The San Francisco call., 1913-07-31
SEALS SM|TTEN
BY STURDY OAKS
IN CRUEL MANNER
Manlaandled, Kicked, Cuffed
Mauled. Gross Buttocked,
Back Heeled and
Rubbed in Dust

San Francisco long has been noted
for its gameness. and its sports stand
out above all others when 1t comes TO
going to the front for any of Its rep
resentatives And its supporters are
willing TO take all sorts of punishment
and suffer all sorts of humiliation for
the baseball team which bears the fair
neme of the city.
'ris dismal outlook, especially
when Oakland is doing the walloping,
and they came back again just the
same yesterday afternoon, just to wit
on the toboggan.
1t was bad enough when they We're
beaten the day before. after ninth
inning rally. but yesterday they never
as much as enjoyed peek at the
plate. They were shown up by the
Oakland team and laughed at by the
Oakland fans But still their own sup
porters maintained their gameness. and
they rooted and cheered till the finish
as dismal a one as ever was witnessed
on any ball field.
CLASS BATTLE
II really looked like class battle
Oakland had all the class. San Fran
cisco had nothing. Twas too bad. In
deed. that they could not have called
the game off in the third spasm. and
In this way saved the home team and
The home rooterss added despair. But
it was apparent that the fates. OF
some other dispensers of evil influence,
had decreed otherwise. peek at the
score tells the tale.
Charley Tanning was hammered so
hard in three rounds that Manager Del
Howard had to take him out in a nit
OF desperation.
Lefty Decannier responded to a
hurry call, and he breezed along very
nicely for while But the Oaks were
leying for him. also. and he was given
the once over in the seventh frame.
Bill Malarkey made the Seals look
like flock of monkeys in one of those
old fashioned cages. All he had to
do was to toss the ball. They did
fy artists and easy infeld grounders
they stand out as the real champions
OF the Pacific Coast league.
OH, TT WAS PITIFUL
1t was almost pitiful to watch them
in their feeble attempts to do some
good for themselves. One loomed up
weaker than the other. Some scientist
may eventually discover what is the
matter with them, but UP to the present
time their pet a1l1nenL mas not Deen
unearthed. If they keep slipping back
in the future. nobody will care what
the real trouble is.
The Oaks were jerry to the twisters
OF Tanning right off the reel. He was
fortunate to get by in the opening
round. for they sapped him for two
binglers. In the second, with one
down, Cook doubled to right and Guest
fled out to Howard. Manager Mite
showed a good example to his boys,
responding with a nice drive, which put
Cook over with the first tally.
The next period was the convincer.
The Oaks convinced the Seals that
there was no chance for them, and the
Seals convinced the fans that they were
about to be disgraced for the second
time running, so It looked fair enough.
Kaylor started the inning with an
easy out, but Gardner was not to be
slghted. He picked out a healthy two
sacker. which made the center field
fence fairly shiver. He had hardly got
set on the bag ere Bert Coy smote one
Of Fanning's best so hard that it cleared
the center field fence and the score was
8 to 0.
NO HESITATION
Howard did not hesitate a second.
He just gave the long, lean, lanky boy
the Office. and the long. lean. lanky boy
uldciS SlOOu Opey Su he StTOiIeu
suilenly to the bench while Decannier
trotted briskly out upon the center of
the field and posed while the umpire
made the announcement Of the switch.
The southpaw worked wonders for
while. He moved the next two men
down and he passed all the succeeding g
innings till the seventh. Then the
Vengeful Oaks were in hiding for him,
and they turned loose with everything
they had in stock. Still the Seal root
ers were game enough to stick around.
And this time it also happened with
one man out of the way. Leard beat
out slow infield hit, after which Kay
lor connected for one that resounded
against the right field fence and Leard
pulled up at third. Jack Ness, batting
for Gardner. had patience enough to
wait for a pass. Then the bases were
filed.
The best that Coy had was a
grounder down to Downs, who whipped
it over to Corhan. The latter was very
anxious to execute a double play, and
thus cut off another Oakland run and
save the disgrace of a larger score.
But his whip was not right. He heaved
the pill low and wide to Howard 1t
rolled to the bench, and the result was
two Oakland tallies instead of one. and
possibly none.
That settled it. Everybody knew
that the worst had happened.
BACK TO THE BUSH
Busher Stanridge, late of Vallejo
Watsonville and other cities, was called
upon to do slab duty for the balance
of the game, and they did not do any
material damage to his benders
But this made no difference The
men from over the bay realized full
we'll that it was in. and they did not
have to exert themselves against the
hopeful youngster. The score:
SAN FRANCISCO