Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-10
AFTERNOON GAME
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Hogan's crew handed the Oaklanders
a beautiful Admission day trimming
yesterday, winning the morning game
in ten innings when Martinke slapped
the ball over the far field fence for a
homer and broke up the play and TAX
ing the afternoon session in easy tash-
ion when Tonneson blew up in the
eighth inning. The morning contest
was a rafting affair and a good crowd
of early celebrants turned out. Each
side scored three runs in the nine in
nings, and entered the tenth ready Tor
a fighting finish. But Martinke put a
crimp in these plans when he shot the
ball so hard and true to center field
that it bounced over the score board
for circuit hit. Maggert also got a
home run, but there was no one on
bases so it helped only a little.
Happy Hogan's band had the Com
muters at their mercy through all the
afternoon. The score fails to show 1t,
except in the eighth inning but never
theless Bill Reidy had about as mucn
chance to win that game as he mas
to win the Coast league pennant. Aside
from the Vernon half of the eighth 1t
was a good game but that Hogan ended
with only eight scores was marvel,
since three times the suburbanites could
have crossed the plate with little
better head work and little more
luck Tonneson moved along in
winning rut for the first two innings,
was lucky to get off without a run in
the third and finally saw one get over
in the fifth, when two rank errors gave
a white coated Vernonite a chance to
score from first base The Oakland
pitcher bridged over two more innings
and then an earthquake tumbled his
beautiful house of dreams about his
head and in the ashes and debris lay
another defeat.
WiIlett Getting Better
Roy Willett has the fans pricking up
their ears nowadays when his name Is
mentioned as the officiating twirler'
Roy is getting better every day. He
has recovered his control, his speed
and his nerve and delivered a pretty
game yesterday backed up by tlptop
fielding on the part of the Hoganites. 1t
wasn't a sensational kind of style
his pitching-for Roy is steady plod-
der, thoughtless of the grandstand,
knowing only the game as he sees 1t.
But he pitched them where they
couldn't be hit for scoring bingles ana
that tells the tale in the long run.
"Give me a pitcher who can make
the batters hit to the fielders and
don't care if he ever strikes out a
man." once sagely observed Captain
Dillon of the Angels. This is Roy VIII
lett, and the score sheet shows that
he won by just that kind of ball.
However, it must not be forgotten
that the fearful stick work of the Ver-
non men in the eighth was what blew
Ready's hopes of victory sky high. In
the fifth, Willett scored the first run
in his own game. With two men gone
he singled hard to center and Stovall
went up to endeavor to slug him i'll
But Jess was not called upon to exert
himself as the Oakland fielders al
lowed Willett to cross the plate without
assistance. Willett caught the hit and
run sign from Jess, started for second
and slid to the bag. Second Baseman
Cutshaw let the ball go through when
C. Lewis threw wild to catch the run,
ner, and Roy tore on to third. continu-
ing over the plate when Maggert also
found the ball slippery and it rolled
clean to the center field fence.
Oakland Comes Back
Oakland came right back in the next
half. With two neil out, N. Hogan hit
a typical Teves lea guer over second
and Stovall let the sphere slip through
sending Bill to third. Cameron's hard
single to the center, which Jess dove
after in an effort to save run by
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Cameron reached third as the ball
caromed off Stovall's knee. This TIED
the score.
Two men got on without single out
in the eighth for Oakland but Roy
choked them off at starvation rates and
the matter proceeded over into the
eighth for Vernon. We will just relate
this sad story and then await the do
ings of the morrow.
Hogan popped up TO Cutshaw Willett
then was passed by Tonneson, who was
firing fast. He stole second by pret-
ty slide and scored on Stovalls single
to right, Jess reaching third when the
ball passed C. Lewis on the throw In.
Bernard was walked, Martie hit by "a
pitched ball and this filled the bases.
Kitty Brashear doubled to left, scoring
the first two men and Coy squeezed
Martinke over the plate, the Flying
Dutchman sliding under the ball Eag-
ans out sent Coy to second and Bra
shear stole home, while Tonneson was
looking off to sea. Coy and Devereaux
! here started double steal and Coy got