Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-18
VAN HALTREN
GETS IN GAME
OAKLAND LEADER FINALLY
WINS FROM VERNON
FIFTH INNING PROVES DlsAs-
TRous FOR HooANs TEAM
Visitors Take Honors by Score of 4
to / in Hot BattIe--Wiggs Is
Effective on Mound for
Winning Nine
BY A. e. DUNNING.

Pop" Van Haltren came to the aid
of his youngsters yesterday in the
fourth game against the Vernonites at
Chutes park and managed to pull out
a victory, though, aside from one
inning, the game was a close one. Van
donned a uniform and went out to
center field in order to encourage the
Tailenders with his presence, and he
SO far succeeded as to win a game.
Hap Hogan lost out by the score of
A to 1, and had 1t not been for one
runaway inning, when the northerners
scored three runs on series or mis-
plays by the locals, Hogan might have
won out in an extra inning battle. AS
it was, the Vernonites gave the Oaks
q tough fight all the way and played
high-class ball.
Several brilliant fielding stunts en-
livened the game and Captain McCay,
shortstop for the visitors, electrified
the crowd in the concluding portion of
the seventh with the best bit OF base
ball finesse shown on local diamond,
or probably on any other Coast dia-
mond, this season. Hogan lined out
hot fly to the Oakland leader at short.
McCay made a left-handed grab of the
ball, caught Mott at second and dou-
bled Haley on a throw to Cameron at
first, making a triple put-out. The
play occupied only a few seconds,
McCay shooting the sphere to first be-
fore the fans had realized how the
clever stunt had been pulled off. In
the sixth Outhelder Murphy made
long running catch of Eagans fly to
the right field bleachers, sharing the
fielding honors with his captain
Hogan sent in his youngster Newlin,
to the mound, and the lad pitched good
ball, holding his opponents safe, al
though exhibiting weakness in fielding
his position. Nine hits were scored off
his delivery, but aside from the fatal
fifth inning he was effective. For Oak
land, Wigs was sent into the cabbage
patch and confined the locals to four
stingy hits. Oakland's first run came
in the first period. Newlin handed
Van Haltren pass to first, and
Cameron then drove hard one
through Haley, Van going to third. The
old man of the game then scored on
double steal by himself and Cameron.
The fifth was Oakland's lucky
inning. Wigs doubled and Truesdale
singled scoring the northern twirler.
Then Breashear missed a high fly in
front of his position and tried to lay
the blame on Cameron for interference,
but this Umpire McGreevy would not
allow. While the ball floated around in
On a wild throw by Haley to the plate
Van Haltren scored the final run.
Vernons only run came in the
fourth Martinke reached first when
Truesdale fumbled his hit, went to
second on Truesdale's error, to third
on Brashear's liner to Truesdale and
scored when the latter let the ball slip
through his hands.
Captain McCay protested the game
in the eighth, when he thought he
might lose out, claiming that the base
lines were not properly laid down. The
northern captain may have played ball
for a few years, but to protest the
grounds on which veterans to whom
he could not hold a candle have played
and found satisfactory was little less
than foolish. Van will do we'll to curb
the spirit of his youthful field leader.
1t is hardly likely that either Berry or
Hogan would permit any mistakes in
arrangement of the grounds, and Nc
Cay only drew a laugh for his pains.
The tabulated score: