Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-14
ANGELS FOUGHT
TO LAST DITCH
BEATEN ONLY AFTER GOING
SIXTEEN INNINGS
COSTLY ERRORS IN LAST SESSION
LET BEAVERS WIN
koestner Twirls Major League Ball
and Deserved to Win, but Umpire
Gave Game to Visitors In
First Round
Angels I, Portland 8


1t required sixteen innings, one UNI
pire and a big break in luck for Port
land to break the winning streak OF
the Angels yesterday. 1t was the
greatest game ever played at the
Chutes in the memory of the fans,
taken all the way round, and the 5000
or more baseball cranks who went out
to see the game sat through the entire
struggle, even though they were kept
on the anxious seat until the shades
of night were falling fast.
Only for two bad decisions by O'Con-
nell, the Angels would have won in
nine innings by the score of 1 to O..
Both these bad breaks came in the
first inning, and enabled Portland to
score a run to which it was not en-
titled. The first occurred when Jud
Smith tagged McCredie at third, when
O'Connell, standing back of the catch
er, called McCredie safe, although
Smith caught him a mile. This must
have ratified" OConnell, as he made
another equally bad decision a few
seconds later, when he called Cooney
safe, although Dillon had caught the
ball full second before Cooney ar
rived. McCredie scored on this play
and had Cooney been called out, as
he should have been, 1t would have
made the third out.
Koestner twirled grand ball all the
way, until after he had retired two of
the opposition in the sixteenth. Then
he went in the air and before he landed
two runs had crossed the plate, cinch~
ing the game. Groom also pitched great
ball, but he was decidedly to the bad In
the duel with Koestner had the latter
not lost his head In the final inning.
Koestner allowed one hit and one run
in the first inning. The Beavers could
not find him thereafter until the ninth,
o'ranfhar hif o & rnQiGfarad hIIf II
amounted to nothing. Koestner gave
nine bases on balls. but he struck out
seventeen of the f1fty-two batterS who
faced him. Groom gave six hits and
one run In nine innings, and while he
only gave two free passes, he only
famed five Angels. Thus it is seen
how hard it was for Koestner to lose
his game.
Los Angeles got its only run In the
third. Delmas lined hot one to left
and advanced on a sacrifice by Hogan,
Koestner hit to short and Delmas went
| to third, while johnson and Cooney
played with the ball. Hosp pushed a
swift one down to Cooney, who threw
\ him out at first, Delmas scoring on the
play. This run tied the score and was
| the last TO be chalked up until the six
tenth inning.
Oakland won the game In the final
| inning on a succession of errors and
lucky pokes, all coming after two were
out. Raftery famed, as did Johnson
Cooney was passed on what he and the
| fans thought was a strike out. He stole
second on a bobble by Wheeler OF
Easterlys throw, and scored when
Danzig dropped a Texas Lacquer back OF
third. Ryan doubled to left and Wha1-
ing u.s. safe on Koestner's error. Dan
zig was caught off third, but in the at
tempted rundown scored, as Easterly
muffed a toss by Smith at the plate.
| Despite the fact that the Angels lost
the fans left the grounds In a good
humor, as the game was such a. pretty
exhibition Of classy ball playing that
they could not find fault. Following is
| the score and summary: