Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-16
MOHLERlTES HIT
WILLETTS HARD
HEAVY SLUGGERS OF SEALS
DEFEAT VERNON
HAPs MAKE HOT NINTH INNING
STRUGGLE
With Score Far Against Suburbanites,
They Try Hard to Win, but Fade
Away-FaiIure to Hit and
Run Is Cause
San Francisco Z, Vernon q

Heavy slugging by the hard hitters
of the Moh1er brigade placed San
Francisco so far in the lead that the
Vernonites were unable even by ter
rife rally in the ninth inning to over
come the handicap yesterday afternoon
at Chutes, and again the Seals ad-
vanced toward the most priced pen
nant. Both teams were trying at all
times, and for this reason the contest
always contained several elements OF
interest to the fans. Costly errors, IN
ability to hit and run bases, and the
freedom with which the northerners
spotted the best of Willetts' curves,
made up a sufficiently plausible array
of excuses for the defeat of the Yer
nonites. Twice toward the end OF the
game, with the Seals six runs in the
lead, the Vernonites had three men on
bases and no one out. Had hogan 5
men possessed that pinch hitting and
running ability which has character
lied the work of the Seals and the An
gels, the game might still have been
theirs. But a couple of pop flies,
strike out and the fast fielding of the
Baysiders held them down.
San Francisco had to make bunch
of hits to get their runs. They had no
mercy on Roy Willetts, and gathered
their bingles in groups, always dis
astrous matter for a pitchers winning
average. Two hard triples and three
doubles by the men from the north
must be reckoned in their final results.
These hits came with men on bases,
and of course did heavy damage.
WiIIis-WiIletts Duet
This Willis-Willetts thing, like the
Harkins- Hardness duet when Portland
was here, looked like coluslon on tne
mart of the two captains. Far De II
from the humble scribe to suggest that
Captain Hogan might have worked a
duet measure with Captain Moh!er TO
take the credit for whichever pltcher
did the best work. But 1t Is so easy
Won know, to confuse similar surnames.
However our official scorer did not
seem to find it necessary to use colored
glasses. Willis found the. course OF the
Ditcher running smoothly and peacetul-
lv. and a meadow brook for four IN
nings, and then the gentle onward
movement turned into a torrent. Three
hits were made off the San Franciscan
in this period, but the Vernonites Sc
cured only one run thereby. More
smooth water for one inning, and then
in the fifth the roughed stretch was
found again. Willis walked three men,
filling the bases. Eagan had gone out
on a long fly, and with only one man man
down and the circuit occupied by three
runners, it looked like business:
AS each man had walked, Willis had
advanced toward the plate and po-
litely Informed Umpire Van Haltreh
that he was a horsethief, poltroon, rem
egade, robber and few other pet
names But he wanted to be thrown
ont of the game so badly that Van let
him stay in, and this was about as Sc
we're punishment as the pitcher couli
have received. Coy was sent In TO
hat in place of Kinkel and he struck
out Willett went out to Tennant, anu
thus the lovely chance to score Went
a-glimmering. In the seventh lhe
bases again were filled and again IL
died away to nothing. This so padly
discouraged Hogan that he closed up
like a clam, and when Happy closes up
and stops talking the game might as
we'll be called and handed over to the
other team.
Bodies Timely Double
San Francisco got three runs in the
second inning, one in the fourth and
one in the fifth. In the eighth, with
two men on, Bodie sneaked out a
double to right field and scored two
more, the last on the Seals tallies.
The Vernonites got one run in the firth
out of three hits, and three runs in the
ninth out of one hit. That last inning
was as follows: Bernard was passed.
Brashear landed safe at first and the
runner advanced when Rollie Ze1der
tossed his drive wide at hrst, the pan
rolling to the bleachers. Stovall
singled to deep left center, scoring
Bernard Eagan waited for four wide
ones and trotted to first again filling
the bases. With not a man out II
looked lovely But right here, as usu-
al, the Suburbanites fell down. Mar
tinke few out to right, and so fast did
Melchoir cover the field that not run
ner could move along. Haley forced
Eagan at second and Kitty sneaked
home on the play. Mott hit a long fly
to the foul line i'm short right, and
Mohler and Melchoir collded. the ball
being knocked out OF Mohler's hands,
Mott being safe and Stoval scoring.
Happy came to bat. but with woeful
expression on his face, for he had seen
the game lost so many times during
the afternoon that he had little heart
to rally for a ninth inning finish. He
forced Mott via the short to second
route, and then the crowd went home,
The tabulated results;
VERNON