The San Francisco call., 1910-07-29
BEAVERS BLANKED
in GREAT CONTEST
Dfn7inufiVe TWirIer Feeds Port.
land ShutOuf Ball and Third
Sacker "TS There"
By Joseph MURPHY


The calcium was thrown with full
force upon Oscar Witt and Brownie
Browning yesterday at Freeman's park.
when san Francisco sent Portland to
defeat for the sixth successive time
. These two players gathered in the glory
which goes with victory. and their
work on the diamond was of the most
spectacular kind.
Not moment during the nine frames
was there a period of dullness. 1t was
a victory earned on its merits, and
though the Beavers made a gallant ef-
fort TO turn the tide which had been
going against them for more than
week. they were up against a snag
which they could not overcome. y run
would have caused q deadlock, but
Browning had too many guns for the
enemy, which was never able to break
into the run column.
Those who made the trip from this
side and the fans on the other side of
the bay got fun value for their money,
as one of the snappiest and fastest
games of the season was dished up.
The numerous defeats sustained by the
Beavers at the hands of Danny Longs
men caused the northerners to wake up.
They certainly woke up, but their op-
ponents were wide awake, too The
champions pepper supply was brimful,
and they continued the brilliant work
which has marked their playing for the
last y days. The Beavers based their
hopes on Seaton, who has been pitch
ing good ball.
Browning, the little pitcher with
mighty arm, was the man selected from
the Seals staff of tWirlers to continue
the good work. No mistake was made
by Captain Mohler when he sent
Browning forth, for the diminutive
moundman was there with a flossy va
riety. All the Beavers knew about his
offerings would never help them to
graduate to the big Leaf gues.
HAS NORTHERNERS' NUMBERS
His puzzling variety had the north
erners spellbound particularly in
pinches. When the test came Brown
ing was as steady as the sphinx. He
got better when the test was put up
10 him, and in the deciding inning he
showed his merit by bowling the enemy
over when the odds were against him.
Browning had TO be good. for Seaton
twirled an unusually good game, and if
ii had not been for Wits home run
swipe he would have battled into extra
rounds with Browning. This was the
only black mark against Seaton, and
the one which cost him the contest. He
was working like a well oiled piece of
machinery. and with little luck
brea king his way he would have gath
cred in the laurels.
Both twirlers seemed to have the bat
ters high signed, and they did not
waste many bad ones, but kept putting
them over with unusual regularity.
The felders were kept busy and they
worked without many breaks.
over at third base Witt was playing
the game like the baseball hero you
read about He was making hard ones
look easy and scooping grounders up
with the greatest ease and tossing the
batters out at first without a break.
His fielding was Of the sensational
order.
Not alone was he in the limelight
through his fielding, but his club
swinging was all to the class" He
was the real Swat Milligan of the
afternoon and his poke in the sixth in
ming over the left field fence sealed the
package for the champions. IT was
timely swipe and mighty one, too.
It was the only run made and the one
that won the game for the Seals
In the ninth frame Witt prevented the
score being tied. Olson was on third
base and there was but one down.
Sheehan sent grounder to Witt, which
he felded, and he made a perfect re-
turn to the plate. 1t had to be per-
feet throw or else Olson would have
reached home safely. Williams re-
ceived the sphere in position from
which he was not forced to move to
put the ball on the runner.
RUNS ARE MIGHTY SCARCE
For five innings both Browning and
Seaton retired the batters in lightning
fashion and it looked if new rec
ord for time on the coast was to be
established Not a semblance of a run
was in sight. The game was going
along with fast plays by the fieIders
and both twirlers feeding the batters
with a lot of funny benders
The sixth had come around. Witt
had managed to get hit before this
period, but another was not expected
OF him. He did something that even
his most ardent admirers thought was
not in his makeup. He swung on one
Of Seaton's benders and knocked it out
of the lot The ball coursed over the
left field fence and was an honest home
run. This looked like enough for
Brownings work bore marks of shut
out pitching.
The Beavers became especially
threatening in the ninth and looked
dangerous. Olson opened proceedings
with a mighty double TO center field
Rapps sacrificed him to third. It was
up to Sheehan to do it. He came near
making good, but Wits fielding of the
ball and his perfect peg to the plate
prevented the score from being tied
There were two down and then Casey
came along with a hit. Fisher who
had raped out a three base hit earlier
in the game, brought the session to
close by grounding out to MohIer
Score:
PORTLAND