Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-22
HEAVY SLUGGING
WINS FOR HOGAN
VERNON STICKERS DEFEAT
GRAHAN'S MEN
HOME RUNS BY COY AND HOUSE
ARE FEATURES
Spectacular Game Is Played at chutes
Park and Suburbanites Take Sweet
Revenge by Pounding Two of
the Northern Pitchers
Vernon, 10: Sacramento, 4.

Vernon, 10; Sacramento, 4.
Captain General Happy Hogan of the
| Suburbanites strengthened his firing
line brought up his reserves and threw
them into the fray yesterday and
routed the Sacramento team in disas-
trous fashion, though the Capital city
| team put up gallant defense and
stubbornly resisted every foot of the
way. 1t was a spectacular contest and
shows that Nernonites, when backed up
by good twirlng and with their in
fielders and hitters playing the game,
can show that form necessary to seri-
Gus consideration in the Coast league
ranks.
Two homers, one by Coy, the pitcher
outfielder whose pinch hitting has been
feature of the play of the Hoganites
in the last month, and another by
House, the Indian left fielder of the
Senators, were the bright particular
spots of glory in the afternoon. Fast
fielding and numerous long hits were
the features, and it was on their bat
ting performances that the Vernon
men won a clean-cut and we'll deserved
victory Twice the game was tied, the
first four innings finding the score
zigzagging between the two teams.
At last the emblem of victory was
flown by the locals in the fourth, and
it stayed there throughout the re-
mainder of the day, the cellar cham
pions piling up a large sized and COM
Portable score before they let up. Char
lie Graham used two pitchers before he
finally gave up. Spider Baum, the
half-game expert who has pitched IN
so many parts of games, either reliev-
ing other men or finding himself
benched so often that he has lost
count, stayed against the Vernon stick
ers for three and a half innings, and
then, in the face of blistering battery
fire of heavy guns which had forced
three runs over, he was withdrawn and
big Buck Ehman, that steady, grind
ing, work-away pitcher, went in and
endeaVored to recover the game.
Northerners' Off Day
But the northern hitters could not
connect with Brackenridges choice
puzzlers thereafter, and the tale grew
and grew until the Vernonites had the
Riversiders hopelessly trailing behind,
showed under beneath an avalanche of
hits such as would discourage most
any box aspirant.
1t was hard sluggng of the game
winning type that gave the locals their
big lead. When the ball is shooting
out into deep outfield near the far
fence with runners on bases there is
bound to be some tapping on the score
bell This, in a nutshell, tells the his
tory of the defeat of the Grahamites
Second Baseman Haley retired from
the lineup just before the game began,
due to sudden illness, and his place
was taken by Bernard, who was
brought in from center field. Stovajl
was shifted from right center and Coy
was given charge of the right garden |
precincts, which he handled well, MAX
ing one beautiful jumping catch that |
saved a double and a couple Of scores.
GandiI Scores In First
Gandil, the Senator's big shortstop, |
was the first man to score. In the |
first inning he banged out a single to
the infeld, went to second on Motifs /
nigh throw to first, to third on Flan-
bulk over the plate when Happy failed |
to connect with StovalPs heave to the |
plate.
In their half of the first the Vernon |
ties got nothing. but in the second two |
more runs made by the northerners |
were almost evened up, when the To-
Gals got over a couple. In the third |
House advanced his teammates one |
notch with his hard hit bounding |
homer over the hat sign fence
Then came the fourth, in which the
decisive scoring came, and which.
therefore, will bear repetition. Eagan |
popped up high fly back of shortstop.
which Johnny House ran in to gather. |
He waited while the crowd held a long
breath, for Truck had banged the
sphere terrifically and it had tipped
The top of the bat, shooting far into
the air. 1t was a high but short hit
and came down with fearful force.
blowing its way through the Indians
lands, sending Truck to first safely.
Martin landed on Baum for a double
scoring Eagan from first base and
hen Coy connected with a straight one
'or far homer over the left field bar
Ter, scoring Martinke ahead Of him.
These three runs won the game, though
'thers followed in the sixth, seventh
md eighth. The result in detail: