Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-05
ANGELS LOSE IN
BATTING CONTEST
K0ESTNER is KNOCKED FROM
MOUND IN SECOND INNING
SENATORS GET 13 HITS FROM
PITTS
WhaIen, Baum and Fitzgerald Are
Heavily Pounded by DIIon's
Men-Jansen Sends Ball
over Fence
Sacramento 1s, Los Angeles 8

ONST TCHGC
Sacramento 13, Los Angeles
A fair sized crowd of baseball fans
turned out yesterday afternoon to wit
ness the second game of the weeks
series between Los Angeles and Sacra
mento at Chutes park. The game was
one of those good old-fashioned slug
ging affairs in which every other play
er lines out two-base hit, three
bagger or a home run, and singles were
so common that they passed unheeded
Swatting matches are getting to be
quite the thing at Chutes park, bu;
Yesterdays exhibition so far eclipsed
any which have been witnessed during
the past few weeks that every sleepy
fan began to awake to the possibilities
of the contest, and when in the fifth
inning the Angels rallied, slammed
Whalen out of the box and showed five
tallies onto the score board opposite
the name of the Los Angeles ball club
every fan on the grounds began to yell
himself hoarse.
Five Pitchers at Work
About as fast as the Senators would
get one pitcher in the box another Sac
ramento twirler would begin to warm
up, and for little while 1t looked as
though the northern players would
have to start over again with Whalen.
But, although Captain Dillon's aggre-
cation of ball players numerically
walloped every Sacramento mound ar
tist who stepped into the box the
slaughter of the Senators when COM
pared with that of the Angels was as
a quilting party is to a tariff debate in
the senate. For Koestner, the idol OF
Los Angeles fandom, the man who
should be able to twirl the Senators
into a mlre of hopeless defeat was
slammed, knocked and lambasted by
every Sacramento player who picked
up a bat from ShortStOp Shinn down
to Receiver Graham. And this makes
the third time that such tragedy has
been enacted during the past week. 1t
Just seems as though Koestner could
not get back on that old winning
stride of his. And after Koestner had
been relieved by Pitts, although for Il
few minutes about the fifth inning
matters appeared to be somewhat
brighter, the Senators found out the
intricacies of the latter's twirling as
we'll as they did Koestner's. and land
ed on poor old Pitts for thirteen safe
hits and tailed eight runs while the
Angel twirler was in the box.
Slaughter of Angels In Second
The Senators started the bell ringing
in the second inning, when Koestner
allowed Raymer to walk to second, the
latter player being advanced to third
on a single from Flanagan. House
landed on Koestner for a clean single
into center field, scoring Raymer and
sending Flanagan another lap on his
journey. lansing sacrificed, sending
Flanagan to third and placing House
on second. Graham lined a hot one 10
the Angel pitcher, who returned the
sphere to H. Smith, catching Flanagan
of hn Ia
seemed to catch the spirit and pulled
off one of the neatest double plays
witnessed for some time on the Chutes
park diamond, House tallying. Whalen
swatted a neat two-bagger into the
right garden, scoring Graham, while
Shinn and Whalen, who had evidently
been inspired by the House
base and when II. Smith oVerthrew
that particular sack Whalen crossed
the plate. Dillon sent Pitts into the
box to relieve Koestner, and for a brief
period the carnage ceased.
Angels Tally in Fifth
In the fifth inning the Senators again
ascertained where the Angel goat was
feeding and rang the bell four more
times. Doyle singled to center and
Gandil to left placing the former play
er on second base. Raymer drove to
his homeward journey, allowing Can
dill to reach second. Flanagan con-
nected with a neat single and was fol-
lowed by House, who lined a swift one
down the first base line, and for about
three minutes all that could be seen
from the grandstand We're Sacramento
players running across the home plate.
The Angels came partially out of
their trance in the latter part of the
fifth and duplicated the Senator's per-
formance of the second inning by scor-
ing five runs. Beall made the first hit
off Whalen when he singled to center
and was followed by Howard who
caught the spirit and slammed a single
base hit into the right garden Smith
came to the rescue by singing the
center field, scoring Beall and putting
Howard on second. lansing and Gan
dill disposed of Pitts, but Jud Smith
scored. Baum was sent to the pitchers
box by Graham, but the Angels never
let up, and Ross Whacked out a two
bagger. scoring Delmas ana II. Smith.
Last Rally in Ninth
From this point on the game was n
continual batting fest but the Sena-
tors, with their lead of four holes,
never allowed DillOn's nine to catch
them, and, although every pitcher was
numerically pounded, the Sacramento
boys were still five runs to the good at
the end of the last inning. The An1oIs
grasped at the last visible straw in
the ninth inning and scored one run.
II. Smith singled, but Wheeler, batting
for Pitts, struck out. Daley walked,
Ross walked, but Dillon forced Ross at
second. Shinn to Raymer, II. Smith
scoring. Beall struck out. The figures,
gentlemen;
Los ANGELES
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