The San Francisco call., 1910-08-14


The ever popular one run brand of
baseball was there for the fans to
gaze upon again yesterday afternoon
and Oakland took its turn with the vic
tory. . to /. It was close and exciting
and heartrending all the time and but
for that great throw which Willie
Hogan made in the second spasm Yer
non might have galloped home in the
lead. However, summing il up all the
way through, the Commuters were en-
titled TO the winners share of the
purse. They played good. consistent
baseball and they were steady and res
olute in the tight places Not one of
them erred.
The bright sunshine brought out
great crowd. one that nearly filled the
stands and bleachers. Oakland sent
over its regular delegation of rooters
and they did good work for their team.
The San Francisco crowd was about
evenly divided. Half of them wanted
to see Oakland win just because Oak
land is located near San Francisco and
the other half wanted to see Vernon
win because the Oakland fans are al
ways pulling against san Francisco.
The rival teams started off with
plenty Of ginger and plenty of ambi-
tion. They kept plugging away all the
time and they never ceased hustling.
Thus il was that the game was reeled
of in an hour and twenty-foUr minutes,
q remarkable feat considering that
both Of them are two hour ball teams
as a general rule. It was the fastest
game Of the series and almost as ex-
citing as the one that Oakland took
away on Thursday afternoon.
PITCHERS Do GOOD WORK
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did most of the work. Both of them
were in the hole time and time again,
but they both got good support when
they needed il and they never weak
ened in the pinches. It did look as
though Harkins was about due for an
excursion in the clouds near the finish,
but he rallied at the crucial moment
and got away very nicely.
The Commuters could not come with
in whistling distance of the plate till
the fourth frame. Then they got lucky
and put one over. Little Wares started
with a bingle and Maggart sacrificed
him. Cameron laced one down TO Kitty
Brashear, which was badly booted Cap
Nolverton laid down a bunt and Wares
started for the plate. He might have
been nailed, but Happy Hogan let the
ball get through his mitts, so Oakland
was there with a run.
Oakland went for its second and
what proved to be the winning tally in
the sixth frame. This time. Wares
again bingled out into deep center field.
Right after him came Maggart and
Cameron with safe ones and the short
stop found his way home It looked
like a whole bundle of tallies, but VOL
verton mad the bad grace to hit into a
double play.
Vernon could not put itself on the
srun getting map till the seventh, which
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home team. 1t was then that the Vii
layers started after Harkins in such a
furious way that all the fans conceded
the game TO the southerners and the
Oakland boss sent out a few pitchers to
warm UP on the side lines.
Kitty Brashear hit the first pitched
hall for a double into center field. 1t
was one Of those doubles that kept
right on going past all the fielders.
without loss of time Harkins settled
down and got rid of Roy Brashear and
Burrell. The fans cheered and clapped,
bur right in the midst of 1t Coy sin
gled and Vernon was the proud pos
SCISSOR Of a run.
HoGAN's LIFE SAVING STUNT
Hogan brought his life saving stunt
into play in the second round Coy,
the first man up, unloajed one Of. his
"a aY,ofls two sackers into center field
and Lindsay followed with a very
sweet single. The Vernon coach sent
Gov right through, for it looked soft
and easy for him. But Willie Hogan
hooked the ball anJ tossed ii squarely
into the waiting mitt OF Mite just in
time 10 head off the run.
Oakland's great work in the field
belued Harkins out Of many tight
hole. The Oakland fielders never fell
down on their pitcher. They were
there to take every thing that came
their way and there never was any
thing too fast or too difficult for them
20 handle. The score:
VERNON.