The San Francisco call., 1909-11-04
All Nationals
Given Scare i'm
Final Inning
Home Crew Puts Three Runs
Over in Ninth and Nearly
Ties Score
Rv WILLIAM /. sLATTERY

The cha NJ pion san Francisco baseball
team went through its diamond ma
neuvers ike an aggregation OF Kansas
pfownseu against The all stars Of The
National league yesterday afternoon.
still. The local talent played the big
sseaguers of their feet at the finish and
tossed the game OF only by run.
when the finish came san Francisco
had three men on the bases and the
ali Nationals were pulling hard on the
ropes 10 keep the old balloon from
breaking hole in the clouds.
The fans can not but sight and then
.1aurb when thew take peek at the
score and notice that the seals MADE
they crowded more misplays into yes
8erdsy's game than they used TO crowd
into seven games during the progress
OF the leagues race.
N-HIRLwIND FINISH
But, forgetting all about the rough
work of the Seals in the carrier stages,
their finish WIS Darby Il set all the
fans mad and il had the Nationals look
ing for an out Nobody had any hope
for san Francisco when the ninth rolled
around. because the score was TO !
Tor the Nationals. But Berry got
walk in the ninth and McArdle really
7made them all laugh by slspplng
safe one into the center garden.
The hit went close TO the fence, and
while the National outfelders Were
gathering ii in Berry got TO third and
NcArdle- pulled up al second. Jimmy
Lewis was called upon TO take wallop
IN the place OF Henley, and he re-
.spOnded with nice one past tnlrd,
which registered Berry, put MeArdle
on third and made the fans toss their
. bonnets skyWard.
Red Davis did not have q safe one
slowed away in his bat, but he lifted
a long sacrifice ny 70 4eIt on wnlch
McArdle ambled home. Kid Mohler
stood up and waited till he got pass.
This made it look bright again. The
fans were ready to Jump ouI on the
ono down the first base line and cley-
eriV beat IL out.
MILLER POPS OFT
Here they were with a fun house
one down and Doc Miller. the leading
g hitter OF the league at bat. You could
have got even money that San Fran
cisco would win right there. But, alas !
Miller went after the first one pitched
shiftv Lenox of Brooklyn quickly COB
bled Up back of third base.
This made TWO out but there was
still hope Melchior calmly grabbed
his bat. got three wide ones, fouled off
4 few more and then took a walk, fore
ing Lewis over the plate. They We're
all mad by this time. The Seals had
made three runs and were within strik-
ing distance of landing the game. The
Nationals looked weary and the odds
ia Vored San Francisco.
NICK Williams. NIlAF us MIitEdttlSs
shouted the fans in unison They
got him. too. But this WAS one
time that Nick could not find a n cut
The best he had was weak grounder
TO LenoX, who felded him out at first
base. and then they all went home, most
OF them sorroWing- and grabbing
Though the Nationals played a hne
game of baseball and showed the class
all the time, there was one man among
them who lowered OYER the bunch.
This was Walter Johnson. the giant
- 1o aH
TO have as much smoke as Rube Wad-
dell and for seven Of the nine innings
he had all the Seals mystifed. Eleven
Of them famed and but for his Wild
ness johnson would have been the
lion Of the afternoon.
The Seals practically blowed their
game in the opening spasm. After
Henley had famed Doyle, Egan lifted.
2 simple fly 10 center. which Red Davis
dropped Egan landed on second.
Mitchell hit 10 Henley and forced --Essn
st third, 50 IT looked soft for the Seals
In that round
ZEIDER BOOTS ONE
Remotely came en- with drive to
right and Mitchell tried to make third
on il. The throw was right In Zeider
rnitt. but he booted the ball and Nit
cheli came home Remotely pulled up
at the second station. after which Len
OK shot one down 10 first Tommy
Tenant fought the sphere all over the
field and when he had concluded his
Juggling act Remotely had landed at
the plate. and the Nationals were there
with two runs on nothing.
The Seals made their first stab at
Johnson IN the third. Mohler picked
of a two sacker down the first base
line. and he was Immediately followed
by Miller and Melchior, both OF whom
singled, driving the Seal captain in.
The Nationals got two hits and ANOTHER
1un in the third
All went fairly well with both sides
fil The ninth. Then the Seals began to
5aiter again AND their rivals came on
with another pair Of tailies. Big Chief
Myers nat. and another error by Nc
Ard9e was sandwiched in. The Nation
ais ran the bases like deers and put
a. man on second and third. with two
down in jig time. Doyle sent a hard
one down the first base line, which
Tenant could not seem 20 get close TO.
though it looked soft enough Both
men registered, making it TO !.
ONLY ONE ERROR
The big leaguers handled themselves
like a lot of champs for the first eight
innings. In the ninth, however. they
were badly buffaloed, especially when
they noticed that Johnson was about
the only time when they were not in
the game. at every angle and every turn
A bed throw by Bliss was the sole
error they committed.
Konetcl1y AT FIRST, Doyle al second
and Eenox at third, pulled OF the star
stunt Of the day. The work of the
first baseEnan wss d revelation. He
dug EN- out of the dirt on many oc-
casions and he. laced two pretty bingles
70 the outfeld- The. outfielders had lit
tie to do, as the Seals could not drive
the ball that far during the early
stages. The score.
ALL: NATIONALS