The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-07
Vernon Noses
Oakland Out
By One Tally
Baffers Take Many Falls Out
of Offerings of Nelson
and Schaefer

1t is seldom, indeed that a pair of
artful, accommodating young pitchers
are as roughly handled as were Mr.
Nelson of Oakland and Mr. Schaefer
of Vernon yesterday afternoon. The
rival batters had neither consideration
nor sympathy for either slabster. The
game was one continued and prolonged
round or commandment, and the strange
feature was that the score did not in
crease raster than it did. Vernon Just
nosed It's cellar mate out by lone
some point and it required a lot of luck
before this trick was turned. With an
even break Oakland would have landed
For those who like good. lively,
snappy baseball, with plenty of hitting,
long throws from the outfeld and dou-
bic plays, the game was a Derby
something out of the ordinary was
stirring every minute of the time.
Men who Were not expected to clout
the ball managed to souse it to the
far corners of the lot, while the good
hltters fell by the wayside at the
critical moments. That was one OF the
reasons Oakland ran second.
Vernon opened up it's cannonade
without loss of time. Haley, the first
man up, picked out a safety. Brashear
was passed and Eagan singled, filing
EN- all up. Martinke smote one right
on the nose and away it sailed out to
deep center field for two sacks. Haley
and Brashear scrambled home on this
resounding wallop. but Truck Eagan
did not get up a full head of steam, SO
he was left on third base.
The free hitting continued in the
next few innings, but not till the
fifth did anybody else round the turn.
Then Vernon renewed hostilities again,
going for three runs. Once again Haley
inaugurated the rally with safe drive.
Brashear hit over second, and Eagan
varied the monotony by testing his
patience and securing a walk.
With this full. house confronting him
Martinke laid down a nice little bunt
and squeezed Haley through. Nobody
expected that Coy would perform a
sensational feat, but he double crossed
himself and the crowd by Shaping a
two cushion bird against the center
field fence and the other two came
racing home, giving Vernon clean
lead of five.
Oakland fought a pluckS, uphill bat
tie and broke in with two during the
progress of the sixth. Lewis and
Hogan each singled against the right
field fence, Duffey going to third on the
last clout. He arrived when Cameron
was being retired, second and first, and
McKune responded Immediately with
drive into right, which registered
Oakland took advantage of it's last
chance and put another pair over in the
eighth. The Vernon gang seemed to
collapse then, and two errors helped
the Oaks Egan booted Carroll's
grounder, Lewis walked and Bernard
erred on Cameron's soft one, filling up
the sacks. McI<une hit a slow bouncer
which Mott could not handle fast
enough. and Carroll registered. Kelly
put Lewis over with long sacrifice
fly to center.
The trouble with Oakland was that it
wasted all its good hits at the wrong
time or in the earlier stages of the
game A few good wallops in that
elghth and Vernon would have been
smothered beyond the question of
doubt. Nelson escaped very fortu-
nately in mot getting a worse beating.
for the southerners hit him hard ali
the way through The score: