Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-23
SHINN SQUEEZES
IN WINNING RUN
SENATOR SH0RTSTOP CAUSES
DEFEAT OF VERNON
FOUR PITCHERS ARE USED IN
FIRST INNING
Both Teams Make SIuaging Beginning
In Play at chutes Park and
Lucky Northerners Man.
age to Nose Out
Sacramento, q; Vernon, 8.

Make room for another occupant on
the mourners' bench among the coast
ers. Gentlemen, please crowd a little
and move along. One demonstrating,
ginger-laden Unhappy Happy the
Hoganite, desires a seat in your midst.
He lost yesterday to the Grahamites,
but because he nearly won in a fight
ing finale, and was just nosed out of
a victory by the mereSt pinch, Hogan s
doleful countenance is due to be seen in
the Grape bench. Well does Happy
deserve to win a game now and then.
He has changed his lineup until 1t
resembles a mass of succotash; he has
developed and retired pitcher after
pitcher; he has fought and bit and
scratched and tore-as far as baseball
etiquette will permit such proceedings
to bring his team over the winning
route to the highway leading pennant-
ward, and to see his mates go down to
defeat after gallant struggle-well,
it's most enough to bring any man to
black-garbed silence.
Jimmy Shinn beat the Vernonites
single-handed yesterday, and this
after the men from the local under
brush had come back into their own
in the first inning, and by hard clout-
ing and ambitious efforts had tied up
a three-run lead by the northerners.
Shinn's hard double to the left field
barrier, his advancement to third on
Jansing's walk and his clever steal
home scored the winning run for the
Senators, for the locals could never
cross the plate after the first period.
Four Pitchers Used
Four pitchers delivering in one in
ming, two by each team, with a total
of six runs and the same number of
hits, tells a wild, weird story, and this
is what the official scorer must have
thought as he showed his pencil like
lightning to keep track of the plays and
the changes. Both teams used a sec
ond twirler after about five minutes
play, for the game started off with
such a furious bombardment on the
part of both teams that in fear of
repetition of the scrambled affair of
two weeks ago, the two field captains
made haste to derrick their starting
pitchers and place two more on tap.
Spider Baum took the fastest beating
of the year, as he lasted just one-third
of an inning. He was replaced by
Fred Brown, and the Sacramento sales
man of Tampa products held the locals
down to two hits up to the ninth in
ming. Pitcher Harkins began for the
Vernonites, but he quickly succombed
and was replaced by Willett the former
Beaver who allowed only four hits In
eight innings, although one hit was the
double which enabled Shinn TO creep
around to home plate.
Several Long Hits
There were several long hits and an
equal number of brilliant fielding per-
formances throughout, but those first
two innings and Shinn's performance
tell the spectacular portions Doyle,
first up for the Senators, was passed
to first Indian Horse doubled hard
to center, sending Doyle to third, and
Gandi singled to left, bringing Doyle
over the pan. Flanagan repeated with
q stiff single sacker to the same spot,
and House trotted over. Then came
a lull, during which Gandil was caught
at the plate, Flanagan going to Sec
ond on the play. Here Willetts took
Harkins' place, and was touched up
by Raymer for a single. shooting Flan-
nagan to third, from which position he
scored Oh a wild pitch. Raymer was
caught at third. clearing the bases,
much to the relief of the Hoganites,
and after that the trouble gradually
died away. Net performance, three
runs.
Jess Stovall flew out for Vernon in
the first, and Bernard landed on first
safely, when Shinn booted the ball.
He stole second neatly. and advanced
again on BraShears out. Eagan was
allowed to amble to first, and fast lit
tie Martinke doubled hard to center,
scoring Bernard. The Flying Dutch
man himself was scored by pinch hitter
Coy, the pitcher-felder-b batter who
placed the ball in the grove laid by
Martie for a double. Eagan also
squeezed over on the hit. Here Baum
gave way to Brown, and that was all.
The results-three runs for Vernon.
Fourth Is Decisive
1t will now he necessary TO skip to
the fourth for the visitors. Herein Ray
mer hit a hot one to Mott, who per-
mitted the ball to wander through him
and out into left field. Raymer was
caught off second on a neat throw by
Happy, and then Shinn came along
with his daring ride around the cir
cult, assisted by Jansing's walk, and
ending by his smooth steal to home.
lansing being caught at second on the
attempted double robbery of bases,
putting the side out, but too late TO
save the once score.
Martlnke and Mott both got singles
in the ninth, but force outs spoiled
these hits, and Happy popped out for
the closing play The tabulated re-
suits:
VERNON
ABR H sB Po A r