The San Francisco call., 1910-08-20
VILLAGERS RUDELY
BLANK CHAMPIONS
Harry Stewart Commits Pair of Blunders
That Help Vernon to Win
BY WILLIAM ]. SLATTERY

san Frsncisco's fond vision of first
or second place in the league race was
very rudely dissipated by the Villagers
yesterday afternoon on the Valencia
street lot. It was to finish and
the Seals had the worst of it all along
the line. They hit the ball hard enough
TO win pennant. but what's the use of
connecting if the binglers do not bring
anything? This is the answer. Seals
clouted Raleigh for nine good wallops
and not a man of them came within
whistling distance of the plate
Twas A hard luck game to lose. for
Vernon did not win on its merits. Pitch
er Harry Stewart was twice respon-
sible for the downfall of his team, and
he committed his two blunders in the
seventh round. which for once was a
lucky round for the visiting team. One
Of these was a deliberate error of COM
mission, the other an error of authority.
He thought that he had a chance to
horn in on a foul ball to Berry. The
Seal catcher would doubtless have
smothered il alive, but Stewart balked
him. and II was good night
Southpaw Raleigh must be given
credit for pitching an artful game of
ball. even though they did get to him
for nine smacks. He was crafty enough
10 study his opponents out and give
them hits at the very time when hits
did no good. in the pinches Raleigh
put lot on the BAH, so much that
the Seals were powerless to do anything
with il. He got out of two nasty holes
very nicely and when all the Seal root
ers looked for the game to break.
Coy was the first man UP for the
Villagers in round seven, and he hit
very simple little pop foul. Berry was
ready to take charge OF the ball when
Stewart came crushing in. There was
mad rush and dash. with the result
, that the Seal catcher bumped into the
Seal pitcher and dropped the fly in the
meantime It was a soft one for him
and he should have held il.
This gave the Villagers q life. Lind
say came next with a grounder which
went right through Stewards legs
Brown could not unload a hit. but he
went out, third to first, and while they
were disposing of him. Coy pulled up
at third. Raleigh laid down an awk-
ward looking sort of bunt and started
10 run. Stewart could not handle the
ball. so Coy easily registered the run.
This play put Lindsay around as far
third. Stovall was at the bat and
he, too, seemed to realize that he would
not be able TO deliver a hit, so he did
the next best thing. He laid down an
other mean, nasty bouncer to Stewart
which could not be handled fast enough
TO catch the runner at home. While
found his way to the plate
The Seals had one good chance to
land in the sixth, even If there were
two out of the way at the time. Can
Mohler bunted and was safe on Browns
bad peg TO first. Lewis picked out a
slow hit into the right garden and
Mohler got to third. Lewis, by dint Of
hard sprinting. made second. They
both waited for Tommy Tenant to reg
lister them, but the best Tommy had
was a foul fly TO BurreIl-
There was another shadow of a San
Francisco rally in the seventh. right
after Vernon had busted the game up.
Witt produced a nice little hit and after
Berry had faded away McArdle sent
the kid around to third with another
well placed bingler. But, alasi there
were two outs, and Stewart could not
deliver the clout to square himself
San Francisco was landing on the
erstwhile St. Louis southpaw tall the
time. In fact. the boys connected for
safe ones in every round save the fifth
and the ninth. They crammed in two
of them in both the seventh and the
third periods, but; like the other five,