Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-20
TWO PITCHERS
ARE OERRICKED
ANGELS ON LONG END OF WILD
SCRAMBLE
OAKS GET SURPRISING REcEP-
TIoN AT VERNON FIELD
Teams Make Five Runs Each In First
Inning and Tozer and Tonne-
son Give Way to Thorsen .
and Christian
COAST LEAGUE STANDINGS
Los Angeles 10, Oakland 6

Los Angeles 10, Oakland 6
Bill Reidy's commuters were posi-
lively overwhelmed by the cordiality
of the reception accorded them by the
Angels yesterday afternoon at Vernon
field Not only did Dillon place one
of his prime beavers on duty, but he
had a nice little bouquet all done up
neatly, and this was handed to the
Oaks in the first inning, with the COM
pliments of the southerners, tackled on
so suggestively that the Baysiders
could not fail to mistake the donors
Tonneson, the mound man for the
visitors, gracefully accept the gift.
and his mates came right back with a
surprise package in that same inning.
Result: when the total damage had
been counted up at the end of one
full inning, it was found that the two
teams had made total of ten runs,
equally divided, and nine hits. six of
which had been made off Tozer.
With such a nice start 1t was to
be expected that most anything might
happen. But both captains used their
right of veto, yanked their set of pitch
ers out of the box, and the third inning
found a new set of pitchers on duty.
1t frequently happens that one pitcher
will run into a bad streak and be
pounded out of the box. That is the
lot of even the best of them at times
But it is seldom that two opposing
pitchers hold an ascension together in
the same game and the same inning.
Pitchers of Day
Both Tozer and Tonneson had an off
day. The hitters of both teams had
a wild orgy of runs and hits in that
first inning, and it was g scramble to
see which could make the most runs,
hits and errors. Then Christian re-
placed Tonneson and Thorsen was
stuck in to replace Tozer in the Angel
half For two more innings, things
moved along in rut, and then all OF
sudden Christian commenced TO climb,
his mates started to go up with him,
and if the Angels hadn't gotten tired
of running bases, the Oaks might be
on the incline yet
With the score tied at to 5, the
Angels opened the fourth like baby
hurricane loosened for its first view OF
life and after the damage had been
again counted, 1t was found that the
locals had just doubled their score
adding five tallies off the same number
of hits. The ninth found the Oaks at
tempting a whirlwind finish, but it
died away to q one run climax. There
fore there are just three noteworthy
innings to the game, the first, the
fourth and the last.
Oakland hit all around the southern
lads. A total of eighteen hits We're
gathered by the northerners, seven OFF
Tozer and eleven off Thorsen. But
perfect fielding and sluggish base run
ming held the men from the bay down
tight as a war drumhead, though they
secured hits in punches off the Elliott
representative.
Scramble Starts Early
Every man on the Oakland lineup
faced Tozer in the first inning. With
Maggert out on a fly, Carroll ana no
gan singled Doubles by Cameron ana
Kelly scored the first two runners, and
then Cameron got home on a wild
pitch, for all the lengthy boy needs is
hop, skip and a jump and he mas traV-
eled from one base to another. cut
shaws single scored Kelly, and he
reached third when Wolfe, the new
busher outfielder, fumbled the ball
Cutshaw brought the fifth run over
when he trotted across on McKune's
out. Thomas singled and Tonneson
went out, Smith to Beall.
In the ordinary course Of human
events it would be about a four to one
proposition that Oakland had the game
pocketed right there. But the cinch
bettor would have had heart failure in
the second half if he had laid any
wagers. Wolfe retrieved his tumble by
smashing out rafting double to right.
Goodwin went out and Ross took first
when hit by a pitched ball Beall was
passed, and the first Angel score came
over when Wolfe tailed as Cutshaw
dropped McKune's throw Of Wheeler's
hit.
Smith Clears Bases
With Ross, Beall and Wheeler sta
toned on the bases awaiting a chance
to come around. Jud Smith came to
bat Now, DR.. Jud has semi occasional
streaks of hitting insanity. He went
clear crazy on the batting game for
a moment in that first inning and
raped out a clean home run over the
left field fence, clearing the bases and
tying the score. Delmas singled and
then Tonneson was given the crooked
iron dose, and Christian went in, put
ting the brakes on the scoring.
Now for the fifth. Thorsen, who had
long ago taken the arduous duties OF
pitcher off ToZers hands, scored be-
fore Christian could rub the surprise
out of his eyes He bunted along third
base line and had a nice hit out of it.
But Christian threw the ball away
over first base, and the last seen of
Thorsen was a long, solid streak, leg
ging it over the plate with the strides
of an ostrich. Wolfe flew out and then
his mates started that scoring machine
to playing it's seemingly eternal tune.
Goodwin walked, Artie Ross singled to
left, Beall was given his third walk
of the game and this filled the bases.
George wheeler brought over Goodwin
and Ross with a single to left, and
Beau crossed the square on Maggert's s
high throw to the plate. Smiths in
field single, his second for the day,
scored Wheeler.
BY performing a mental somersault,
the Oaks managed to collect them
selves sufficiently to score one more in
the ninth, but that was all the salts
faction they got 1t was fine day,
a fine dav for the batting averages