Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-07
ANGEL PITCHERS
HAVE Off DAY
SENATORS WIN IN HARD HIT
TING GAME
RAGGED PLAY CAUSES DEFEAT
OF LOCALS
Champions Drop one~Slded Contest to
Sacramento-Thorsen and sris-
walter Pounded Out of Box.
Wheeler Effective
Sacramento 10, Los Angeles 7

When any well regulated and fast
playing baseball team, captained by a
veteran of the standing of Uncle Frank
Dillon and holding second place in the
league percentage column, permits the
fourth place team to hammer two
pitchers out of the box in one inning
and ramble in by a ridiculously one
sided score, there is something radically
wrong. Not that there is any criticism
coming for the style of game delivered
by the Angels yesterday, or that any
reason than an off day can be ascribed
for the fearful lacing given the cham
pions by Graham's s Senators. Whatever
the cause, and out of q fellow feeling
we will not go too far into the causes
therefore it is obvious that such day
had rolled around for the Angels, and
when that fatal sixth was over nobody
sought 10 blame anybody else. 1t was
something that happens perhaps twice
a year to almost every baseball team
good, bad or Indifferent. Therefore just
this once, Uncle Frank, we will forgive
and forget But please don't let 1t hap
pen too many times in one season.
Pitcher Thorsen started the game off
nicely, and for four innings things went
fairly well, although the Senators
scored two runs off one hit in the first.
In the fifth Thorsen went is wild as a
March hare. and after three hits, an
error and a sacrifice had let In three
runs Andy Briswalter stepped into the
breach. But he walked into the box,
handed over a few balls. and then
walked out again, having equally as
much difficulty in subduing those Wild
ly raging northerners as did Thorsen.
Wheeler Steps In
Dillon, in despair, not caring to risk
his other pitchers whom he is saving
for the battle with San Francisco next
week, sent in George Wheeler, and from
the work Of the big utility man 1t
looked as If the game might have been
reversed had he worked throughout the
entire nine innings The visitors got
Just three hits off Wheeler one of them
a double in the fifth scoring two men
whom the other pitchers had allowed to
get on base. GeOrdie played the post
ton as he does all others-shortstOp
second, outfield, any of them, first base,
third or even catcher, with the vim
and snap of an ambitious youngster
and the GOODNESS and precision of the
veteran he is. Wheeler should be
berthed as a regular twirler If he can
deliver the goods as he did yesterday,
for never did a man step into tighter
hole and pull out more gracefully. lie
struck out Graham, the first man he
faced, and one of the most formidable
pinch hitters in the league, and re-
ceiyed an ovation for the act.
Angels WhlrIwnd Finish
Los Angeles made a whirlwind finish,
and with four hard hits scored five
runs in the ninth, more than enough
to win any ordinary game. The fans
were aroused to a throbbing ninth-in-
ming rally, and as the score shortened
Charley Graham began to grit his
the northerners too big lead and the
Angels just failed to get up at the
wire.
As the fifth period was the pivotal
point of the contest, the detailed mar
ratiVe of the session Will be confined
to that inning. Big Ehman, the col
legian rammed a hard single into the
inffeld as an opener. Jimmy Shinn hit
TO Jud Smith, and both runners Sc
cured their stations in safety when Dr.
Jud was too slow to catch Ehman on
a felder's choice. Doyle executed a
pretty sacrifice and the runners ad-
vanced a peg Then Slugger Hahull
shifted his "consoler' into the left
hand corner of his mouth, took one big
Juicy bite as he stepped to the plate
and swung for a double, sending home
Fhman and Shinn Taylor singled 10
left, and Gandil got home when ROSS
iuggled the ball. Dillon here mouoned
ThOrSen to the benCn ana sent III DIS
walter but little Andy was doomed to
a similar fate. He passed Flanagan,
gave House a double to left, scoring
Rayrner and the Irishman, and permit
ted lansing to fatten his batting aver
age with single Then came the sec
ond wave Of Dillon's hand, and Wheel
err trotted into the box. Whereupon
the Grahamites whooped it up, think
ing they had an easy mark But
George spat on the ball heaved 1t over
for couple Of trial tosses, and then
buclLled down to business and gave the
senators the most lifelike imitation OF
a real pitcher they have seen for many
a day. Graham struck out and then
Tbman doubled, scoring House and
lansing. Shinn fouled out to Hopeful
smith. and the slaughter of the 1nno-
cents was over. The tabulated results:
LOS ANGELES