Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-04
HOGAN AND HIT
TOSS AWAY CAME
Happy Presents Frisco with Two
Runs, and SouthpaW
Follows Suit
WEIRD PLAYING IS FEATURE
Ten Innings Necessary for Vii
layers to Hand Fourth
Contest to Seals
BY JAY DAVIDSON

It required the combined efforts Of
Scrappv Hogan and Roy Hit to make
the Seals win the fourth game of the
series with Vernon yesterday, but az
ter ten strenuous innings they Sue
ceeded. Happy threw away the game
in the seventh when he presented FRS
co with two runs, but the other mem
bers of the team rectified the mistake
by tying up the score in the eighth
ana ninth innings. Then Hit, whose
pitching arm has been out of commits
sion for several days, completed the
ceremonies of presentation by walking
five men in the tenth, forcing the two
deciding runs over the plate. 1t was
the best game of the season from a
spectacular standpoint, as both teams
performed weirdly at times brilliantly
at Others and this with the seeSaW
excitement in the final half of the
game. made the affair worth seeing.
even if the home team did lose WThe
final score was to 4, when it should
have been 5 to in favor of Vernon.
Luck simply is against the Villagers
and they could not win if they We're
aided with a handicap of dozen runs
on other teams. They had a million
CDdICGS, luOI6 OF lGSSi ~ " III llIS tsttiAAN
yesterday and fell down every time,
although in nearly every instance 1t
required some freakish play or acci-
dent to turn the trick Hit pitched
a winning game for nine innings, but
should have been relieved when the
game went beyond that period, as he
really was in no condition to go the
regulation distance. At that, he might
have won his game had his team mates
performed as creditably in the first
nine innings as he did. Boneheaded
base running again aided the enemy
and nearly everything else that could
be imagined occurred to keep Vernon
from winning a game they were en-
titled to.
Vernon did not make a run until the
rally in the eighth inning, While Frisco
got one on scratch hits and errors. The
way the pitchers were going, this one
looked like a plenty, but it was only
a drop in the bucket to what was to
come In the seventh the Seals put
over two more and it seemed that this
lead was too great to overcome. In
the eighth they added another and the
fans could see no hope. But in their
half of the eighth, the Villagehs scored
three times and set everybody wild
with enthusiasm, as it seemed that
they had just gotten their batting eyes
tuned up and would make winning
finish. They came through with the
tying run in the ninth, thanks to the
fine batting of Burrell and then 1t
looked like a cinch that Stewart was
going to pieces and that the winning
run would be hung out in the next
inning. il was not to be, however as
Frisco found it's horseshoe and scored
the winning runs instead of allowing
the Cutups to turn the trick.
The Villagers had a chance to win in
the tenth, but a fine prospect was
spoiled by a combination of circum-
stances that could not be beaten. Hit
went to pieces and with two men out
and as many men on bases he walked
the next three men up forcing in two
runs that gave Frisco the game, al
though no hit was scored off him. With
a lead of two to overcome Hogan sent
in his heavy stCkers and succeeded in
building the foundation for a rally,
but it died a-bornin'. Ames went in
10 relieve Stewart and walked Roy
Brashear He gave three successive
balls to Coy and Mohler chased him,
sending Henley out to finish the job.
Henley tossed a ball and Coy walked,
with none out. Lindsay tried to bunt
and popped to Henley Roy Brashear
and Coy worked the double steal but
when it looked like Brashear would
8 he caught at third, Kitty Brashear
stepped back and interfered with Ber-
ry as he tried to throw to third and
Umpire I1ildebrand called Kitty out
for interference and ordered both run
ners back to their bases. Pfrrmann
tried to knock the ball over the fence,
but dropped it into Lewis mitts In
deep center and the agony was over.
Following is the tabulated score of
the game: