The San Francisco call., 1913-08-07
GALLANT NINTH
INNING RALLY
IS OF NO AVAIL
Oaks Put Over Deciding
Run in Concluding Frame
on Errors, Passes and
a Dinky Hit
BY JOE MURPHY

After making a gallant ninth inning
ralfv in which Ivan Howard distin-
guished himself by knocking the ball
out of the lot with two men on bases,
a couple of relief pitchers came along
and tossed the game away through
wildness, as the Oaks put over the de-
Gliding run in the concluding frame on
two passes, another batter being hit by
a pitched ball, and dinky single.
which gave the Oaks the game by
score of 4 to 3.
1t was Oakland all the way until the
ninth frame when Pruitt, who was
pitching for Oakland, weakened, and
three hits came along in a row, the
last one being a homer over the right
field fence. Up to this time the trans
hay boys did all the aggressive work
bv putting over three counts, as Pruitt
had allowed but two hits
In the fourth frame Oakland scored
one and two more came to the transbdy
boys in the sixth, Ivan Howard being
practically responsible for them. as he
made two bad throws, though he got
but one error. Ivan, however, redeemed
himself in the ninth when he raped
the ball out of the lot and scored three
runs
SLAGLE'S GOOD WORK
slagle worked. for the Angels. and
he pitched good ball. holding the OAKS
to eight bangs in seven rounds. He
managed to keep his hits pretty well
distributed.
In the fourth frame the Oaks got
their first count. A walk started the
trouble as Hetling, who was first up
waited out four that did not travel over
the rubber. Ness was retired on
grounder to Howard. Hetling moving
up against the right field fence and
Hetling scampered home. Coy was out
stealing and Zacher lifted to Maggart
In the sixth Kaylor secured safe
blow to center and moved down to
second on a passed ball. Hetling sac
riffced. Ness got a Cincinnati hit on a
grounder to Howard who threw to Ar
bogast TO get Kaylor at. the plate. a
lor Coy singled to right, sending Ness
TO third. Zacher poked one at Howard.
who made wild peg to second IN an
effort TO nail Coy there. Ness scoring
on the error Coy was thrown out at
the plate on Cooks grounder to Page.
PRUITvT HARD HIT
1t looked like curtains for the Angels.
as Pruitt was going great guns and he
showed no signs Of weakening. He
held the opposition to two lonely hits
until the ninth, when Moore opened
the inning with a dinky hit to center
Maggart, who had been walked on two
Pruitt off his pins with a drive. The
hall caromed off Pruitt's glove and
Moore reached second Howard picked
out ripe one and leaned heavily
against 1t. The ball sailed over the
right field fence for homer, and the
score was tied.
Slagle was retired in the eighth when
Ellis went in to do some pinch hitting
for him. and Jackson went on the hill.
He got by in the eighth frame, but
in the ninth he started off wrong by
walking Cook and then Guest sacrificed.
Perrittt was rushed into the game to
save IT. but he was wild, and practically
tossed the game away.
OAKS CTNCH VICTORY
In the Oaks half of the ninth Cook
took first when Jackson tossed over
four that went wide. Guest sacrificed
Gardner was sent in to bat for Mite
and Perrittt succeeded Jackson on the
hill. Perritt apparently walked Card
ner Intentionally, taking a chance on a
double play. Schirm went in to bat
for Pruitt. Perritt lost control after
getting two strikes on Schirm and dug
him in the ribs with bender, filing the
bases. Kaylor lifted a Texas Lacquer
close to the left field foul line, scoring
Leard, who was running for Cook, with
the winning run. The score: