Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-11
BRASHEAR HITS
IN ONLY SCORE
VERNON WINS IN THE TENTH
INNING
VANCE TWIRLs PRETTY GAME
FOR HoGANITEs
Newest Suburban Pitcher Shuts Out
Commuters and Allows Only Two
HIts--Kitty's Double Breaks
Up the Game
Vernon 1, Oakland o

Ten innings were necessary to settle
the Friday phase of the Vernon-Oak-
land controversy, and it was hard hit
ting by our rotund friend Kitty Brash-
ear, always a dangerous man at bat
in a pinch, which won the game. 1t
was on the narrowest of squeaks that
the Vernon men annexed their third
victory of the week. and placed the
games score at to at present writ
ing. But though the locals had to take
advantage of every twist and turn OF
the game to finally win in the extra
period, they had it on the northerners
all along the brief and exciting journey.
That the Oaks were completely
showed under whenever their batting
time came and their leader called Ior
a hitting rally was due to just one
thing. That was the pitching OF vance
the newest recruit to the Vernon pllcH-
ing fold If the writer of this chronlCle
should venture to tell just what ne
thinks Of the game Vance aeiIveree ti.tsa &C. -
Reidy's beauties he would be trespass
ing on the society editors territory OF
eunerIatiyes. Vance was so good that
he could hardly be better, and IN DEL
erence to the gentle scribe VINO mas an
eternal copyright on all the lahguasS
of exaggeration it will simply be noteu
that the youngster couldn't have been
beaten bv an army of players at the
rate he sizzled them over. He lackeu
nothing. speed, control, head work,
coolness every essential of the best
pitcher was on tap and flowed steduilS
until the game was well won Nance
struck out nine men, allowed only tnres
passes and gave only TWO mus ootn 20 20
them dinky affairs. 1t comes down -
q mere matter of recording IN Wnal
these innings these were made, LOT
there is no sign of runs to talk ABOUT
one hit in the second and anotner III
the sixth were all the northerners SO
cured, and they were lucky TO get
these, ~ +ho
ledger the looks of things may Wen
cause Happy Hogan several hours oA
Rig Roice. one of the trio of lengthy
artists who top the Commuters pltc:Inl-
ing staff, was not at all hperal VIII
his hits, only seven plngies pelte ae5,,toiss
istered. But two of these were ooupAeS
and one of them won the game.
less Stoyau started the trouble IN
the tenth with one man gone. Bolce
shot over a wild one Which cauSnt
Stovall lodging, and the umpire AL al
lowed him to meander TO the lhltiai tied
citation. Hogan assumed charge OF the
Coaching line. rousing the fans to Wig
orons and volleying support and pan
demonium reigned as Bernard d sacr5-
feed the Vernon outflelder to sec9nu ~,
This was the second out, and kltty
Brashear found a problem aWaIti,n!s
him as he carefully selected ms SUE
and and advanced to the plate. But Brash
solved sdiV ID the puzzle in the most effective
name manner by banging the ball to the g. cen en-
+arfieid score board, effectively plaster
tng one run on the indicator by hitting
in in stovall and breaking UP the game;
Several pretty catches, last +ile +ha
-,itcbers, battle which turned entireiy
In favor of young Vance consplreu u
Eeen the fans on tiptoe. Following are
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