Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-16
HORSE PLAYS
AMUSE FANS
SERAPHS FIND ATHENlANS AN
EASY BUNCH
Herqennan Pitches Magnificent Ball,
Making His Record Clean for
Eevery Game In Which He
Has Played
by RoRRY YosT

"Gee but you've got mean dlS-
position,' murmured Bill Devereaux,
the red of the Oakland team, yesterday
afternoon as he wound up the ninth
inning of the last of the Oakland series
by punching the air wildly three times
in an effort to connect with Berge-
mans curves.
But Wild Bill walked back to the
bench and the Greeks hurried to the
Arcade depot to catch the Owl and
leave Los Angeles after having lost the
last game of the series by a score of
10 to 0.
1t was the chance of lifetime for
the Seraphs, and with their star pitcher
III III The box and the team hitting like
fends the locals made a walkaway of
the game and smeared the whitewash
on in great thick punches.
After yesterdays game Manager Nor
ley of the Seraphs walked out to the
box office and ordered that the word
1amateur,' which was printed after
Bergeman's name on the official list,
be stricken out ond in its stead the
word peach" be substituted.
For little Bergeman certainly made
good yesterday and the fans crowed
their joyous welcome as the man from
Chicago trotted out to the slab and
started to warm up.
Bergeman formerly pitched on Sun
day afternoons for one of the city
leagues in Chicago and Manager Nor
ley took him on trial for the season.
Since that time the little man from
the Windy City has been showing his
teammates what a good, cool head and
a swift straight ball will do when real
baseball is being played.
Bereeman's Good Record
Bergeman made his first appearance
against the Oaklands several days ago,
when he won his game handily, holding
the visitors down to four hits and
striking out eight men, while the
veteran Bill Riedy was unable to pitch
i'll the same class with the youngster.
Bergeman yesterday allowed the Wis
itors but three hits and struck out four
men. making a total of twelve strike
outs for nineteen innings and but seven
hits for the same length of time. And
the Oaks are considered fair ones at
stick work.
Two hits were credited to the
pitchers batting average during the
game yesterday, while the only hits
given the visitors were on infield errors
or muffs, and only three balls were hit
out of the diamond by the Oaks.
According to the percentage list made
UP last night for the eight games of the
series, Bergeman has batting average
of 900 and a perfect fielding record.
The fun started in the early innings
of the game yesterday and the 5000
Easter fans were not slow to warm up
to the roasting process.
In the second the locals took kindly
to Gates, who acted as Oaklahd's slab
artist and banged his curves around
the diamond for three runs.
In the third inning they lined out
two runs and Gates was given the high
sign when his captain told him to make
a noise like a retired slab artist.
Little Smith, a young southpaw, evil
IDENTIFY from some northern high school,
went in and before he could lower the
Gates balloon the Seraphs had added
another to the score
The Angels just kept on adding to the
score, tallying twice in the fifth inning
and twice in the sixth inning.
Dillon and Atz' Sketch
In the sixth inning, with Capt. Dillon
on third base, Jake Atz walked to the
bat. Dillon took one good look at Oak
lands pitcher as the youngster started
to throw the ball and then the local
captain put his hat on the side of his
home plate.
Smith seemed dazed for a moment
and then sent the ball toward the bat
ter. "Hit it, jake" called out Dillon.
"Aye. aye, sir" answered Atz, and he
drove the ball to deep left for two
bases.
The Seraphs, finding the game well
within their control in the early innings
of the game, paid little or no atten-
To fttyth trio a
their tricks. 1t was like a practice
game and every trick known to the
baseball world was tried.
The locals pulled off double steals
which by their sheer daring won out
while the Oaks gasped in surprise.
With the ball in the pitchers hands,
Brashear waltzed home while the
startled slabman threw the horsehide
to first to stop a runner.
No member of the Oakland aggrega-
tion seemed to have the slightest in
timation of what baseball was, with
the exception of Van Haltren, Catcher
Hackett and Bill Devereaux.
Hackett worked like a fiend trying
to pull his team out of the disgrace of
pitiable defeat. But try as he might
the work of the other players was too
much for the receiving artist and all
though he was cheered again and again
by the fans, he seemed to feel 'sort of
disgraced" by playing with bushers.
Long Hackett on first for the Wis
itors did everything he could think of
but cover first base properly, and the
locals had plenty of fun at his expense.
Substitutes Tried Out
Broadbent was sent TO third during
the game and Toman allowed to rest.
Little Chimma had carried away laurels
for the day and Dillon was planning
to send in all the substitutes.
In the first inning for Oakland the
side went down in rapid order and
Los Angeles repeated the feat.
For Los Angeles in the second,
Cravath hit safe to Markley, who Jug
gled the ball. Dillon singled to right
and Atz walked. Toman singled and
Cravath was caught out at the plate.
Eager drove out an infield hit, scoring
Atz and Dillon. Bernard singled past
short, scoring Toman.
In the third the locals repeated the
performance. Brashear singled to left
Cravath went out at first and Brashear
scored.
Gates was taken out by Captain Van
Haltren and Smith went to the box
Toman doubled to left and Atz scored.
Eager sent an easy tap to Smith, who