Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-11
ANGELS VICTIMS
OF BAD FORTUNE
OAKS TAKE GAME AFTER FAST
COMPETITION
FIRST SIX INNINGS OF BIG
LEAGUE GRADE
commuter First 6aseman Quick
Makes Slesta BobbIe Which
VIII Take Years to
Live Down
STANDING OF CLUBS.
Oakland 8. Los Angeles !

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yHHERE was cussing and gnashing
of teeth on the local players bench
Il Yesterday afternoon when this
score was finally hammered out against
the Colts by the Commuters.
Just such a game as holds the fans In
the seventh heaven of elation half the
time and then drops them with dull
thud into the depths of despair marked
the shaking of their hard luck streak
by the Oaks.
Captain Dillons regulars lined up
with blood in their eyes and firm de-
termination to cinch their position In
the second place of the standing col
umn, and it looked for time as II their
resolutions would not fall on rocky
ground. Speaking of the beginning acts
of the game, a prettier five innings
were never witnessed. Maggie and Hop
kins gave promise of regular duel
from their respective mounds.
The curtain went down on act one
without a vestige of stain on the black
board to the advantage of either squad.
1t may look partial to home industry
to say that the second inning made
much better appearance on the tally
sheet. AS Jud Smith mosied toward
the pan in the end of the second he
passed the word back that bunch had
struck him, and second later when
his lamrod fell square on the awning
of the leather for rest in the run par
Tor the report was confirmed. RUDE
Ellis followed the third baseman with
a little old bunt along the triangle tape
which proved to be as safe as four
sacker, and Smith trotted along to the
halfway station. Delmas sacrificed
both runners along another notch and
Happy Hogan kicked in with a lengthy
drive to "Stein" Heitmuller and Smith
Maggie succumbed to Haley on a wallop
that looked good for a couple of bags,
but nobody seemed to care at the time.
Quick Makes Funny Play
The only thing worthy of mention
which occurred during the next four
sessions aside from Al playing and
It. w. hitting was a humorous hit of
Little Memo fielding perpetrated by
Oaklander Quick. When Bernard lined
to the big first baseman his scorcher
was gobbled without falter and Ber-
ME was getting ready to cease a half
hearted trot in the direction of the sack
when 10, the ball was returned to Hop
kins by Quick without a semblance Of
stepping on or near his station. Ber-
To-. Co. rfr,1yI o1 rNfc
tude as he took a little sprint and
landed on the bag before the surprised
Hopkins could collect his wits to return
the horsehide. The play was so ridicu-
lous as to keep the bleacherites in a
pleasant frame of mind through even
the tempestuous innings the Angels
were forced to weather during the re-
mainder of the game.
The slaughter began in the first of the
sixth, when Heitmuller changed a gong
for Van Haltren after getting the first
free transportation issued by Maggie.
Eagan advanced Heine to second with
clean bingle to left and Quick sacri-
feed the pair peg apiece toward pas
ture. Heitmuller romped in on the
throw from Ellis after Curley had cap
tured Cooks fly.
The seventh saw another one-spot
pasted on the board for the Commuters
and in the eighth the Oaks put forth
their browning effort toward increasing
their lead in the way of five runs after
Dolly Gray was sent to rescue Nagle.
Quick, Altman, Haley, Cook and Slat-
terry composed the personnel of this
avalanche.
Each turn the Colts took with the
slam stick availed them nothing, al
though they labored desperately. Noah
Van Haltren would have no mercy on
his hosts in the ninth and boosted a
benediction to his lead across when
Cap Dillon was fairly frothing at the
mouth in an attempt to avoid his fate.
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