The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-08-17
VILLAGERS PLAY
LIKE CHAMPIONS
Carlisle Gets a Homer i'm Third
Round, Which Settles
the Issue
By WILLIAM ]. sLATrERy

san trancisco's winning streak is
sim on the sidetrack They tried TO
switch il on the main line vester-
day afternoon and send it through on
The limited, but the officials from Yer
non would not stand pat They needed
little prosperity. In fact, they had
10 annex this prosperity in order ia
stand right with the folks at home.
ms is the reason why Vernon came
in on the limited and sent the Seals
nome on the milk train The finish
was 10 o and IT was one of the soft
est vernon ever got by with.
and such d crowd as they had on
the job Election day looked great TO
many thousands of the fans. and as
soon as they had done their duty at
the polls they made up their minds to
80 out 10 Fifteenth and Valencia street
ana 90 their duty toward the great
latfonal pastime. Thus it was that
baseball and politics Travelled arm in
arm yesterday afternoon. but for All
inns, II brought no joy to San Fran
cisco.
II must be said in justice to the
hlagers that they showed the Seals
up IN every inning. Of course. they
hao little of the old baseball Iuek
Tory home. This came in the form OF a
nome run swipe over the right field
renee which left the bat OF Mr.. Car
hsle Ia the third inning Very fortu-
nately II came when Brown was on
second base Before and after that
tlme there was no scoring; but, at that.
there was plenty Of action and the fans
were kept busy pulling all the time.
Brown managed to pick out a bingler
1or himself IN the third and he was
sent around to second on an out bv
brackenrldge- Carlisle came up and
whlned Nainly at the first two But
the third was the one which he wanted,
and he rode it through the right field
measure In fact, he made a Curry
vote out Of it by lacing the ball right
over the candidates sign
mere Is no doubt that Eastley
vas deserving of better baseball luck
than this. He pitched good base
Dali-the good. consistent sort which
generally comes near winning games.
But pitcher never can figure on the
possibilities Of home runs They al
ways come when they are least ex-
pected and they come in very handy in
games Of the caliber OF yesterdays.
san Francisco's one grand chance
was waited away by Ping Bodie the
shadow hitter, in the opening inning.
Mohler had doubled and Tenant and
Madden got by nicely enough Here
was a nice, juicy full house and q
chance for Ping TO have street named
after him. Now. it's heartrending to
relate that Bodie could not hit any
thing but the wind
Breckenridge pitched some baseball
IN every inning. He had the sign of
the red man on the Seals most an the
time, especially after he made Bodie
so after his benders with. those bases
Jammed up in the opening spasm. All
the fans were waiting for the time
when Breckenridge would weaken. but
nc never wes kened. He never even
showed signs Of fading away
The fielding of the Villagers was
quite in keeping with their stickwork
and the pitching stunts Of their box
artist Everything that skinned over
the diamond or few skyward was
nailed by the faithful fielders from the
southland. They never for a moment
lost their presence Of mind nor faitered
at any Of the critical stages. They
We're there for fair.
shaw was sent in to bat for Berry
in the last period and when he laid
down pretty bunt and got away with
u there was d mighty cheer from the
stand and bleachers. 1t looked like a
live chance. but il proved TO be only a
bloomer. for Harry McArdle. the next
man up, hit a grounder to LINDSAY
and IL was quickly transformed into a
double play. The score: