Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-07
STOvALL ISSUES
EIGHT FREE BASES
Pitches Good Ball Otherwise, but
Loses Game Through His
Generosity
VILLAGERS 0UTHIT BEAVERS
Hard Luck, Poor Playing, Too
Many Walks and Rough
Grounds Beat Vernon
VILLAGERS 0UTHIT BEAVERS
BY JAY DAVIDSON

Hard luck, bonehead playing and
rough grounds are some OF the excuses
offered in explanation Of the second
defeat Of the Villagers yesterday by
the clouting band of Beavers from the
northwest, but the fact remains that
the, Portland squad is lamming the
ball in a manner that renders excuses
unnecessary, and as they have won
both games from Vernon in such
decisive manner that 1t would be diff
fcult to figure out where the suburban
kids could have won by any different
playing, the fans are beginning to
wonder If the visitors have not dug UP
something on the home team.
Stovall is directly chargeable with
his defeat yesterday, as he gave
enough free passes to lose most any
old kind of a game, but 1t also IS true
that the ball had a fit on two or three
occa asions, bounding in most dis
courteous manner out of its beaten
Dath and hopping over the head of the
jnfelder who was expecting it to rest
snugly in his rnitt. Happy Hogan says
that four runs came to taw for Port
land In this manner, and he ought 10
know.
Vernon started out like they would
clean up with the horsehtde moDDers
from the north, scoring a run IN the
first and second innings. and going
into the fourth with an advantage OF
Q to in their favor. In the fourth
the Beavers piled up three runs and
took the lead, which they never re-
linduished. When they made another
tally In the sixth the Vernons came
along with a similar stunt, and then
the lucky seventh rolled around and
Portland cinched the game by scor1ns
couple of times.
The first run scored by Vernon came
in the opening inning on hit batter
q sacrifice and a single. Carlisle flew
to right, Kitty Brashear was hit by
pitched ball, was advanced on Mar
tinke's sacrifice and scored when Roy
Brashear singled to deep center. An
other was scored in the second on some
work that reminded the fans of the
daring Villagers who played the Angels
off their feet. Lindsay singled infield'
Fisher bunted the third strike and was
called out and Brown singled inf1eld.
Stovall forced Brown at second, allow
ing Lindsay to go to third. Lindsay
and StovaIl pulled off a double steal
successfully, the former scoring.
In the fourth the Beavers took the
lead by scoring three runs on two free
passes and some funny luck and
double Olson and Casey, first men up
drew wide ones and strolled. McCredle
doubled to center, scoring Olson. Ryan
famed and Guy Fisher hit one down
20 short the ball taking funny bound
lust as Lindsay was feeling 1t In MS
fnitt and two runs crossed the pan
before the erratic horsehide could De
recovered. Portland added another IN
the sixth on a walk, single ana an
Hxrf thrown IN To
make good. Casey, who scored later
was safe at first on Fishers mur NC
Credie walked and Ryan singled IN
field. Guy Fisher, the troublesome one
for two days, drove a sacrifice fly TO
right and Casey got home on the out
Vernon scored once in the same In
ming and thereafter cut 1t out. Roy
Brashear fouled out to Speas. Coy
doubled to center and Lindsay reached
first on q poor throw Of his grounder
TO Netzel. Willie Fisher singled and
filled the bases. Brown sacrificed by
flying to left, Coy beating the throw
home. Lindsay was caught trying 10
steal third, retiring the side.
The final runs of the game were
scored by Portland in the unlucky
seventh. Rapp singled to center and
took second on Seaton's sacrifice. Net
zel walked and was forced by Olson
Olson stole second and Casey was
passed, filing tho bases. MeCredie
singled to right scoring Rapp aho
Olson.
The same teams tie up today, and
Happy Hogan is so unhappy at the
results Of the last two days that ne
said last night he would pitch Hit
today and he would go behind the TIM
Der. Happy believes the hard lucl
period has passed ana that he will ot
able to land the series by taking a.
least four Of the remaining five games
to be played II he could assassinatt
some of the pitchers and batters of the
Beaver team he might have some Jus
tification for this opinion, but the veal
hitting Of his own team and the class!
pitching Of the opposition, with tn
murderous assaults the Beavers art
making upon the ball in every game
cause the fans to have some doubts
about any old team beating this NC
Credie outfit just now.
Following is the tabulated score o
the game:
VERNON