The San Francisco call., 1910-05-09
MIR. SWANDER REPEATS
FENCE CLEARING STUNT
Oak Slabster Again Clouts Pellet Out Of
Lot and Commuters Win

Mr.. Swander of Oakland is maxim g
some baseball history at the Valencia
street park this week. He put the ball
over the fence again yesterday aftere
noon when the bases were bulging out
with runners. He put it over the same
spot where it found an out during Sat
urday's game and, Of course, ii is un-
necessary to add that the game be-
longed to Oakland after that, for no
body ever heard of any team losing
out when one of it's members clouts
the leather over the fence with full
house.
Up to the time of this record break
ing smash the Senators were playing a
good uphill game of ball. They were in
the rear by two runs, but at the same
time il was no cinch that Oakland had
the contest tied up. Sacramento
looked dangerous all the time and
many of the fans had hunch that
they would wade in and start some
thing at any minute. However, they
forgot to figure that Swander was COM
ing up shortly.
The Oakland right fielder got away
with his great smash in the sixth
spasm. Little Wares ushered it in by
beating out an infield bouncer and VOL
verton walked. Don Cameron hit
safely through the infield and little
Carroll laid down a pretty bunt which
he handily beat out.
Then Mr. Swander approached with
his usual deliberate, steady tread.
few of the fans who had seen him clear
the bases on the previous day suggest
ed that the batter might repeat, but the
conservative ones were willing to lay
100 TO ! that he would not None OF
them had ever heard of it before and
they did not believe that it was going
TO happen just then.
This all goes to show what an un-
certain game baseball is and it bears
out the old theory that one never can
tell what is going to happen till after
the ball is hit. Pitcher Jimmy Whalen
evidently had no fear of Swander' S
slugging ability, for he sailed one over
the plate that loomed up like baby
balloon Swander took good look at
the sphere as it slowly approached the
plate He had plenty of time to set
himself and take a good long wallop.
Oakland annexed its other two tai
lies in the fourth. Wares was passed,
Cap Wolverton bunted him along and
Cameron's hit brought him through.
Cameron got to second on the return
throw Then he started to steal third
and Carroll interfered with La Longe
when he tried to peg. Umpire F1nney
declared Carroll out for interference
and sent Cameron back to second. He
had to wait but a short time before
Swander came to his rescue with a
drive into right field. which made the
run certain.
For the next two innings Moser
pitched like a Christy Mathewson and
the men behind him worked like Wag-
ners and Cobbs and Chances. But in
the eighth Moser slowed down bit
and the other Oaklanders followed his
example. Whalen started the eighth
with a single and Shinn brought him
in with a double. Shinn got to third
as Wolverton dropped the throw to
trap him and a moment later Perry s
out sent him across the rubber.
But for that historic homer the Sen
ators figured to have a good chance of
bringing home the victory. They were
all playing good baseball in the field
and they were getting to Moser every
now and then. Oakland was just barely
holding its head above the water and
getting by on close ones. But the en-
tire complexion of the battle was i'm
mediately changed when the transbay
outfelder responded. This should be a
lesson to other pitchers never to take
any chances with a man who has a
walloping reputation. The score: