The San Francisco call., 1910-08-29
GET 8 RUNS
IN INITIAL INNING
Commuters Wallop Thorsen and Criger
After Morning Defeat
By WILLIAM ]. SLATTERY

BY WILLIAM
There may have been other games
like that affair yesterday afternoon,
but If there were the fans could not
remember them. Tbey read about
them in books and dreamed them in
their dreams and there is no doubt
that half the assembled guests believed
they were still dreaming when they
heard the bell ring eight times for
Oakland in the opening inning. Eight
the day, is some hammering, something
runs in a single round, the first one Of
worth talking about It's the first time
such a performance ever was pulled off
at Recreation park. and it may be the
last time.
The Commuters Just stood up there
and walloped everything that was
tossed over the pan. 1t did not make
any difference TO them who did the
tossing
The Angels tried Thorsen first, and
when the Oaks became tired of lacing
his offerings 10 ali the remote corners
Of the lot they trotted out Southpaw
.Criger. His slants looked just like
F.. those of the man whom he succeeded.
so the wallOping bee continued fast
and furious.
IT is hard 10 imagine one ablebodied
class A baseball team making eight
runs right OF the reel off another of
like caliber, one that is supposed to be
right up i'm the pennant race and fight
ing for the most important pennant
that the Pacific Coast league ever hung
up ID would have been different had
the whole Los Angeles team gone 10
pieces. But not man on the lineup,
with the exception Of the pitchers,
showed he slightest sign of weaken
ing.
The 10000 fans who had made the
1fLl Srimisge TO the bail park Just stood
There amid all sorts Of emotions. Some
~ them We're dumfoundeo, others were
slated. while others left with look of
isEust on their faces and words Of
g.. disgust dropping from their lips.
There was emotion of every brand on
zap when Oakland turned loose its bat
jcries
E'>ELED TO SPEAR PELLET
Maggart the first man up. tapped
the bah against the centerfield fence
lor "a two sacker. Wares tried to ad-
Vance hiu, but failed. fading away on
an inheld out. Willie Hogan. next in
35ne. popped one of those dinky little
Texas leaguers into right field II
looked rs though either Bernard or
Howard should have sDeared this one.
5ut they both failed
without any preliminary stallng.
E5on Cameron came UP and Knocked one
out of the lot. via the right field fence
This meant a nice start Of three tallies.
Then Wolverton singled and Cutshaw
doubled and there was mad disorder
all along the line. Captain Dillon
franticallv metioned Pitcher Bull Thor
son 10 the bench and gave Criger the
office 10 20 TO work.
Easy as was Thorsen. he was no
softer than the man who came in to
take up his heavy burden The oaks
were after the left handler like a pack
OF hounds on the trail Of a hunted deer.
Everything he tossed to the plate was
hinged 10 some spot whore no fielder
fingered. 1t was no use. Criger could
not deliver anything which the oaks
could not wallop.
OUT WITH ENOUGH
After the Oaks had tired themselves
out from their eNertions in hitting the
bali and running around the sacks,
they willingly gave in and allowed the
Angels finally TO make the third put
. out But il was only after every man
--of them had been at the bat once or
better. The FIRST five, Maggart, Wares.
Hogan. Cameron and Wolverton had
two shots each.
There is no telling just how far Oak
land might have gone had the members
that one wonderful inning. But they
did not need any more. so the on
slaught ceased very abruptly. During
the remainder of the game they gath
cred only one more run, and this looked
to be the result Of some sort of an ac-
cident rather than an effort
Although the spirit Of the southern
aggregation was crushed after that
fearful onslaught, still their batting
. ewes CLEANED rather brightly and they
soon began to fall upon the offerings
- Of Pitcher Christian. The pace became
so warm that IL was necessary for Cap
tain Wolverton to oust Christian in the
middle of the fourth round and put
Nelson TO work
The slender southpaw realized at
that time that the game was won, so
=. he did not extend himself 10 the limit.
He was pounded some also. but the An
gels We're unlucky with their hits. The
best they got was two runs, one of
which was the result of a combination
of Oakland errors. Oakland hit Criger
hard throughout, totaling seven hits
= after the big blowof. The score:
AFTERNOON GAME