Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-20
TWO HOME RUNS
WIN FOR ANGELS
CRAVATH, OF COURSE, MADE
ONE OF THEM
Kitty Rrashear Drives Ball Into Knot
Hole in Fence and Ambles
Around Circuit Before It
Was Extracted

In a game marked by the most pecu-
liar freaks of batting ever witnessed
OH a Southern California baseball field.
the Angels took the third game Of the
series with Seattle at Chutes park yes
terday afternoon, assisted by home
runs by Brashear and Cravath.
From the start the plays were as un-
natural and peculiar as the earthquake
disturbances of the north. Only a few
of the faithful were out at the game,
and although the players did extra
stunts to attract attention, the specta-
tors seemed extremely nervous and eX-
tras brought into the grandstand were
eagerly purchased by the attendants.
The Angels started the funny things
in the first inning. Warren Hall was
in the box for Los Angeles, while G..
Hall occupied the box for the visitors.
In the first inning "Angel" Hall sent
the first two men back to the bench
with strike-outs registered against
them and the third man up was induced
to pop an easy fly, which was gobbled
in the hungry NAV of Cravath in right
garden.
Then came the fireworks. Bernard
and Ross for the Angels flew out to
center and unluckily for C. Hall he
walked Kitty Brashear to first.
Then the able but sleepy looking
lCravie Cravath selected a wagon
tongue from the assortment and, giving
an extra hitch to his trousers, slouched
up to the bat.
The visiting Hall evidently did not
know Cravie's style, for he sent him one
just the way he wanted 1t and the ball
went over the fence, but on the wrong
side of the foul line, and Cravie again
faced the pitcher.
CraVath Loses Ball
Again came the fateful shoulder
high ball and Cravath hit it like it
might have been his worst enemy. The
Ihorsehide described high-1own and
graceful arc toward left field, while the
men in that garden dashed frantically
backward to catch the fly.
But Cravie didn't care. He knew
where the ball was gong as soon as he
hit It and he leaned ON his bat and
watched the horsehide as it sailed to-
ward a peculiar advertisement on the
fence.
Cravie had planted the first home run
of the season over the letter u in the
same sign several days ago and his
eye was fixed on that U yesterday.
And he was not disappointed, for the
leather skinned over the particular
letter and Cravie walked around the
diamond with Brashear ahead of him,
From that time on it vase clout, clout,
clout, by all the batsmen, and the
sphere was kept sailing to all parts of
the field.
The Siwashes got down to work in
the sixth inning, when Thick Rocken-
field hit a wallop to left for single
and went to second on a tumble by
Ross. Streib went out, Hall to Dillon,
and Rookie went to third on the play.
Heitmuller hit safe for a single, scor-
ing Rockenfield.
In the latter half of the sixth the
Angels came back with the most pc
culiar play of the season. And Brash-
ear did it all by himself.
Kitty looked at the first ball across
the plate and then walloped it hard
past first base. The ball hit in safe
territory and rolled out to the bleach
ers fence, and Brashear camped on
first.
But at the yells of his coacher he
turned and saw that the ball had hit
through tiny hole in the fence and
that the right fielder was making
frantic efforts to get it, Kitty smiled
and walked around home, scoring what
later proved the winning run of the
day
The Angels worked themselves into
a tight place in the seventh inning, and
the visitors made one score and filled
the bases. Hall was taken out of the
box by Capt. Dillon and Bergman sent
to the slab He cut off the rally and
held the visitors down for the remain
der of the game.
The summary: