Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-04
ANGELS DIVIDE
WITH HOGANlTES
VERNON WINS IN MORNING ON
HOME FIELD
KoEsTNER is PUZZLE IN THE
AFTERNOON GAME
Poor Fielding by DiIlon's Men in First
Meeting and by suburbanites
in Second Contest Is
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1t was one-all when the days argu-
ments between Los Angeles and the
Vernonites ended yesterday. Vernon
had an easy time with Busher Hall in
the morning game, for the youngster
was unsteady and was backed by
miserable support. In the afternoon
the fans saw a real ball game at
Cndtes, though the error column was
transferred to the Vernon side, and
Haps men had equally as bad time
locating the leather as did the Dillon
hand in the morning. Schafer, Hogan
net mound man, worked in the sunrise
session, The Angels pounded him
freely for nine hits, but Schater's OLD
habit of keeping the bingles nicely
scattered so as to balance the score
board reasserted itself, and Los An
seIes never had a chance to win.
"Dolly" Gray, the former Angel star,
used to say that he didn't care If the
opposing team got a million hits II he
only won the game. Schafer never IS
worried or flurried over any amount OF
hitting. He keeps pegging away on
an even keel and this perhaps is what
finds him on the winning end OF so
many games.
Koestner was good, awful good, and
Willett was bad in the afternoon
game, which tells about all the story.
Berry's $4,000 beauty struck out eight
of the Vernon men and not a mothers $
son of them got better than single.
1t took two hours and ten minutes to
settle the argument, and the Angels
made one of the hottest ninth inning
finishes seen this season, overcoming
a two-run lead and adding three more
for luck.
Morning Contest
Succotash ball was dished up in the
morning in several innings. Los An
Aeles scored only once-in the first in
ning-when Daley singled to left, went
to second when Martinke allowed the
ball to go past him to the fence, and
was scored on Ross hit to right
Thereafter the Whitecoats had a hard
time to land on bases, and saw no
further chance to score. In the eighth
with two men out, Daley tripled to
right field but he was stranded on
the third bag without being able to
squeeze over.
That run, had it been secured, would
not have helped any, for plenty of err
rors behind Hall and the youngsters
wildness gave the Vernonites a run
almost any time they asked for it.
Hogan's men made one run in the
second, tying the score, added two
more in the sixth, another in the sew
enth and another in the eighth. The
sixth was a curious mixture and sew
eral methods of how not to play ball
were successfully demonstrated. Nc
Cay singled to left and Martinke was
hit by a pitched ball. Brashear sac
rificed the shortstop to third and Nc
Kay scored on a wild pitch by Hatch
Martinke got to third on this play and
scored when Jud Smith permitted
Eagans liner to roll gracefully,
through him as he stopped to make an
easy pickup.
Afternoon Session
Vernon almost slipped another one
over on the Angels in the afternoon
at Chutes After tacking along the
greater part of the course the Angels
finally struck a fair wind, and with
balloon jibs set, rounded the buoy two
points in the lead of the Villagers.
Martinkes fatal error in the ninth
raised the Seraph percentage a few
points, when four men crossed the
plate and Happy Hogan saw a game
which appeared to be as good as won
slip through his fingers.
The matinee exhibition was one of
the most mediocre of the weeks Sc
ries, the winners making error after
error, while both pitchers allowed
many walks. Despite the fact that the
curve artists were wild, nothing longer
than single base hit was recorded
for either aggregation.
There was absolutely nothing to the
game to boost the stock of either team,
although a few brilliant plays were
executed.
Ross saved a couple of possible runs
early in the contest when he picked up
Eagans liner sjngle-handed in the
right garden. Two were down and
two men were on bases when Truck
leaned against a fast one which looked
like a two-bagger for several seconds
The winners almost tailed in the sec
ond, when Howard attempted to steal
home on a sacrifice hit to Coy. The
Vernon right fielder averted such a
catastrophe by a perfect peg to the
plate, retiring the runner
Bunched hits, coupled with speedy
base running, tailed for the Angels
in the third and fifth, but the VII
layers lead was never threatened un-
til the ninth.
One tally had been recorded, and
with Goodwin, Ross and Beall at the
stations, Howard lined a clean single
past third base. With two down Mar
tlnke should have saved the day by
whipping the ball back to home. The
fans had even started to leave their
seats. But Martinke blew up in the
pinch and allowed the sphere to slip
past him. Los Angeles players crossed
the plate in a steady string for the
next few minutes, ringing the bell five
times, once for every game won dur
ing the series.
The scores
MORNING GAME