The San Francisco call., 1909-04-28
Whaien Comes in for an Early
Beating, and Senators
Never Catch Up
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
By William J. Siatfery

The Seals took another good leap
pennantward yesterday afternoon by
decisively crushing the Senators on the
Oakland lot 1t was the first game of
the new series and it meant a lot to
both teams. They both tried every
thing they knew to get away with the
big victory. but the efforts of the Seals
seemed to be more panstaking and
they managed to land when it did the
most good for them. All around, san
Francisco played a fine game of ball.
The boys We're fast in the field and
aggressive with the big stick, espe-
eially after they put runners on the
paths.
There was a very high wind blow
ing and this made perfect or near
perfect fielding impossible. Consider
ing what they had to go against, the
outfielders performed very creditably
in hooking many of the foul flies that
dropped mar the lines. Though they
numerous and they doomed up very
prominently in the Seals run column.
But for these bingles Sacramento
would have made it close, anyhow.
Jimmy Whalen again came in for
quite a slamming. 1t seems as though
that Oakland lot is Jimmys jinks. Last
Thursday afternoon, against the Com
muters, he was forced to toss up the
old. He stuck right with the wagon
yesterday. but any time the Seals felt
like tapping him they waded right in
and picked out what they needed. 1t
was all very simple and very nice
for the boys.
Ping Bodfe started the Seals on their
inning by clouting the ball on a line
over the left field fence. 1t was a
great hit-one of the greatest ever
seen on the lot. Rollie zeider
W. firzr ant lttf
he cut the Seals out of run by get
ting canned in an effort to get away
with steal of second
The second was the very best in
ming the Seals had and they made the
best of it by going for two runs. Mel
choir waited for pass and Lewis
bunted him on his way. Berry tore off
double to left that made the run
sure. Doyle allowed the tossin to get
away from him and Berry pulled up at
bag three. Henley crushed right in
with another wallop good for two sacks
and the score was 3 to O.
After the Seals had grabbed their
fourth tally in the third the Senator'S
took their only brace and put two
across in the next period. After Can
dill had singled and pilfered second
nicely, Indian House chased him
through with a two bagger to center.
Byrnes shot a hot one past Zeider and
it went so fast that ii also got away
from Bodie. This registered the red
man.
Outside Of this inning Henley had
everything he needed to make the
Senator'S back up. His control was
excellent and he seemed to know just
how to work that curved ball of his
against the high wind. With grand
support from his teammates Henley's
task of shooing the law makers away
was made doubly easy. He had them
under his wing all the time.
San Francisco played the game like
q team that is going to win the pen
nant. Every man on the lineup seemed
TO be there with that old time dash and
ginger that always helps the game
along. In fact, they all acted 100 per
cent better than the last time they
showed before the fans of this city
All around. it's a vastly improved ball
team. The scorei