Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-02
ANGELS DEFEAT
HOGAN'S BUSTERS
NINTH INNING BATTING RALLY
is EFFECTIVE
BRAsHEAR's FOUL TACTICS MAR
BRILLIANT PLAY
Champions Secure Early Lead and
Youngsters Fail in Endeavor to
Even Matters-Mcereevy
Is Good Umpire
los Angeles a, Vernon 2

Another hot ninth inning finish yes
terday afternoon at Chutes park, and
one of the most spectacular games oil
the season, brought the crowd upstand-
ing at numerous intervals, and, al
though Hap Hogan tried his best to
boost in the winning score, change IN
pitchers made at a decisive moment py
Uncle Frank Dillon averted an I'M
pending disaster and the game was
won by the champions by close mar
gin. There were five periods OF halr-
raising ball more sensational than mas
been seen at Chutes in many day.
Two bonehead plays, one by Brashear
in the first, when he was put out of the
game for one of the dirtiest pieces OF
baseball ever permitted to stand IN the
Coast league and fined So by the UNI,
pire. and the foolishly attempted steal
bv Stovall in the ninth, featured one OF
the most hard-fought contests the YER
nonites or the title holders have fig
ured in since the first days play,
Aside from these two exhibitions OF
busher ball and the four errors maze
by both teams the meeting of the two
southern teams produced ball OF unex-
pected class, and not a ran went away
dissatisfied with the afternoon.
Koestner pitched a high class artlcle
of hall up to the ninth inning, although
exhibiting a tendency toward wiidhess.
He held the bushers to three hlls ana
secured credit for the victory, although
when he went to pieces in the ninth
and the game seemed slipping to the
Hoganites Dillon sent him to the bench
and put in Tozer, who finished the
game for the remaining third inning
with one hit. catching a runner be-
tween third and home and closing up
the accounts for the day.
Brashear's Dirty Play
Hardly had the belated fans settled
down to enjoyment of the game, when
the one striking feature of the game
popped out. Goodwin, second man at
bat for the Angels, hit foul ball along
third, which SKINNED along not more
than six inches outside the fair pail
line. Brashear at first scooped 1t in,
and Goodwin in running touched Brash-
ears head. the latter standing so close
to the base line that the runner could
not do otherwise and protect himself
from running into the foul INES,
Brashear, angered, turned and threw
the ball at Goodwin, Narrowly lnlss Issue,
the latter's head. McGreeVy promptly
threw Kitty out Of the game and as
sessed him a five-dollar fine. Adams
took his place at first.
Los Angeles took a big lead in the
third period, and three runs came over
the plate. Hit, who handled the
mound for the bushers, was touched up
in lively fashion, Howard starting
things with a single to left, going to
second on Wheeler's sacrifice. Delmas
came right back with another single,
scoring Howard, and Delmas went TO
third on the throw-in. Dillon then SIN
gled infield and Ross followed with
similar swat. Koestner repeated mo-
ment later Dillon and Ross scoring,
when Bernie Bernard committed his
first error Of the season by letting the
Angel pitchers hit go through him.
In the fifth Vernon annexed one run,
on Martinkefs pass to first, Eagan
sacrifice and Hogan's single. which sent
Martinke over the cement for the first
tally of the bushers.
vernons in Batting Rally
In the sixth the Vernonites went
after Koestner like demons, Bernard
walked, Haley hit infleld and both ad-
vanced a base on Delmas wild throw
to first. Then Koestner settled down.
Adams going out by the fly route, CAR
fyn striking out for the first time in a
dozen appearances at bat and Mar
tinke dying by the Delmas-Dillon line.
Mott hit out a hard double in the sew
enth. the only one of the game, but the
heavy smuggling netted the Nerhohlles
nothing.
Los Angeles took another twist on
the victory, when in the eighth Whee-
Ter singled and stole second, Dillon was
walked and on Hogan's uncalled-for
throw to first Wheeler went to third.
Wheeler made a brilliant steal to the
plate in the following moment, pre-
ceding Koestner's single, giving the
Angels a three-run lead.
With the bleacherites behind him,
Hogan endeavored to win the game in
the ninth, Eagan landing at first Safe
ly on Wheelers error, allowing the ball
to go past him, Stovall walking, era
ham walking, filling the bases Here
Dillon took Koestner out of the box
and put in Tozer. Bernard few to left,
Haley singled to center and Eagan
scored in the hit. Things were at a
nervous tension, the grands and
bleachers feeling the strain with two
out and the game to tie. in or lose.
Tozer walked toward the box and Sto-
vail on third started to steal home.
Tozer ran down TO third and caught
him between third and home, making
the third out and closing the game
The tabulated score: