Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-03
MORNING GAME


An even break in yesterday uouule
header between Los Angeles ana w.
non was the result of two hard iousDe
battles. leaving the series to gaze
three all with today's regularly scns st
Med contest at Chutes park IN the az
ernoon as the deciding issue u vi
weeks play. The Angels squeezed OUT
victory from the youngsters on the
Vernon diamond in the morning game
and Hogan came back with anotner
anal rally in the eighth inning of the
afternoon. annexing all the honors aIter
the Angels seemed to have the game
well in hand. This was the lourlh
straight meeting of the two local teams
in which a squirt at the wire materially
changed the results, and both games
brought ali the playing powers OF the
Two teams into command, with the rams
at a high pitch of enthusiasm aroused
nv the close play which all week mas
kept the series in doubt.
after Vernon had touched Thorsen
for base hit in the first and mad
scored thrice, Bert Delmas almost
broke Hogan's stout heart by pounding
out a pretty soaring homer in the
eighth inning of the morning game,
scoring Wheeler and Beall and trottlng
Iazily across the plate himself Wltn
the one run annexed by the Dillonites
in the second, this gave them narrow
margin, and they kept it to the end.
With the score to in the elgntn,
Vernon evened up the morning defeat
in the afternoon play when Scharer
won his own game by hitting out
hard double which started the slug
cling and finally resulted in two runs
coming over. Los Angeles tried hard
to forge ahead in the last period, aided
by the calls of the packed bleaehers,
but it died away to nothing.
The Vernon twirler had the contest
in hand at all stages. With the crowds
yelling in chorus at the prospect of a
tie score he coolly pulled himself out
of hole in the ninth, and close de-
cision by Umpire McGreevy, followed
by another of similar questionability,
wound up a fast finale. Dillon started
the fun by singing hard to center field;
Ross repeated and Dillon went to third.
Thompson was sent in to bat for Tozer
and was called upon to make name
for himself by hitting out another
homer. This was Thompson's oppor-
tunity but he lost 1t by popping an
easy one in front of Kitty Brashear
Daley hit to Haley at second, Ross
making a slide to that base, and Nc
Greevy called him out. From the
bleachers it looked as if Ross was safe
a mile, and the indicator man accord
ingly heard the disapproval of the fans.
Dillon scored on this play 1t needed
but one run to tie the score, and any
thing went. Daley stole to second and
was called safe, McGreevy getting an
other bleacher pannfng for the de-
cision, which, however, appeared a
fair one. Goodwin came up and there
were further calls for a tie score, but
he went out by the Graham Brashear
route, ending the game.
Vernon started things in the first.
Stovall walking, going to second on
Haley's out and scoring on Brashear's
jnfield hit. In the second they scored
again. Mott singled infield, stole sec
ond neatly and went to third when
Howard muffed = throw Hogan
scored Mott with a hit to right.
Thereafter there was a lull to the
fourth, when Los Angeles crossed the
plate. Beall being hit by pitched ball
stealing second, being sacrificed to
third by Howard and scoring on Vince
1er's long fly to Caffyn. In the fifth
Stovall distinguished himself by a repe-
tition of his error of two weeks, drop
ping Godwin's high fly to center, al
lowing Ross TO cross the home square.
Brashear dropped foul fly from How
ards bat. but kept his temper this
time. In the eighth Mott hit a straight
burning liner to Dillon, who grabbed
it in, making spectacular catch.
Schafer then electrified the bleachers
and practically won his game. He lined
out double to right, went to third on
StovalPs infield hit to Tozer, who
dropped the ball, and when Haley beat
out Delmas' low throw to first Schafer
and Stovall scored. This gave the
Vernonites their winning lead
Tozer was effective except for the