Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
WILLETT BEATS
FORMER MATES
VERNON WINS FROM BEAVERS
IN EASY R0MP
SUBUR5ANITEs BAT GARRETT
OFF MOUND
Six Runs Are Scored by Hogan's Men
In Early Stages and Former
Portland Pitcher Is
InVulnerable
Vernon 6. Portland 8

It must have done Roy Willett a
world of good to administer such a
lacing to his former teammates as he
gave the Beavers yesterday. After
he had been side-tracked as a useless
member of the pitching staff and had
been handed his release by Manager
Walter McCredie, Willett carefully
nursed his arm along, awaited his op-
portunity, then stepped into the box
and let them have it. He gave the
northerners everything he possessed
yesterday and won the game eaSed up.
Besides getting an easy victory off
the Portland men, with whom he had
fraternized for several weeks while on
the Beaver payroll, he had the de-
licious satisfaction Of striking out the
man who released him and that at a
time when McCredie wanted to slam
that ball the worst kind of a way.
Willett has spent some time oppor-
tuning Happy Hogan for permission
to tie UP the visitors in a one-sided
defeat. He was so anxious to get at
them and take revenge for his release
that he twisted and squirmed every
day as he sat on the bench. He was
ready for a struggle yesterday, and
from the moment he stepped into the
box was on the winning end. Once
he neared the danger point, when the
Portland stickers began to find him in
the second, and again in the eighth
he eased up, but the weakness was
only momentary and he rallied, to
hold down the opposing batsmen so
that they left the grounds in bewil-
derment In fact, when last seen
McCredie was staring into space Won
dering If this was the same man he
had let go several weeks. ago.
Easy for Willett
Coupled with the heavy hitting pro-
duced by the Vernon men, Wfllett
had an easy workout all the after
noon. Garrett was an open secret to
the Suburbanite, who slugged him out
of the box in four innings. Guyn took
his place and was fairly successful,
though he was trying all the time to
win a game which was hopelessly
lost.
There was enough loose fielding to
let in several runs, and the game was
none too snappy. In fact, the two
long innings suffered by Garrett and
the lack of dash dragged the play out
to two hours, but it was interesting
at all stages.
All was lovely for Garrett in the
first innings Then the trouble started,
and he never had an easy moment
from that time. An inexcusable bit
of bonehead play started things. In
the third with one man out, Bernie
Bernard popped up an easy one above
Garretts head. Ort, running from
first base, called that he had it, and
Garrett backed away. Ort was SLOW
and the ball dropped in front Of the
pitching box Bernie negotiating the
bag safely Martinke singled to CEN
ter, putting two men on.
Rrashear Scores Two
With the bleacherites calling for a
Ions. hit, Kitty Brasheac responded
nobiy, and doubled to center field,
scoring the two men ahead of him.
Fagan's single to right sent Kitty to
third, and when Bill Devereaux gave
the hit and run sign and dropped the
ball over third for a neat Texas
Lacquer, Brashear scored. Egan trotted
over when Speas tossed the ball to
the pitchers plate, nobody covered,
and Fisher raced madly in toward the
Vernon bench to retrieve the wild
throw. Net results Of the riot-tour
runs.
Right back came the gallant Yer
nonites. Stovall doubled to center and
Bernard singled to the same place,
hard enough to shoot Jess over. Here
Guvn replaced Garret and Martie, the
FLYING Dutchman, touched him for
single to right, the runners advance
ing a moment later on a passed ball.
Then Brashear' worked the squeeze
play to perfection, Bernie getting home
on Kitty's out, Guyn to Ort. one run,
added to the two scored in the sec
ond. brought the Beavers within strik-
ing distance. This was in the eighth,
when three singles filed the bases, and
vViIlett passed McCredie, forcing in
Fisher. But thereafter they never got
a. smell, and it was easy picking for
the former Beaver. The score in de-
fa{I.