Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-26
OAKLAND'S TURN
IN SEF-SAW GAME
REIDY'S MEN BAT OUT EASY
DEFEAT OF VERNON
ToNNEsoN'S DELIVERY PUZZLES
SUBuRBANlTEs
Cellar Champions Score Shutout in
Game with the Southerners.
Mechanical Playing Gives
Oaks Game
BY A. E. DUNNINa

Score another for the oaks in the see
saw between Vernon and the tailenders
After being administered a bitter dose
of the shutout stuff the day before, it
was the turn of the Commuters to take
the trick and they did it in impressive
style The last man out saw the score
stand to 0, with the tables turned on
the Suburbanites. Hogan the Happy
pranced on the field in a skittish mood
after the fine showing made by his men
in the previous game. His smile radi-
ated through a large circumference, his
gay humor was all pervading. Happy
never lost his cheerfulness, but he grew
less gladstone as the innings passed,
and after a couple of innings in which
the Vernonites had a man on second
and another on third and yet failed to
score, he seemed to feel that it was so
ordained.
Tom Tonneson, who did emergency
duty the day before when Nelson was
hurt and had to retire, was sent into
the box yesterday, and the calendar
having so passed as to call for little
display of class on his part, he perked
up, charged the ball with a good meas
ure of saliva, and advanced to the at
tack The tabulated sheet is loudly
expressive of his work. The Vernon
players were able to find him only
thrice in the game, all of them dinky
hits which did them little good, and
the northerners little harm. There was
not great deal of sensationalism on
either side, except for a few rousing
running catches and some infield work
OF tiptop form, but Tonneson's record
for the day was so good that it allowed
little chance for the ielders to break
into their working percentage. He gave
his mates several opportunities to gath
er in the ball, but so able was his de-
livery that the puzzled locals always
handed the sphere into the mitts of the
waiting visitors
Caffyn Again at Play
The bleacherites greeted Right Field
er Caffyn with a shout of joy as he
trotted into his old position after six
weeks absence passed in his eastern
home at the bedside of his mother.
This placed Bernard in center and
Stovall was dropped back into the list
of pitchers, his rightful position, where
he will prove highly valuable to Hogan.
After one harmless inning the Oaks
showed over run in the second, and
the grand stand and bleachers con-
tinued to howl about the decision made
by Mccarthy in this instance for the
remainder of the afternoon. Cameron,
first up, beat out a hard infield liner,
and was advanced to second on Nc
Kune's out. Ragan singled to right,
and Cameron shot to third and kept
on going. Caffyn scorched the ball back
to Hogan and Cameron stopped while
within several feet of the home plate,
apparently believing it was hopeless
n frxy for q score Han 1aanad OUpr to
touch him, and then the umpire called
him safe. A big roar was emitted by
the entire gathering, but Mccarthy
stuck to the verdict. Ragan, during
the controversy which followed en-
deavored to sneak to third after hav-
start and winged the ball to Mott,
catching the runner and putting out
the side.
In the fifth the other run of the game
came in. With two men gone and the
bases empty, c. Lewis arrived at first
when Hit fumbled the ball Tonneson
was hit in the ribs by a pitched ball.
and then little Murphy pounded out q
perfectly selected single over Truck
Eagan's head, which brought IN Lewis
and sent the Oakland pitcher to sec
ond. Carroll's out wound up matters
at this point.
Vernon Misses Chances
Twice thereafter, once in the seventh
and again in the eighth. Hogan's men
had a splendid opportunity to tie up
the score and then win the game.
In the seventh Haley walked and
Eagan hit infield and then Mott
neatly sacrificed them onward With
one out and two men on bases, Happy,
the leader, walked to the plate with
the chance of tying the score and max
ing hero of himself. But Hap struck
out, and Roy Hit, who followed re-
peated. In the eighth Bernard got to
third and Martinke to second on Mar
ties single and two errors by w. Ho-
gan, Reidys third baseman. Then the
two following men went out by the
short to first path. and the Vernonites
Wilted in the ninth.
Haley's fine stop of Murphy's single
in the seventh saved two scores for
the Oaks Carroll made a beautiful
running catch of Caffyn's long fly in
the fifth, and Cameron put through
the comic side liner of the game. when
he received Haleys hard drive to first
and rolled over and over on the
ground, finally tossing the ball to Tom
neson while lying at full length, but
too late to put out the Vernonite.