Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-02
FIRST GAME TO
MOHLER'S SEALS
ZEIDER'S CATCH IS SENSATION
OF OPENING PLAY
FAST FIELDING FEATs ENLlVEN
CONTEST AT VERNON
Two Leading Teams Meet in Sizzling
Pitchers Batte-First Inning
Looseness Gives Visitors
Tophesvy Lead
San FRANCISCO q. Los Angeles 2

| Mohler led his Seals out onto the bat
! tie ground yesterday with a dO-or-die
expression on his face, and the Angels
were routed, as has been the custom
| whenever they play on the Vernon
| field. The game was a sizzling affair
throughout, both as to features of the
play and the weather. In addition to
the scoring periods, there were numer-
GUS items of more than ordinary inter-
est but the outstanding plaV of the
game was the beautiful, spectacular
catch made by Zeider in the eighth
inning, when the third baseman had
moved over to short to replace McArdle,
the latter having retired to the bench
in the third inning when he was over
come by the intense heat, Zeider beng
replaced at third by Mundorf, an out
fielder.
Howard, the Angel second baseman,
came to bat in his turn, and waiting for
a chance, spotted a hard liner out
toward short station. Zeider watched
it coming, the ball shooting straight for
him. Just what kind of a twisE How
ard put on that ball probably never will
be thoroughly understood even by the
batter. Whatever the cause thereof,
the sphere suddenly curved away
toward Zeiders right, and with fleet
ing glance at the ball the Seal made a
run and, turning his back to the speed
ING lGdluGI, lluilS up HIS iell HllIls
catching the ball back-handed ON the
run. The crowd rose up in a tumult,
for the moment believing that Zeider
had surely dropped the ball, but eager
to give vent to their appreciation of the
great stop. When it was seen that the
third baseman- shortstop had safely
gathered in the horsehide, the specta-
tors gave him such roar of cheers
as he will probably dream about for
un6kE To T1r1c Of 1,n4, aIr,csf
sensation catches the dyed in the wool
fans have witnessed in Los Angeles.
Zeider's Great Catch
Such a feat is not witnessed once in
three seasons. but Zeider bore his
honors modestly.
To put the proper trimmings on the
catch, the Seal landed squarely on the
ground with both feet and shot the ball
to first base, executing a double of
which Beall was the other victim.
Hardly had the applause died away
when the northern left fielder Bodie,
made n splendid catch of Jud Smiths
high liner, also grabbing the ball In
with his left hand.
Lively hitting by the Angels and sew
eral other good features made up an in
teresting engagement. Daley made a
clever scoop in of Henleys fly in the
seventh.
Dillon sent in Koestner, in the hope
that the expensive prize of the cham
pions would cast off the Vernon hoo
doc and take the first game. Koestner
pitched O. cracking game, according to
the score sheet, holding the northerners
down to three hits, but in the first in
ming the leaders broke away from the
wire lengths in the lead, due to errors
and a timely single. Koestner permitted
Zeider and Mohler, the first two men
to face him, to pass to first, and Ten
nant was safe on first when he at
tempted to sacrifice. and Smith failed to
nail zeider at the plate This filled the
circuit, and after Bodie had forced
Zei6er at the plate Melchoir was al
lowed to land safely when Koestner
juggled his hit, Mohler crossing the
pan for the first run of the game.
Lewis singled stiffly to center and Ten
nant and Bodie scored. Berry brought
in Melchoir for the fourth tally by sac
rifcing to third base line.
koestner Steadies Too Late
This was all for the Seals, for after
Koestner had warmed up and had got
ten down to business he shut down on
the visitors, pitching copper-riveted
shutout ball thereafter. The steadiness
came too late, for though the Angel
stickers tried hard they We're unable
to even up matters.
In the second Dillon gave his men in
structions to wade in, and they did so.
With two out, the old starting point Of
the champs Dillon singled and Oren-
dorff reached first on an error by
Henley, Dillon advancing
Zeider fumbled Koestner's hit and the
Angel pitcher reached first, filing the
bases Here the opportunity looked so
good for a score that with two bad err
rors already counted against them, the
Seals blew up for a moment. Dillon
crossed the plate when Daley was per-
mitted to reach first on McArdle's
tumble, and Orenqorff also added to the
locals score sheet by tallying on
Bodies high throw to home to catch
him. Then the curtain rolled down on
the scoring. The tabulated score:
CAN ND A NtCrcf.n