The San Francisco call., 1910-09-09
ONLY TWO ERRORS
in MORNING GAME
Seaf0n WySfifeS Commuters,
but Winning Score Is Gift
of Sh0rtsf0p

The first engagement between the
exciting as the one which followed it,
though there were no extra sessions
to make the hearts of the fans beat
overtime or to cause their blood to
give few additional tingles. But
there was action galore at that and it
was anybody's game until the last
man had been declared out in the ninth
inning.
1t, was a costly game for Oakland
both in the percentage column and in
the lineup of the team. Little Wares.
the brilliant young shortstop who
causes the fans to shout with glee by
his clever fielding and then makes
them weep BIZ his errors. was severely
injured in the sixth inning, two rounds
after he gave Portland a run by his
misplay.
With Moser in the box and the team
behind him in good shape at the outset.
Oakland appeared to have slight adj
vantage over Portland This. however.
was soon disproved for Seaton. the
Beaver slabster. showed a world of
speed, curves and control. He mysti-
| fed and buffa1oed those Commuters,
while the Beavers managed to pound
Mr.. Moser very hard at certain periods.
This game was a wonderfully well
played affair, only one error being
committed by each club. The honorS
were rather even all the way through
even though Portland finished with
one tally to the good. Oakland earned
its pair of runs, while the one which
proved the winner for the Beavers was
a gift from the hands of the transbay
Shortstop.
Portland was on the aggressive
throughout and looked the more dam
gerous, especially with Seaton,. work
ing so steadily and getting such ex-
cellent support in the field. But Oak
land was not to be overlooked either.
Though slow to get away to start,
the Commuters showed many brilliant
flashes toward, the finish and came
within an ace of making it a deadlock.
BEAVERS SCORE FIRST
Portland was the first to score, regis
tering Its tally in the fourth round.
One man was down as Olson beat out
clever bunt. Artie Kruger followed
with two cushion swipe against the
left field fence. and the Oakland fans
were breathleSs. Casey sent an easy
bouncer down to Wares and Olson
started home. Any sort of a peg to
the plate would have nailed the Beaver
shortstop to the mast But alas! Wares
uiu Hol even peg. he DOOteu the Hal I
all over the infield and Portland had a
run the better of it.
The next inning passed without in
cident and after two men had been
retired in the sixth it looked as though
the action must come later on. But
many ball game has been broken up
with two men down and. this must
be numbered among the many.
The fatal base on balls to Captain
Casey started the disaster, which was
quick to follow. Tommy Sheehan took
hold of fast one and smashed it to
the farthest corner of left field. Before
Moser could recover his cunning Rapps
singled over short and both runners
beat it through.
WARES SEVERELY INJURED
AS the ball sped over his head.
Wares made skyward leap to capture
it. He did not have chance and he
oyerestimated the jump. He fell heavi-
~ on his back and injured himself
severely. Though he wanted to resume
playing after being revived, Captain
Wolverton ordered Wares to the bench
This necessitated shakeup among
the Commuters. Willie Hogan was
brought in from center field to short
and Monte Pfyl. the sensational left
handed first baseman. who was finally
raDfure0 nv "a LIapd al such n