Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-05
ONE GAME GOES
TO DILLONITES
ANGELS WIN IN AFTERNOON;
MORNING GAME TIE
TIME LIMIT BRINGS END TO FIRST
PLAY AT VERNON
Raleigh Pitches Superb Ball for the
HoganItes, but Poor Support
Causes Defeat-Happy
Sent to Bench


"a bunch of firecrackers hzzling and
sputtering away In front of the Los
Angeles team bench at the beginning
of the afternoon game started a small
riot among the jovial Dillonites. Hap
Hogan's voice was drowned for the
first time in his experience, and he had
to resort to wild and expressive ges-
lures. Spide sped for the Vernon bench,
where, with tail hidden. he sneaked
under the seats and cowed in bewil-
dered quiet. The crowd cheered. Then
the game began, and from the appro-
pirate opening by the bunch of fire.
crackers to the last pyrotechnic put
out the Sunday crowd at Chutes saw
one of the hottest ball games of the
year.
The Angels and the Suburbanites
made a hard battle of their double
header, and it was only the ragged and
peekaboo support afforded Pitcher
Raleigh that lost him the afternoon
play. He held the Champs down to
three small hits, flelded his position
perfectly and made the banner bearers
chop at his delivery like puzzled school
boys. But with a weak and unreliable
leigh suffered yesterday that dishear-
tening blow of losing a game he had
won all the way by his superb pitching.
Six large and ominous errors in the
reckoning of the Vernonites account
for the result. BY all canons OF the
game the final score should have been
l to in favor of Hogan's men.
Morning Game Stormy
Umpire McGreevy did not put in an
appearance in the morning game at
Vernon, and the Dillon Hogan combi-
nation substituted aonther former pro-
fessional ball player. whose surname is
Seymour and whose chief asset was his
courage. Mr.. Seymour had no favors
to pass out. He called decision with
impartial rottenness, according to the
ideas of the fans, and they lovingly
tossed few beverage bottles, cushions
and cans in his direction. OF course
1t was no riotous demonstration, for, to
tell the truth, this same Seymour is a
very popular man, and If any of his
verdicts were really bad the fans would
have willingly laid 1t to the sun In his
eyes or some other good excuse.
When the teams had entered into the
tenth inning, with the score tied 2 to 2,
the official scorer suddenly passed his
eye over the crazy timepiece which de-
cides the destiny of the time limit
games, thought the hour had come and
gone, and rang the quitting bell, leav-
ing the two teams stranded high and
dry, with the prospect of another play
off of a tie Dillon used Thorsen, and
the big fellow pitched a first class
game, showing evidence of a return to
form, after branching out into smaller
games and getting little workout. He
hit one man and walked five, but struck
out seven of the Vernonites, and al
lowed only four hits. Pretty fair for
a man some of the foolish ones poked
fun at when he was sent into the box
cold and could not hold his opponents
down. Willett, the sweet tempered boy
who has become famous for his historic
name without his permission" offici-
ated for Vernon. 1t was a rafting
game, and a good crowd turned out at
the South Side grounds.
Happy Sent to Bench
With these few remarks we will now
proceed with the real event of the day
the afternoon struggle. Firstly, be
1t recorded that Happy Hogan started
to play behind the bat, but in the sec
ond inning, after a chinning match
with McGreevy, Hap was permitted TO
stroll to the bench and Kinkel replaced
him. Thereafter Hogan had to watch
the proceedings In silence, a grieVous
necessity.
The scoring was remarkable for its
absence up to the sixth inning The
Angels had been let down with one
scratch bingle and all loomed up well
for the Hoganites. Several times Hap
had seemingly had chance to score,
notably in the second when Eagan,
Martinke and Hogan landed on the
bases by a walk and two rapping
singles, but Raleigh made the third out
via the Howard Dillon line. In the
second for the Angels, Howard was
caught trying the old familiar squeeze,
when Delmas failed to hit the BALL
Howard spanked out a hit to center in
the fourth, which Stovall dropped, and
the second baseman got to second, but
had to fade away at this point.
Stovall opened up the way for little
action in the sixth when he hit out
single to right with two men down,
and advanced to third on Martinke's
infield hit, scoring when Ross spoiled a
chance for pretty play at the plate by
dropping Dillons throw to him. The
affair now assumed q tense aspect, for
both teams were fighting it out every
inch of the way. With a possible shut
out ahead of them, the Angels gulped
down a little ice water and sailed in.
Smith and Delmas dropped away in the
seventh, anu l1eH AItie rNoSS was Aoi-
given for his error by slapping stiff
single into left field.
Nagle hit to Eagan, who heaved the
ball high to first, and Ross trotted over
the pan when Kitty Brashear tossed the
return wild to the plate, Nagle going
to second. Walter was on edge to win
his game, and by this fast action on
the bases deserves every ounce of credit
for the victory. He started to steal
third just as McGreevy called four
balls on Daley. Kinkel lunged the ball
down to Bernard with terrific force,
and Bernie dropped it, Nagle getting
home in the miX-up which followed.
There was little further worth recount
ing except that neither team had q
chance to do further damage to the
score records.
The tabluated results
Mornjnn Game