Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-30
ANGELS WIN IN
TWELVE INNINGS
GREAT BATTLE ENDS IN DE-
FEAT OF VERNON
ERROR AND SACRIFICE BRING IN
WINNING SCORE
Fans Witness Hard Fought Struggle
at chutes Park-Hitt and Tozer
In Good Form After Retire.
ment of koestner
Los AnqeIes 4, Vernon 8

Los Angeles 4, Vernon
When the afternoon shadows had
drawn their dark lengths over the
home plate, and the weary time piece
of the official scorer had wheezed its
way around to the quarter past the
two-hour period, a walk, an error send
ing a man to third and a sacrifice fly
put an end to a great game yesterday
by sending over the winning run. Down
through the fanfests of the days TO
come, when mention of the SUBJECT OIL
baseball shall set many a tongue a
wagging, that twelve-inning game will
linger in the memory of those of the
merry circle of enthusiasts who never
forget a striking contest, and who play
the game over and over again cOzily
ensconsed in a favorite retreat. When-
ever a game goes three extra innings
it is superf1uous to denominate II a
great game. 1t takes sensational
baseball to pass over the ninth bar
rier. 1t takes gingery ball to shut off
runs for three extra innings. Ihere-
fore, leaving all the flowing adjectiYes
of coloring to the imagination OF those
who have seen such contests, 1t is only
necessary to boldly plunge into the
play, laying aside all comment on the
mighty Casey order, to relate the
causes and effects of the kind of play
ing such as the Chutes park devotees
were afforded.
Stiff Fight by Vernon
Firstly, let 1t be recorded that the
Hoganites put up a battle from the
first delivery. Roy Hit, primarily a
warm weather pitcher, forgot whether
the sun was shining or not, saw moth
ing in front of him but a catcher and
q batter, and aimed his stabs at the
latter with deadly effect throughout
the afternoon. Further, be 1t noted
that Ralph Tozer, who relieved Koest-
ner in the second inning when the
$4,000 beauty had developed an aggra-
waited attack of wildness, gave an ex-
hibition of real pitching, allowing only
four small hits in ten innings.
With the true-to-form efforts of these
two box artists before us, 1t is now
necessary to unravel the tangle that
led to the winning of the game after
the dinner bell has sounded in the
dwelling of many a fan, and had found
the master Of the household-and may
hap the mistress-squirming in huge
enjoyment Of the game on hard
bleacher seat or perched on the soft
cushion of luxury in the patrician at
mosphere of the grandstand.
Bunched Hits Responsible
To be brief, 1t was punched hits that
gave each team their runs up to the
finish, but at the windup the Angels
scored the deciding tally without the
aid of a single bingle. In the second
the swatfest opened up, and it was
here that the Suburbanites gave
Koestner such a trouncing that he
was laid on the bench and Tozer showed
in. Wheeler started the racket in the
second for the Angels by landing
safe on first on a fielders' choice, and
stealing second and third in whirlwind
fashion. Bert Delmas, seeing his
comrade flying the distress signal
that called for a hit to bring him in,
promptly responded with a hard
double to center, and the sizzler
brought Wheeler over.
Vernon came right back hard. Mar
tinke and Coy singled, and then
Martie was caught stealing third.
Brown drove to Delmas. who forced
Mott at second after the latter had
been passed, and the Angel shortstop
whipped the sphere TO first in an
effort to make a double, but Brown
was safe on a high throw. Hit singled,
scoring Coy and when Daley allowed
the liner to go through him, Brown
went across for the second run.
Koestner walked stovall. and then
Tozer came in, Bernie Bernard being
hit by the pitcher, filling the bases.
1t was a trying moment for Ralph, but
he stuck to his guns nobly, and
Brashear sent the side out with fly
to Beall This placed Vernon one
ahead of the game.
Both Score In Seventh
In the seventh both sides scored
again, Orendorff batting in Delmas
with a hard double for Los Angeles
and Haley scoring Bernard with a
single to right in Vernons half. Net
results: The Vernonites still one run
to the good.
Then the game merrily rolled on its
way for a long stretch. Thereafter
only one hit was made off Tozer and
three off Hit so there We're few SEN
sations. In the twelfth Goodwin, the
first man up, was passed by Hit,
whom a row with the umpire and few
close decisions had made a little
nervous. Dillon sacrificed the left
fielder and Beall landed safely on first
when Bernard juggled his hit, Goodwin
reaching third on the play Howard
came to bat and behaved beautifully,
though he failed to get a hit, making
the twenty first time he has appeared
at the plate without connecting for a
safe one However, he landed hard
on the ball. which sWOoped out into
center field for A sacrifice fly which
scored Goodwin and really won the
game. Vernon could do nothing In their
half Brashear winding it up by hitting
into a double which fast work on the
part of the Delmas-Howard-D Dillon trio
converted into the closing play. The