The San Francisco call., 1909-07-25
Browning Makes 1t Twelve In
A Row by Banking the Oaks
Fourth Inning Swatfest Nets the Seals Four
Runs and Sets the Fans Wild


tore after the Oaks in the fourth
round OF yesterdays diamond battle
and registered the only runs of SEN
sational game It was bingle after
bingle and cheer after cheer as the
ball found its way into the stray
corners of the lot The largest Satur-
day crowd that the grounds ever held
was there, and the enthusiasm was in
tense The Seals played ball like
champions, but their playing did not
do everything, for luck was with them
from the outset and on two occasions
double plays pulled them out of the
tightest kind OF holes.
Browning Of Texas celebrated his
twelfth straight victory without
letup. This is wonderful pitching, the
most remarkable feat that the Coast
league ever heard Of. 1t was shut
out. TOO. and this adds even more luster
to the brilliant event. The team evi-
IDENTIFY had the real sort OF confidence
in Browning's pitching. for every man
on it waded in and played even bet
ter ball when the little fellow got
himself into hole. He was in trouble
many times. but this did not seem to
bother either him or the men behind
him. They had the winning spirit
working all the time.
The fourth inning was the only time
when the Seals could fathom the mys-
terry Of the benders which Stats" Nell
son shot at them. At that he managed
TO get rid Of Rollie Zeider, the first
man up Right after this the tall boy
made a fatal mistake. slapping Nun
dorf in the ribs with one OF his shoots.
This was the signal for the great rally.
Tenant leaned against a fast one
and sent the ball on its way against
the right field fence for two bases.
Bodie. who famed the first time up.
found a hole in the Oakland infield and
dispatched the ball right through.
bringing both runners home amid the
mad yells of the thousands. He tore
right for second, and La Longe, in. his
anxiety to nail the runner. tossed wide
and Bodie continued on his way to
third. By this time everybody in the
park seemed TO be standing up and
shouting like mad.
Melchoir landed on the first ball
pitched and knocked it right past
Ragan. bringing Bodie home. and there
were more cheers and yelIs. Nor did
It stop there, for Jimmy Williams sent
Mel on his way to third by tearing
liner into the right garden. Berry did
his share with high fly to Murphy.
which gave Mel a chance TO come in
with the last run for the day.
Oaklands best chance was grabbed
by a great double play in the eighth
Carroll singled. Lewis doubled and
Cameron walked filing 'em all up. 1t
looked awful bad, especially with
Hogan at the bat, but Happy hit a
liner 10 Tenant. and McKune imme-
diately followed with a grounder,
which Browning whipped TO Berry and
Berry whipped to Tenant. and the
double was completed.
There was another serious miXup in
the ninth and it created quite a scene
Ragan started the inning off with a
nice single. while Browning passed La
Longe Quigley came in to bat for
Nelson and laced fine liner into the
left garden. Williams came running
in and reached for the ball just as it
was about TO strike the ground, fall
ing down in the attempt
He recovered himself in a twinkling
and in the meantime the men on the
bases all seemed to be tangled up.
Williams threw to Mundorf, who COW
cred second. and Mundorf tossed to
Tenant. Umpire Toman ruled that
Williams had caught the ball on the
fly and thus the double play resulted.
Many of the fans however. were sure
that the big fellow scooped it up.
Oakland was dangerous all the time,
getting men on the bases inning after
inning, but somehow or other little
Browning was always better in the
pinches than when things were break
ing nicely for him. He gave won
derful exhibition of fielding his position
and in this way saved at least two
runs. for Oakland could always hit.
Though the majority of the fans
were with the home team Oakland had
many an admirer on the job, and when
that close one came up in the ninth
inning Toman suffered lot of criti-
cism. 1t looked as tough the fans
wanted TO see a closer finish, and they
surely would have had Dame Luck
smiled and not frowned on the Oaks
all the time. The score:
OAKLAND
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