Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16
VERNON TAKES
SECOND VICTORY
HOGANITES NOSE OUT OAK
LAND AT CHUTES PARK
AVALANCHE OF RUNS AND MIS-
PLAYS IN SECOND GAME
Hap Gets Bad Scare in Final Period.
Van Haltren Uses Three Pitch
ers, and Home Team
Calls on Two
Vernon, 8; Oakland, 7


At last Happy Hogan is privileged to
wear continual smile, cock his cigar
in the left hand corner of his mouth
and discuss with sage axiom his
pennant for the Coast league pennant of
1909. With yesterdays defeat of Van
Haltren's recruits, the Hoganites an
nexed two consecutive victories, and
their leader is the real noise in ball
circles, for a short time at least.
'Well, we did it," was the message
which the Vernonites intended to con-
vey by the jubilant air after the smoke
of the fray had cleared away, but
Happy had an awful scare. In the
ninth inning, when the Oaks went to
bat with instructions from Van Haltren
to get on their batting garb and do
business, the visitors went after Hem
sling with a vim, and had the bleachers
sitting perilously close to the edge of
their seats expecting something awful
to happen. Murphy singled, Truesdale
struck out, d. Lewis was given a pass
to first, Cameron fouled to Hogan, and
then with two strikes and three balls
on him Mccoy singled hot one to
right, scoring Murphy. Lewis went to
third, and as Carroll stepped to the
plate a tense silence fell, broken only
by Hap's nervous tapping on his glove.
But 1t was almost a repetition of that
tabled Casey thing-for mighty Carroll
went out, not by the fan route, but on
an easy assist, Eagan to Brashear.
Twice in the game five runs came
over the plate in a half inning. The
Vernonites took a big lead in the sec
ond, when on a combination of errors
and hits the home team forged ahead,
five to the good. Someone remarked in
the fourth that Oakland had mighty
little chance to even things up, but this
is just what they did in that period.
Truesdale and d. Lewis singled at an
opportune moment, scoring Murphy and
filling the bases. McCay doubled to
right, scoring Truesdale and Lewis, and
then Hogan took Coy out of the box
and sent in Hensling. Haley was re-
sponsible for the other two runs gath
cred at this point, allowing w. Hogan's
liner to get through him, Cameron
and McCay reaching home. Cameron
missed an opportunity to add to the
northern score sheet when he ran
around to third on a fumbled liner and
failed to slide, being caught by Mott.
One run in the eighth and one in the
ninth were all Vans aggregation could
gather further.
After three good swats had brought
over the five runs for Vernon in the
second the home nine rested until the
sixth, and then Caffyn put over the
neatest squeeze play seen this season,
scoring Haley from third by a short
bunt down first base. A wild throw
home by McCay allowed Happy to
place another tally on the sheet. In the
eighth Martinke brought Hensling over
on stiff single.
Though Oakland totaled fourteen hits
off the locals they failed to take adj
vantage of them. Three pitchers were
used by the northern captain, Marie
twirling first, being replaced by Tonne
son, and Boice filling out the game.
Hogan used two-Coy and Hensling.
Doubles were made by Coy, Martinke,
McCay and Cameron. Following is the
tabulated score: