
came again and he was there with a
pretty single against the right field
fence which settled the game
Two fast double plays grabbed the
chances OF the Seals in the eighth and
NINTH Zeider started the former round
with a rafting two bagger to center.
but williams Immediately hit a low
liner to Hosp. who doubled his man
at first. In the final inning, Berry
opened UP with a nice single and Nc
Ardle bunted him to second. Nick VIII
Iiams. batting for Griffin. hit to Tozier.
who managed to field the ball into a
double again.
Tozier. by the way, is the same
pitcher who was such success with
the Los Angeles team five or six years
ago. But few OF the fans recognized
him yesterday and therefore he dRd
no come in for the applause that was
due him. He pitched nice baseball.
but without the luck that backed him
up he never would have got away with
his game
Everybody was unanimous in the