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Show I SALT LAKE WINS I DOUBLE HEADER :M IBlankenship's Much Derided H Crew Settles Down to Busi- 3 ness and Brings Home ?2 the Bacon. , I J San Francisco, April 18 Beaten two in a row the Salt Lakers when J ithcy started this week against tne Oaks, derided and Scoffed at as an J 'inferior team and unworthy of the T Coast league. Cliff Blankenship's crew " fought it out as fighters should, stead- I ied down In midweek and finally H stamped the Oaks with a double de- ifeat today that gave the newcomers I in class AA circles all the honors. . It was twelve innings in the fore- I noon before the visitors put over n I 4 to 3 victory', and it ffU by the nar I row margin of 2 to 1 that Oakland 1j . again met reverses before the San I Francisco audience. There are he- I roes galore In baseball they come I and go at a moment s notice but It j! was Elmer Zacher, not so long ago j an Oaklander himself, who twice saved the day for Salt Lake. In th 1 forenoon the centerf ielder pulled off J a running catch that cut off what I might easily have been the winning I run fur his former teammates. In 1 the afternoon he repeated with a stunt Y out near the clubhouse that brought J the fans to their feet and with good J -cause. It was in the third Inning Bill .T Lindsay with a single to the right l 'field fence was on the bases when 1 ;Roxy Mlddleton slammed the hall to 'center. If there was ever a ball f 'that looked a safe hit. this one did J There seemed not once chance in a A thousand for a fielder to make the lj catch, but Zacher with a jump four . feet in the air, pulled down the ball j with his gloved hand and heaved to i Tom Tennant for a double play j San Francisco fans never saw any- 1 thing more spectacular on the Reere B ation park diamond It not only cut 1 off another run. but. as affairs turned I out it prevented a tied score at the I finish, and Salt Lakers can cheer their I heads off for that same Elmer Z and not go amiss -j Clinton Prough took the afternoon jj defeat. He was pounded liberally, i more at the outset than at the finish, jj and both runs were earned. Chief La 4 Roy was not without his worries. For 1i a time he got along in nice shape, f thanks to sharp fielding, but it was faulty work that put him Into hl6 first hole. Three smashes, a double and I two singles, netted the Oaks their only run. I In the outset of the game a ' gues3 I decision" by Jimmy Toman, who was jj' caught fast asleep, almost caused a riot, and Jack Ncs6, responsible for Npf the trick, was shown thereafter how J the crowd can express its disapproval It was the hidden ball stunt, aided if and abetted by Ness, who pushed the fi runner off the sack to make good J Shlnn had pushed a single through 1 j short and Orr laid down a sacrifice to m first. Zachcr fanned and Ryan hit M safely to the infield Then while To-man To-man had his back turned on first, 1 Ness, with the ball in his hand shoved 1 Buddy off the bag and touched him 1 out. 1 Toman gave a variety of verdicts. First he called the runner out then I he changed it to "safe." and finally, . J after a conference with Phyle. once more decided the side had been r- . tired. Next time, possibly, Jimmy will keep his eye on the ball. f Salt Lake did Its scoring right off j Ihe Jump. Tennant boosted the ball ovr the lencp in right for a homer as lead-otf man in the second. Scoring uas halted until the third Shinn"s effort was a center field shot that cracked the fence, and Orr again sac- rlflced Ilmmy to third. Zacher hit I to ceuter and drove In what turned 1 1 out to be the winning run of the engagement en-gagement Zacher a sensational fielding field-ing stunt, as has been told, came in the second Inning I The fourth saw the Oaks up to the dancer point. Manda walked, and when Johnston grounded to Tennant (Tom threw high to second In an effort I to force the Oakland second sacker Ness forced Jimmy, and then Manda tried to steal home, but was thrown out at the plate Lindsay forced Ness and the Inning was over. With two out In the sixth J. Johnston, Johns-ton, planted his second two-bagger of the afternoon past third, and came on borne on a sharp btngle by Ness Into left territory. Lindsay laid down a bunt to the pitcher that he beat out, but Mlddleton fanned The seventh proved the critical moment, mo-ment, but the Salt Lake aggregation got by nicely Litschi walked and Kuhn sacrificed. Gardner, hitting for Trough, scratched out a hit to third, and Mnndorff was safe when Gedeon mussed up his grounder It was a lively time, but Rowdy Elliott, batting for Manda, hi I to Gedeon, and with -- nn K ri-.ll, rtl 1 Tl tVlO AV'C TVfr doubled out Morning game: SALT LAKE AB. R. H. PO. A E. Shlnn. rf , 4 2 1 1 0 0 Orr. ss. fi 1 2 5 5 o Zacher, cf 5 0 1 3 1 Ryan, If 5 1 1 S 0 o Tennant. lb B n 0 IS 0 0 Gedeon. 2b R 0 2 r 3 0 Barbour, 3b ,.5 n 1 3 3 0 Rohrer, c 5 0 0 5 2 1 C. Williams, p 5 0 fi " 4 0 . tToals 44 4 8 36 18 1 OAKLAND. AB R H PO A. E Munsdorff rf 1 0 n n ft 0 Manda. 2b 4 0 0 5 0 Johnston. If 4 1 2 I 0 0 Ness, lb 4 ii o 10 1 0 Lindsay, 3b 5 f .1 2 0 0 Middleton cf 4 1 1 3 n u Litschi ss 4 0 0 1 d il Elliott, c 4 1 2 5 1 Klawitter, p 4 0 1 1 3 0 Gardner, rf .4 0 0 4 0 0 Koerner 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals .39 3 0 36 16 Koerner batted for Mlddleton in 12th inning SCORE BY INNINGS Salt Lake 200 010 000 0014 Hits 400 010 000 003 S Oakland 000 021 000 0003 Hits 000 231 110 0009 SCMMARY. Three-base hits Orr, Johnston. Two-base hits Klaw itter, Orr, Llnd say. Ryan Sacrifice fly Ne6s. Bases Ba-ses on lbals Off Williams 2. off Klawitter Kla-witter 1. Struck out By Williams 2. by Klawitter 6 Stolen bases Gedeon, Ge-deon, Johnston Double play Gedeon Ge-deon to Orr to Tennant Left on basesSalt ba-sesSalt Lake 5 Oakland 3. Runs responsible for Williams 2. Klawitter Klawit-ter 4 Time of game 1:50. Urn plrcs Phyle and Toman. Afternoon game. SALT LAKE B. R H. PO. A E Shinn. rf 4 1 3 0 0 0 Orr, ss .2 0 0 4 7 0 Zacher. rf 4 0 2 1 1 0 Ryan, If 4 0 1 1 f 0 Tennant, lb 4 1 1 12 3 1 Gedeon. 2b 4 0 n 1 2 1 Barbour, 3b 4 0 l 1 1 0 Rohrer, c. ........ 4 0 1 7 1 n La Roy, p 3 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 2 9 27 15 2 OAKLAND. AB R H PO. A E. Mundorff, rf ...... 4 0 0 2 1 1 Manda. 2b 2 0 0 3 1 0 Johnston,,. If. 4 1 2 1 0 1 Ness, lb - 4 0 1 9 1 0 Liudsav. 3b 4 ) 2 2 1 0 Middteion.fcf. 4 0 0 1 0 0 Litschi, ss. 3 0 0 3 7 0 Kuhn c 3 0 1 5 0 n Proagh, p 2 0 0 0 0 0 Gardner 1 0 1 0 " 0 Gueet. 28). 0 0 1 0 ft Boyd. p. 0 0 0 n 1 ft TotAls , 32 1 7 27 12 2 Gardner batted for Prough in 7th inning; Elliott batted for Manda in 7th inning SCORE BY INNINGS. Salt Lake 011 000 0002 Hits . . , 222 010 1109 Oakland 000 001 ft00 1 Hits . . . k. . 110 013 1007 SUMMARY. Two runs. 9 hits off Prough. 25 at bat In 7 inning6 Home run Tennant. Ten-nant. Charge defeat to Prough Two-base Two-base hits Johnston 2, Shinn. Sacrifice hits Orr 2. Kuhn. Bases on balls La Rov 2. Struck out- By La Roy 4, by Prough 4 by Boyd 1. Double plays Zacher to Tennant. Gedeon to Orr to Tennant Stolen bases Shlnn Orr. Barbour Passed ball Kuhn 1 Runs responsible for Ia Roy 1, Prougli 2 Left on bases Salt Lake 6. Oakland 7 Time of game 1 ."5. Umpires Phyle and Toman. |