Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-17
TWO HOME RUNS
IN FIRST GAME
VERNON WINS OPENING PLAY
FROM SACRAMENTANS
EAeAN AND GANDlL GET CREDIT
FOR CIRCUIT HITS
schafer. Sick Vernon Pitcher, Goes
on Mound for Hogan and Twirls
Grand Game Until Retired
by Injuries
BY A. Il. DUNNING

After Happy Hogan had burned IN
cense at the shrine Of his patron SAINT
ST Michael, yesterday before the
game. had implored his players TO do
their best and has smiled his sweet
ext grin. he went out TO the farthest
and Ionesomest graveyard he could
find. resurrected a half-dead player 10
Mace in the box. added him to the
score card list Of the injured, and won
the game, score to 6. 1t was the
double umpire system, so GrahaIn
claims. that caused the doWntall Oh
she Sacramentans in their opening
meeting with the Nernonltes at Cnutes
park yesterday afternoon. roman anu anu
Mccarthy officiated, and IN the elsIlIh
the winning score came In at 'Ili af
when both umpires say they old not
see the play which caused the deeld-
ing score. .44or
However that may be, and no matter
who was right in the dispute 10 Whleh
there are as many sides as IN any
baseball argument, it was Hogan >
DARING action in placing the sick man,
Scbafer in the box in the opening of
the game that probably saved him
from defeat, and indeed gave him
decided lump up the ladder since IN
the fight between Vernon ana SaCFa-
mento for fourth place in the league
every game counts toward the maj
schafer Is Effective
After an operation which threatened
TO Law him low, George Schater entered
the box yesterday When L1oss'n Srst
the word, and after a disastrous nIst
inning. when he allowed five hlts, ne
settled down, holding the northerners
to that kind of negative hitting when
wins games for the pitcher and loses
for the batters.
The first and eighth were almost
fatal for the Vernonites. Up TO the
time he was forced to retire with
thumb which has been knocked out OF
place by a hard line drive by tlana-
gan in the eighth, Schafer had only
allowed seven hits, including the nYe
in the first inning. which is a pretty
fair record for a sick pitcher.
When Schafer had to walk 10 tne
bench after that injury in the eighth,
Rrackenridge replaced him. The
youngster was pounded pretty hard
for a few moments, but as soon as ne
had sized up the situation ne steamed
down and Sacramento couldn't force
over a winning run.
Twice the score was tied; once sac
ramento forged ahead and again me
Vernonites showed their faces in front
FOR what proved to be the winning
score. Two hard hit home runs, one
by Eagan, who shot the ball over the
left field fence for a stiff circuit hit,
and the other by Gandil, are to be Sc
riously considered in the summary OF
tie game. Eagan's long hit came in
the fourth, bringing in Haley who
had singled and therefore had OBJ
tanned an opportunity to travel the
base route. Gandil followed with
similar performance in the succeed
ing half and, unfortunately for the
northerners, there was no one on
bases. There were several fielding per-
formances worthy of note and the
game was full of snap and ginger.
Though it reached a limit of two
hours there was hardly a moment
when the crowds were not cheering,
and many a fan went home hoarse. A
few more such tiptoe affairs and Ho-
gan and Graham will be playing to