Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-23
FOUR PITCHERS
USED AT CHUTES
OAKLAND PROVES VICTOR BY
SCORE OF 7 To5
KoEsTNER POUNDED FOR THREE
SwATs IN ONE INNING
Little Dank Twirls Good Game for
the Visitors, but Is Pulled
Out in the Eighth
Inning
COAST LEAGUE STANDING
Oakland, 7; Los Angeles, 5

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1t was a tossup as far as hitting be-
tween the oaks and the Angels yes
terday at Chutes park and the north
erners won by playing the better ball.
1t took four pitchers to settle the ar
guments, and the bleaeher crowd saw
game punctuated at frequent inter
walls with loud explosions, as one af-
ter the other of the twirlers hit bad
stretch and blew up for an inning
or SO.
Koestner and Dank started the game
as the opposing twirers, but when the
session wound up, Walter Nagle and
Stats Nelson were doing mound duty.
Koestner lasted a little more than one
inning, and in that time was hit for
three hard swats, and walked four.
Then Nagle was challenged and he got
along nicely, except for the second and
seventh innings, when the Oaks COM
bined hits with good base running
and some small luck, and managed to
breeze in.
BY sturdy slugging of the big tall
boy, the Commuters managed to
pound Koestner out of the box in short
order and annexed two runs in the
first inning. The Angels came right
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a long inch -by-inch fight. The locals
had every license to win could they
have managed to swat the ball with
men on bases. It was this quality
that won for the northerners.
Dank Shows Class
Little Dank, the squat but capable
Oakland pitcher was pulled out of the
box in the eighth, after he had twirled
a eaan1nH In a fa iT
to win on his merits. Dank Is small
but possesses good control, world OF
GOODNESS and fields his position in beau
tiful style. He is the latest acquisition
of the Baysiders and looks to be one
of the best He has all of Kid Moh-
ler's speed, coupled with steady
throwing arm. But Reidy evidently
was taking no chances of losing,
though he was two runs ahead, for
lengthy Nelson was showed In, and he
held the locals down tight.
The first inning scramble ran as fol-
lows: Maggert reached first safely
when Wheeler could not locate his
drive, and Christian sacrificed him.
Hogan's infield single sent him along,
Cameron walked, and Koestner forced
in the first run by also passing Kelly,
Hogan came home ON CutshaWs out.
The Angels took up the stern chase
and quickly overhauled the visitors.
Wolfe singled infield, Goodwin drove TO
Hogan and Wolfe was safe on the oak
land third baseman's low throw to sec
ond, and then Artie Ross sacrificed the
men along. Johnny Beall was given q
pass. Wheelers single brought over
Wolfe and Goodwin came home when
Christian threw the ball to the left
field bleachers Here was nice chance
for several more runs, but Wheeler MT
into a double, putting the side out
Three More for Oaks
In the third the Oaks secured three
more runs, and after that it was a
hopeless chase. Cutshaw opened with
a double to center, McKune's out send
ing him along.
In the second the Oaks secured two
more runs and after that it was
hopeless chase. Lewis opened with a
single to left, Dank sacrificed. Mag
CERT walked, and Christian also was
passed. Hogan's single to right
brought over Lewis and Maggert, and
then Nagle replaced Koestner, for the
tall boy was wild and growing wilder
Thomas, who replaced Cameron at
first, hit a long fly to right and Chris
tian scored on the throw-in
Hughie Smith squeezed Wheeler
over with timely hit following two
singles and a sacrifice in the fourth,
and he also brought Jud Smith over in
the sixth with a hit through short. In
the seventh the Angels got their final
run when Goodwin singled to left, stole
second, was sent along by Ross and
came home when Thomas threw the
ball to the left field bleachers:
Oakland added two more in their
score in the seventh and this was what
took the fight out of the locals. Terry
McKune singled to center, Lewis wasl
hit by a pitched ball, Danke forced
McKuns and Maggert doubled hard to
center, scoring Lewis and Dank.
Cameron was put out of the game in
tbe first inning for grabbing a decision
by Umpire McGreevy. The score:
LOS ANGELES
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