The San Francisco call., 1910-05-08
SWANDER'S HOMER PUTS
SENATORS OUT EARLY
Oakland Right Fielder Dashes Hopes
Of Graham in Third Spasm


ball player wallop the sphere out of
the lot with each and every bag deco
rated. but those who reported at Rec
reation park yesterday afternoon beheld
this spectacular sight. Mr.. Swander,
the Oakland right fielder, was the man
who applied the wood to the leather at
the crucial moment. Thus the hopes
Of the Senators were dashed while the
game was yet young, for Swander
smashed out his homer in the third
spasm. Sacramento never did recover
from that terrible upset.
The feat is all the more noteworthy
when it is taken into consideration that
Swander is a left handler himself and he
smote the offering of one Hunt, likewise
left handler. It is ancient baseball his
tory that one left handler shudders
from fright when he goes against an
other. but Swander put the rollers
under this theory when he put the ball
over the right field fence.
Charley Baum was in the box for
Sacramento when WolYerton walked.
This made the third man 10 whom
Charley issued free transportation, so
Manager Graham quickly gave him the
Office to Vacate the box. The towering
form Of Hunt replaced Baum's trim
figure, and Immediately Cameron and
Carroll laid down infield hits and got
away with them. This was quite a
shock TO all the fans for Hunt gem
orally starts of like the prOverbial
house on fire. Nobody even clapped
when Swander sauntered up TO the
plate You could have gotten even
money that he would fade by the strike
out route. Hunt sOuped up a fast one
and shot ii sQuarely over the plate
Swander let his bat go with a healthy
motion and it was good night The
BAH cleared The right field fence and
everybody came prancing home
OF course, all the Oakland players
were fun Of pepper and determination
after that They could not help being
otherwise. The Senator's looked sadly
at each other as the ball sailed away,
and each seemed to realize that it
sounded the death knell of the team so
lar AS that particular game was con-
cerned At least However, they kept
on trying. but il did no good
Sacramento started the\run getting
in the first inning. Deacon Van Buren,
picked out a single for himself and he
had scarcely landed on the bag ere
Perry sapped a three sacAer between
a
great rally right there but the next
TWO We're soft ones.
Oakland managed to ease a run over
and tie il up in the second, though they
We're compelled TO waste four singles
in so doing. After Cutshaw had singled
and was forced by Swander. Maggart
also tapped a safe one. and so did Mite.
Swander started for the plate, and in
his anxiety to pick the ball up and toss
the runner out Briggs booted it all
over right field. This gave Oakland
the run. Another hit followed, but did
no good.
Sacramento annexed its final tally in
tire first half OF the eventful third and
experienced the joyous sensation of
leading for just a portion Of an inning
This time Jimmy Shinn got a two
sacker, was sacrificed to third by Berry
and landed on Briggs infield out
Both teams played grand ball in the
field, that little tumble which Briggs
made in the right garden being the
only thing that looked anything like a
lniscue. Nelson was in big league form
after Swander performed the home run
stunt, and there seemed no chance left
for the Senators. At that they outhit
the Commuters ten bingles to nine. but
these were SO well scattered that they
did little good, except in the early
innings The score: