The San Francisco call., 1910-08-08
BEAVERS SPARED
.= ADOUBLE DEFEAT
Lefty Gregg Saves Afternoon
Game by Making Oaks
Whit Atmosphere
BY JOSEPH MURPHY

Phenomenal pitching on the part of
Lefty Gregg saved the afternoon game
for the Beavers. as the lanky HEAVIER
was working like a well oiled piece of
machinery. and he merely toyed with
his batsmen. What he did to the heavy
swatsnen OF the Oaks can be found in
the score, for it tells true tale. Three
hits, two OF which can be branded as
of the fiuky variety. and the other an
honest bingle, was the best the Oaks
swatsmen could do with Gregg's
twfsters- The best part of the work
which Gregg accomplished was the
way he made the Oak swatsmen swing
Just u Of them strained their backs
in a vain endeavor 10 locate the elusive
sphere.
II was too much Gregg all the way
through. He took the limeiight from
the opening inning until the end, and
. the fans seemed to enjoy the way he
:: bowled the Oaks over. He had the ball
- clrc9ing around in the most tantalizing
manner. and the batters We're up in the
air trying 10 lay the willow on the
ball
= Gregg had TO be good, for he was up
against a tough proposition in Nelson,
as the slim boy was working like a
bear himself He allowed but four
hits, but unfortunately for him brace
OF them came along in the opening
frame. which netted a run.
a banner crowd was on the job.
Oakland had clinched the series by
winning the morning game The Port
lsnders were after the honors in the
matinee performance, and they went
into the game with plenty of pepper
GREGG Is SELECTED
Gregg was selected to stop the on
ward march of the transbay team, and
he proved 10 be the person who was
capable Of doing il. There was never
q time during the contest when the
oaks threatened TO score. Not alone
was Gregg effective IN preventing hits,
but he had perfect control as well. for
he issued bat one walk. That came to
. Cameron. who struck out on two occa-
siops at the bat The Oaks were up
against it from the outset, and the
only inning in which they looked to
have a chance was the opening frame,
.. but Gregg took care OF the situation.
. The oaks did not get around to third
during the entire nine innings.
=, Nelson was not thoroughly warmed
up when the session opened. Ryan, the
first man up popped an easy one be-
tween pitcher and first and If Nelson
. had shown a little more speed he could
nave Elu6Q the Ddll IN the air. Inen
Olson laid down a sacrifice and Ryan
= moved along. Nelson dug Rapps in the
Stats with one Of his fast shoots. An
:. attempted double steal. with Ryan and
Rapps in the leading roles. resulted in
Ryan getting nailed [ third. 1t was
up TO Casey and he was the man on
She sob. He selected one that looked
good and beited il out for a long,
healthy single. while Rapps hotfooted
home.
GOOD START SPOILED
Hogan opened the session with a
safe bunt, and Wares followed suit
He laid one down which all the Port
land infeld went after, and there was
no one on the bag TO take the throw.
Il went for a hit. Maggart then came
along and struck out. Hogan attempt
ed to steal and was nailed. Cameron
went out likewise.
Both pitchers settled down to busi
ness. and after the opening frame Mel
son did not allow a hit until the ninth
when two more were gathered off his
delivery. but they did not count Gregg
was going along. bowling the swatters
over via the strike out route The only
clean hit secured off him came in the
fifth frame, when Wolverton lined out
one but he died on bases.
Harkins went in TO bat for Nelson
IN the ninth frame. but he struck out.
Hogan went out and Wares retired the
side and ended the game by whiting
the air. Score: