Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-29
FREAKS OF LUCK AID THEM IN
THEIR VICTORY
Johnson, Deliberately Walked by Gray,
Twice Escapes Retirement by
Errors and Scores Winning
Run in Ninth
COAST LEAGUE sTANDING
Beavers 8. ANGELS 2

Fortunate punching or the HVe Nus
that Portland secured off the delivery
Of Dolly Gray enabled that aggregation
to take the fifth straight game of the
series from the locals yesterday, the
winning run coming in the fateful ninth
inning. AS in other games of the ser1es
the visitors overcame lead that
seemed to be sufficient for the angels
to win. Fate particularly favored Rort-
land, however, as the break In the for
tunes of the game seemed at all times
to favor them, enabling them to get
hits when needed and aiding them by
costly errors at critical times.
1t would be difficult to attribute the
defeat of the Angels to any one of
half dozen plays that gave the game to
the visitors. Groom twirled a steady
game throughout, as did Dolly Gray
but Brashear was much too slow in
right field, allowing many fly balls to
net better results than were coming to
the Beavers, while Gray walked john
son and Danzig on purpose in the ninth,
and Johnson came home with the Win
ming run. johnson was caught snoring
off second base by the Gray-Bernard
route, but Bernie dropped the ball after
touching him out and the luck or the
game made 1t possible for him to score
the winning run. johnson was the mas
cot of the visitors, as he should have
but Smith also dropped the ball just as
he was retiring the lucky Beaver. All
these hard luck events must be counted
in the cause for defeat, yet 1t Is the
fortune of all diamond battles that 1t
should be so.
Angels Start off Well
The Angels started off nicely, scoring
a brace of runs in the third inning, but
they could not hold the advantage. as
the Beavers scored twice in the fifth
and once In the ninth. Here Is the way
1t all done:
In the third inning Delmas popped a
high one over the plate and Ryan
muffed it. Easterly sacrificed him to
second Gray famed and Bernard
walked. Each stole a base and both
scored when Cap Dillon smashed out a
double over third. These were the only
runs the Angels scored during the
game.
In the fifth Casey fouled to Dillon.
Danzig dropped a pepper between short
and third and was safe. McCredie flew
to left and Madden tripled to right
field, Brashear misjudging the ball,
which rolled to the fence, and Danzig
scored. Groom hit to. Delmas, who
juggled the ball long enough for the
slim orc to reach first and Madden to
get home in safety. Cooney flew to left.
In the ninth Johnson walked after
two strikes called on him, Perrine's de-
cision on balls and strikes in this in
stance being decidedly off-color. Casey
flew TO Smith and Gray deliberately
threw four wides to Danzig. Johnson
was caught asleep between second and
third, but Bernard dropped the ball. A
moment later he attempted to steal
third and again should have been re-
tired, but Smith muffed the throw. Nc
Credie singled to right, Johnson getting
home on the hit. With the winning run
in, Madden famed the air.
Should Switch Players
The loss Of the game yesterday prob
ably rests as much with Brashear as
with any ether player, if not more. and
his work in right garden was so poor
that it became evident that the switch
of Brashear from second to right was a
mistake. He is not accustomed to COW
ering so much territory and Is poor
Judge OF high flies. 1t seems Berry
should return Brash to his infield posi-
tion and Put either Bernard or Oakes
In right.
While it is true that Bernard is fill
ing second position equally as good. II
not better, than could Brashear, 1t as
suredly is true that Bernard or Oakes
could fill right field materially better
than Brash, and If the players were
switched back to their regular posi-
tions there probably would be less
number of games lost and the Angels
undoubtedly would have secured at
least an even break with Portland.
Following Is the official score and
summary of the game.