The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-16
Seals Are
Dangerous
Ball Crew
Seattle Wins First, but
Leaders Show Plenty of
Power in Opener
RY LEO IL. I.ASSEN

BY LEO II. LASSEN
Attic Seattle banged out TO
victory over the SAN Francisco Seals
yesterday the locals did not win
without real battle. The Seals got
but six bingles off OF the delivery
OF Elmer Jacobs during the fracas,
but those six hits counted for total
OF Is bases. o'Conncn hammering
out a pair OF homers and also "a dou-
Bile. while Shick and Agnew SHARED
doubles and Caveney walloped sin
gle.
As for the scoring, san Francisco
counted first in the fifth on oCon.
nell'S first homer over the right
field barricade. 1t was their first hit
Off Jacobs. Seattle scored what
proved to be the winning runs when
Kelly misjudged Cunningham fly
In the seventh and II went for
triple. Stumpf walked ana then
Frank Tobin cracked one into right
field for a single baser that scored
Cunningham. Jacobs strobe TO the
plate and sailed one OF Jim SCOTS
would-be foolers into right center
that also went for three bases. and
two more counted. Wisterzil scored
the Seattle pitcher with single
thru short for the fourth tally.
Seattle added another pair In the
eighth when Eldred led off with a
double to left and scored on an hon
est triple to center by Cunningham.
Stumpf kicked thru with a single
and Cunningham counted.
But the Seals weren't licked by a
long shot. Caveney raped a sin
gle In the ninth and O'Connell shot
another four-base smash over the
right field fence and both runners
ambled over unmolested- But they
couldn't get any farther.
There was plenty OF hitting. with
Billy Cunningham's two triples and
O'Conneli's pair of .homers and dou
bic standing out. Both fellows are
hitting the ball at tremendous
rata. OConnell looks like a wonder
ful prospect
Bert Ellison. filling in at right
field for the visitors. carried off the
fielding honors of the day with three
sensational onc-handed catches. With
two on in the fourth he raced back
q second and caught Stumpf's fly
With his bare hand and doubled
Kenworthy off of second On con
secutive plays in the sixth he speared
liners cracked by Eldrcd and Ken
worthy that would have gone for
|. doubles. 1t must be said that he
miajudged Eldred's drive. but he
caught 1t just the same.
Roxy Middleton made two pretty
clutches In right field himself. rae
ing over to the foul line to catch
EIlIson's hard smack in the fourth
and trapping Kelly fly in the ninth
for the third out
The Seals have a smart. smooth
working infield. that gives them
their defensive strength. The comoi-
nation Of Rath and Caveney works
smoothly around second base, while
Kamm is Kamm at third and moth
ing more needs to be said there.
O'Connen is a pretty steady perform
er, IL not a brilliant fielder.
81 The Seals outfieid doesn't look any
too strong in the fielding line. Shick
II q pretty fair flychaser and so Is
Ellison. but Kelly m center looks
weak. At least he did yesterday.
misjudging a couple Of flies.
While Jim Scott pitched pretty
good bali for the visitors until he
cracked in the seventh, he isn't the
best pitcher on the Seal roster right
now by a long shot Seattle still
has to run into Lefty O'Doul. one
Of the best portsiders In the league.
Johnny Couch, considered the Seals
hest. CrumpIer, a promising left
handler, and big Sam Lewis, who Is
mighty hard to beat whe2 he's going
right
The Seals are a good fielding
team. have a kick. keep their heads
up and have plenty OF power with
fair pitching. The Seattle team Is in
for sweet battle before this series
IL over IL the visitors play true to
form.
Frank Tobin looked pretty good
behind. the plate, held Jacobs up well
and kicked thru with a timely sin
gle. He's a big fellow and aggres-
sive and with a little more expert
ence he's going to make Seattle a
very good catcher.
Jacobs pitched nice baseball for
the home talent He also hit the
ball hard and fielded his position in
good style. During the last week or
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