Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
II INNING
GAME WON
BY CHICAGO
S0X AND ANGELS FIGHT HARD
FOR VICTORY
SCORE is BIG, BUT MADE BY
FAST PLAYING
Pitcher Thorsen Does Better Than
Other Practitioners, but Team
Helps Him to Lose Criti.
cal Points
BY j. II. wOODsIDE

Hold back the fleet, Don't let a
counter attraction land in this mans
burg while two ball teams are playing
to a melodramatic standstill for four
teen soul-stirring innings and the en-
tertaining nine is giving the long end
of the tally string to its visitors merely
out of courtesy.
This is the kind OF baseball the fans
got for so lousy pennies at the Acres
yesterday in the second game between
Comiskey's change of White Sox and
Capt. Dillons cup defenders, and the
humorous score of II to s. when the
last man had uttered his death yell,
was not even noticed by the occupants
of the bleachers except from stand
point of comparison.
Hen Berry tried out his last remain
ing probationer for the beginning four
innings and although Thorsen took the
customary balloon trip granted to deb
utante slabsters on their first appear
ance in the limelight, the youngster
threw out only "A few sacks of ballast
in his excursion and managed to get
out his parachute before his Prov got
entirely wedged in the mud.
Up TO the lucky seventh, which the
Angels have adopted for their rabbit
foot this year, even the dyed-in-the
wool rooter would have bet his grand
mothers false teeth that his price of
admission was gone to the wildcat in
vestment society and he couldn't have
been blamed for the opinion.
Thorsen started his first two ses-
sions as cool as Cornie Pendleton and
when the Tourists didn't go down be-
fore him they reniged to some of the
boy twirler's infield assistants, but
with the opening of the third panic
seized his arm and when the dust
FsN- II l.
showed the effects of five passa ges.
Unfortunately Thorsen was forced to
bear more than the usual brunt of this
disaster because of his willingness to
mix in the plays to assist
Shaw was an easy out, BraShear to
Dillon. as if this act contained no
more misfortune than the preceding
two. Most bounced a single over Thor
sens head and O'Neil drove to Ellis,
who dropped the horsehide and Most
cantered to the middle stop. Osteen
flew to Cakes, but Fiene slammed to
left for a safe rest, helping Most to the
last corner and O'Neil to second. An
derson bobbled to Thorsen and Dillon
passed up the throw, letting Most
across the plate. Right here Thorsen
sprouted a few twigs of hayseed.
O'Neil made a noise like a rubber shoe
while Thorsen was winding up his arm
for delivery and thundered past Happy
Hogan, smothering the good natured
hackstop's cries for help. Davis picked
up his Louisville slugger at this critical
moment and clouted the spheroid to
Delmas, who threw wild to Dillon, and
Fiene and Anderson improved the
shining chance to gallop to the bench
Davis completed his journey while
Delmas was walking backward after
Il drive from lie Juene, and the French
man followed his own lead to second.
Purtell and Shaw each drew free pass
age to Dillon's station, but Most was
unequal to the emergency call of the
three on the cushions and punctured
the atmosphere in tray OF places.
Thorsen did we'll enough i'll his next
inning, but was getting tired and sur
rendered the job to Red Randolph in
the first of the fifth. Easterly relieved
Hogan behind the screen.
Bernard dorpped the first nickel in
the music box for his side when the
seventh rolled around and cut the grass
at Anderson's feet for sack Oakes
pushed him along with clean bounce
over Olmsteads head, which he beat
to his base. Dillon flew to Fiene. but
Brashear responded to the prayers of
the crowd and brought Bernard home
and Oakes to third on whiskery slam
between Anderson's props. Smith
turned another loose in almost the
same place, which netted Cakes pass
age. Nagle threw off his coaching
sweater and put on Kitty Brashear's
running shoes at second. Ellis drove
through Osteens fingers, allowing
Nagle to hurry across the rubber and
sending Smith to second. Delmas
could get nothing better than a foul
popup to Anderson and Easterly
chopped the ozone.
One more in the eighth and three in
the ninth brought the Angels up to
the standard of seven set by the Com
islxy moralists, the fans to their feet
and Happy Hogans Spide up on his
hind legs in an ecstacy of what looked
like hydrophobia.
People from the Chutes took glance
at the blackboard and clambered over
the centerfield fence to get at some
thing worth looking at. The bear cages
and merry -go-round would be there
forever, but fourteen-inning baseball
game only comes once in lifetime.
Hen Berry sent a hurry order to the
printers for a double supply of tickets
for today and coldly refused the regu-
lars who swarmed around him for
comps.
Hen assumed look like Jawn d.
and commenced to talk. Quoth he:
Its Just like a 200 to 1 shot going
through at the track. The fans will
ne Out Hclc tohiOIlOW pSlOiS Ddu iieio
the grounds ready and / don't intend
to have them give any benefits for me
because / was too liberal with the
gratis pasteboards."
But to get back to earth. Capt.
Davis, bath to let anything go over
the airship line, took Olmstead out at
his first symptom of stage fright and
detailed Manuel on the firing line. The
DiIlonites showed across ringer at
the last moment in the tenth, after
seeing Chicago trying to get ahead
with one OF the same color. Randolph
and Manuel got out all the puzzlers in
their category to hold the eleventh out
of danger aud Nagle was sent to Reds
assistance when the gingerbread boy
began to rub a sore arm.
The twelfth and thirteenth went by
and Hank OIDay was beginning to call