Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-08
BASEBALL
GOSSIP IN
The BAY CITY

San Francisco, April McArdle
is out of the game for a few days,
and may be more. In the ninth inn
ing, when the Seals were five runs
to the good the Seals fast shortstop
slid into the second bag and strained
his ankle. 1t was an unnecessary
slide, but any good ball player will
instinctively throw himself into the
bag if it is at all close, regardless OF
the number of runs his team is
ahead That is what he is taught.
Roy was helped to the club house,
where the Seals trainer got busy
rubbing out the kinks and applying
liniments 1t was announced that
McArdle's injury was not serious,
which will be glad news to the home
rooters.
Danny Long was fortunate sign
ing Hunky Shaw at this time. With
both MOhler and McArdles decorat-
ing the bench the infield is beauti.
fully shot to pieces With Shaw,
Witt, Mundorff and Bodie on hand
Long will be able to patch up an in
field that will keep them guessing.
By the way, the more we see of that
young Oscar Witt the more we like
him. Can't help it. Witt makes you
like him. After Oscar pulled off
that dandy stop near first at the
clase of the game some wag yelled
to Mohler: Better hurry up and
get back in the harness or we will
forget you"
Doesn't bother me bit" smiled
the Kid. THE more plays Witt pulls
off the better l will like him"
Witt was more than pulling off
fast fielding stunts yesterday. He
was sloughing the ball right on the
beak. All the Oak gunners were
easy for him. and he banged them
for two singles and a two-bagger.
There is nothing lady-like about
Wits drives. He sends the timber
against the ball with a slap that
can be heard all over the grounds.
Keep both eyes on this youngster.
He is a conner. Speaking of infield
work, Bodie is not the worst base
man. That stubby kid can fill most
any place. Already he has played
four positions this week Mohler
has had him at short, second, left
and right. When McArdle went out
he jumped to short Ping has play
GU I'LL uS lOdu6 VI Illut5t DIS WGll DIS
done the box office stunt. Talk
about versatility. Can you beat
him?
Umpire Van Haltren was monarch
Of all he surveyed yesterday. Early
in the bat-fest Swander saw fit to
question one of his Strikes" and
bing!
He flew out of the game. Swan
der was never fired out of a contest
quite as speedily as he was yester-
day. A fine went with the expul-
sion. Manager Wolverton was any
thing but pleased over the loss OF
his hard-hitting outfielder Later
in the scramble the same umpire
| had occasion to call Witt safe at
third, which was in Wolverton's ter
ritory. The Oakland manager flew
at the -with-the-indicator, and
the former followed in the footsteps
of Swander. Then Hogan had to
come in any play third. This is
twice that WOlverton has been eject
ed in two weeks. Firt time was in
SACRAMENTO Just what Wolverton
said to Van Haltren was heard only
by a few. Wolverton, not wishing
to be severe with the umpire, it
would seem that he was little
hasty in Canning Swander, who
barely opened his mouth. AS to
Wolverton, he is a captain and has
some rights in court. If his Ian.
guage was proper, his protesting
was none too violent. The fans en-
joy kicking if kept within bounds
The same old story. The fans
were caught roofing for the visiting
team yesterday. Whenever the Oaks
showed signs of life the bugs al
most to a man arose and emitted
tumultuous cheers. Were not the
Seals Injured to this sort of thing, il
would be most discouraging. Not
within the memory of the writer,
which covers a period of fifteen
years, have the San Francisco root
ers stood solidly behind the home
team, as they do in most all other
cities. At Portland, if a rooter
dared to boost for the visiting team,
a lynching bee would be in order.
Just because Oakland was using
southpaws in the box, Long pulled
out Melchoir and stationed Nick
Williams in right Nick was kept
in the outfield until a high fly
bounded off his cocOanut, and then
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