The San Francisco call., 1909-09-13
AFTER MORNING DEFEAT,
SEALS THRASH ANGELS.
Home Team Secures Two Runs in the Final
Inning When Thorsen Weakens
By WILLIAM ]. SLATTERY

The sliding Angels broke their all.
weeks jinks spell by winning from the
Seals in the morning game at Oakland,
but the joy of victory lasted only
few hours. for the Seals came back
full ofsrevenge, and fight in the after
noon mixup on the Valencia street lot.
They came back in the ninth inning
when nearly every one of the 10000
fans in attendance had decided the
game away San Francisco failed to
show any signs of the old rallying
spirit until the final inning Then the
tide of victory suddenly switched and
the game was broken up with a sud-
denness that surprised everybody.
Until this fatal period the young
southern giant, Thorsen, treated the
seals like Jack Johnson dealt IL out to
Al Kaufman last Thursday afternoon.
de had bright smile, a bundle of
dazzling twisters ana splendid control.
Tne fans were roofing vainly inning
IhorSen stuck it out bravely Only
one man, Miller had hit him safely UP
10 that time and the Angels had man
aged TO annex the lonesome tally.
mat ninth inning spectacle was a
repetition OF many another which the
Seals have pulled off on their own
stamping ground during the last few
months. In more subdued way 1t
seemed to echo the Saturday afternoon
suggest, when the Angels were so
decisively routed. 1t was more sensa-
tfat 1t came just when everybody was
ready to HE out of the park and shed
few tears for the home team
REQ Davis; the hrst man up; inaugu-
rated the rally with a pretty drive into
the right garden. Captain Mohler fol-
lowed by bunting the ball. Thorsen
picked the leather UP, and in his anx-
lety to make quick play at second he
DGaKG0 no ho Int
center field and both men moved up
pe1 Ihe 1ans knew then that some
thlng was about 20 happen.
Rollie Zeider lifted a rather short
ny to right field and Davis made
dash for the plate after the ball had
peen caught by Hosp. The latters peg
handily. Mohler got to third on this
one. Doc Miller stamped himself as
pinch hitting hero by Stamping out a
Then everybody went home
me game was hard luck one for
dn9rsen a;ah, 10 lose, for during the first
stght saiI iHnnihgs IN hgs he he pitched marvellous
and jumping around inning after in
ming, and none of them save Davis
could pick off safe hit. Thorsen de-
served to win his game but that err
ratio throw which he made in the most
critical stage blowed HIS chance
Los Angeles registered its one run
IN the hfth round. Jud Smith drove a
there was one man down. Smith took
chance at stealing. Williams made
nice peg. but unfortunately the bali
hit the runner on the foot and bounded
away TO the center field fence. Smith
came all the way around and touched
the plate.
The game was nip and tuck affair.
inning after inning. Both pitchers had
remarkable control of the ball and
both. possessed the happy faculty of
holding the batsmen under the spell of
"a m
effective as Thorsen. and but for that
unfortunate throw which WILLIAMS
made the Angels would not have put a
run over on him
great catch and throw by Bodie
saved the honor of the home team in
the seventh. With Hosp on third and
Wheeler on first, Orndorff drove a liner
INTO center. Bodie ran up on the ball
and speared it with one mitt. wheeler
was playing off the bag, thinking the
pail would go safe, but Bodie speared
1t and tossed Wheeler out at first
completing a great double play. score,
AFTERNOON GAME