Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-13
TWELVE INNINGS
BRING Tie SCORE
VERNON AND PORTLAND PLAY
N0-SCORE CONTEST
FIRST EXTRA PERIOD GAME ON
SOUTHERN DIAMOND
Teams Race for Winning Run Until
Mccarthy Calls of Game on
Account Of the Growing
Darkness
vsrnon 0. Portland 0

Vernon o, Portland 0
Twelve innings of slow but sensation
al ball, featured by brilliant plays and
a clean score sheet throughout with
the game called at the end of an even
dozen of close eXchanges-thls was
the offering that Happy Hogans YER
nonites and Portland made 10 the local
fans yesterday afternoon in the open
ing game OF the series at Chutes park.
AS inning after inning rolled by with
out score and the chances seemed
good for a long-drawn-out battle, the
enrhusiasm instead of leSsening grew
anace. and the sudden termination,
when Umpire Mccarthy ran in toward
the plate shouting the close OF the
game on account of darkness, 1ouho
the crowds on the bleachers, ana even
the graver and more sedate occupants
of the grandstands, on their Feet
shouting for score.
This was the first extra inning game
of the season on a southern dldiloHu:
Incidentally, and quite as matter Oh
course, Hogan more than mace sooo
his prediction that he would give tne
Portlanders a hard battle in the pres
ent SERIES .,..-t,,,,+
with Schafer and Hardness fighting
# out all the way and neither snow
ing signs of weakening toward the
close. even after twelve hard periods
Happy Hogan surely has something on
which to base his smile today. NC
cradles men were given the surprise
of The wear. AS the afternoon wore
along they first laughed at 1t as a mat
fer of luck, bound TO break before the
,,ine-inning regulation nnlsh APP
PREACHED. then seriously began TO won
der if the Hoganites had not struck d
lucky day and when the extra liliilns
came settled into the conviction that
they were up against different class
ne hall nlayers than they had been led
to believe existed in the quiet precincts
of that place known as vernon
GIt-Edge Playing
The Hoganites, including Schafer,
did themselves proud They proved
tbs,nselves capable of staying the limit
with one of the best finishing teams OF
the Coast league. They put up brand
of hall that confirmed the BELIEF that
thev have hit a different stride from
that in which they were back-tracklng
from the pennant before their northern
trip. 80, ,,ore
ives - 90" 90 his class at Chutes the
bIeachers will have to be enlarged TO
accommodate the crowds. No sensa
4ional hitting made the blood thrill
aIone the spinal column, but there was
that steady persistent hammerlng away
on the part of both teams, intersperseo
with several really remarkable plts OF
fielding that brought the game up To
the ranks of a real race.
Had Hogan placed a ball player OF
experience on the coaching line IN the
eleventh inning, Schafer would haVe
crossed the plate for the winning run
Adams whose claim to the place as
instructor of a runner has never peeh
discovered, was handling third. Wheh
he sent Schafer on home, after the lat-
ter had clawed the earth to third, the
pitcher was caught before he had gone
two-thirds of the distance home, and
Vernon lost the great opportunity 10
win. Adams was retired following TINS
piece of bone-head play, but the ms
chief had been done. This may serve
to bring out the fact that the coacher
IS in a large way responsible for every
victory, and only tried and dependable
men.should be placed on the side lines
in such a crisis.
Both Pitchers Effective
schafer and Hardness opposed each
other in the box. Despite his cold and
resulting lassitude, Schafer played
grand game. He lasted the full twelve
innings, and was twirling steadily at
the end. He allowed eight hits and
fielded his station to a nicely. Hark-
ness never was in better form. Twelve
of the Vernon batters bit the dust be-
fore his speedy delivery. and he al
lowed only three scratch hits, one of
which Hogan secured. This is real
ball and the fans will send up
prayer for a little more of the same.
1t was announced after the game
that the reason for calling it when
it was still light enough to play was
the terrific speed with which Hardness
was sending the ball and the fear that
some of the Vernon batters might mis-
Judge the ball in the gathering gloom
fail to get from under and possibly
be badly hurt
In the disastrous twelfth, that inning
which made Happy Hogan throw his
hands in the air from disgust, Schafer
singled hot over center and went to
second when Speas muffed Stovalls
high fly going to third when Speas
threw wild to first. Schafer was held
a moment at third on the throw-in by
McCredie from the right field fence,
and then Adams, on the coaching line,
let him start for home in spite of the
fact that he had no earthly chance to
score. The gallop tired Schafer and
Melted nothing, much to the displeas-
ure of the fans. The tabulated score:
VERNON