Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-01
GRAY DELIVERS
IN FINAL GAME
LOS ANGELES BREAKS EVEN
WITH PORTLAND
SEASON is CLOSED WITH TWO
GOOD CONTESTS
Thorsen Loses Morning Game and
Angels Chance at Second Place
Vanishes-Doly In Fine Form
In Afternoon Game
FINAL COAST LEAGUE STANDING
MORNING GAME
Portland 1, Los Angeles 0.
AFTERNOON GAME
Los Angeles 8, Portland I.

Vale. season of 1909! Three thousand
fans gathered at Chutes park yester-
day afternoon witnessed the closing
scenes in the Coast league play for
the year, saw a snappy. fighting game
for seven innings with just touch
of the burlesque in the last two in
nings after the Angels had scored a
run, to wind up the festivities with
rollicking finish that sent every fan
away happy and satisfied. In the
morning at Vernon, it was a stern
struggle all the way. and the loss OF
second place to the Angels. Had the
southern team taken both games they
would have nosed out the Beavers for
the runner-up place. AS it was. they
gave them a hair-raising fight for it
and the Beavers were heartily glad
when the finish came.
The afternoon game will go down in
the records as an exhibition affair.
Dolly Gray, former Angel southpaw,
and at present one of the best of the
Washington American pitching staff
stepped into the box for the Angels
again, pitching for his old-time mates
by agreement between the two team
leaders. The appearance of Gray, a
major Lacquer in the box against a
Coast league team, gave McCredie
every right to protest the game, either
before or afterward, so it was put
down as merely an exhibition, and the
hits and fielding will not count in the
official totals of the season.
Gray in Fair Form
Dolly was in beautiful form, after he
got over a little wildness. He nabbed
a half dozen of the Beavers who tried
to steal bases on him, struck out eleven
of the northerners, and passed only two
men. Dolly has acquired better con-
troll since he joined the majors, and
also has attained the dignity of a
reputation, that intangible something
that gives the players creeps when
they oppose him at the bat.
The only thing in the way of daring
work tried on the big Lacquer was
Graney's steal to third from second,
and his attempt to steal home a mo-
ment later in the fourth inning. The
Portland player was caught with the
goods, however, for Dolly had him
measured all the way and he was out
by five feet. The entire gathering gave
Gray always a favorite when he
played in Los Angeles, a hearty re-
ception, and the shifty left-hander re-
sponded by pitching the Beavers off
their feet.
Thorsen and Carson were opposed i'm
the morning game at Vernon. 1t was a
bitter, close twirlers' battle all the way,
with good fielding behind each man.
III the sixth inning, a momentary
weakness cost Thorsen the contest.
Speas singled to left, and Murray
drove him home with a fiercely raped
double to center field.
End Is Screamer
Seaton opposed Gray I'm the afternoon.
He had the better of the easterner by
one hit as far as smuggling was con-
cerned, but Dolly had every batter
faded except for the last inning, when
he purposely permitted the northerners
TO gather one run. Up to the seventh
it was a beautiful battle. In that in
ming Goodwin singled to left, was ad-
vanced by Ross sacrifice, and Dillon
reached first when Olson threw the ball
wide, permitting Goodwin to score With
the one run in all pretense of putting
up a hard fight ended, and the two
teams eased up and played a Shrek
ingly funny burlesque in the last two
innings.
Ort had been hurt in sliding to sec
ond early in the game, and Speck Hark-
ness had replaced him at first. Speck
knows about as much about playing
first as the Vernon goat does about
coaching, and he finally framed it up
to permit a substitute to take his place
by being put out of the game for hol-
lering. A bleacherite known as No
Ginty was CARRIED in Orts uniform,
and with Cooney and Hardness and
Umpire MCGreevy working together on
a framed up row which had for it's pur-
pose the retirement Of Hardness i'm
order to put McGinty on first, the
novice was sent To the bag in the
seventh. After that the game was a
huge joke, and the gathering got a full
afternodon Of laughs in the two in
nings. The antics Of McGirty We're
sidesplitting and il was due largely to-
horseplay that the locals scored two
more runs.
Horse Play in Seventh
Wide throws to first, made purposely
to draw out the newcomer, gave the
Angels two chances to come over, and
the two teams played to a fourth out in
the seventh. In the Angels half of the
eighth the Portland players changed
their entire lineup, johnson pitching,
Cooney catching, Seaton going into
center field, Olson to right and Guyn to-
short. Then the fun grew uproarious.
In the first of the ninth the lively Nc
Ginty was sent up to bat out of order
by special arrangement and he hunted
to Dolly Gray, who purposely lOafed in
order to let him get on base safe and
run around. He was given second on a
balk stole third when Hughie Smith
with careful aim threw the ball to sec
ond to let him cinch the steal, and came
hopping home on Graney's sacrifice fvI
amid the screams Of laughter of the
bleachers. McGinty was the star of the