The San Francisco call., 1909-03-12
COMMUTERS PUT UP
POOR BRAND OF
BASEBALL
White S0x Get Plenty of Hits
and Make Enough Runs to
Win Three Games

IL was painful exhibition of the
national pastime that the few faithful
who gathered at Freeman's park were
forced to witness for nine rounds yes
terday. 1t Is hoped by the fans that
the caliber OF ball handed out by the
Commuters yesterday is not a sample
of what is going to be supplied by
them during the regular season AS
far as the Sox are concerned they did
all that could be expected of them
| They got plenty of hits and made
enough runs to win three games
Seventeen bingles Off three slab artists
who wear Oakland uniforms tell the
strength of the oaklands pitching de-
partment.
johnson was the first nitcher that
opposed the Sox. II he had anything
at all he kept 1T to himself All his
offerings loomed to the Chicago bat
rers like a lot of pumpkins and they
sapped the ball to all corners of the
| lot.
Several OF the drives which would
ordinarily go for singles We're extended
TO doubles and triples owing to the
condition of the outfield. From the
| garden the park must have been used
for dairy during the dull season.
RUNS TAILED EARLY
The bell was tolled early In the game
In the initial round the visitors pound
/ ed out couple of healthy bingles that
developed run. In the second frame
| johnson was well trounced and two
more tallies were added to the Sox run
/ column. The Coast leaguerS were
| lucky TO get of so easily. for it looked
/ as II the Sox were going TO tear of a
| half dozen runs.
! Martin Walsh. the actor-pitcher and
man of many graceful poses, took to
the hill for the Sox in the OPENING
round. He remained there for five
| innings and let the enemy off with
! three bingles. His job was taken up by
! Spencer in the sixth and he let the op-
| position down with three hits, but two
runs We're made off him by poor field
/ ing
! Oakland's trouble began in the open
| Ing round after two went down. Alitzer,
who does turn in most any old place
! in the field, tore off an infield hit and
/ later moved up on wild throw by
the pitcher. Cravath brought him
1 home with a healthy clout past third.
The second was where the fireworks
went off for keeps TannehilH singled
to right and Owens and Walsh who
/ followed, did the same as Tannehill
and the latter scored. Owens scored
4 on Walsh's out
BOX ARTIST wHALED
/ Long John Nelson was sent in to
pitch in the fourth to temporarily re-
| lieve the headaches of the Oakland
rams, but the Chicagos did not even give
them chance TO mop their brows. Old
| al " 80 1oiSSu 10 WllnSSS the lOTluTe
j from the bench. He saw his best box
artists whaled by the opponents and he
had no means of stopping the crusade.
Walsh started the trouble by hitting
one through the iQfeld which hoped
over Truesda1e's head as he was about
! TO put his mitts on the elusive sphere.
! Hahn came on with a double, scoring
| Walsh, and moment later Hahn trot-
| ted over the plate when Parent sin
/ gled. Parent stole second and went
home on wild pitch.
Oakland got a tally in the second
with brace of hits. Cameron walked
and went to second on Adams single
and then home on a bingle by La
Longe.
| The Sox got plenty of exercise and a
chance to sharpen up their batting eyes
in preparation for the coming season
| at Oaklands expense. They continued
to make runs and get hits until the
ninth. In the fifth they put another
run over, when Flanagan scored on a
| hit and a bunch of errors. In the sew
visitors column. Atz doubled, went to
/ third on sacrifice and home on Billy
! Sullivan's sacrifice fly.
TEAR OFF TWO TALLIES
| Oakland tore off couple of tallies
| in the eighth Adams got to first on
an error and went to second when
Thomas walked. Christians infield ad-
vanced the men on bases a peg. Car
/ roll sacrificed Adams home. Truesdale
| singled through the infield, scoring
1 Thomas.
The Sox made the last score in the
ninth on a couple of hits. Cravath
! triDled to center and went home on
| Flanagans bingle Score: