Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-03
PORTLAND SHUT
OUT BY VANCE
CLASSY BALL DELIVERED BY
NEW PITCHER
VERNON WINS CLOSE GAME FROM
VISITORS
Browns Double and StovaIPs Single
In Third Inning Bring In Only
Score of Day-Snappy Play
Is Feature
vernon 1. Portland 0

Walter McCredie is welcome to every
game he wins from the Vernonites with
such pitching as Twirler Vance de-
livered yesterday such backstopping as
he received from Brown and such sup
port as he received from infelders and
outfielders. After taking a beating in
three innings the previous day Vance
drubbed the Portland men to q shutout,
pulling out of every tight place like
veteran. letting the heavy oregon stick
ers down with four hits, two or them
of the scratch variety, and striking out
five Of the visitors.
It was hard won victory, at that.
Only two hits coupled in the third
brought in the winning score for the
Hoganites. Kitty Brashear was gradu-
ated into the prophet division when he
remarked that that one run would win
the game, as StovalPs single shot to
center, bringing in Drummond Brown,
who had reached second on his hard
double to left field Ideal weather con-
dftions brought out a good crowd, for
the Vernonites, though stationed in bot
tom place, have many a loyal follower
in Angeltown. Ginger was placed on
tap from the first pitched ball, and it
never ceased to flow. Hogan stayed out
of the game, but his work on the coach
ing lines drew the support of the bleach
critics. With the Beavers fighting for
lead all the time the suburbanites de-
fiant and revengeful for that Wednes-
day slaughter, both teams playing a
gilt-edge edition, it is no wonder that
the fans went away satisfied.
Vance UnassalIable
There is nothing on earth that can
beat pitcher who is unassailable and
is backed by perfect support. From
first to last 1t was a pitchers battle
between Carson and Vance, and the
Vernonite had just the winning shade
the better of 1t. One lone error con-
stituted the total damage to the field
ing percentages, and not a man loafed
a minute. A keen bracing wind playing
over the diamond, the hot wind was
conspicuous by it's absence, as the spe-
cial reporter says of big functions, and
everything contributed a snappy game.
If it was Happys idea to retrieve the
loose play Of the day before he sue
ceeded admirably, for in the face of
beautiful infield work, long rangy fly
grabbing in outfleld and a few very ef-
fective slaps with the bat, the bleacher-
ties lived in the present, forgetting the
mistakes of other days.
Brown Starts Things
Aside from the fact that Vance's
four hits were scattered into as many
innings. that most of the Beavers
reached first by the pass route and
that the fielding brought back visions
of that memorable Seals-Angels Sc
ries, the description of the game in de-
tail would hardly fill q "best seller"
volume wherein the story is told in
half dozen pages, and the remainder
of the work is given up to quaint
Cupid conceits on the border Suffice
1t to say that 1t was a good game,
we'll played and worth watching.
Brown started the VernOnites off we'll
in the third by doubling to the left
field fence. Vance came up and re-
tired by the strikeout process, and
Jess Stovall completed what Brown
had started by singing to deep left,
chasing Drummond over the plate.
The visitors tried several times to
rally into run-getting spasm. but
every time just as it looked promising,
Vance choked them off with discour-
aging coolness and effectiveness.
In the ninth a flash by the north
erners gave Happy the cold chills, but
he shivered over nothing. Graney,
first man up. singled to right and it
began to look serious. Fisher forced
the Oregonian, and then Johnson came
up. Ote Johnson has a reputation as
some slugger. On occasions he has
been known to find the outfield bar
rier easily surmountable IN just such
a pinch. Therefore with a man on
first, nobody felt comfortable as he
stepped TO the plate He fouled for a
strike, had another called on him, and
then two balls. Then Vance unwound,
shot a straight one over and Ote swung
his head off, leaving the plate, roar
ing over his fate. With two out this
was easy, Ort ending the game by
checking up via the Eagan- -Brashear
shortline. The score: