The San Francisco call., 1910-09-26
SEALS SWAMPED
AFTER EASY Win
; Ralph Willis Makes MONKEYS
r of His Former Teammates
T. as Sun Declines
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= .OakIand'S Greatest Baseball
g.. Crowd Sees Idols Crushed
~ in Morning Game
By w. ]. SLATTERY

~ N
~ TO an easy, If not a glorious, fin
lsh III the morning game at Oak
sand yesterday, but this is about the
BEST thing we can say about our Seals.
When one stops TO consider how the
'Oaklanders toyed with and kidded and
teased our champions on in the fore
noon, how they showed the boys I'D
before the largest crowd that has seen
. baseball game here since the Haight
street days, then one can hardly imag-
me how San Francisco was fortunate
enough 10 take even the morning
game.
With the even break yesterday the
series stands FIVE victories for Oak
land and two for San Francisco.
and we all know that this will never
DO II the Seals hope 10 get by with that
pennsnt next November. The answer
is that they have not got a chance if
they play Oakland too often. Oakland
has got San Francisco's number tackled
right up on the dome of the transbay
city hall and there is no use trying to
dispute that argument at the present
time All the San Francisco fans
know St
h.
ing Commuters, the thousands of Seal
rooeers penoed their way out to the
Valencia street lot full of hope and
CONFIDENCE They felt then that their
team was Just as good as the one
across the bay. They saw visions Of a
double victory for San Francisco when
the game started. But these visions
Then Il was the turn Of the Oak
:landerS 70 root.
WILLS GETS REVENGE
Theer Is no Iisputing the fact that
4 was a tough sight for those thou
sands Of Seal rooters to battle for
8 chance 10 gain admittance to the
grounds only TO see their team shown
up and made monkeys Of by the tossers
from cvsr the pond. Had San Fran
cisco been able to make any sort Of
q showing, there might have been some
excuse but San Francisco was help
less
From a real baseball standpoint. the
game was a gigantic Joke. principally
because the champions booted the ball
all around the lot, sized up as help
less things with the stick and went
T3nn1ngs. Nobody could ever have been
; brought to believe that this same team
was nearly the identical one which
X took last years flag.
Oakland played a magnificent game
Of baseball. There was no luck this
!. time, no breaks which favored the
Commuters. They heldeJ like three
time champions at every stage Of the
. encounter and they never overlooked
n opportunity TO do themselves some
good. They were the masters of the
situation just as soon as the first run
had been negotiated.
WATERS RUFFLED IN FOURTH
The game progressed smoothly
enough till the fourth, when the Oaks
made a ripple in the placid waters
After Hogan had faded away on an
infeld out, Cutshaw tore of a single
TO second and cleverly stole. Then
Swander waited for the bad ones and
Thomas bunted 10 Tennant. Tommy
heaved the ball many feet wide TO
first and Cutshaw beat ii home. 1t
. looked like at least two or three, but
Mite famed and Willis went out to
Lewis.
Oakland was there again in the fifth
Maggart picked out a nice straight
one and sspped il over the center field
fence for a homer. AS in the previous
inning, the others failed TO do any
good, though Miller was visfbly
alarmed and ready to take the aerial
ascent
Willie Hogan gave the boys q start
with a twosacker against the right
field fence. Then Cutshaw laid down
nice little bunt to Mr.. Witt and Mr.
Witt proceeded TO peg the ball away
at first Hogan had clear field and
Just sea mpered home. The best Thomas
had was a fly to Lewis, but Mite, who
had been striking out all week, lifted
q. nice single into center field and this
started whole barrsI full OF trouble
for the Seals.
CUTSHAW TAKES CHANCE
Cutshaw Just took a chance and
started a sprint for the pan. Lewis
made a. nice peg to Berry, but the ball
took g bad bound, so the Seal catcher
did not have q chance TO nail his man
When he did get the ball. he tossed it
TO third in an effort 10 head of Mite
Alas. Berry's aim was bad, the ball
went out 10 left field and Mitze just
came home. pulled up. This made
three runs for the inning and FIVE for
the game
Oakland was not even satisfied with
the I've They had TO grab off another
one in the ninth as a parting shot.
Harry Sutor relieved Miller in the box
{snd after getting rid Of two Of the
oaks he threw Pfyfs bunt away and
Monte pulled up at second. Hogan was
there with another twosacker, so the
Oaks had six runs.
II is likely that at least three of
the twoseckers would have been outs
under ordinary circumstances. But the
overflow crowd found its way into
every one OF the three fields. so the
: helders could not get beyond the ropes
for any Of these which were heading
for the fence. The score:
AFTERNOON GAME