Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-29
FIVE-RUN LEAD
IS INEFFECTIVE
ANGELS OVERHAUL BEAVERS
IN FAST GAME
SCORE TIED TWICE AND DILLoNs
SINGLE WINS
Beall cIouts Ball for Homer, Evening
Up Matters, and the Gray=Haired
Leader signalzes Re-entry
by Gaining Victory
coAsT LEAGUE srANpINe
Los Angeles. z; Portland. 6

Los Angeles, 7; Portland,
Walter Mercedes well worn little
pathway out in right field. where he
daily trods out his excess vim, taking
an extra scuff and a skip whenever his
opponents make a hit, and making a
kangaroo leap every time his pitcher
strikes out man, was given a thor
ough treading yesterday afternoon.
There is a long streak, measuring
about ten feet in length and three
wide, which marks the progress of the
game from the McCredie standpoint.
The more exciting the game the better
outlined are his movements. 1t was
pounded and patted to a hard surface
in the third meeting of the Angels and
Beavers this week, for there was suf-
ficient excitement to keep Mac on the
move throughout.
Measured from standards of perfect
baseball, there was a lot lacking in
yesterdays exhibition, but the fans
saw so much action with such a thrill
ing windup that had rising vote been
taken it is probable the bleacherites
would have voted the affair one of the
best and liveliest of the season. It
must be admitted that it degenerated
after the first two innings into a succo-
tash struggle. All kinds of baseball,
including splendid fielding and poor
fielding and good hitting and laxness
with the stick, were tapped, and things
were so uncertain that not a fan de-
parted until the last man was out.
Tie Five Run Lead
just two striking incidents-wilI serve
TO illustrate. The Beavers secured a
five-run lead by poor support of Koest-
ner, coupled with few hits. Then the
Angels came back and tied the score
in a furious rally in the sixth Port
land forged ahead once more, and then
Johnny Beall tied the score in the
eighth with home run over the CEN
ter field fence. and the crowd went
wild, while the Chicagoan smilingly
loafed around to the home plate. The
third incident was the winning score,
which soon afterward happened, but it
was almost foregone conclusion that
the Angels would win after making
such a furious overhauling fight.
Gray-haired but ever popular, Captain
Dillon, the Angel leader, entered the
game IN the critical moment - in the
eighth inning, when the score was tied
and man was on first and third. with
one out. The fans gave him a cordial
reception, and when he hit out the sin
gle which drove in the winning run he
got an even heartier greeting.
seaton Starts Well
For five innings Seaton, a new one
on the Beaver lineup, held the locals
without a hit. The Beavers got four
runs in the third on three hits and
another. tally in the fifth, so when
the sixth opened, with Seaton pitching
such perfect ball, the locals were about
to give up the ghost. But here an
axiom OF baseball, you are never de-
feated until the last man is out" was
7v,1fa T..
stickers. With the score 5 to 0, they
hammered out a tie score In the midst
of the most terrifying din visiting
pitcher has been called upon to face
IN many a long week. Walter Nagle
stood on the first base coaching line,
and he had the crowd with him-all
OF which is synonymous for noise.
The first two innings might as well
be cut out of the score sheet, since
nothing happened Of any worth not
even hit. But the third cannot be
skipped, even by a blind man. Ort
opened by shooting a sizzler Just too
high for Johnny Beall to pull down,
and landed safe. Speas singled through
short and Seaton filled the bases by
registering at first when Hughie
Smith failed to catch Ort on third on
tielder's choice.
The Fun Begins
With the circuit occupied Cooney
struck out, and then the fun began.
Hughie Smith threw the ball away
over Delmas into center field and Ort
scored. Olson was walked again, fill
Ing the bases, and Graney flew out to
Goodwin, who made a beautiful return
to the plate which would have beaten
Speas twenty feet, but Hughie dropped
the ball and Speas scored. Slugger
Johnson was safe on Jud Smiths wild
throw to first, allowing Seaton to
score. Then Olson and Johnson worked
a pretty double steal and Olson crossed
the pan. Mercedes out ended the
agony.
Olson was walked and reached second
and third in the fifth when Hughie
made another wild throw to catch him
johnson bunted between short and
third and Olson squeezed over for the
fifth run.
Not a sensible fan would have wag-
cred 1 to 10 on the chances of the An
gels to win at this point, but ten min
utes later it was a toss-up. In the
sixth Daley started by singing to CEN
ter, Goodwin singled to right and Daley
reached third on Mercedes juggle,
Goodwin going to second when the in
fielder failed to recover the throw-in.
Ross singled to right, bringing over
Daley and Goodwin, and Ross reached
Credie's waiting mitts to the right field
fence. Beall's single scored Ross, and
as Wheeler went to bat McCredie
waved Seaton to the bench and sent in
Carson. George struck out, much to
his disgust. Jud Smith was hit by a
pitched ball and Beall and the doctor
man worked double steal A moment
later Fisher overthrow second and the
ball rolled into center field, scoring
both runners, Score to 8.
Singles by Johnson McCredie and
Fisher brought the Portland captain
over for leading ru min the eighth,
and again gloom settled on the Angel
bench.
5eaIPs Pretty Homer
John Beall was first up for the south
erners in the Angel half of that inning.
He was waiting for good one all day,
found one just to his liking, took a nice
healthy swing and over the sphere
bounded behind the center field fence
again tying the score. This dispirited
Carson and he passed Wheeler. Jud
was out for bunting the third strike
Delmas was safe on Cooney's error and