The San Francisco call., 1910-05-02
COMMUTERS IN GREAT
RALLY TAKE DOUBLET
Opena Can of Real Old Diamond Pepper
After Weeks Siesta

The Oakland team did enough good
baseball work yesterday to square it
self for all the rough work it accom-
plished during the entire week. With a
mighty rush of IFS forces and a can
brimful of the real old diamond pepper
the Commuters made a great rally
against the slugging Villagers from
Vernon. They routed the enemy in the
morning, to ., and they came right
back and turned another trick, TO 1,
in the afternoon. There was no ele-
victory, either. 1t was good, steady,
conscientious work which pulled the
Commuters out of the cellar.
All the fans were glad to see the sud-
den change. They had been pulling for
Oakland all week, but their pulls ap-
peared to be in vain. till the last day.
Up TO yesterday morning Vernon ap-
parently had the sign on Oakland every
time the two teams hooked up. Base
ball luck was with the southerners and,
all things considered, they figured to
take at least FIVE out of seven. But
Oakland's unexpected rally put the
crusher on this dope"
The Commuters played the game
more like pennant winners than trail
MOser, were going well and the men
behind them never overlooked a chance
to pull off play which might help out
at the finish The change which came
over the transbay team so suddenly
was an agreeable surprise to the fans
all along the line, for. apparently, Ver-
non did not have many friends in either
grandstand or bleachers.
The Commuters put up one of the
keenest exhibitions of the season at
the Valencia street lot in the afternoon.
Spurred on by the victory in the morn
ing, they went at their work with a
will and got better inning after inning.
They were hitting the ball hard all the
time, while their opponents found it
extremely difficult to sandwich in bin
giles.
The Villagers took the lead in the
fourth spasm when they gathered their
lonesome tally. Carlisle singled into
the right garden and Kitty Brashear
sent him around to third on another
one which shot through the infield.
Martinke could not do any good, but
Roy Brashear laid down a slow
grounder and while Cutshaw was field
ing the ball Carlisle landed.
Oakland quickly made a deadlock out
Of it by coming right back in the next
spasm. Moser stirred up great round
of applause when he clouted a sizzling
two sacker against the center field
fence. Cutshaw could not do any good,
but little Wares had another double in
his bat which he unloaded into the left
garden and Moser came in.
The next inning saw the final run of
the game registered by the Oaks. After
Cameron had bingled Carroll bunted
him down to second base. Maggart
shot q, grounder down to Lindsay and.
though he had plenty of time to handle
the ball the Vernon shortstop made a
rush at it and the result was a bad peg
to first. Cameron came around to the
plate on this wild heave.
The Villagers never had another
chance to sneak a run off Moser, for the
Oakland pitcher got better inning after
inning He walked but one man, famed
five and kept the five hits well scat
tered throughout the nine innings of
play. Not q man made a mistake in the
field while Moser was pitching, though
many of the boys had some tough ones
to handle during the course of the
game
For a moment it looked as though the
Villagers might possibly pull off a big
rally in the final frame. With one out
of the way, Kitty Brashear tore off a
single to right Stovall came up to bat
for Martinke and responded with line
drive which was apparently going to
the fence. But Swander hooked 1t and
doubled Brashear up at first, so it was
good night. The score: