Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25
RALEIGH MAKES
SHUT-OUT DEBUT
HOGAN'S NEWPlTCHER PROVES
FIND OF THE SEASON
BUsHER ADMINISTERS SEVERE
LAcINo TO OAKS
Nomination of Former Amateur for
Box Duty Proves JustIfiabIe
When Youngster TwIrls
Big League Ball
BY A. e. DuNNING

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Happy Hogan, the Vernonite, was
the medium of the discovery of a pos
sibie Coast league star yesterday.
When the lineup for the game was
being conned by the Suburbanites'
manager and field captain, in the
morning hours he beheld a disastrous
outlook in the pitching department. His
list of ten available men had dW1ndleu
in startling fashion. He ran his stubDy
forefnger, hattened by frequent con-
tact with the ball, down the nst' IL
read something like this: Schafer,
overworked; Coy. about to work the
day following; Stovall, in outfeld;
Harkins, laid up with split finger;
HensIing, hopeless; Pitts, untried' )
Breckenridge, recovering from re-
cent defeat; Hit, saved for other
games in the series. Happy scratched
his head in bewilderment, then he
somehow received an inspiration.
PUT down Raleigh for pitcher to-
day" said Hap TO the score-card man.
This Is about the whole story of the
to 0 victory over the tail-enders yes
terday, when the visitors received a
beautiful coating of the kindly lime,
were let down with three hits, had only
one man advanced to third and four to
John Raleigh is the lion of the hour
among the populace Of Vernon. IN
cidentally, and perhaps quite as I'M
portant to him, he has more than
made good in the Coast league and has
been permanently placed on the pay
roll of the Vernonites, with big chances
of being used as often as it is safe
to work a pitcher.
Raleigh Day at chutes
1t was Raleigh day at the Chutes
115 IA c1IFlW- haired WOTl-
der struck a northerner which hap
pened four times during the afternoon,
the crowd cheered. Every time he came
to bat the handicap was In evidence,
and when he made an assist ne was
warmly applauded. The eX-amateur,
busher, kid" as the visitors at first
CONTEMPORARY termed him, played
rattling game, made the Oaklanders
chop at the ball like rank bushers, held
the bases empty through the greater
part of the contest and capped IT all
by handing over to his leader a clean
shut out.
Of course there were a few things
hanpening in the game which did not
directly concern the vernon tWlrler'
and those were numerous rank errors
and a scarcity of hits, intermingled
with a half dozen fielding stunts worth
watching. 1t was fast game ana a
good one to view, but the sum total
leaves IQe C6lidT IlAiiliPo eiO AAfe
which to swell UP as did the exhibition
put up by the locals the day before.
Three scattered scores eWere made Dy
the Hoeanites, the first coming in the
ffth, after both teams had fought hard
to get within striking distance Of the
home plate.
Accident to Nelson
Oakland used two pitchers. The
cause thereof was an accident which
forced the lengthy Nelson to retire
from the game in the sixth inning.
Haley was stationed on third, ana
with Happy at bat, the old fanillar
squeeze was attempted. Happy started
for home and Hap hit light one along
third. Nelson gathered it in and met
Haley Just in front Of the plate, the
two men coming together hard when
HALEY slid. Nelson sustained badly
injured knee cap and will be out OF
the play for a week at least. Haley
was not hurt.
In the fifth inning Happy Hogan
made the first hard swat. 1t started
things and practically won the game,
for the Vernon captain found the ball
hard, and when it came to Carroll in
center, the Oak fielder allowed 1t TO
slip past, and Eagan, who had reached
second on a walk and steal, crossed
the plate.
Vernon scored again in the sixth.
Brashear was passed to first, Martinke
doubled hard to right, and then
Brashear was caught off third on the
failure of the squeeze play, when
Haley could not connect at the sig
nailed moment. Haley hit a nice one
one to Cameron, who threw wild to
McKune on first, and Martinke shot
across for the second tally. In the
eighth Hap gathered in another on
singles by Brashear and Martinke and
an error on the part of Lewis, who
permitted the sphere to slip through
him hen Martie pushed it stifhy
along third base. When Oakland came
up in the ninth Raleigh quickly dis
posed of them. The detailed score:
VERNON