The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-08-06
GREGG SHUTS UP
And OAKS LOSE
portland Side HEAVIER Adds to
Mysterious Stuff When They
Threaten TO Win
By JOSEPH MURPHY

IL took Lefty Gregg, Portland s
fancy side HEAVIER. to stop the onward
rush OF the oaks. The side wheeler
Gid the job up nicely. letting the enemy
down with four hits and sending 10
Oaks to the bench for failure to con-
meet with the horsehide in the allotted
three rwhiffs. The Commuter shooter
turned loose a bunch of those mystify-
ing curIs Of his, which the Oaks could
not see, and as a result they gave UNI
pire McGreevy thorough panning for
their own deficiencies Mac could see
them as well as those who occupied the
seats behind the rubber. but they were
foreign TO the Commuters. It was a
hot old hnish. but the Beavers showed
one to the good at the close of the
nine frames.
Gregg showed his art TO perfection in
the closing spssm. when the Oaks were
at the bat. It looked like a dollar to
q birdseed that the oaks would tie it
up or win out. as they We're develish
threatening. but Gregg wound himself
up in knots and heaVed his mightiest.
The Oaks were able to connect, but
without force. and danger was aVerted.
land team were a bunch of crippleS
When it came to hitting All of those
onSide SWEATERS who are bears on other
DAYS were lambs before Portland's SEN
saUional HEAVIER. lie had them bowling
10 him ina a respectful manner. while
some Of them had il out with the UNI
pire for calling them out with strikes.
In the final frame Willie Hogan got
as far as third. but he never went any
farther. as he was stabbed at the plate
on a grounder which Casey flung back.
Then Wares got trapped and the hopes
Of the Oakland rOoters were doomed.
MOser contested with Gregg. and he
was fiinging the bah in classy man
ner himself He was almost as good as
Gregg. but his work was not so spec
1acular If he had received the sup
port Of which he was deserving the
Oaks would have had a shutout. but
two errors. the only Offenses commit
ted by them. We're responsible for the
runs which won the game. MoSer
tried hard At the finish he tried to
enga &c Umpire McGreevy in combat,
but the indicator man being q person
of sound sense and a man who is thor
oughly a bic to take care of himself at
the manly art ignored the belligerent
pitcher
In The fourth frame Fisher sent a
sizzIer down TO Wares which the lat
ter felded Clearly, but he heaved like
2 washerwoman. The ball got by Cam
eron and the runner was safe. Casey,
field leader of the Beavers. Sc
lected one which met with his approval
and he made no mistake, for the ball
was recovered by an outdelder after IL
had bumped UP against the right field
fence Just missing the top by few
feet. Fisher had rounded on the
slam.
Carroll erstwhile an ordinary slug
ger. was the Swat Nilligan of the per-
Torrance. for he seemed TO be the only
Oaklander who could penetrate Gregg's
delivery He connected with one of
Greggs curls in the sixth and spun
the bali safely into center. Gregg took
2 ride in an airship and Mite took first
on no action Casey tried 70 get Car
roll of second, but Gregg ignored him
anC flung the ball to the plate. Wares
lined one right over second, which
looked good for hit. Casey was-there
because Gregg ignored him, and he
went in the air and pulled the hummer
down Carroll died for being of sec
ond.
Olson started the finish in the eighth.
~vhen he bounded a slow one down TO
Nol4-v which the latter could not han
die II was a fiossy piece of base run
ming by Olson, which brought home the
bacon. for he skipped around from
first to third on an infeld out by
Rapps.- Fisher slammed one down TO
Cutshaw. which the latter got mixed
I'D with. and Olson crossed.
The Oaks were unusually bold in the
ninth. but they closed up like a jack
knife when it came to the pinch. Ho-
gan worked Gregg for four bad ones
and Wares hit an easy one to the in
field. Pitcher. second baseman and
olson gave chase and in the miXup the
bafl was booted off the diamond and
Hogan got around to third. 1t looked
as If Gregg was up against IT, but he
added a little more of the foolish stuff
10 his Blenders and it proved effective.
ATaggart started out by grounding out
10 Casey and Hogan could not move.
Cameron hit to Casey and Hogan was
nailed at the plate. Then Cameron
fooIishly tried to steal second and the
han was transferred to Olson. Wares,
who was on third. started home. but
olson sped the pellet to Fisher and
Wares was forced to return to third
He was trapped by the entire Portland
team and died between bases. score;
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