The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08

league than any player who has seen
service here for many day His SEN
satioual feats on many diamonds have
caused him 10 be looked upon as a sort
Of diamond freak. so he was forced to
take most Of the applause and admira-
ton himself a task not at all difficult,
il M Gregg's actions bespoke his feel
ings He was always right there TO
be applauded and 10 realize it.
And he pitched some baseball, too.
He Just whisked those Commuters to
the bench in machine like fashion, so
quickly and so deftly that few Of them
really realized what they were being
sent against Only one man, Willie
Hogan. one of the best hitters the
Coast league has turned out in years,
managed to cOnect safely with one of
the offerings Of the mysterious, dash
ing southpaw. All the others either
famed or else fell by the wayside on
easy infeld outs or pop flies which
could not be missed
Gregg famed nine men and walked
four. But for his Wildness the chances
are that he would have struck out
twice as many. However, after the
first two innings the Commuters
realized that the Portland southpaw
was bit ast-ay with his offside shoots
and many Of them decided to wait.
Some got by, while the others were
wlisked to the bench Gregg might
have made some sort of a record had
he been able 20 control the ball
Portland practically broke the game
UP in the fourth inning On a daring hit
and run play, which would have gone
down in the books as an awful bone
headed attempt but for a lucky coinci-
dence. Olson, the first man up, was
safe when Hogan made a boot Artie
Kruger died on a fy to Hogan and
Casey shot hard one down to short,
catching Wares out Of position.
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self, helded the bah and pegged it to
first in Z vain attempt TO nail Casey.
But he was TOO late and also too wild.
The sphere went all the way TO the
Oakland bench, advancing Olson TO
third and Casey to second base
Il was at this critical 1uncture that
the Beavers got away with as daring
q stunt as was ever pulled OF on the
local ball park The hit and run sig
nal was tipped and Sheehan laid down
z nice bunt- Olson was half way home
when Sheehan hit the ball and Casey
was only a few feet behind him.
though he came all the way from sec
ond- Wills f1eIded Sheehan out at
first but the two runs tailed, so the
Beavers were very well satisfied
Oakland responded with its lonesome
tally in its half OF the same spasm
This was not even aided by a bingle.
Hogan lined a grounder to Sheehan,
who tossed nicely to Rapps. but the
latter dropped the ball Carroll sacri-
feed, putting Hogan on second After
Wolverton had been passed, CUtshaw
sacrificed and Hogan, catching the
Beaver infield asleep, duplicated Ryan's
performance by coming all the way
around from second
This tally gave the Oakland rooters
life and hope, but of short duration, for
the Beavers renewed their attack in the
sixth Olson gave them a start by hit
ting one down to Wolverton that was
too torrid to handle. Kruger followed
with g grounder to Willis and pretty
play followed The Oakland pitcher
tossed the ball to third after holding ii
an instant and they nailed Olson It
was shot back to second and Kruger
was nearly nabbed-
Here the always reliable Casey proved
his usefulness Two were out and
the Oakland infIeIders played away
back. Casey carefully picked out the
one he wanted and dispatched il between
second and short for a pretty single
and Kruger came tearing for the pan
with the last run OF the day.
Although Gregg'S spectacular work
oversbadowed the efforts of all the
other tossers on the field, still Willis
pitched a grand game of ball. and but
for that daring dash which Casey made
in the fourth inning he would have
been right behind the Portland side
wheeler Willis never weakened and
Portland nusr consider itself lucky to
finish with a run TO spare
The inhelds OF both teams were
shaky and unsteady. due probably to
the nervous strain and the excitement
Oakland did not play its game at all.
Buc few balls were hit to the outfeld
Fisher got the only long drive of the
game, a two sacEer to the left field
bleachers in the eighth inning This will
not do any good, for the Beaver catcher
l5cc there The score-
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