Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-16
PEACEFUL GAME
WON BY VERNON
SATURDAY CROWD FINDS THE
BEAVERS PENlTENT
BREEN SAVES MATES FROM A
sHUToUT BY LONE TALLY
Vernon Stickers Knock WiIletts Out
of Box After Two Innings of
Sluqging and Hardness
Replaces Him
Vernon q. Portland !


The Saturday crowd was given just
the kind of baseball they wanted yes
terday afternoon, for a snappy game
was played and the Vernons came out
nicely in the lead. Happy Hogan could
not have asked for better treatment at
the hands of the northerners. There
fore Happy was happy. The Vernon
players figured in a couple of pretty
fielding stunts, and swung their sticks
sufficiently to add materially to their
batting averages; therefore thew were
happy. OF course Jim Brooks was
happy. In fact, the only ones who teIt
at ali displeased were the Beavers, ana
these two successive defeats nave
soured McCredie notlceably.
After the sharp warning given inc
visiting players Friday as a reminder
that their playing manners needed a
little coaching, the Beavers were
peaceable lot yesterday what rev
protests were made came IN mia anu
dulcet tones, so unlike the bolsterouS
calls Of the last few games that DllnQ
man could never have been persuaded
to believe that the Portland team Was
on the grounds. IL,
Second Baseman Breen saved his
mates from a shutout, and this one
tally was all the consolation the sun
ners up in the pennant race We're az
forded. Four tallies, two in the SCI
ond and two in the third, placed no
CAMS crew so far ahead that 1t was
merely a question as to how big would
be their lead. ~.
Aside from the marked change in the
demeanor of the Beavers afeld, NC
Carthy's exceedingly good jugdment on
decisions. a large and hearty crowd
IiNFnn1n0 niANS.
was little history about yesterday
game. Every hit made by the Hogan
ties came in the first four innings. IN
the first two Pitcher Willetts proved
so easy for the locals that ne was
pounded out of the box. Five hts We're
made off him in these two sessions,
netting two runs, and then McCredle
sent in Hardness. The tall twlrler en-
tered the box somewhat cold, put
warmed ND to his work nicely ana al
ter allowing two hits in the third ana
one in the fourth, closed down on the
youngsters and pitched hltless game
thereafter Portland also bunched all
their hits off Breckenridge into three
innings, the first two and the nlnth,
Caffyn started the real noise in the
second when he beat out his punt 10
Ort. took second on Martinke's sacrl-
fee went to third on Eagans Single
and crossed the plate when Mott MT d
pretty enc infield. Eagan was caught
ar third on an attempted double steal
and then KinkeI brought in Mott for
the second tally with single to lett'
While Hardness was warming up 10
his work Bernard got around to third
on Ort's high throw and Johnson s
muff of Armbruster's neat heave TO
catch him. Haley came to bat ana
awaiting his chance planked out not
single. scoring Bernie. When Brash-
ear singled to center Ryan allowed the
baII IN 90 mast him, and Haley trotted
in on the error. That was all for YER
non.
Portland's run in the second came
thusvise: Breen hit to Mott, and on
the latters wild throw to first reached
second. Ort then promptly singled 10
center and Breen crossed the pIT[e'
saving his team the lime dose. The
tabulated score;