Show i f ENE VALLAS VALLA'S HOME RUN POKE IN NINTH WINS SERIES SERES FOR FO SEALS SEALS' I If Hank Is s in hi Game J JLong Long Enough to Lose It ft Seals Get Two Unearned Runs in Early Innings Innings In In- flings Which Prove Big Asset Later SAN FRANCISCO May 2 Gene Gene Vallas Valla's the of homo home run inside the park park park-a a well timed clout punched past Johnny Fredericks Fredericks Fredericks Freder Freder- icks to the clubhouse in center field won field won the best contested game of the week from Salt Lake yesterday 4 to 3 Won Wora the current series too incidentally the tho home hom guards will have taken the odd no matter mattor what transpires Sunday It was a rip snorting rip snorting finish to a game that thrilled and it had sundry elements of the tho rip- rip snorting throughout its progress For after trailing 2 to 1 most of the afternoon t the Bees their stings recovered had tied the score in their half of the the t ninth and had driven Jeff to cover Lefty Williams who took over the game and the responsibility responsibility responsibility thereof at that critical moment had pitched t the ball bail that Oscar Vitt had converted into what was most likely to be the tire winning run It looked as if the Seals were stopped again But they were not Tim Hendryx went to bat for Williams and drew a walk Stivers the fleet of foot was sent in into into into to run for Tim And then Valla came along and cuffed one ono just right Over the infield it sailed on a aline line dropping in front of Frederick That young man came In on the I dead run run but but the ball passed him I going Just abo about t as fast In the O opposite opposite op op- direction Stivers was racing through for Zor te tying run runs run and Vala was right on his heels at that The ball baU was still sun going when Valla rounded third so he kept on going and made the route with ease Credit victory to Valla VaUa By reason of this timely wallop Lefty Letty Williams was presented I with an easily achieved win win while Hank Hulvey sustained a defeat as he was about to taste the fruits of victory Jeff watched his afternoons afternoon's afternoons afternoon's after after- noon's labors go for tor naught but Jeff Jet Jeffis JeffI I is fortunate at that for he he- was being hit hard and stood more chance of losing the game than he did of winning It It was a pitchers' pitchers battie battle battle bat bat- tle tie for tor the most part parta part a strange considering the teams in action and McCabe were about on a par with the difference that support saved him Both men were hit hard but the Seals could not seem to get their hits when the they would count fOrsom for som something which failure may be at attrIbuted attributed attributed at- at doubtless to the skill of the aforesaid McCabe The Seals' Seals two runs scored In the third were vere unearned Valla was an infield out and Mulligan walked j I Waner hit to who threw to at second to force Mulligan But Lindimore dropped the ball and both men were safe Brower was an Infield out and the side should have been retired Quite the contrary however howe men on second second sec eec ond and third and Ellison up tip Bert cracked a a. two-bagger two into left field and both runners counted That the Bees scored their one run in the fourth Vitt opened that inning with a two two two-bagger bagger to center and went to third when Frederick hit on the foot with a a. line drive said deflection enabling Rh Rhyne ne to throw Frederick out ODoul rolled to Ellison and Bert tried to catch Vitt at the plate but buthis his throw was too late The vIsitors visitors tors tore threatened more than occasional occasionally occasionally occa occa- and was pitching himself out of difficulties most of the he time The eighth was a nervOus nervous nervous nerv nerv- ous session for tor the partisans Hulvey Hulvey Hulvey Hul Hul- vey batting for McCabe doubled Lindimore tried to him hint along along- but Ritchie made a neat play and Hulvey woe caught at third Vitt singled and ODoul was hit by bya a pitched ball balt after Frederick had popped That left possible defeat or probable victory then and thero there up to Leslie LesUe who presently bounced to and was out Les Sheehan parked one in the left field bleachers to start the ninth That tied it popped but Peters beat out an Infield tap and Hulvey singled again Williams Wil Wil- 11 hams liams relieved and Rhine scooped up the batters batter's grounder and threw to Kilduff to force Hul Hul- vey Kilduff almost got away with witha a smart play too He lie whipped the ball to third but ONeill O'Neill running for Peters had wisely decided to hug that bag Then Oscar Vitt came cante through in the tho pinch again singling to score OXell ONell All AU of which would have hae been the ball baU game gam-e but for tor the esteemed Valla |