Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-18
HARD SLUGGING
BEATS SCHAFER
LEAGUE LEADERS NOSE OUT IN
NINTH INNING
HoGANITEs GIVE MoHLER SCARE
OF WEEK
Fast Fielding Battle at Chutes Park
Ends in the Usual Victory for San
Francisco-Too Much Class
from North
San Francisco 2, Vernon /

1t isn't every day that the fans can
come so close to seeing the league
leaders take a beating and then Watch
them nose out by the scantleSt OF mar
gins. This is what took place yesterday
afternoon at Chutes park, and in con-
sequence the crowd went away with an
unsatisfied feeling as Of something
lacking The Vernonites lost by close
score, after giving the Seals one OF the
hardest battles of the season. For the
second day in succession Hogan has
witnessed the slaughter of one Of his
priced pitchers. Friday Raleigh was
offered up to the mercy of the men
from the north and so calloused were
the Mohlerites through much compe-
tition this year that they hesitated not
at pounding him to the limit Aester-
day George Schafer Hogan's particular
pride. was the victim, and what they
did to Shafer in the nine innings is SUI
ficient to win almost any ordinary bail
game.
Schafer struck out every man who
faced him in the fourth inning, topping
over McArdle. Eastley and the crack
batter and fielder of the Seals, fast
Rollie Zeider At this period the
Dutchmans puzzlers were fooling the
northerners so badly that it looked as II
a long -drawn-out pitchers battle was
impending. Eastley was in rafting
form and held the Suburbanites down
to seven hits. He played twin
measure with Schafer for the first six
innings, both men doing fairly we'll,
and then he forged ahead and left the
Vernonites behind.
Too Much Glass
1.-THE reason for the overwhelming
showing made by the Seals against the
Hoganites this season, and in particular
during the present series, was thor
oughly apparent yesterday. Three
words suffice-tOo much class. 1t IS
simply the case of a fast fielding and
hard hitting aggregation walking away
from team which is inferior in every
department of the game. The Vernon
ftes will never have a chance with the
Seals, not even if the Mohlerites lose Il
couple of fieldeTs, a pitcher or two ana
a half dozen inielders. As for slugglnS,
the stick work of the nOTtherners day
by day speaks for itself, while the in
ability of the locals to hit and run with
men on bases has become prOverblal.
Not because Happy Hogan is not try
ing, however He is always working,
but must have the material to do with.
With these few remarks, We will now
settle down to discussion of the
technical points of the afternoons en-
tertainment. Firstly, it might be men
toned that the Seals played rings
around the locals, as far as speed was
concerned, while two costly mistakes
We're chalked up against Wallace
Bray's band. Secondly. rile northerners
outhit the locals, and thirdly, they got
one more run. This is decidedly pre-
ponderance of power; consequently it
is no wonder the score board read the
5Wrong way.
Stovall was the cause of the first
score made by the leaders. Zeider
singled to left in the first inning, went
1ag74iHPa nd
shot to third on Tenants long single
to center. Jess saw 1t coming, but
could not get into focus, and the ball
described a beautiful curve around his
feet. with the result that Zeider sped
home while Stovall spent a couple Of
precious moments trying to find the
ball.
Vernons Even Up
1t was in the fifth that Hogan's
brigade eyened up matters. Martinke
singled and Haley repeated Martie was
caught asleep at second, and Haley
safely negotiated that bag for a steal
a moment later. Berry flung the ball
wide to catch him, and as it rolled
away into right field Haley scooted to
third. Mott hit a sacrifice bounder TO
Costley, and Haley who had sneaked
half way home, easily covered the re-
naming distance, thus tying up the
score.
The two teams entered into the sixth
with their fighting spirit aroused, due
to the fact that the race was even,
and it was the fruits to the best bunch.
It was not until the ninth, however,
that things happened Then the Seals
began to pound Schafer for the kind
of hits that meant runs, and thusWise
the winning tally was squeezed in.
Eastley singled to right and Zeider
Clouted the bah hard to left for
double. Mohler went ont, and then
Tenant, the big first haseman,
squeezed in .1astcy with a beautiful fly
to Truck EaEan, which the former out
law could not field quickly enough to
catch the speeding Seal pitcher ana
the latter bounced over the plate This
was all but it was enough, for the
Vernonites could not get to second in
their half of the ninth. The tabulated
score:
VERNON
AR T. II cE 20 A T.