Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-13
SAINTS BEAT
HIGHLANDERS
C0LLEGIANS GIVE BRILLIANT
EXHIBITION
Fastest Diamond Contest Of Season
Occurs on st. Vincent Grounds.
Phillips and Thaeker do
Great Work
ny ED MoRIARrY

As pretty college baseball game as
has ever delighted Southern California
diamond enthusiasts was witnessed
yesterday afternoon on the st. Vincent
campus when the Vincentian nine de-
feated the Highland Park team by
score of 3 to /.
AS had been predicted, the run get
ting did not amount to much because
of the compact fielding and strong box
work which thus far this season has
characterized the play of both aggre-
cations.
There was very little of the amateur
entering into yesterdays contest, and
throughout the game, which did not
last more than an hour and quarter,
some of the most brilliant fielding ever
brought off in the south occurred.
Both Phillips of St. Vincents and
Thaclxer for Occidental were in fine
form. and further demonstrated the
fact that they rank with the best col
lege twirlers yet developed from local
college diamond material.
Not until the fifth inning, when Al
Merrill, the Occidental catcher, walked,
did a Highlander succeed in reaching
first. Not until the seventh, when the
same player singled to center. did the
Occidentals find Phillips safely.
Phillips was given magnificent sup
mort, and had it not been for his two
errors in an endeavor to accept easy
bunts. the Highlanders would not have
come within hailing distance of the
plate.
'Thacker was also accorded the assist
ance which put spirit into pitcher
and one misplay by Beal at second was
the only error chalked in the Occidental
column.
Shaefer at third and Lamer at short
for the Saints played a wonderfully
fast game, and one that has not been
outclaSsed by any professional exhibit
tion vet witnessed in Los Angeles. Be
tween them they gathered in everything
that whizzed down the short field with
q cash and surety which had the Occi-
dentals out before their runners were
half way to the initial bag.
McCann and Campbell, at second and
first were invincible, and the latter
accepted seventeen chances in league
fashion A remarkable feature of the
exhibition was that the Vincentian out
fielders were not called upon for as
sistance during the game. Neither Tai
ty. Cunningham nor Grindell were cred
tied with a put out, and in but two in
stances did the ball leave the infield.
The Occidental team also accorded
their box man practically errorless sup
port, and the three runs of the Saints
were sent across the plate by oppor-
tune stick work and clever base run
ming.
Thacker struck out six of the Saints.
while Phillips had but three strike
outs to his credit. The Occidental
twirler allowed three men to walk,
while Phillips was worked for two
passes. The little Highlander pitched
even better ball yesterday than he did
against u. S. C. A disposition to put
them across high was noticeable in the
opening innings, but as Thacker settled
down the Saints gave up the idea of
walking and endeavored to baste them
out.
Snodgrass ard AL Merrill were terrors
for base stealers, and but one theft oc-
Cured during the afternoon. In one
instance Snodgrass whipped speedy
one to Mccain at second which caught
Merrill off the second sack by big
margin as the latter was calculating a
steal to third.