Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-24
ONE BEST BET
BEATS SENATOR'S
PITCHER SCHAFER PUZZLES
SACRAMENTO STlCKERS
HoeAN's PRIDE HANDS OVER
SHUToUT. VICTORY
Only Three Hits Are Made Off SUBJ
urbanites, and Timely Slugging
by Locals Gives Them Well
Fought Game
BASEBALL
Vernon 8, Sacramento 0


When the one best bet in the pitch
ing line among your opponents faces
your men, and that o. b. B. let's your
heavy stickers down with three measly
hits, one of them the veriest scratch
affair, and shuts out your devoted men
in one of the prettiest tWirl1ng games
of the season, would you regard IL as
an impertinent question If you were
asked if you would lie down and take
your medicine as it came? Sure you
wouldn't, if you happened to be a good
sport. Captain Charles Graham of the
Senators is the kingpin of good sports
therefore he accepted the result yes
terday in a graceful fashion, TOOK an
extra hitch at his uniform belt, ana
merely remarked as he started for the
clubhouse, "Well, We'll tackle them
again tomorrow"
George Schafer was about all there
was to the game yesterday, with the
exception of few Of the Vernon slug
gers. This combination of an unhlt-
table pitcher and heavy sttckers usu-
ally is a winning wager, and so II
proved when the northerners hooked
I'D with thet locals in the fourth game
of the series at Chutes park. For
seven innings the Riversiders reached
first only five times, and never got
within speaking distance of second In
that period they landed on the initial
base on two errors, two walks and a
single. In the eighth Shinn got to first
on a single and died there, although
Graham himself went to the plate in
place of Fitzgerald in an endeavor to
bat Shinn over the plate. In the ninth
Doyle opened with a single. but never
got farther than first, for House forced
him. This held the second station
clean for the Vernonites throughout
the game, and third was so far off that
the Grahamites couldn't see it with
powerful magnifying glass.
Vernon Opens UP
Vernon took a small lead in the first
inning when hits by the locals, COM
bined with errors by the Senators, sent
one run over the home box. Until the
eighth this remained the only tally of
the game, and with such heavy slug
gers as Gandil, Shinn, Raymer, Doyle
and House on the batting line there
were moments when matters were ex-
tremely ticklish, for a double or inOp-
perfume errors might have worked
havoc with the locals lead. But the
Vernonites cinched their lead in the
eighth with two well-earned runs, and
though Graham's men made a desper-
ate effort to rally for finish, it was
all to no avail.
The victory yesterday makes the
6GIlSS bldIlu NWO dll nus A1l NllS
Suburbanites have managed to show
the Capital City team some Of the fine
points of game winning, so let's all
get behind and hunch for this good
work to continue.
First Blood for Happy
In the opening inning the trouble
came in the following manner. Stow
all, first up landed on Fitzgerald for
a single. Brashear in his turn showed
the ball into right field, continuing to
second, and Stovall planted himself on
third bag when lansing allowed Flan-
nagan's low throw to third to go
through him. Stovall was caught at
the plate on the return by Raymer
of Eagan's drive and Kitty got to the
third station on the play. The Flying
Dutchman, Martinke, sWatted the ball
far into left field for a single, and
this brought over the first run, Brasil
ear crossing the pan. All kinds of
pretty fielding and an exhibition of
cool-headed and snappy pitching on
Schafers part, that will nestle in one
corner of the fans brains for many a
day, featured the middle section OF
the contest. Then came that happy
eighth, and from that time on Happy
Hogan relaxed, the strained expression
was driven away from the faces of the
Vernon supporters, and all was Sc
rene.
Whalen Goes In
Graham's turn at the bat had dis
placed Fitzgerald, and Jimmy Whalen
had to go in, despite that he had a
sore arm and was not ready to work
his best. Eagan went out via the
Shinn-Gandil route, and Martinke
struck out, after which the locals
settled down to business. Pinch-hitter
Coy came to bat and shot the bal
along the third base chalk line for a
single sack hit. Big Mott came tC
bat and just to show the bleacherites
that he can hit occasionally pounded
out a hard triple into the right field
fence corner, scoring Coy and landing
himself on third. From there HaT
scored him with a high single hit over
second and this ended matters But
1t was more than enough, and the
Vernonttes then went home satisfied
The tabulated score;
VERNON