The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-23
Wild Throw byHenley
and MohLer ,sBoot
Turn Tide
By WILLIAM ]. sLATTERY

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on the baseball bill of fare every
day for the last three days was
served 10 the fans again yesterday
afternoon on the Oakland diamond.
and. alas. the Seals took the one end
Of It for theirs, incidentally for the
second time IN as many days. In
reality, the contest should have been
] to O. with the Seals on the heavy
side. But its the finish that always
counts, and not what might have been,
so the Seals are out of luck this time.
Twas the first game that Ralph
Willis has won on the home diamond
since he was cast aside by the Seals
and became Commuter There was
whole lot OF satisfaction in that
victory for Willis. too He was
against the team he used to play with.
and he just worked every minute of
the time IN order TO turn the trick
The odds seemed 70 be stacked
against him at the outset. but as the
game wore on things began to break
better for Willis.
Henley pitched grand game of
ball, shutout game. in fact He
3 seemed TO hold the Commuters under
the magic influence of his curves all
the time and his control was perfect.
: Not man got base on balls off the
! elongated Seal twirler, and IT seemed
{ pity that he had TO lose such a game
as that But errors turned the tide
{ against him, and one Of them was a
wild pitch on his part. The other was
3 contributed by Captain Mohler
q #--1~ ae1.a
. Oakland lot and the way they cheered
for their own team and Kissed the Seals
{ was proof positive that their very
hearts and souls are in every game that
Oakland mixes up in. There was plenty
fof bitterness, the enthusiasm of the
transbay rOoters reaching this point
before the game was well on its way.
OAKS GREAT IN FIELD
Although San Francisco should have
won the game, it must be said for the
oaks that they put UP a great exhi-
bition Of the national pastime and
showed the fighting spirit in every in
ming OF the combat. Their fielding
stunts were wonderful. Not q man
among them fell down on anything that
came his way, and they were all taking
long chances at everything.
Henley allowed the Oaks to forge
into the lead in the opening inning
Maggart. the first man up. set the
crowd wild by combtng off a two
bagger along the right field foul line
Wares hunted him TO third, but Henley
Cleverly famed PfyI Right on TOP
Of this good play Henley made very
wild pitch, thus allowing Maggart to
register the run.
The Seals passed the first inning I'D
without doing any good for themselves,
but In the second they began TO tear
around ike q lot Of champions bent on
breaking up the game in jigtime. Bodie
came first with a single that went
right up against the left field fence and
was voted the longest one base hit
ever seen on the Oakland or any other
field
BOTH TOSS BLOOMERS
Tommy Tenant followed with a
drive into the right garden. on which
BOdie found plenty of time to get to
~<hird- But here both of them tossed
boomers. Tenant overran first base,
and while he was stalling around the
Oakland infield ran him down. In the
meantime Bodie began flirting off third.
and ere he had a chance TO realize the
seriousness Of the situation the ball
was whipped over to the other side Of
the diamond and Bodie was also killed
of.
There is no telling how many runs
the Seals might have picked up in that
one inning. They surely had Willis on
his way, and their chances of brea king
Up the game then and there looked
bright, indeed. They never had an
other like opportunity in any of the
other seven innings of action.
The next inning passed by without
incident Bodie unlosded another SEN
sation-a good live one-fn the fourth
He picked of fast one and sent is
sailing over the field fence for his
twenty-eighth home run. At least
though. according TO Danny Longs Of
fetal record, il is only his twenty
seventh.
This boost put the fire Of life into the
Seals, and they played Cublike ball for
The next inning. Once they managed to
tsngle up the score, it looked as though
they had a shade, for Willis did not
appear to be in the best Of form. and
even the Oakland fans were fearful lest
he blow up at any moment, especially
as the Seals were all hitting the ball
some place.
MOHLER SCRAMBLEs EGGS
The sixth frame brought around the
downfall Of the Seals. and a very bad
boot by Captain Mohler caused the
sT-gs to be scrambled. The dangerous
1AaEgart started il again with a single
70 center, and Wares sent him around
70 third with drive into right garden
When Pfyl lifted a very simple little
i7y back Of first base the Oakland fans
just moaned.
But these means were transformed
into shrieks Of delight, Moller insisted
upon turning around and endeavoring
10 nail the bali, which Lewis seemed to
have the right to take Anyhow MoIler
crushed right in. fell all over himself
dropped the sphere, allowed Maggart
TO come across the pan. and the game
was q cinch for Oakland after that
time. The score:
OAKLAND
ABB. r. BIZ Pc. A. E.
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