The San Francisco call., 1913-07-26
CHAMP IONS FALL
INTO BASEMENT
Of THE LEAGUE
Oaks Take Place of Seals by
Losing to Tigers While
HoWard's Men Defeat
the Angels
ny WILLIAM j. SLATTERY

cellar yesterday afternoon with noise
that sounded very much like that dull,
sickening thud which we have so often
heard and read about
Their eventful plunge was the result
of the third straight crushing applied
by the artful tossers from Venice, and
u was aided and abetted by the second
Tictory OF our Seals over the tottering
Angels in the south.
once again sheer gameness won for
the lads under Hogan's command. They
faced three run lead, and they faced
1t gamely. They looked like longshots
in the fifth round. when the Oaks were
going like champions. They accepted
all the sympathy which the rooters ex-
tended, and then they started in to play
ball.
The champions were not there under
the strain. They weakened when they
were attacked hard, and they never dis
played any ability to come back once
their opponents took the lead away
from them.
While they figured as front runners
they showed the multitude, but once
they fell by the wayside it was goodby
and good night. They could not restore
TIE lost confidence.
OAKS READY TO YIELD
After the three star special, Harry
Ables, had been hammered into sub
mission IN the sixth round, the Oaks
looked to be ready to deed the game
away. They failed to make an i'm
portant move IN the other innings. The
Tigers, on the other hand. were alert
and aggressive at every turn, and they
tust kept plugging away till they got
theirs IN the eighth.
The transbay tossers began to at
tack Pitcher Koestner before he had
a chance to get well warmed UP. Leard
singled TO center. and, by dint of great
sprinting, he got as far as third on
Kaylor's sacrifice. Gardner came right
through with a drive to the right gar
den, shooting Leard across, but it
ended right there, although Koestner
looked to be doomed for a pounding.
Big Ables did as he pleased with the
Tigers up to the fourth when they
began to get jerry TO his assortment
o'Rourke poked a hit into the center
garden and was sent 20 second on
Brashear's out. Hosp fouled out to
Mttze and the Tigers did not look so
dangerous. but Bitschi bit off single
TO center which registered Carlisle and
tied the score. Mcdonnell got a safe
one to left on which Zacher pegged
Litschi out al the pan.
The big Oakland noise was sounded
In round five. Three tallies were in
ere the Venice tossers could get set
The Commuters apparently thought
, they had the game IN the can then
and perhaps this overconhdent feeling
had something to do with their future
actions. Anyhow, something was
wrong.
LEARD STARTS TROUBLE
Leard started all the trouble by
picking off a single over second, which
unnerved Koestner TO such en- extent
that he passed Kaylor. Gardner died
on hard grounder down to first and
Leard took a chance by dashing in
from second. A good stop would have
nailed him. but Elliott dropped Nc
Donneils peg and Leard was abso-
luteTy safe The cries of the Oakland
rooters rang loud and long.
But they even had better one to
pull on those who were shouting for
them. Bert Coy stood up and knocked
the ball over the right field fence,
chasing Kaylor in ahead of him. This
meant two additional tallies for the
round. and the Oaklanders could not
figure out how they could lose.
But they discovered this little later
on. to their great sorrow. The next
frame told the tale. 1t meant three
runs for Venice, and a tie score. What
happened later does not count so much
The very fact that the Tigers came
from so far behind and got into the
going is what elated the fans most
Hosp bingled to center and Litschi
swung into right Mcdonnell bunted
them along and Elliott drove one down
10 first which Hosp was speared at
the pan. This did not seem to bother
Koestner in the least He just deliv-
cred a clout down past third and
Litschi landed safely.
BEGINNING of FINISH
This was just the beginning of the
finish. Carlisle went after Ables and
grabbed a single to right Then came
Kane again. This time he made one
OF the right field boards squeak Ell
lott and Koestner put on the high
speed stuff and sprinted till they were
safely across Kane tried to make sec
ond on the bingle, but he was heaved
out. Anyhow, the score was a dead
lock- and the Tigers looked good.
This meant the finish OF the big Oak
land left winger. Pruitt, the new
conner showed UP for slab duty in the
next period. They were very kind and
considerable with him for just one in
ming. Then the old harpoon began to
make it's appearance again and the
doom of the Commuters was quickly
sealed.
Pruitt brought about his own trouble
by passing Litschi in the eighth. Nc
Donnell laid down a neat sacrifice and
Elliott barely got the ball past Cook
and into the left garden for a single
IT was not SO much OF hit, but it
good enough to bring Litschi in and
Areak up the deadlock.
FANS SENT HOME
The oaks did the best they could
in the eighth and the ninth, but Koest-
nes was pitching like a Christy Math-
ewson then, and all the men behind
him had a winning brand of stuff to
offer. so the fans were sent home
The score: