The San Francisco call., 1910-09-19
SEALS SAVE BACON
BY SPLITTING EVEN.
Mighty Ping" Bodie Tears Off Another
Homer and Winning Run
By WILLIAM ]. sLATTERY


ern sluggers. As Vernon galloped of
with the morning encounter, TO 0, the
afternoon setto was the rubber for the
series. each club having three games
TO Its credit. It's enough to say that
San Francisco just barely scratched
itself into that victory But a win
counts. no matter what the margin is
The morning affair was the most one
sided Of the series. principally because
Pitcher Breckenridge had the number
OF every Seal before he came to the
bat. Really. il was the only game OF
the series that was a bit uneven. The
way the Villagers played the Seals off
their feet in every contest this week
has been q caution. and incidentally the
sensation Of the baseball world, and it
indicates that the Beavers must put on
q fun head of steam in order to beat
Vernon this week.
san Francisco gave another great ex-
hibition OF coming from behind in the
afternoon. The gameness of the Seals
was again demonstrated to the salts
faction of everybody in the park. and
there were nearly as many fans pres
ent as on the previous Sunday. The
grandstsnd was all but packed and they
held an overflow meeting In the bleach
ers. At least 1000 of the fans were
roped in between left and center fields.
BODIE HAS ssHEAvY. ROLE
Ping Bodie was the heavy performer
Of the afternoon. out Of respect TO a
huge floral piece presented to him by
a delegation of ardent Vallejo admirers,
Ping walloped out a homer, double
and a single out Of four trips to the
pan Incidentally, it was he who came
on with the run which won the game.
Therefore. it was Bodie afternoon.
Ping has now % homers to his credit
This beats Buck Freeman's National
league record by two. though there is
minor league mark Of S. which Ping
viii have to overcome before he is
crowned the undisputed home run
champion Of the world. AS the season
still has seven weeks to run. Pings
chances look very bright.
From the way the Vernon sluggers
started il looked as though the Seals
were doomed to defeat in the double
header and the series. They went after
Slivers Henley IN the second inning lust
like wild men. n. Brashear lifted
two sacker into the left field crowd.
and scarcely had he landed ere Coy's
double to right registered him.
The Villagers passed the third spasm
up. but in the fourth they were on the
job with the light of battle shining in
their eyes. BUrrell drove pretty sim
gle out to center which Madden booted.
Aailowing the Vernon third sacker to
pull up at second. Ross then sacrificed
and Roy Brashear tore off another pref
~ HIT sending Burrell home
Henley wound up and shot the
fastest one he had to Coy. but the left
handler hit it on the beak for a double
into the center field crowd, thus giving
Brashear chance to gain third Kitty
Brashear forced his brother at the
plate on a soft infeld attempt. Then
Kitty and Coy started double steal
and Mohler dropped the ball at second,
so Coy landed the run.
BALL SCARS OVER FENCE
Bodie came up for the Seals in the
fourth and sent them away to a rally
ing start by lifting the ball over the
right field fence for his twenty y-seventh
homer for the season. Then Witt
bingled and Melchoir responded with
another safe drive 10 right while the
crowd was working itself into a
frenzy. Coy booted the ball and Witt
landed the run.
san Francisco was game and kept
right on trying in the next round. Cap
Mohler was safe on bad peg by Bur-
rell 70 first McArdle came up and
sacrificed his boss along a peg Then
the mighty Bodie grabbed the bat
again. They cheered and yelled and
tossed their hats skyward and Bodie
made good with a drive past second
Iohler just kept running till he
ached the plate and the score was a
tfe. 3 to 3.
Both Of them knuckled down and
ployed alright baseball for the next
few innings. Chances were numerous,
but the pitchers did their work well.
Hap Hogan foo1ishly took Raleigh out
of the box in the fourth, though the
Seals had not made even a hit off his
delivery.
The big Seal rally was started when
Willett went on the job. He did not
have a thing, not even the smile which
pitchers nearly always possess. After
the Seals had gathered their two runs
off Willett. he was quickly chased to
the bench TO make way for southpaw
Hit, who showed his class by holding
the Seals safe till the eighth frame.
4 BoDIE AFTERNOON
Bodie the. great sent the boys on
their way with a two cushion swipe
into the left field crowd in the eighth.
Tenant tried to sacrifice. but the best
he had was a pop bunt, which landed
right in Browns mitt. Then Brown
grew a bit careless and let one get by
him. Bodie saw his chance and pulled
into third before Brown could recover
the ball.
There were many and loud cheers
for Oscar Witt when he came up, bat
in hand. Alas. his best was a fy TO
first. Things began to look tough, so
Danny Long sent Williams in to hit
for Melchoir. Nick showed his pinch
hitting ability by tearing off a hard
zone to third. The ball could not be
handled fast enough by Burrell, so
Podie arrived with the winning tally.
That proved the finish. though the
Villagers were some dangerous boys in
sba ninth ROv Brashear responded