Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-25
NEWS OF THE DIAMOND

With a cheerful smile of victory IL
Eliminating their countenances and
confident of an ability to keep up their
burst of speed until the finish of the
season, two weeks hence, the Vernon
Tigers, sixteen strong, led by the re-
doubtable Hap" Hogan, boarded the
Lark" last night for San Francisco,
where they are scheduled to hook up
with the Oakland Commuters in a
seven-game series. Hogan is the hap
piest man in the world today and de-
clared just before leaving that there's
no telling where Wen stop" And this
was not an idle jest, for the Tigers
have a fighting chance for the flag.
The Villagers are eight points ahead
of the Seals, thirty points behind the
Commuters and about fifty pegs in
the rear Of Portland. But they meet
the Oaks this week and every game
won from Wolvertons men will boost
the Tigers so much higher. If the
Angels succeed in downing the Beav-
ers and Vernon succeeds in doing the
same in the finish series, matters
promise to be well tied up at the finish.
Brown, Hasty, Carson, Schater
Braclenridge, Willett, Fisher Raleigh,
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Ross, Carlisle, Coy and Hogan made
the trip, n. Brahsear being left be
hind because of his injured foot, the
result of his collision with Kennedy's
spikes last Saturday. however, kitty.
will be ready to answer the call OF
help from Hogan at minutes no.
tice, Roy Hit was also left behind
Hogan having concluded to give him q
vacation because Of his good work this
q weeks rest Will nut
Roy in shape for the hard series next
week.
All the men are imbued with conf
dence and full of ginger, and ball
team in this condition is a bad one to
meet, especially when their opponents
are in the midst of a slump, as Harry
Wolverton may realize before the COM
ing week games are over.
If the Villagers succeed in getting
even no higher than third place, they
deserve a world of credit for their
work this year, since in spite of handi-
caps in the shape of injured players,
pitchers in poor shape, etc, they have
fought gamely all year, and displayed
a spirit of "do-or-die" that should
earn for them the plaudits Of the local
fans.
The proposed postJseason series be-
tween the Angels and Villagers, which
the fans were looking forward to as a
sort of miniature worlds series, will
not come off. So says Captain Dillon
of the Angels. The Angels play the
last week of the season in Sacramento,
where the club will disband, and as a
number of the players live in the north
ern part of the state they will return
to their respective homes immediate-
ly after the umpire has called batter
out" on the last man.
Delmas, Halinan, Kennedy Daley
and Smith will not return, and as these
men compose the backbone of the club
the balance of the men without these
mainstays would make but a sorry
showing against the complete Vernon
nine.
The fans will not be without a post
season, however, for Dillon intends to
pick up an all-star and engage the
! Villagers in a five game series. With
the men now here, Breen, Wiggs FL
lis, Tonneson, Downey, Myers. Hunt
and a number of others, the Villagers
will have their hands full to come out
victorious.
Bull" Thorsen will never give Coy a
slow curve again. The husky Tiger
picked on Thorsen's slow one for a
triple to center in the sixth inning,
scoring Hosp.
Roy Hit is firmly convinced that
there is a hoodoo following him.
Every game I have pitched in the
last two months the opposing team has
managed to score two runs, either by
aid of hits or errors" he said. Some
times the club behind me has man
aged to score enough runs to offset this
two-run handicap and sometimes they
haven't. I'd like to know what my
links is and I might be able to get
away from it."
Delmas was the last Angel to be put
out by the Vernon team this season.
He retired on a fly to Lindsay.
"Hap" Hogan pulled off" something
in the last of the ninth. With one An
gel down, Hogan, attended by Willett,
Carson. Ross, Breckenridge, Hasty and
the bat boy strobe to the club house,
signifying that the game was over.