The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-02
SEALS ARE THERE
WITH ANOTHER
VICTORY
Tenants Home Run and Zei-
der'S Three Bagger Dash
Hopes of the Senators
BY William J. SIaffery

The Seals swept the Senators before
their onward rush again yesterday
afternoon in game that made men,
women and children forget that there
was anything else in the world but
baseball For glittering exhibition.
replete with the spectacular YOU could
not have beaten the contest on any
diamond in the broad United states.
1t was fun of fight and action and I'M
expected incidents and ii was crowned
by Tom Tenants home run in the
eighth inning This mighty swat was
made inside the grounds-the second
OF its kind that the place has ever
known.
Not til Tenant came on with his
great ciout did the game look in for
the Seals. During sacramento's half
of the same round the capital city nine
was retired with the bases fun and on
close decision at that The aspect
was so uncertain that the fans nearly
moaned. They were all pulling for the
home team. but the law makers were
coming with such an onward rush that
nobody was in a position TO prophesy
what the finish might be.
The score was TO ] in favor of the
Seals when the Senators made their
daring rally in the eighth After Shinn
mad been retired. Doyle Raymer and
House smashed the ball through the
infield Willis took an ariel ascent
Flanagan flew TO Mohler. but Gandil
kept cool and waited for pass on
balls. forcing Doyle in. Willis hit Fam
lock and forced Raymer through A
hit by Graham would have broken it
beyond repair bur the Sacramento
leader retired. Zeider to Tenant. and
san Francisco was safe
But just to make victory sure and
certain the Seals came through with a
grand rally in their half OF the same
inning Bodie. the first man up. lifted
a fly which House dropped Then Ten
nant laced one right on the beak and
II landed in hole at the end Of the
clubhouse On came the big fellow
with all speed and by dint of hard
sprinting he made il a homer
This is the second hit of its kind that
san Francisco has known since the
days Of the historic Haight street
grounds The other one came from the
bat Of Busher Thompson Of Los An
nearly the same spot and were attended
by the same sort of incidents. Now it's
up TO the others 10 go after these rec
ords
Though that waIlop of Tenants was
the most startling feature of the game
Zeider was the boy who had most of
the praise coming 10 him. With the
score one all and Lewis and Williams
on the paths Rollie lined a great three
/. 100
After pulling up at third he saw an
opening and dashed right home ere the
ball was recovered
This was only one of the great plays
which the little third baseman pulled
of. He gathered in everything that
rolled his way during the afternoon
and cut of al least three which looked
like hits when they started. But for
Zeider the Senator's surely would have
gobbled the Seals up in Jig time He
was the life preserver and the guardian
angel.
There was not dun moment during
the contest Every body was on his toes
inning after inning and the faster the
pace became the better the boys played
the game. The Seals went through the
afternoon without making an error or
anything that looked like one. while
two OF the Senator's misplays resulted
in points being scored against them.
The best Saturday afternoon crowd
OF the season saw all the fun. some
; .0ne fans of every age reporting on the
job. Everybody was full of ginger and
the enthusiasm seemed to increase with
each succeeding inning. 1t was a great
victory for the Seals. but il they lost
that game they would not have figured
at all with the multitude. The score: