The San Francisco call., 1913-07-23
PITCHER PRU|TT
WORKS LIKE MAN
WHO KNOWS CAME
Rowdy Elliott Puts the Ball
Over Fence for the Lone
Run Rung Up by
Hogan's Stars
BY WILLIAM j. sLATTERY

The Tigers from Venice dropped into
town Yesterday afternoon and took a
q 10 / beating from the Oaks from
Oakland. The Tigers were dangerous
al times and made plenty of noise. but
their noise was not quite as effective
as the action stuff which the Oaks re-
lied upon. They won pulled up and
they won with great deal of ease
and a great deal of grace and a great
deal of class.
The game was a rafting one for
sensations. There were plenty of dou-
BILE plays and plenty Of corking good
hits and stops. The tossers did not
dilly daily around either Each and
every one of them was a main eventer.
They went at the job in a way which
convinced everybody that they were
deadly in earnest.
Pitcher Pruitt. the latest Oakland
slab sensation, hurled on the local lot
for the first time this season and he
was unanimously voted success. He
lOomed up like an able slabster, being
cool and unconcerned. That he put a
whole lot of the winning brand on the
ball is evidenced by the fact that the
Tigers got but one tally and that was
the result of Rowdy Elliott's homer.
The new boxman looks like one who
viii stick. He handles himself with the
polish Of a regular big Lacquer. He
tossed fast ones and slow ones and
ones with big breaks on them yester-
day. He fooled the best stickers on
Hogan's lineup in the pinches, getting
out of a couple of very bad holes. If
he keeps on working like he worked
yesterday, he ought TO loom up as
star in this league.
The Oaks were smart fellows They
saw a chance to bunch a whole flock
Of binglers off Pitcher Klepfer in one
particular inning and they took ad-
vantage of this chance. They had the
game won so quickly and so decisively
that the Venice rooters were fairly
daZzled and bewildered. The three tall
lies gave them plenty of confidence
and they were willing to take many
chances later on.
It all happened just like this: Schirm
hit to center field and Kaylor came
right behind him with a well placed
bunt which he handily beat out. Ness
hit q fast grounder to third. which
Litschi cleverly gobbled up and thus
cut Schirm off. But this mishap did
not deter Zacher 1t rather tended to
disturb Pitcher Klepfer. He soaked
Zacher right in the head and filled up
every sack.
6uS I1tbllHS Hdu the IiSnA - SlClii.
He just waited till the Vernon slab
ster stuck a big fat one over the pan
and then he gently tapped it to deep
center for a two cushion smash and
both Kaylor and Ness were opeE-~Cook
made it three by cutting loose with
long single over second on which
Zacher completed his little journey.
The Oaks were never afraid after that
time.
Rowdy Elliott managed to hit one of
Pruitt's pet twisters over the right
field fence in round seven, and it looked
like a big Venice rally then and there.
But this trick did not cause Pruitt
much trouble He just settled down
and pitched better ball He knew that
the men behind him were playing per-
feet ball. SO he left 1t TO them to pro-
tect him. and they did
The Tigers were again dangerous
in the seventh. With two down. both
Litschi and Mcdonnell drove the bah
to center for clean binglers Pruitt
forgot himself long enough to heave
2 wild one and the Venice rooters
screamed with JOY. Elliott was up
and he tried all that he had, but his
effort was only a grounder down TO
Leard who quickly whipped him out at
first base
klepfer gave way to Speck Hardness
in the eighth in order to make room
for Pinch Hitter Bayless. He had the
number of each and every Oaklander
and held them runless for the next
two periods. However, the damage
already had been done, so the Com
muters did not have to worry They
knew that the game was in, so they let
il 90 at that. The score