The San Francisco call., 1910-08-24
HAVE HALF
NELSON ON GAME
NagleS Little Bobble Gives Commuters
Only Run of Contest
By WILLIAM ]. SLATTERY

Harry Wolverton's dashing band of
Commuters continued their onward
dash yesterday afternoon in the first
game Of the series against their dan
gerous southern rivals, the Angels.
Oakland played faultIess ball and
sprinted away with the game, l to 0. A
little bobble by Pitcher Walter Nagle
IN the sixth spasm gave the Commuters
their chance to register this lonesome
run They responded and Just barely
managed TO squeeze it over. Los An
geles really never had chance This
is why they lost.
II was great day for a great game
Of baseball and for all those fans who
Ike 10 see the pitchers at their best.
the fn1elders working every trick thev
knew and the outfielders making many
q long catch This is the way it went
for nine innings. Nobody ever could
tell what was going 10 happen next.
though Oakland appeared TO have a
sort Of half Nelson on the victory all
the time, for Oakland was getting the
most men on the sacks.
BATTLE or PITCHERS
It WAS too much Of pitchers battle
10 be called a startling contest. The
batsmen were bewildered to such a de-
gree by the pitchers that they could
never get right. Then when they would
start a good one down the line some
anxious, oextrous fielder would smother
the ball and il was good night 1t is a
long tine since any Of the slugxers
Jared so badly as did the heavy hitters
Of the Oakland and Los Angeles teams
yesterday
Cakland's one grand chance came in
the sixth round and Oakland did not
overlook the opportunity TO embrace it.
with one man. out of the way, Willie
Hogan stuck around and worked NagIe
Tor pass 10 first. Don Cameron, who
did the best stickwork of the day,
pasted one through Delmas. The latter
made brave effort TO spear the leath-
CT, but il got away from him
Then Cap Wolverton came up and
dumped one of those mean little twist
ers down 10 N2gle- The Angel pitcher
grabbed the ball on the line and made a
desperate effort to head WoIverton OF
At FIRST. Unfortunately, his toss was
wide, so this left the bases full. Cut
shaw, the next man up. went out
Wheeler TO Dillon, but while this play
was being made Hogan landed with the
only run Of the afternoon.
HOsER'S TSIsTERs TOO MUCH
The way in which AIoser twisted his
vast assortment Of shoots and benders
over the plate held the Angels in check
every inning Ilcy were helpless be-
fore his offerings. and every one OF
them semed 10 realize this. too. Except
in the first inning not more than one
southerner got on the sacks at one
time. This shows how effective Moser
was.
Nagle got away to a bad start. but
he came back like Jeffries, with the re-
verse English. In the opening inning
the angel pitcher walked two men and
then made a very bad balk. 1t looked
as though Oakland would break the
game up without further ceremony, but
Nagle quickly pulled himself together
and chased Oakland away runless
Moser was effective all the time. Like
Nagle, he was a bit wild in the opening
inning. but once he got his bearings
the southerners might just as well have
been trying to kick the stones out of
solid wall Of masonry. Moser winged
seven Of them out on the third strike.
and when he did settle down none of
them had chance to get base on
balls on him
Oakland played the real big league
brand OF ball inning after inning. Not