Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-28
WIGGS IS GIVEN
RAGGED SUPPORT
ERR0RLESS GAME BRINGS THE
ANGELS VICTORY
PITCHERS BATTLE is STAGED AT
cHUTES PARK
Oakland Players Nose Out Champions
In Hitting Department, but Field
ing Mistakes Are Fatal-koest-
ner in Splendid Form
Los Angeles 2, Oakland I


Tall, smiling Mr.. Wigs crawled out
Of his cabbage patcn yesterday after
noon long enough to pose briefly in the
spotlight at Chutes park, and then as
gracefully retired to muse on the frail-
ties of humankind. bearing with him
an undersigned defeat at the hands OF
the champions. What the genial MI
Wigs. who, be it said, is regarded as
the one best bet among the Oakland
pitchers. must have thought as ne sat
on the bench and watched the game
drift away from him, after twlrllng the
kind of ball that with good support
would make most any team win even
without trying, is not hard to guess.
His smile was always present, now
ever. and it never dimmed Indeed,
that long unfolding of the lengthy arms
the quick, speedy delivery and the
smile nearly gave the Angels bad
fright, and had Wigs been assisted by
his team mates as he stood by them
il might have been necessary to tell a
different story this morning.
1t was one grand pitchers struggle
yesterday, with Koestner and the Com
muter playing tag to see who was 1t
as the star of the day They played
evenly to the last inning, and then,
with the assistance OF the Oakland bat
tiers, Koestner gave in and was nosed
out by one hit The $4,000 beauty of
the Angel pitching department was
given five hits. and Wigs accepted
four. Wigs made seven Angels fan
the air Five expensive mistakes by
the Oakland players might have fig
ured in the lines of argument by which
Wiggs endeavored to trace out the
causes and effects leading to the de-
feat.
Needless to say, a glance at the score
sheet tells that it was only errorless
fielding that gave the champs any ad-
vantage They were outhit by the
northerners, and the only doubles were
made by Wigs and w. Hogan, the
third baseman.
Reidy Delays Game
Only a squabble in the ninth inning,
when Bill Reidy insisted on occupying
the center of the diamond for a five
minute dispute with Umpire Mccarthy
over a matter which the fans failed to
figure out, prevented the teams from
playing an exceptionally fast game.
At the end of the eighth inning the
game had consumed only one hour and
ten minutes, which comes pretty close
to record time. But the new leader of
the oaks hasn't received much atten-
ton in the southern papers, and pre-
sumably to bring himself before the
public on the principle that it's a wise
man who keeps himself in the lime
light when he depends on the public
for his daily porridge, Reidy argued all
around the question of why Mccarthy
threw him off the coaching line for
yawping when there were no players
on base. After the fans had grown
thoroughly tired of the delay Reidy
finally decided to step to the bench.
He tried so hard to get little notice
that as long as Mccarthy stood for this
bit of by-play it is therefore handed
to him hereby
Los Angeles promptly took the lead
when the wire went up. Daley, the
first man up for the Angels, was
walked by Wigs, but that smile came
into view when Goodwin struck out, and
it remained there as immovable as if
cast in plaster. Daley stole second,
went to third on wild throw, Beall
walked and Howard nit a slow-moving
easy grounder to Wigs, but the Oak