Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-06
BATTING FEATS
WIN FOR GRAHAM
SACRAMENTO AND ANGELS
PLAY AT PASADENA
PITCHERS ARE EASILY SOLVED,
AND rs HITS ARE MADE
aood Crowds Turn Out for Game in
Coast League series at Foothili
city-Bunohed Bineles
Enllven Contest
sacramento s, Les AnaeIes 5

Sacramento 8, Los Angeles
Pasadena was treated 10 spasms OF
epeetacular hitting and base running
iii yesterdays game between Los An
Eeles and Sacramento at the Ioufhd-
ment mark diamond of the foothill city,
ands affer a total Of eleven runs ana
Aventy-fiye hits had been registered py
me combined teams, and each meIhpet
Rad raced himself tired around the
diamond and in the grassy inf1eld, the
Tinth inning brought an end TO the
Procession and the slaughter OF the
FNo pitchers, sending sacramento 70
the front, though the Dlllonltes Hiaue
4 strong final inning finish, and with
1ttle more luck would have tied the
kcore.
h The game was the first Coast league
meeting played at Pasadena this year,
h,1t owing to the fact that it had been
advertised only a week, and because
~ the poor car service aforded, the
attendance did not reach the eNpectea
number About 1900 fans were present,
however, and If the enthusiasm oe e..
bped is any criterion of the interest
aroused among the Crown City fans.
berry has an eager set of supporters
In the foothill town.
While the game at first glance at
the tabulated sheet might resemble
Rive-away contest, there were several
things that contributed to and ex-
blamed the score. In the first place,
the diamond was not in the best of
trim, and singles were made frequently
where on the home diamond the in
fielders and outer guards would have
scooped in the liners with ease. Second
". Koestner and Fitzgerald, the twtrl-
ers. found their best offerings solved
with discouraging ease by even the dub
hitters of the opposing mines Sacra-
mento had three and Los Angeles four
innings in which no hits occurred, but
in remaining periods they were so well
punched that the scores piled up so
fast that the scorer had to hire an
assistant to keep track Of the tallies.
Five Doubles Made
Five doubles were made during the
progress of the game, the Senators
taking three of the two-baggers, and
in addition there were so many singles
I'm bewildering succession that it grew
tiresome TO keep track. The crack Of
the bat became a monotonous repeti-
ton, but the fans enjoyed the fun, for
this is the kind of play in which some-
thing of real peppery nature may be
looked for at any moment.
About the only classy bit of fielding
presented was the high pull down by
I1OWdIu u lCOllt > liilt hllN6t NAAANAl
shot toward him about three feet over
his head. The Angel second baseman
saw it coming, gathered himself and
leaping into the air took the ball down
in his left mitt, receiving the plaudits
of the bleachers. Raymer made a good
stop Of Towards drive in the first
inning, executing q less difficult but
similar feat to that in which the Angel
infielder starred. Captain Dillon of the
..tat. aff,rlg ord Of he fsaFo
held the batting honors for the day,
Dillon getting a double and a single
and scoring two of the five runs made
by his team, and Doyle making the
same record for the Grahamites.
TO tell the details of the plays by
which all the scores were made by
both teams would require a Sunday
magazine continuous story. The slip
perry weed covered outer precincts and
the unaccustomed infeld made judging
hard Tor the mitt men, for which rea-
son 1t is easy to account for a few of
the five errors rolled up in the progress
of the afternoons play. The game was
a fast one, considering all the happen
ings crowded into the nine periods, and
was for the most part we'll played. The
Pasadena fans were well satisfied
which speaks for itself.
Senators Begin Well
Sacramento got off in the lead by get
ting two runs in the first, when Koest-
ner was touched for two doubles and a
single hot off the plate. Doyle got the
first long hit for the visitors, and on
FlaInagan's hit and Houses out he
scored. Gandil doubled, scoring Elan
nagan. Los Angeles came right back
with one score in their half, Daley
singing, going to second on oGdwin' s
single, to third on BealPs bunt and
scring on Towards hit to Raymer
Sacramento got another in the Sec
ond, but thereafter Koestner steadied
down, and with the exception of one
more in the fourth he kept the north
erners safe until the seventh, when
Doyle and House crossed the pan on a
succession of hits.
The Angels got one more run added
to the lone tally in the fourth, when
Captain Dillon scored on his hit, Ross
repeater and Koestner's nice wallop to
center. The eighth, the lucky eighth,
saw the home team taking a batting
squirt, and it came near landing them
under the wire nose in the lead. They
failed to last for the winning tally,
however. Wheeler opened the fun with
a hot single, Delmas followed with an
other in the same spot and then Dillon
doubled, scoring Wheeler. Ross and
koestner were safe on bases and Del
mas scored on his pitchers single.
Daley came to bat determined to do or
die, and he died out to right field by
the fly route. though he pulled Dillon
over the plate. Goodwin closed up mat
tiers by striking out. The complete
score:
LOS ANGELES