Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21
SAN FRANCISCO TAKES ADVAN-
TAeE OF POOR HITTING
Visitors Land on Long End of to 2
Score In Play at Vernon Grounds.
Browning Pitches in High
Glass style
COAST LEAGUE STANDING

Like every thoroughbred, human or
equine, a good baseball team has it's
off days, and this, with the fine play
ing form of the Seals may be consid-
cred responsible for the loss of the
game at Vernon yesterday by Hap
Hogan's men. When it was all over
and accounts were cast up, Hap found
himself on the bad end of a to 2
score. The strong firing line of Vernon
batters suffered a complete slump in
craftsmanship, the sure-fingered locals
playing hide and seek with the ball,
and all this time the northerners
turned 1t to account in we'll earned hits
and runs.
Captain Mohler led his team onto
the Vernon diamond in good trim
despite their trip, and the San Fran
cisco team went through one of the
prettiest nine-inning exhibitions of
ball from their point of view seen in
Los Angeles this season. Mohler's S
twirler, Browning, a slim, wiry speci-
| men, had everything with him, and al
lowed only four hits, striking out
eight of the best batters on the Vernon
lineup. Even Hogan for once lost his
batting eye and struck out twice. Hap
is not the best hitter in the league by
long ways, but he seldom takes two
doses of the shut-out thing in one
game. With everybody feeling rather
out of sorts, and their opponents max
ing a noise like real league ball. it was
no wonder the score went as it did.
HensIing Pulls Through
Hensling was placed in the box by
Hogan and the boy also was not in
his best form, allowing six Seals to
pass to first, and showing weakness at
critical moments. However, he stuck
it out and pulled through a hard day
without discredit.
1t looked like an even thing In the
first two innings, as neither team took
hit or a run, but in the third the
clouds, metaphorically speaking. be-
gan to gather behind Hogans back,
and they grew darker as the game
progressed.
Browning and Mohler were walked
by Henslng and then Zeider, the re-
turned Chicagoan, hit out double,
scoring Browning. At this juncture
Stovall committed the most grievous
mistake of the day, and Hap grew
black in the face when he saw the
center fielder run UP on an easy out
field fly by Williams and let it slip
through his hands, scoring Mohler and
Zeider. This gave the Seals a lead of
three runs.
Vernon tried to even up things in
the next half. and two runs were
scored, but the third simply could not
be pulled over the plate. Haley walked
and Hogan hit high fly over Mohler,
Haley going to third. Hensling forced
Hogan at second and Caffyn lined a
safe hit to McArdle, who fumbled the
ball, filling the bases. Martinke then
put the two irons of the Vernonites in
the fire by hitting a scorcher over
Mohler, scoring Haley and Hensling
This was all, for on Stovall's hit to
Mohler. Martinke and the batter were
doubled.
Heavy Hitters Busy
San Francisco scored again in the
fifth when Melchoir crossed the plate
on a single by himself, Lewis sacri-
flee and Berry's single. In the sixth
Tenant, San Francisco's big first
baseman, pounded out a double, Mel
choir landed safely on first, advancing
Tenant and the latter scored on
Lewis bunt along first bag. The
heavy hitters of the Seals went after
Hensling in the seventh, but failed to
score. Again in the ninth the bell
sounded for the visitors. when Zeider
made a sensational steal to the plate,
bringing up visions of class A ball.
The crowd yesterday was the larg-
est gathered at Vernon this season and
had it not been for the glaring signs
on the street cars, announcing that
the game would be played at Chutes
park it is probable that the attend
ance would have been considerably
larger. The games for the remainder
of the week, except the Sunday morn
ing game, will be played at Chutes,
and that exceptional contest will be
fought out on the little south side
diamond at Vernon. The tabulated
score Of the game is as follows;
SAN FRANCISCO