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Show SEALS SHIFT OUT IT LOS ANGELES San Francisco Helpless Before Hurlers of Frank Chance Angels. Los Angeles, Sept. 19. Rube Oldham, Old-ham, who Is to get another chance in the big league with the Detroit Tig-era, Tig-era, did his durndeBt to stop tho leading lead-ing Angels today and acquitted himself him-self real nobly evon If he did lose. On the other hand Charlie Hall, the ox-big leaguer, who Is not to be given another chanco to go up, held the I Seals so helpless that they were unable un-able to seo daylight any time during tho contc-st. As long as the Seals refused re-fused to stack Oldham with any runs, he naturally lost a 1 to 0 game In fact, it looked by the way old Charlie Hall was heaving them over that the Seals would have been helpless help-less had the contest gone twice as many innings. For the full nine Innings he eased the Seals down with three scattered hits and at no time did any of his opponents op-ponents pass second base. In all there were only two runners to reach this far, and both stayed there dying natural deaths. Oldhain also pitched a brilliant game, allowing only five scattered hits off his delivery. The one run came In the fifth frame and this through a solitary hit. Up to the time the run had been Bcored off Oldham, he had allowed only two hits. In thi frame, Shultz led off with a single to left, tho Angels' second single, and took second on McLarry's bunt. Had Oldham thrown straight to this bag Shultz would have been out and probably sent the contest into extra Innings without a score. As it was Shultz went to third when Bass-ler Bass-ler forced McLarr at second and then scored when Davis forced Bassler out. After that neither pitcher was In danger dan-ger of heng scored upon. Score by innings-San innings-San Francisco: Runs 000 000 0000 Hits 010 010 0013 Lcs Angeles - Runs ... 000 010 OOx 1 COBB SAYS SPEAKER IS CHAMP SWATSMITH Detroit, Mich., Sept. 19. Tyrus Cobb, for nine years the leading batsman bats-man of tho American league, today conceded that Trls Speaker of the Cleveland club would be the 1916 champion. Speaker now has a margin mar-gin of 20 points over Cobb, according to unofficial averages. Cobb said It Is a human Impossibility for him to try to cut down this lead and at tho samo time to co-operato In team play to the fullest extent of his ability. Cobb's Individual effort won two of Detroit's recent victories. Chicago, ScpL 19. LatcBt unofficial figures on the batting records of Cobb and Speaker show that only 20 points now separate the two swatsmen. Theso figures give Speaker 193 hits in 502 times at bat for an average of no i "iui.i- -ion r r rf Hmnn I OOI, IU JO- I1US 111 DUV uuita up for an average of 3G4. |