The San Francisco call., 1910-08-15
VERNON BREAKS
EVEN With OAKS
Commuters Grab Off Morniuo
Contest With Mites Homer
Over the Fence
By WILLIAM ]. sLATTERY


pennant was a reality in the morning,
but a nightmare in the afternoon be-
lore the big crowd Everybody was
with the Commuters when they lined
up against the Villagers in their own
back yard and they mana ged to get bv
WIN a victory, though il was a tight
one, a TO ] affair. They paraded out
on the Valencia street lot i'm the after
noon full of courage and hope and pep
Per. They figured that the game was
IN the can, but they neglected to go
through the formal5ty Of sealing the
10, so the awakening was cruel, crush
ing and harsh. Il was Vernon, TO l.
But the contest was not one of those
one sided matinees that the score i'm
pies Far from st. Instead, there was
4 hatre and a fight and a scrimma ge
every inch Of the way till Vernon's
nghung spirit was awakened in the
eighth spasm. Those who Ionged for
vernon 70 win began 10 get uneasy. 1t
looked as though the rallying period
had been delayed too long, but subse-
quent events proved otherwise. The
Villagers were saving up.
Most Of the blame for the Vernon
rally is laid directly at the door of Mr.
slim Nelson. Nelson was somewhat
OF z bear in the earlier innings and the
way he kept whisking the Vernon
batsmen back TO the bench on three
strikes gave many the impression that
he would remain invincible till the last
man had been declared out This was
one prophecy that did not make good
COLLAPsES OF A SUDDEN
Nelson collapsed ali of a sudden, and
ne fell so quickly and with such force
that his friends refused to believe that
he was still on the job. When the Vii
layers did begin TO slap the elongated
slabster from the other end of the pond
they slapped him hard and with plenty
Of determination. They knew they had
ms number and they just kept going
The score was At evens, one all when
the Villagers went through with their
memorable finish. 1t might as well be
known right here that they did not
figure TO have a chance when the round
opened up, but they came to life so rap
idly that everybody in the lot was as
founded. It was something like one
of those old thunderbolts waking up in
the azure sky.
The ever fatal base on balls, which
breaks up more games than all the hits
in the world, started this one and Kit
ty Brashear got il. Brother Roy bunt-
ed his relative along peg, after which
BUrrel came along with e high. tan
tslizing bouncer which WolVerton
could not handle. BUrreIl lost no time
III 1AEdAtilE GEAOil4 JUST q EOOu dS ne
recovered his sea legs.
They all hoped that Coy would put
one over the fence, but all he did was
70 Whit the air in three vain attempts
Then sensation was sprung by Kitty
Brsshesr. He attempted to steal the
plate, and, stranger still, he would
have gotten away with ii had not Lind
say interfered by bringing his bat in
contact with a foul. Consequently
Kitty had TO go back TO third.
Sore at this daring stunt going
wrong, Kitty found his way back to
third base and waited. But the wait
was only momentary, for Lindsay lift
ed a speedy one through the infield
and both Brashear and Burrell came
tearing home. This gave Vernon the
game beyond the question of a doubt.
But 1t was not over yet. The first
one which Mr. Nelson served to catcher
Brown was met right on the pick with
Browns bat and it travelled right to
the clubhouse for a two sacker, the
only one Of the game. On came Lind
say, all the way from first base with
the third Vernon tally for the inning.
Then Raleigh landed as Cameron
dropped his pop fly and they pulled off
2 double steal. Brown landing while the
Oakland infeld nailed Raleigh going
back TO first base.
NELSON'S NUMBER STILL UP
Nor was the Vernon rally a bit on
the wane in the ninth. Nelson's num-
Der was still hanging UP right where
al the Villagers could see ii and they
proceeded TO make all the runs they
could while the game was still good.
Carlisle landed and so did StovaIl and
so did Brashear. Then Cap Wolverton
took Nelson out of the box, but IL was
TOO late for Carlisle and Stovall found
their way 10 the plate ere the inning
was through.
It must be said for the Villagers that
they played grand baseball all the
time. Not one man among them COM
rnitted anything that looked like an
error. and in the tight places they al
ways backed up young Raleigh. 1t was
the best game that Vernon had played
during the series.
Raleigh was the master of the entire
situation in every round save the sec
ond. when the Oaks sneaked run over
on him IT was due more to his own
zvildness than anything else. for no
l,it was connected with the tally A
walk to Cameron, an out and-Raleigh's s
wild pitch put the tally past Oakland
had a chance TO rally right here, but
Raleigh closed up and set them down.
The game was a nice one all the way
through till Nelson took his aerial trip
in the eighth Incidentally, il was the
frst one of the series that was not cap
tgred BY a single tally AS usual, the
entire Oakland team was bewildered
once its pitcher found himself going
hack and there was nothing in the
10 of defeat he