The San Francisco call., 1910-11-07
DIAMOND BATTLES
OF 1910 ARE over
San Francisco Goes Down Twice
After Killing Commuters
PenHant Hopes
Ping BOdfe Plays ShOrtStOp and
Makes Great Showing as
TnfeIder
By w. ]. SLATTERY


They turned over another page in
Pacific Coast league baseball history
yesterday afternoon and closed the
book on the season of 1910, the great
est we have ever known in this section
of the world Il did not mean much
TO san Francisco. especially as san
Francisco fook double drubbing in
order, perhaps. to convince the fans
even more conclusiveIy that the home
team must not be considered at all.
All the excitement practically faded
away Saturday when Portland clinched
the championship by beating Vernon
in the south while San Francisco was
giving Oakland a double dose of it
here. Still the fans turned out in
numbers large enough to pack the
park. It seemed as if they all just
wanted to take a farewell peek at the
team which they viii see no more till
spring practice opens next Magch.
EVEN UMPIREs HAPPY
II was a good natured sort of
game all the way through. The crowd
just kidded along and so did the play
ers on both teams. Everybody had
that getaway smile on and no matter
what happened. nothing harsh was
said. not even to the umpires. It was
one day when even the most hated of
all individuals had chance TO set in
rhe same class with ordinary beings.
Strangely enough, the rival captains
were missing from both teams. Cap
Wolverton was too busy packing his
grip for the long trip 10 Philadelphia
town and Cap BIohler was a bit under
the weather. Carroll took Wolverton's
place at third, while McArdle jumped
over from short to second TO do the
lOnors in Mohlers stead, and Ping Bo-
die was shifted from the left garden
10 I'll the vacancy caused by the shift
ing Of McArdle.
Bodie really furnished the feature of
the game. His work at short was a
-screa M The way he went after the
hot ones scooped them up and tossed
the runners out at the bags was d
revelation. The fans fairly went wild
over the spectacular work of the Seals
slugging outfelder He had seven
chances and got away with six Of
them and the error which he did make
was a very simple one and did no dam
age
WILLIS IN FINE FORM
The Seals could not win because
Ralph Willis pitched championship
haii It's only too bad for Oakland's
sake that Willis was unable to pitch
that way q month or so go when the
oaks We're lighting hard for the pen
nant
on the other hand. Miller was very
soft for the transbay sluggers. They
just slammed and slapped his offerings
To the remote corners Of the lot most
auN time they pleased But for their
miserable base running the Oaks
might have piled up dozen runs, so
easy was the pitcher whom some Of
the fans termed the iron man of the
league.
Oakland IAnded for two taIlies in
The fifth spasm- Pfyl and Cutshaw
found safe holes in the outheld and
dispatched the bail TO these places
Swander grounded out 10 Tenant, ad-
Tancing them both. Carroll tore hot
grounder down to- AfcArdle The ball
went right through him and Pfyl and
CutshaW found their way home
In the eighth the Commuters made
il certain by driving another tally
through. Carroll beat out an inheld hit.
Thomas singled to right and Willis
made IL a full house by singing to cen
Ter Maggarts sacrifice fy to Shaw
registered Carroll. Thus Oakland got
lonesome tally when in reality three
or four should have resulted.
il was useless for the Seals TO try
10 do any good for themselves the way
wins was pitching. He had them all
tanned before they started Even after
Shaw opened UP with a two sacker in
She initial round, they could not bring
him around and it was this way all
along the line They never punched
more than one hit in any inning ex-
cept the third. The score: