The San Francisco call., 1909-11-01

They rang down the. 1909 baseball
crtaln in the Pacific. coast league this
7esr Everybody knows, that the
seals won the pennant. that Portland
vss second. Los Angeles third, Sacra-
nenro fourth. Oakland NTH and Yer
tQa IN the six hole, so. there is no
reed 20 dwell further on this There.
but one regret-San Francisco
-ossed or tho final game TO .tIe de-
sised and hllmbl led. tailend aggrega-
+on-=tossed IT on -Knen T. mere. was
rarce after chance to win il and end
e fans. away happy Instead Of. sor-
owing .---=-.. :..--
Tie Seals ran true to form in. the
getaway contest in Oakland: in the
morn ing. The result was that. q big
-rowd Of fans took advantage of the
cay ana wandered out TO the Aalencia
street lot in the afternoon. T.: W oll1d
-de Seals win2 Why, there was no
dQubt about il in the minds Of any
rsnted[hrst because the boys had the,
esss, and secondly. because their civic
pride would not permit OF their run :
ninE second the last time they ap-
reared in q league struggle this Yea r:
But strange things are constantly
happening in baseball and they say
that this is what ma kes it the game
Ot ali games. 1t was strange and: Very
strange yesterday. so strange thatrir
all but made the hearts Of the really
ardent rooteTs bleed. They could mot.
iNlETSLEnu II ana perhaps lneE never
viii, for the game has gone into his
sorry now and * viii soon be forgotten
when other important issues. such as
election. are brought up. =: ..|.
u would not have been so bad but
Tor the fact. that the Seals started out
in TIE lead. They annexed their only:
-uns, a pair OF them in the. fourth
spesm. Berry singled and McCay;s
error gave McArdle life. Anles landed
on another boot and 4 helder-s. choice.
st the plate allowed Berry. to register:
ffrrf and "a -fa1c -
were fH-osthirds filed.
DaEis could not do any good, but
MUnderf was hit in the Stats Zeider
lifted an easy pop fly back OF flrst=
base which was ignored by Brashear.
Coy and Eagan, though they adj made
plenty Of noise. While the poMwoW
was on. McATdie sneaked in, ma king
ft 10 @. Happy Hogs n was 50 violent
in his protest that it was an in1eld
fy that Umpire Finney removed him.
rs the clubhouse. s.
and il was also good for a pair o
ruhs which tied Up the result. Zeider
rooted StOvalrs EroUnder and McCaY.
hunted the runner along. Martinke
-inRed out a safe one and Kitty BraSh-
ear hit~to third. Martinke was nailed
Getting over 10 the bag and Bra shear.
y as doubled up at FIRST but stpval regis.
tered the run A blngle by Eagan
fter Coy had also found a safe one.
made it two
The eighth told the story of the
Sr6raH- gain landed on a miscue, Nc
E-dIe- being the offender. An. out adj.
-a1ced him and 8Iartinke did the rest
with. = well placed single. This was
lie one which gave Vernon the get
way game.
There was great shouting from stand
rF hIeschers as Melchior opened UP
eighth with a double to left, and
fre crowd was beside itself after
6rnny Tenant had beaten bunt and
stolen. 1t looked in. Nobody could
cure how the Seals were going 20 lose
f1en. They were ali sympathizing with
poor Happy Hogan. II was a shame,
r-.t the home team had to do IL ~.
But the sa ddest part of the tale re-
mains 10 be told. The sprfghtly
aude Berry foliled 10 DevereauX, the
-Irky NJ Ardle famed and the long
swat kid. Bodie. produced an easy
grounder to first base There was not
= rnurrluT from the crowd They were.
q ~ thinking about something thst
could rot sound good on the last day
II the season. The score.