Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-08
VERNON BATTERS
COME TO EARTH
Realizing They Can Be Beaten,
They Settle Down to Real
Baseball Again
HIT HOLDS VISITORS SAFE
Garrett Is Driven Out of the Box
by CIouters from the Sub
urbS, Who Win 5 to 2
HIT HOLDS VISITORS SAFE
BY JAY DAVIDSON

After having been defeated twice in
succession by the Portland outfit, the
Villagers yesterday concluded that they
had lost enough swelling of their cocos
10 be able to play real baseball and
they went in and lambasted the Beaver
twirling staff to a frazzle. winning
the third game by a respectable score,
the final figures being TO .. With Roy
Hit on the mound and Hogan behind
the timber, they showed some of their
real class and despite the reputation Of
the visitors for stiff punching of the
horsehide, they outbatted, outplayed
and outscOred the mighty ash-Wield-
ers from the northwest.
Winning five in six games from the
ANGELS, so many times winners of
pennants in the Coast league, seemed
TO have a bad effect upon the suburb
an boys and it required at least two
humiliations to bring them back to
earth. Now they are playing the
bail of which they are capable and the
fans may look for some classy exhi-
bitions from now on until the pennant
chase is ended. Had they beaten the
Beavers in the two previous games,
there would have been no chance to
hold them and they might have landed
dence. Now II all is different. They
know they must play the game now
and maybe they will do So
Portland started off in the lead by
scoring once in the initial session.
Vernon woke up about this time and
tied the score in their turn at bat.
Portland again set the pace in the
fourth by scoring once and again GO
ing into the lead. Vernon came right
hack with two mora falxippr IaaJ
away from the visiting bunch. After
the fourth, Hit settled down and al
lowed only three scattering hits, while
the Villagers gave him fine support in
the field and at bat, piling up two
more runs in the remaining innings.
Errors contributed both the aces
scored by the Vernons and Beavers in
the opening innings. Portland scored
after two men were out, because Car
Isle dropped fly to his garden. Yer
non scored because Netzel muffed Car
isles apparently easy out. In the
fourth, with the score standing even
up at one each, Portland put over an
other on clean hits, while the Nernons
drove Garrett out of the box and kept
up their good work long enough to
unite the score and take the lead.
Kratzburg took Gilbert's place and did
very nicely for the remainder of the
game, although he allowed one run to
cross the pan before he got warmed
up in the fourth.
Vernon added another In the fifth,
when Hit drove in the run that placed
the Villagers two in the lead. In the
seventh, Roy Brashear walked and
was scored by Fishers double to CEN
ter, after two hands were down. This
put Vernon three runs to the good
and scoring was stopped right then
and there.
1t was a fast and snappy game, de-
spite the fact that both teams put
over pair of misplays The pitching
was of classy order and the fielders
behind the twrers gave them good
support as a rule, handling chances
that went their way in good order
and batting right up TO their best
notch. Although Portland has won two
in three games played, Hogan now is
more confident than ever that he will
be able TO win the series and if he is
able TO keep his squirrels on the
ground. he may turn the trick He will
entertain the visitors al Vernon park
this afternoon and Whitley Hensling
will go in the box for him. If the tow
headed youngster pitches up to his
reputation, he viii make the Beavers
show some class with the willow if
they win.
Following is the score of Yesterdays
game: !