Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-15
ROWDIES LOSE
SCRAPPY GAME
BEAVERS GIVE DlSGRACEFUL
EXHIBITION OF BALL
VERNON FORCES AHEAD AFTER
SENSATIONAL PLAY
Breen and Hardness Are Fined-Port-
land Players Display True colors
by Violation of Ground Rules
of the League
Varnon 2, Portland /

Vernon won yesterday from Portland
but not without a continual chorus OF
vehement protests, loud roars at de-
cisions. muttered curses at Umpire NC
earthly and one Of the worst exhibitions
of rowdy ball on the part of the Port
land nlavers seen on Coast league
diamond this season. From start 10
inlsh there was hardly a decision maze
nv Mccarthy at which the beaNe.s,
either individually or collectively, olo
not take exception. At first the pro
tests were mild, polite, genteei app l'5.
for "a good fielding eye" some 1uos-
ynen4." and such comments, but as the
sar,e progressed the northerners, evil
IDENTIFY emboldened by Mccarthy pa
tience grew stronger in their language
and the talk coursed all the way from
threats to take a punch at the ola'
gray-haired stiff to actual vltupera-
ton. - 4,,t-
After permitting eight innings Of this
abuse, McCarthy's long tried CAIN as
appeared. He fined Breen so TOT MS
caIistic remarks, and when Hardness,
Who was occupying the bench, contin-
ned In the same strain, he slapped
similar. penalty on the Portland pltch-
or and then ordered him off the
grounds Just before the final pail was
1itched Third Baseman Johnson hurled
an epithet at Mccarthy that was as
ttnctly audible in the grand stand
where many women were sitting. AS
the crowd poured out of the ground az
Ter the game Breen called to Mccarthy,
proclaiming his dislike with voluble
oaths, and several of the Portlanders
supported the two men in their stand.
while a majority of the Portlanders,
Including Olson, were silent ana should
bear no blame for the occurrence, those
who permitted themselves to violate the
ground rules of league game deserved
q more severe penalty than was in
Tide of Victory Turns
Aside from these unpleasant features,
the crowd saw a classy conflict, and
of course came away happy in the
knowledge that Hogan had at last
turned the tide of victory toward the
suburbs. Stovall did the pitching for
the Vernonites, and his performance
may be judged by the fact that the
only thing done to him was four hits,
two OF which were doubles. The two
long swats came in the sixth, and
brought In the only run scored by the
Beavers, Carson was placed in the
box for Portland. The stocky little
northerner was in good form, letting
the youngsters down with seven hits,
but these were punched opportunity.
Three errors were made by Hogan's
men, and one Of them was the cause
of the lone tally Of the visitors.
Vernon started the grind organ in
the third by crossing the plate once
Caffyn hit a double, striking the CEN
ter board fence, and Martinke singled
to left, sending Caffyn to third. EaganI
placed a neat bunt out toward second,
and Caffyn just squeezed under Arm
bruster on the throw in, crediting the
locals with the first tally. In the fourth
the Vernons were handed what proved
to be the winning run. With two out,
Martinke hit out a single, stole second,
and came home on Truck Eagan's
double in the exact spot marked by
Caffyn.
Portland's score arrived in the sixth
On Speas' single, Mercedes sacrifice
hit, Johnson's single to center and Ber-
nards muff of the liner, Speas came
home amid loud acclaim. The tabulated
gcorns