Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-09
BENGALS WIN IN
CLOSING INNING
BATTING RALLY IN NINTH
SCORES VICTORY
Tozer Weakens and the Tigers Find
Him for Hits Sufficient to
Overcome the Angels
Lead
BY Edward [. MoriartY

BY Edward L. Moriarty
In a driving finish the Bengals led
to the wire yesterday afternoon, hav-
Ing nosed out the Angels with the live
liest ninth-inning cannonade witnessed
at Chutes park in many a day, taking
the game by score of 8 to 2.
The uncertainty of baseball was
never more clearly evidenced than in
the second cham yionship contest when,
with the Seraphs leading by one run
and Tozer pitching near to shut-out
ball, the Tigers came through and
found him for four base hits, two runs
and the game.
Nordyke was out and the crowd
started for the gates as Eagan ap-
preached the plate. Truck swung hard
and stung the leather for q clean sin
gle to right field.
Mike Lynch was next up and as
Schlahy ran toward second to inter-
cept Truck, Lynch slipped one through
the second base territory.
Mclaughlin, who had been lifting
them into the air for easy outs, was
touted as q victim Lor Tozer when
he came to bat, but the silent fielder
had one more hit left, which screamed
to center, scoring Eagan and tieing the
game.
a furore greeted Charley Graham as
he picked out n stick and every fan
in the stands voiced the opinion that
the Bengal captain was not to make
good. 1t was of no use, for the No
mad found one to his liking and stirred
the center field dust with the hit that
sent Lynch across and broke up the
game.
The first Bengal run came over in
the sixth and up to the ninth sharp
fielding retired them before the cir
cult could be completed.
Yesterdays was another fight from
the start and the big crowd that turned
out witnessed the sort of ball that
marked the opening days play.
The Tigers found Tozer for ten hits.
but the same perfect fielding was to
the fore and until the ninth the Angels
held sway. Keefe pitched good ball.
but allowed three men to walk, tanning
four men to Tozer's seven.
Slow work by the Tiger inf1eld was
in the main responsible for the first
Angel run, as Bernard reached third on
Ross bunt to right field after perch
ing at first as a result of single to
center.
The freak hit came when Ross at
tempted to sacrifice Bernard to Sec
ond, Nordyke endeavored to nab the
leather, which rolled toward second
instead of first. Doyle lost his equilib-
rum, returning from first, where he
had gone to take the throw, and the
ball continued to right field.
Ross stole second as Schlafly struck
out and Bernard was caught between
bases when Brashear failed at the
hit and run game. Kitty drove a slow
one that appeared easy for either Nor
dyke or Doyle and reached second as
Ross scored. Dillon met fair one OH
the nose for two sacks and Brashear
came across with the last Angel run,
Cravath striking out.
Bobby Eager had a difficult session
behind the bat and received several
knocks that threatened to put him out
of the game.
The first was a swift inshoot that
tore away a finger nail and called for
the bandages. A few innings later a
foul, glancing off the bat, drove a
loose piece of mask wire into his face,
but the pudgy catcher stuck to the
game.
Eagan was the hitter of the day and
narrowly missed scoring in the fourth
after he had doubled to The right fiel1
fence, failing because Mclaughlin fell
down on the hit and run proposition.
The fielding feature of the game was
Brashear's stop and recovery of Gra-
hams nasty drive in the seventh. Kit
ty whirled the ball across on the
bounce to Dillon, who gathered it in
by long one-hand reach.
Considerable talk arose in the fifth,
when the ball that had been in play
disappeared. Umpire Perrine called to
the Bengal bunch for the return of the
horsehide, but no satisfaction was
Forthcoming and a new ball was thrown
out.
The Angels accused the Tigers of
jockeying for a fresh ball and there
was much of the pro and con before
Morley finally supplied a new sphere.
Game will be called today at 2:3G
O'Clock with Gray or Hall pitching
for the Angels and Fitzgerald on the
slab for Tacoma.
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