Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-04
VERNON BREAKS
WINNING STREAK
HAPS FINALLY DEFEAT Dill
L0N'S CHAMPIONS
RRAsHEAR's HOME RUN is FEA-
TURE OF THE DAY
Exciting Play at chutes Park Ends in
Victory for Suburbanltes-Hosp
Is Hit Freely by Hogan's
Men
BY A. E. DuNNINo


It was another of those fighting af-
fairs yesterday afternoon at the Chutes
grounds. and when it was all over
Happy Hogan had the pleasure of say
ing Il told you so" to the Dtllonitesl
who had counted on taking the fifth
straight game from the suburbanltes.
OF course it isn't necessary to say II
was a great game, for these fast and
spectacular affairs have come 10 be
considered almost a matter Of course
when the Vernonites and the cham
pions hook up. No matter what hap
pens when they meet the other teams
in the league there is always bound 10
be some real playing when the old
rivals get together, and the fans nave
seen more first class spectacular base
ball crowded into the last series than
has been bundled into all the previous
series put together.
The score was tied and the game was
won and lost so many times yesterday
that finally the crowd tired Of trying
to keep track of things, and they simply
awaited the end. 1t was one of these
tense, nerve e-wracking finishes, with
every man trying all the time and the
result in doubt until Daley had been
caught at the plate in the ninth, max
ing the last putout in desperate at
tempt TO squeeze in the winning score.
The score hardly counts. 1t stood
to when the final gong rang, but the
thing of great moment was the fact
that at last Happy the Hoganite had
taken a game from the Angels. He had
expected to put up battle to win, and
he was not disappointed. Several times
one of the teams seemed to have the
game in it's possession, and then a
sturdy sticker would bang out the pail,
another would repeat and all the nice
calculations would be smashed like MI
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Brashear Gets Homer
From the first to the last inning there
was plenty doing in the scoring line.
The Angels opened up with run. and
the Vernonites ended with a run, the
final score for the Hogan brigade CIV
ing them the victory. To Kitty Bra
shear must be given the credit for this
defeat of the champs. With the score
standing to and two men having re-
tired by the strikeout route, Brashear
came up in the eighth, landed ter
rife swing on one of Hosp's choicest
deliveries and calmly trotted around
the bases, while the crowd watched the
ball disappear over the left field fence,
and then prepared to greet Kitty as he
came home. 1t was great hit, and
deserved to win the game, though 1t
only tied matters.
Hit and Hosp were the opposing
pitchers. Both were stingy of their hits
in the first five innings, but thereafter
the batters had a feast, and the totals
figured eleven off Franzel and nine OFF
Hit.
With both teams running strong and
evenly in the ninth, Vernon came to
bat Stovall, the first man to face
HOSP, banged out a double and Mar
tinke singled to right. Haley hit a
short fly to Daley, and the little center
fielder stood waiting. but his overcon-
fidence was fatal and he dropped the
ball. allowing Jess to cross the pan
Happy hit into a double and Hit went
out, and then the Angels tried to tie
ii up again.
Daley singled sweetly to center, thus
partially retrieving his grievous errors
Of q few moments before. Goodwin sac
rificed him along, and Dillon repeated
shooting him to third. 1t was tick
lish moment, and with Beall at bat
everybody was nervous. Beall took a
ball, and then nipped the sphere for a
couple of fouls, making two strikes
Another ball, and then Daley started
to work the squeeze with steal home,
as Hits arm was swung upward for
the windup. Beall failed to hit the bail
and Daley was caught sliding in, end
ing the game. In the fielding depart
ment, Haley's star one-handed catch
backward i'm the eighth, retiring the side
and probably saving a score. was the
feature. The tabulated result: