Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-22
RIVAL PLAYERS
EXCHANGE BLOWS
SMITH AND WILLETT FIGHT ON
CHUTES DIAMOND
OF GAME BY UMPIRE
Los Angeles Takes Fourth Straight
Defeat from Portland in Rowdy
Play-5reen Fined and
Mccredie Injured
BASEBALL
Los ANGELES 3. Portland 2

Los Angeles 8, Portland 2
Before Roy Willett, pitcher for Ote
Johnson's aggregation of rowdies, takes
his departure from the city of the An
gels, that much pulled up young man
will learn that there are some places
on the Pacific slope where his intimida-
ting tactics will be wasted in thin air.
one of these places is the City of the
Angels, wherein despite its pacific title
dwell a few ball players who will not
permit certain kinds of vituperatlon'
Also 1t is more than likely that the
Beaver twirler will realize that his days
of bullyragging the umpire are over.
Just what caused the fight at third
base in the sixth inning yesterday, re-
sulting in a miX-up between Jud Silllth
of the Angels and Willett, who was
stationed on the coaching line, lies be-
tween the two men. DR.. Jud says VIII
lett called him vile names. Willett
saws Jud Smith is a preVaricator IN
making this statement. The eXplana-
lions will be made to President Ewing,
for Umpire Mccarthy threw both OF the
pugnacious players out of the game
and thus the settlement of the case
goes to the league president who will
receive a report from Mccarthy on the
matter Whatever the justification for
the blow delivered by Smith, who
turned and struck Willett, there is
certain amount of blame attached to
both. AS McCredie put it when he was
walking off the grounds after being
injured earlier in the proceedings, cit
takes two to make quarrel"
The blame for the incident cannot
be placed wholly on Willett's shoulders,
neither can it be shifted entirely to
Smith, but of one thing Willett is as
sured-he will receive a lesson if he
makes few more threats such as that
uttered when he retired to the bench.
Willett probably knows what is re-
ferred to.
Twenty=three Men Used
Twenty-three men were used by thet
two teams before the game was ended.
One man was badly injured and three
were thrown out, two for fighting and
a third for calling the umpire the kind
of names that every man with spunk
resents. Manager McCredie was hit by
a pitched ball delivered by Tozer of
the Angels in the fourth, and when the
ball landed on the Portland leaders 81
forehead with a pop that was heard
throughout the grand stand the latter
fell prone on his back. Players of both
teams rushed to his aid, believing he
was seriously injured. McCredie came
to IN a rev moments DuI ndQ 10 leave
the game, Graney taking his position in
the batting order and in right field.
The Partland leader was seen to be In
a bad way, suffering severely from the
blow, and before the game ended he
left the ground. This unfortunate ac-
cident unquestionably affected Tozer's
pitching for the rest of the game. The
Angel twirler could not forget the un-
intentional injury and he delivered
without life, finally being taken out Of
the box by Dillon in the eighth, after
one run had come in and he had walked
two men. Walter Maggie was placed I'M
the box, without a moments warning
and with the bases filed, and one
man out, Maggie pulled the team out of
a bad hole with wonderful control oil
his cold arm.
Getting down to details, the game
had enough excitement in it to keep
every fan in his seat. The first thriller
was the accident to McCredie, when he
fell like a log but revived and walked
to first to establish his base for the
runner, Hardness being placed on tho
bag to run for him. In the fourth for
Los Angeles Beall was walked by Gar
rett and went to third on sacrifices by
Howard and Smith. Delmas was hit
by pitched ball, and the two arranged
and carried through neat double steal,
Beall scoring the first run Of the game.
Dillon lined a hot drive to Olson, who
dropped the ball. and DelmaS scored
from second base. Dillon taking that
sack. Dillon stole third when Arm
brusters throw hit him, and scored
when Ort fumbled Orendorff's drive.
ort Leaves Game
In the fifth Ort was dismissed from
the game for his remarks to Mccarthy.
Olson doubled to center, and a moment
later Johnson brought in the Beavers
first score with a long single, scoring
Spike.
Just as the sides were changed after
the last out Willett and Jud Smith
mixed up, swapping punches on the
third base line. Both were ordered out
of the game, Smith being replaced by
George Wheeler.
With the score to !, the Beavers
fought desperately for a tie score in
the eighth. Goodwin made a bad error
IN permitting Ryan's easy liner straight
toward him to pass on, the Portlander
reaching third on the play. Olson
promptly singled infeld, and Ryan
came across the square. After Graney
had gone out for bunting the third
strike, Johnson and Breen walked, and
with the bases filed Maggie was placed
in the box, succeeding Tozer. Kennedy
forced Olson at the plate, the ball be-
ing returned by Delmas, and Armbrus
ter few to left, ending a nervous perl
cd for the Angels in whcih it looked as
If tie score was inevitable. Beall
reached third in the Angels half of the
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