Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-14
.HAGGERTYS MEN
CINCH PENNANT
DEFEAT POMONA IN HOLLOW
FASHION
Local College In Class by Itself This
Year-PhlIlips Pitches Swell
Ball, but Spurgeon Is
Easy

St. Vincents practically cinched her
hold on the college baseball champion
ship of Southern California yesterday
when the local college team hung 1t on
Pomona by score of 8 to l. The Saints
had expected hard fight for the VIC
tory, but when it came to real playing
Haggerty's men outclassed their op-
ponents in every feature of the game.
With the exception of three innings
Pomona was all right, but in those
weak periods the local collegians man
aged to take advantage or the oppo,-
tunity afforded them and added TO tnelr
tally sheet with generous contrlputlohs'
Haggertys proteges seem to have taken
the place which was usurped by occi,
dental last year, and while U. D. Z. VIII VIII
not meet them the Catholics are easily
the champions of this section.
Had Cooley pitched the entire game
for Pomona the result might have been
different or, at any rate, much more
even. w. Spurgeon essayed to SEND
them over in the opening spasm for the
Claremonters, and in the first four in
nings. particularly the latter, the local
batsmen played havoc with his Offer
ings Previous to the sixth round, when
Golley replaced Spurgeon on the firing
line, the Saints had gathered In eight
of their nine runs, and when Spurgeon
left the box the game was gone beyond
recall
Phillips in Good Form
Pat Phillips, who was doing slab duty
for the Saints, was there with the save
at all times, and save in the third IN
ming, when he allowed one Pomonan 10
score. shut out the opposition. Phil
lips had everything he needed, and at
no stage of the game was he in danger.
While it was not championship
game rooters for both colleges turned
out in force, and the bleachers around
the field were well filed with hoWllng
fans of both masculine and feminine
When 1t came to real eX-
citement the rooters of the gentler sex
had it on their brothers several shades,
but all the noise in the world could not
rattle the Saints enough to give Po-
mona look-in.
Haggerty's stars went out in the first
round to do things to the benders
iished up by Spurgeon. With one down
Mccain started some trouble with a
pretty single, and when a balk was
called he proceeded to the keystone
pillow. But it didn't matter, though,
,or while doing a little fancy stepping
off second Mccain was nailed by a
throw from Spurgeon.
Flick managed to get on the bags by
virtue of four wide ones, and Cum
ningham came to the rescue with
oingle to left field. Then Lane, feeling
that it was up to him to do something,
walloped the leather for two bags, scor-
ing both Flick and Cunningham.
The Saints came through with an
other in the second. Ammon drove out
a nice single, went to second on an out
and managed to get to third in the same
way. While Spurgeon was monkeying
with the next batter Ammon took a
good lead off the third bag, and in a
busy finish reached the plate in time to
be declared safe.
Pomona Scores One
Pomona's rooters had a chance to
open up the noise valves in the third
inning, when the Claremonters made
heir first and only score of the game. |
TWO were down when r. Spurgeon man. |
aged to get in front of a pitched ball |
and walk down to the initial pillow. |
Walden waited for the bad ones, and
was also sent on his way to first, and
when Mahoney singled Spurgeon came
nome with the tally. Brother Bill Spur
yeon ended the agony by lining out
dy to left field that was taken care of.
FltCner SpurSeOnS real torture came
off in the fourth spasm, when five of the
locals managed to cross the rubber with
tallies. Olhassa opened up by drawing
free transportation on wide ones, and
he was sent on a peg when Ammon
singled. Whine sacrificed the men on a
peg, and when Phillips walked the bags
were filled. Spurgeon failed to settle
down, and when he allowed Lamar
base on balls Olhassa was forced home.
Flick also was passed, and Ammon
came home without being molested, and
while Spurgeon was winding them up
Philips made run for the plate. 1t
was a close decision, and when the UNI
pire called Pat safe there was roar
from the Pomona bleachers.
Cunningham's single did further dam
age, for it scored Lamar and Flick, but
although he walked Lane, Spurgeon
managed to get together and strike
Olhassa out, retiring the side on Am
mons hit to the infield
In the eighth st. Vincent added one
run to the score column when Flick
reached first on a bad throw, went to
second on another error, was sacrificed
TO thlrd by Cunningham and came
nome when Lane walloped the leathar
Tor dandy single. The score
POMONA