Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-24
TRIPLE STEAL IS
GAMES FEATURE
SECOND SUCH FEAT OF SEASON
WORKED
DELMAS, THORSEN AND HOSP
ARE STARS OF TRICK
Angels Show True Form Against Oak
landers by outbatting, outrun-
ming and outplaying Men
from North
COAST LEAGUE STANDING
Los AnneIes. 9: Oakland, 2

This is as it should be. Los An
geles showed their true form by wal
looping the Oaklanders yesterday by
the same kind Of a score which they
should have played all season, had
the Angels been able to perform up to
their standard
The first score of the locals came on
the feature play of the afternoon. In
the second inning with one out, Delmas
singled infield, and Thorsen and Hosp
repeated, filing the bases. Nelson
started to wind up with Goodwin at
the plate, and the runners worked a
triple steal, scoring, Delmas getting
over the plate. This is the second
triple steal in the coast league this
season, and the other also was engi-
neered at Chutes Park, in a game in
which the locals took part. Such play
ing right in the face of one of the
best of the Oakland pitchers was most
disheartening to the men from the
north.
The visitors were outhit, outran and
outpayed al all stages and their
pitcher, tall Nelson. was batted all over
the Chutes park field in five of the
nine innings. Elmer Thorsen, on the
other hand, was in a winning MOOD.
Only once did they open up on him,
when a couple of walks and lucky
hit brought over their two tallies in
the eighth, just as it began to look as
If the Elliott performer would be cred
tied with a shut out. Just as a sample
of what the oaks were playing against
yesterday, Thorsen went along for
seven innings in such good style that
the northern hitters found him for
only two hits.
Triple and Double Steals
That forfeited game last Wednesday
seems to have taken all the spirit out
of Reidy's men for the locals ran bases
at will, getting a double steal as well
as that triple. They played without
the dash with which they opened the
SERIES and as far as ball playing went
the locals had a mere exercise. 1t was
merely case of free hitting of Mel
son, good base running, and whole
lot of scoring. The Angels started in
on Nelson before he had fairly warmed
up to his game. They secured two hits
off him in the first inning, without
scoring, and in the second, third, sew
ent and eighth, piled up an over
whelming count.
The second was enough to give
Stats Nelson a fit of the blues, and If
he hadn't been the merriest kind of
happy hearted performer, the Com
muter would have had heart failure in
the third Nelson pitched under diff
culties, however, for he suffered from
a bad cold.
Ross and Beall opened the third with
singles to the inheld. Wheeler slammed
one in front of the plate, which Nelson
received and threw high over first, per-
mitting Ross and the Chicagoan to
score Wheeler got to third on TINS
play and scored on Jud Smiths sacrl-
flee.
In the seventh, the locals piled up
three more runs, and then the north
ern leader threw up his hands ana
ceased to hope Ross walked, went to
second on a passed ball, and Beall was
also given base on wide heaves.
Wheeler singled intield, filling the
bases. and Jud Smiths sizzler through
center brought over Ross and Beall IN
the old familiar way. Wheeler tried to
reach third on the play and was
nabbed by pretty return of the bail;
DR.. Jud got to second on the out, and
reached third on Delmass out scoring
after Hughie Smith had walked, and
the two worked double steal
Three more in the eighth. Hosp made
n nice start by rapping out a double to
left field fence which just missed going
over. Goodwin flew out, and Hosp was
doubled at second. With two men
gone the favorite scoring time OF the
Angels, the Dilonites woke up. Ross
singled to left, Beall was passed, and
Wheeler swung hard for a double to
left scoring his mates.
Thorsen eased up in the eighth, al
lowing Christian and Hogan to walk,
and giving big Cameron double to
center scoring Christian and Kelly
scratch hit to right bringing over Ho,
gan, but it was merely momentary and
had no effect on the general results
The tabulated findings:
ANGELES