The San Francisco call., 1910-09-24
z TOl JINX IS ON
HOHLERITE CREW
Seals Drag Agony Over II In
HfnQs. bur IFS No Use;
They Can't Win
By WILLIAM ]. sLATTERY

HNHERE is no question now in the
minds of any of the fans that the
2 to l jinx is on the Seals
They took another knockout wallop
from the Oaks on the Valencia street
lot yesterday afternoon and the finish
was the same as II had been for the
last three days. The only difference
was that it required three additional
rounds TO decide the supremacy be-
tween the teams. Oakland deserved
10 win because it displayed the real
game spirit all the time and came
from behind San Francisco made
hits enough TO win three games, but
hits don't count when they fail to
produce runs.
None Of the fans could have wished
for a more exciting or more nerve
racking game of baseball. The tossers
were on their toes every minute of the
tine and they Just battled and tugged
and fought round after round as
though the championship of the world
deDended on that one particular game.
The errors were few and far between,
and they were so badly smothered by
the brilliant plays that the fans soon
lost track of them.
Willie Hogan is the man who bears
the honor of registering the final tally
for fbe Commuters. Leading on IN
the twelfth. he dispatched we'll
0laced single into the right garden.
Cutshaw tried TO put one through the
in6eld bur Shaw gathered the ball IN
and felded Guilty out at first base. Ho-
can made second on this play and ad-
T-anced 70 third when Eddie Swanoer
planted q good one into center.
TOO BAD BALL DROPPED
Thomas came up and deliberately
laid down q buut. The bah was traN-
cling rather slowly: but, at that' SuIor
picked il up and, without even IooklnS
ar the plate. heaved the sphere. VII
Ifar0s was waiting TO grab it of as
Hogan slid-in feet first Umpire NC
Creevv was right there. so that there
could be no mistake about it.
Williams caught the ball, slapped 1t
on Hogan and McGreeVy raised MS
hand as a signal that the runner was
out Bat before his motion was half
completed. AIcGreevy lowered his hand
and yelled safer for Williams had
dropped the ball. It was an unfortu-
nate error. for Il lost the game for
san Francisco Still Hogan deserves
all manner Of credit for his clever
slide
This. in brief, is the story of how the
Seals dropped back another game in
the greatest pennant race that the Pa
- cif1c Coast league has ever known. Al
though they hit the ball safely IS times
70 six for their transbay opponents, still
they could make only one Of these
j. count
some Of the fans believe that San
Francisco should have won the game
in the ninth. but. Of course, this does
not 80 for much, especially as the UNI
pire was right on top of the play and
should have been in the best position
TO judge il. Twas on this occasion
that Harry Sutor was caught at the
pan after making q great run in from
second base.
FINISHES LIKE SPRINTER
Sutor planted a pretty bingle over
the third bag and advanced to second
on Lewis out. Shaw came up and
smashed one away out TO the right field
fence. On came Sutor from second and
the f. ns were so certain that he would
beat the throwin that they were get
ting ready to leave the grounds.
Sutor tore for the plate on a dead
run, but instead Of sliding in like a
wise ball player, he finished straight
%, just ike 100 yard sprinter. Swan
Ger uldQe q great peg II from the rlSlI
garden and Mite got the ball just as
Sutor approached the plate. AIcGreevy
was right there and could not possibly
have made q mistake. He called Sutor
out and ne was right. The Seal pitcher
could have won his own game there by
sliding.
For the first three rounds the Com
muters could not get close to any of
the offerings Of the Seal southpaw. He
was in splendid form, being there with
wonderful speed and curves that broke
10 his liking. But the transbay slug
gers took his number in the fourth and
by punching three hits they cleverly
eased q run across and stepped into
The lead.
The Seals came back in the fifth with
the one that caused the extra innings.
Bodie lifted a fast one into center and
5'oung Thomas, who is not familiar
with the outfeld, failed to play the
bah properly. It got by him and rolled
moment later Tommy Tenant regis
tered Bodie with a single.
MAGGART'S DARING ATTEMPT
Maggart made a daring attempt to
break up the game for the Oaks in
the eleventh. With two down. he sin
gled TO deep left field and made a great
steal Of second. On the next ball
pitched he pilfered third, beating Will
liams' peg to the bag by foot ANY
kind OF a hit would have meant a vic
tory then and there, but the best Pfyl
had was an infeld fly
Sutor famed Is of the Oaks 10 Of
them being winged to the bench in the
nrst nine innings Of action. But strike
out pitchers do not always win their
games and this was evidenced very
clearly yesterday. However Sutor was
ar rr-1 70
tunate error which Williams committed
on The final play proved his undoing.
The score:
OAKLAND