Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-23
HOGANlTES MAKE
RATTLING START
OAKLANDERS LOSE OPENING
GAME OF SERIES
EAGAN'S HEAVY FIRING PAVES
WAY TO VICTORY
TWO Bad Innings for Wigs, the COM
muters' STAR Are Cause Of
Downfall of Men from
the North
Vernon 4. Oakland j

After Oakland and the Suburbanites
had played one-half inning at Vernon
yesterday Happy Hogan cast one wild
look at the score board, saw the old
familiar run column with chapter one
of a story Of defeat writ in long black
figure and then opened up his choicest
battery of comments on his devoted
band. While the first man up for the
Hoganites was dallying with the stick
and fussing with his shoes in order to
permit Hap to finish his peroration
Hogan told them a half dozen Mother
Goose rhymes and then they went in
and won the game from the Reidy
bunch.
AS far as the detailed game is con-
cerned there is not much to tell con-
cern1ng lightning plays or spectacular
feats 1t was one of those steady ma
chine-like contests with both teams
playing at long, steady, driving gait,
seeking at all times to win in the most
decisive manner possible. One hard,
smashing inning won for the Vernon
ties, and they earned every bit of the
glory they attained. 1t was q sweet
morsel for Happy after the disasters of
the preceding week and the fans pro-
nounced the cooking good. Thus the
baker, the butcher and candlestick-
maker-meaning the three men who
were responsible most directly for the
Vernon victory-were happy
Wigs VS.. schafer
Bill Reidy must have been deter
mined to win the game at any fair
costs. This is taken for granted by
the fact that he placed his one best
special, his Sunday afternoon star, tall
H. r In, fIaa hCx for ha
opening game. 1t is unusual, except
in bitter and close struggles, to follow
such proceeding. 1t looked as if Hap
had taken the cue also, for he sent
Schafer in and the two opposed each
other in a beautiful pitchers struggle
which was an even thing with the ex-
ception of two innings, when the locals
got to the big northerner for five hits
these periods being the fourth and the
sixth. By all the rules of the game
Hap should have had several more
runs, for in the sixth the Brooks team
secured three hits, although not a man
crossed the plate.
Truck Eagan gave the lie to his de-
famers who have administered to him
several most uncaned-for paintings,
when he banged out two hard doubles,
getting the only extra base hits of the
day. To the first two-bagger he sent
over must be charged indirectly the full
fruits of the result, for it placed him
well along and permitted a score when
the men following him came through
with other timely hits.
Carroll of Oakland opened the fire.
works in the first. He was passed to
first while Schafer was getting down
TO real hot twirling, and the Oaks cen
ter fielder scored when Lewis singled
far to right and Stovall juggled the
ball. W. Hogan got to first on a walk
and D. Lewis reached third. Terry
McKune, the newest recruit, gathered
from the Santa Clara college nine, came
up for his first batting appearance in
Los Angeles and forced Lewis at third
Vernon Comes Back
Right back came the Vernonites
Stovan hit a stiff liner to right field,
Bernard was allowed to amble to the
first sack and when w. Hogan threw
Brashears hit wild to first the bases
were jammed. Martinke sent a long fly
to center and Stovall beat the throw-in.
This tied the score and Happy perked
up a bit.
While the crowd watched the goat
frisk around on the players benches
two more innings rolled along Then
came the fourth and there was no con-
tanning Happys joy thereafter. Haley,
first up, was permitted to trot to first
on four wasted ones. Then the game
old Truck Eagan came up and con-
nected for hard double to the center
field fence, sending Haley to third.
Graham singled past second base
and Haley and Eagan were showed over
the plate. Graham started for second
on Schafer's out, W. Hogan to Cam
eron, and when the lengthy first base
man heaved the ball toward the hea-
vens above Hcgan's head Graham kept
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of the inning. Five runless and re-
sultless innings followed, and then the
goat ba-aed "Home Sweet Home" The
score