The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-08-05
Commuters Win
SEESAW CONTEST
Oaks and Beavers Alternately i'm
Lead Four Times During
Game Across Bay
BY JOSEPH MURPHY

There was no chance for the fans
the Oaks and Beavers dished up at
Freeman's park yesterday for it was
as fine an exhibition of the national
pastime as lover of the sport would
care to look at The uncertainty of
the outcome made it doubly interest
ing, for there were four different
periods of the ARRAY in which each
team had lead. The outcome was a
victory for the Oaks, which came
along in the ninth inning. The win
ming run was batted home by Captain
Wolverton. who Strengthened out one
of Gregg's curves after he had sent
two men to the bench via the strike
out route.
The crowd at the Oakland ball park
was a large one and the Beaver root
ers were few 1t was strictly a
Commuter crowd and they yelled
Justify for their pennant hopes. The
Oaks used the willow freely and it
was their use of the stick that annexed
them their third successive victory.
There were numerous fast plays
pulled off in the field, and the sensa-
tional fielding of Willie Hogan prob
ably robbed the northern outfit of a
victory. The Oaks sensational out
fielder pulled in two drives during the
afternoon which claSSed him as a
porch climber"
The game was opened by the
Beavers taking the lead and then re-
linquishing it few innings later to
Wolverton's team. Then, when 1t
looked as if the Beavers were beaten,
they came along in the eighth and took
the lead again. The Oaks did not
stop. but tied the score again in their
half of the eighth and in the ninth
they clinched the contest.
Tyler Christian was given the task
to perform on the hill for the VOL
verines, and he was a difficult puzzle
for the northerners to solve until the
eighth inning, when they got after
him. Moser went in as a relief man
and held the enemy In check for an
inning.
The Beavers got off first through
Maggart dropping fly. Speas got to
first in the second inning by being hit
on the Stats by one of Christians fast
ones. Then Rutherford, Mercedes
latest acquisition, slammed one out to
Maggart, which the latter should have
nailed, but the little ball got away
from him and Speas kept going
around. He succeeded in reaching the
plate.
going. Christian singled to left field
but was forced a moment later by
Hogan. Hogan lost no time in steal
ing escond, and then Wares singled
to left. scoring Hogan. Maggart had a
double up his sleeve which he dropped
into left field and Wares beat 1T home.
Wares worked Steen for walk in
the seventh frame. and Maggart
singled. Cameron followed suit and
Wares ambled home
1t looked as if the Oaks had made
enough and that the game was theirs,
but the northerners showed some
gameness by pulling off nice batting
streak in the eighth. Olson got on
first through Christians generosity.
Rapps hit safely by the shortstop and
then Fisher swung against one which
hit tho extra fence in left field. 1t
looked like a sure homer, but the
fence interrupted the course of the
ball. Olson came home on the hit and
Rapps might have, too, but he lost too
much time thinking it over at third
and was held to the bag Casey
walked. Sheehan bounced another up
against the left field fence and Rapps
ambled. ON Speas' fielder's choice
Casey scored.
After the Beavers had finished in
the eighth 1t looked like curtains for
the Oaks, but the transbay boys never
gave up. but kept plugging right
along. They tied the score in their
half of the eighth.
Swander got off with walk He
stole second, but in pilfering the bag
he was injured by .colliding with Olson
and had to be taken off the held
Carroll took his place on second
Thomas went in to bat for Christian
and bumped the ball up against right
field fence for double. scoring Carroll
In the ninth Steen started of wrong
by walking Wares. Gregg went in to
pitch. He famed Maggart and
Cameron. Wares stole second and
then wolverton came through with a
hit which brought home the winning
run. Score:
PORTLAND