Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-09
VILLAGERS FIND
THEIR HORSESHOE
Make Sensational Rally in Ninth,
Tie the Score, and Win
Out in Tenth
SENATORS GO ALL TO PIECES
Nourse WeakenS at Finish and Is
Replaced Too Late by
Fitzneralh
SENATORS GO ALL TO PIECES
BY LAY DAVIDSON

BY JAY DAVIDSON
Vernon has found its horseshoe Hoo |
ray! After eight innings of the sad
dest sort of baseball yesterday, when
the twin candidates for the cellar |
championship met in the opening game
of their series at the Chutes. Vernon
came from behind with Jack Atkin
finish and defeated Sacramento . to 4
when they seemed hopelessly beaten.
1t was the greatest same of the season,
barring none, and more enthusiasm
was uncorked in the last two innings
of the game than has been on tap here
in many months.
Carson. for whom Happy Hogan has
had such a tough and unequal fight,
made his initial appearance on tn"
home grounds as a Vernon twirler. He
had not pitched in a long time, bus
tossed classy ball fer eight innings,
despite that Sacramento had scored
three runs to our none. Although he
had allowed only four hits, the Sena-
tors luckily punched theirs and were
to in front when the ninth inning
started Hoping to do something in
their last time at bat, Hogan sent
Kitty Brashear in to bat for Carson,
which put Carson out of the game. \
The rally that followed KITS single to
center saved and wen the game. Hitt
succeeded Carson, after a brief warm
ing up, and although Sacramento scored
once in the tenth and most of the fan,
left the grounds in the belief that it
was all over for Vernon, we won the
game and Carson's debut was most
auspicious one.
Carson had one bad inning, the sec
ond, when three hits, two of them Of
the scratch order, netted one run. Two
free passes and an error in the fifth
gave Sacramento another, while anoth-
or error and a single in the eighth
made the score to in favor of the
cellar champs. 1t looked all over foc
Vernon. as Jimmy Nourse was pitch
ing gilt edge ball for Sacramento, buC
he weakened in the rinth and was re-
moved. Fitzgerald taking his place af-
ter Jimmy had been touched for a hit
a walk and a sacrifice and had given
three straight balkS to Martinke. Fitz-
gerald finished the Martinke job by
giving him a base on wide ones. With
the change in pitchers the Senatorial
aggregation went all to pieces and
Vernon scored three runs on errors,
after two Villagers were down. 1t was
then that the noise started and it never
stopped until the game was finished in
favor of Vernon.
When the game started there was
not one fan in a hundred who expected
cent argument. When the visitors kept
piling up runs one by one and Nourse
held the Vernon clouters thoroughly at
bay until the game seemingly was fin
ished, the fans acquired sour tastes in
their mouths and crouch for each
individual that was rather dangerous.
1t was a dead day a dead croWl,
dead home team anc almost dead
cinch that we would lose. This COM
bination was bad enough to give John
Brink the measles. almost, and it had
about the same effect upon all the 9TH
er home fans.
In the second inning the Senators
scored their first run. Briggs smashed
hot bounder to Carson who could
not quite pull it down in time and
Briggs was safe. Boardman doubled
to left for the first real hit off Carson.
Raymer bunted down to Burrell, who
held onto the ball until the bases were
crowded. when he decided to throw to
first, Briggs scoring. Spicsman bunted
to Fisher, who caught BOardman at
third. NOurse famed and Darringer
flew to Carlisle. ending a more than
dangerous appearing rally. The sec
ond run for the Senators was scored
in the fifth. after two were out Van
Buren, walked, stole second, when Ho-
gan threw too low to Brashear and
went to third when the ball rolled to
center. He scored a moment later
when Roy Brashear muffed Danzig'5
liner The third run for Sacramento
was registered in the eighth inning on
an error. two outs and single. Perry
smashed one to Carson, who juggled
and then threw low to Fisher, who
dropped the ball. Danzig and Briggs
were easy marks, but Boardman sin
gled to left and Perry got home.
With the score standing to 0
against them, the Villagers did not look
very hopefully on the prospect for
the sensational finish that they put
up, but Hogan took the bull by the
horns and set the rallying machinery
in motion and it worked beautifully.
Kitty Brashear was sent in to bat for
Carson and he peeled off a dandy sin
gle over the pitchers head. Willett
was put to running for him, just to
give everybody chance to be in on
the big dongs. Carlisle waited pa
tientlv and was rewarded with free
TRANSFORMATION. Burrcll sacrificed and
Martinlke had been credited with three
halls without a strike, when Charlie
Graham decided that Nourse had out
lived his usefulness for the day and
chased him to the bench, substituting
Fitzgerald. Fitz, old boy, tossed a
strike and stopped the enthusiastic
noise in the grand stand and bleach
enough free transportation for Marty,
6Iline the bases. Then the racket be-
came came pandemonium. Roy Brashear,
Who was expected to win the game
with another home run from his roper
toire. few to center, quick retur2
holding Willett at third. Coy popped
an easy one to Darringer at snort ana
TV1Iett taking a chance that he might
muff IF it. dashed for home with Car
Isle right on his heels, both register
mo- when Darringer tickled the fans
ims bv nuffing the pepper. Lindsay pop
ned another easy one in front OF the
plate and Spiesman muffed 1T, Stovall'
who was running for Martinke' scor1
ana ITieher had q chance to distinguish
himself him by driving in the winning run
but he failed, being an easy infeId out.
Hit succeeded Carson in the box IN IN
the tenth, with only a momentary