The San Francisco call., 1910-07-23
TYLER CHRISTIAN A
BEAR WITHSPHEROlD
Bull Thorsen Also There, but Fellow
Seraphs Oft Grace Error Column
By JOSEPH MURPHY

The Angels are not going to win any
pennsnts the way they played the ma
tional game yesterday, no matter
whether a second Chpisty Mathewson
is on the mound for them OF Gypsy Ed.
They are not playing the favorite sport
IN g manner that is becoming of them.
Their exhibition yesterday was away
below the Angels true form. but every
team has a bad day and probably it
was one OF the southerners' bad ones.
Il was q contest in which runs were
few and far between Unless the An
gels start TO swing the willow a bit
more effectively their batting averages
VIII look about as big as birdseed-
Both teams got an equal amount or hits
-four apiece-but Oakland got two
runs. while Los Angeles failed to ring
the bell.
- II was strictly battle of pitchers
with Christian getting better assistance
than Thorsen. who pitched brilliant
game. too. The Angels seemed TO be
affected with the glorious climate or
else they have been enjoying their So
journ in the metropolis in a luxurious
manner Their twinklers seemed TO
get dimmed when il came to fielding, as
five errors will testify that they did
not perform in the field as their en-
ployer expected of them.
SUPPOSED TO BE BEARS
These angels are supposed TO be bears
mot q Jeffries bear), but bears in the
real meaning of the word as found in
the slang dictionary. 1t seems that
the Oaks have them muzzled now and
are leading them around like a lot of
tame animals. They were as meek and
subdued yesterday as a cornered fox.
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The fact that but one of the Angels
managed TO get as far as sack three.
Wheeler managed TO get around to that
bag in the second frame, but Thorsen
left him TO stay there by striking out.
Christian never showed in better
form and he had everything that is
needed TO send baseball swatters back
TO plain labor. Outside Of the con-
sistent Bernard. the Angels looked like
a bunch Of longshoremen trying to
connect with the elusive sphere. Thor
sen was no mark, but the Oaks had
him in several holes.
OAKS START OFF WELL
The matinee was opened with the
Angels going down without doing any
good The Oaks started off like
bunch OF bear cats" Swander i'm
posed on Thorsen's weakness in not
being able to find the plate. Captain
Wolverton found the warm weather
beneficial to his old hinges and the
heat properly loosened up his joints. as
was demonstrated by healthy two
, base swat TO left field. Swander over
Judged his speed as he tried to come
around from first on the smack, but
found that the ball had been cleverly
relayed by Murphy, and it was ahead
OF him at the plate. This good hit
looked as if il had gone for naught-
Wolverton moved around TO third on
Maggart's out. Then Hogan came
along with a slashing grounder TO
right, which nearly tore Roth's hand
of. while trying TO interfere with il.
The Oaks started off in tie lead, which
they had done in every game during
the series
There was a grand chance for the
Angels TO clinch the contest in the
second frame. A base swat would have
come near winning the contest for the
soufherners as the bases were filled.
The task was up to Thorsen. but his
effort with the stick resembled that of
2 washerwoman stirring her clothes
with a pole.
The run and hit columns for many
innings were as clean after the second
as the sporting chaps on their way
saw another run for the Oaks. Thor
sen again got himself in backward by
walking Mite. He was forced a mo-
n1ent later by Christian. who bunted to
the pitcher. Swander then followed by
forcing Christian. Wolverton was safe
on Roth's erlor and then Maggart anne
along with a bingle. which allowed
Swander TO score. The table follows;