Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-28
W|LLET BREAKS
DOWN IN EIGHTH
Pitches Winning Ball for Seven
Innings, but Oaks Get
Him in Last Two
TURN DEFEAT INTO VICTORY
Carlisle Gets Triple and Scores
Only Run for Vernon in
Opening Session
TURN DEFEAT INTO VICTORY
BY JAY DAVIDSON

After pitching seven innings of high
class ball and holding the slugging
Commuters to four hits and no runs,
Willett broke down in the eighth in
ming yesterday, when the score stood
] to in favor of Vernon, and allowed
four hits and four runs, sufficient to
lose the game without the other run
scored by them in the ninth inning.
Slivers Nelson was on the mound for
Oakland and should have had shut
out, although the one run scored by
Vernon was earned. The final score
of to 1 was a Zig disappointment to
the fans in more ways than one, as it
not only gave the visitors three in
four games played. but dropped YER
non back to a tie with Frisco for first
place, besides being a hard luck de-
feat for the home team.
Carlisle whammed the first ball
pitched to him in the opening inning
TO right center and was SO fleet of foot
that he was able to stretch an ordinary
single into a triple. He waited pa
tiently there while Burrell was thrown
out by the infield and Martinke was
walked, but scored when Roy Brashear
damned the ball too hot for Nelson
to hold. The ball caromed off Nelson's
glove to Cutshaw, who threw Brash
out at first. With this nice lead as
starter, it looked bully for the Villag-
ers, especially as Willett was proving
extremely stingy with his hits and was
retiring the Commuters in almost reg
ular order for seven innings.
The blowoff came in the eighth, how
ever, and everybody felt 1t in their
bones, it seemed, when the inning
started. Wolverton drew four wide
ones, Swander famed and Maggert
singled to left, putting Wolverton on
second. Willett was guilty of wild
pitch at this interesting stage of the
game and both base runners moved
up a peg. Pearce put a freak fly into
short center and Wolverton and Mag
CERT went home, Pearce going to sec
ond on the throw to the plate. Nelson
fouled to Hogan and it looked like
there still might be a chance for the
Villagers, but Cutshaw singled to lett,
scoring Pearce, and went to second
when Martinke let the ball roll to the
fence. Wares doubled to left, Mar
tinke misjudging the ball, and cut
shaw scored. Another run was regis
tered by Oakland in the ninth and 1t
looked for a time as if the sluggers
were going to score half dozen at
least. Cameron singled to right and
Woverton was hit, Swander filled the
bases with a bingle to right. Maggert
home. The next two hands UP were
easily disposed of and a threatened
rally was nipped, but it was too late
Vernon was unable to do anything
much with Mr.. Nelson's curves. He
did not seem to be pitching such great
bail as the score sheet shows, but he
made it so good that after the Carlisle
triple. few others were able to do any
thing and never could they do any
thing when it was possible for some
body to score. Barring the aviation
stunt by Willett the Villagers would
have increased their standing appre-
ciably aud would have boosted their
stock with the fans by walking off
with / to victory and an even
break in the four games played.
There are five games yet to be played
before the series ends and hostilities
will be resumed this afternoon at the
Chutes. Harkins and Schafer or
Predetermined will be in the principal
points for the opposing teams and
classy exhibition should result. To-
morrow the usual double-header will
be played and the series will wind up
Monday with another double-up.
Following is the tabulated score OF
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