The San Francisco call., 1910-07-02
COMMUTERS BREAK
EVEN WITH SEALS
Tall Slugging by Mite and Maggart Aid
Wolverton in His Triumph

The oaks made it two straight from
the Seals yesterday by beating out by
p brace OF home runs and applying the
Whitewssh brush to Longs pets. The
victory OF Welverton's men pulled the
series even, as it now stands two and
i've, and the balance of the games for
the series promises TO be about as in
-teresting 70 the fans as the Indepen-
delce day frseas at Reno.
The balance Of the games for the
week and the two great holiday games
.. on Monday promise 10 draw the record
crowds Of the year.
The Oaks triumph over the Seals
yesterday was marked BY some tall and
lofty slugging on the part of two of
Wolvertons men-Mitze and Maggart-
each punching the ball clear out of the
lot for homers.
But even knocking out victories with
home runs can not cover up the fatal
= deficiency IN base running, which keeps
the Wolverton sluggers from heading
the list in the percentage table. No
matter how well earned a victory the
Ga Ks pull down some one among the
bunch will insist on displaying the
ivory and further impressing the fans
with the fact that any third rate brush
league knows more of base running
than this class A league team does.
BOREHEAD EXHIBITION
The Oaks take turns in the bonehead
parade, and yesterday little Eddie
Swander felt called upon TO lead the
procession. Right in the first bracket
Swsnder played the human billiard
rail. Eddie laced out pretty single
and actually got 10 first base on it.
Then Captain Wolverton came up ana
evidently slipped his fielder the hit and
run signal SWander did not wait for
Ssa bstsF Stewart of the Seals TO start
to deliver the ball and then try to steal.
0h, ne. not little Eddie. While Stew
art stood in the box ruminating on
what kind of a slant to hand out to
the batter Swander started for second.
stewart thought 81 a bluff to draw a
tarow ia first, but il was not, as Swan
der kept beating it right along. Stew
art stepped out OF his box and, TO make
the Oakland runner appear more ridic-
ulous, he waited until Eddie got within
about 20 feet of the bag and then
threw the. ball 10 Afohler. who tagged
Swander out The play was so funny
that even the Oakland fans roared with
laughter, while Swander rubbed his
eyes and wondered what was the cause
OF so much mirth.
But SWander was not satisfied with
this break and pulled off q worse one
in the third. Eddie again landed for a
SStety-thls time Tor two Dagger, and
took third on Wolverten's sacrifice,
Maggart drew q pass and played off
fret like he was going to steal second.
Catcher Berry worked the old moss
grown play of making a bluff throw for
second. but Swander fell for it and
started TO tear for the plate. Berry
never let the ball out Of his hand and
when Swander was well off the third
bag Claude snapped the ball to Shaw
and Eddie was again out by many feet.
The oaks plucked two runs in the
frst bracket, when Wolverton drew a
pass, after Swander's first display Of
ivory. and then Maggart hooked one
close up on mis- bat and waited the ball
clean over the right field fence. If
Swsnder had not put himself out the
Oaks would have had three in place of
two runs
WILLIS PITCHES WELL
With no one on the ba gs in the
eighth Mite laced one over the same
fence for the four sacks.
Willis, who was released by the Seals