Show I 1 I I I COAST i AST CHAMPIONS DEFEAT ST. ST PAUL PAULIN IN OPENING GAME FOR A. A A. A HONORS Tigers Pounce Onto Saints' Saints Best Pitcher for Victory in First Five Innings and Play Airtight Ball Ballos 10 0 os S ANGELES I Oct 9 Ver 9 Vcr Vcr- I non's Pacific I Coast 1 league e a g u e I champions drew drewI I first blood in m the I AA world series I I 11 hero her C r e 0 yesterday I when they deI defeated de dc de- de I I the St. St I P Paul a u 1 pennant L j winners of the thO American association by a spore s score ore of 7 to 1 1 Timely hitting in iti the pinches and airtight baseball when tho the opposition threatened ex explains V s 's victory The rho locals pounced on Merritt right at the tile start and kept it up more or less vigorously until the fifth when they battered him so stiffly that he hc retired iii favor or vor of Williams In that inning five fl hits combined with Merritts Merritt's own o error gave the tho Tigers four tour runs Joe Finneran while allowing quite a bunch of hits tightened when tho the Saints got gay The Tigers started rl right ht after the bell ben making tw two runs in the first Inning Bobby s triple being the chief Ingredient Bobby knocked in Mitchell who was on by reason of a a. walk with witha a a. drive drle e to center and In turn scored on Fishers Fisher's hit The Saints got one in the tM third on DunCAns DunCAn's s hit Chadbourne Chadbournes s wild throw and Hyatts Hyatt's hit In the fourth went to second Continued on PIt page page- 1 3 3 COAST COAS CHAMPIONS I i I Continued from page 2 2 2 I Ion on his single and Martins Martin's error and amI scored on two outs HIT IN A ROWIn ROW In the fifth with one out Finneran Mitchell and Chadbourne all tit pit safely safeTy These hits combined with Merritt MerrItts s poor throw throw to the plate gave the locals two two and a lilt hit by Eddington drove in two more The first ball ban pitched was dropped fr from froman m man an airplane by Harry Hart Brand Drand a local sport writer at 2 41 o'clock Both the Vernon Vernon Ver- Ver non and the St St. Paul clubs and Roscoe Roscoe Ros Ros- coe Arbuckle president of the Vernon club Thomas Hickey president of the American association John Powers president of the Los Angeles ball bail club and James McGill president of the In- In lub of the American association association tion marched around the field while a band played popular airs The city council has unanimously I adopted a motion congratulating St St. Paul Paull I In Ion on n her enterprising to date late up Ul people and welcoming to this city her representatives representatives ball baH In iii the Interest o of r clean baseball base base- bas I The fhe score e I 1 II I ST 81 PAUL I B. B t. t A. A E i rf If pp l' l EI i Duncan If 4 1 2 4 4 1 o Oi i Miller filler cf 4 0 0 Hyatt lb 4 O 0 2 2 7 0 1 raves c. c 4 0 0 11 1 3 0 I McDonald 4 it 0 1 1 0 1 0 Berghammer 3 3 U 0 1 1 0 4 0 4 0 Martin liS as a 3 0 o ii 2 4 2 0 01 I Merritt l p. p p. p 2 2 0 1 l' l 0 3 1 Williams p p. p t c 2 0 0 O 0 0 0 Corriden 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 o 0 Totals T. T 1 12 12 24 4 14 U 4 2 Batted for for Marlin Martin In ninth VERN VERNON N I AU AB R f. II It PO A A. A E. E Mitchell ss 3 2 2 2 5 0 4 0 Chadbourne cr cf 3 0 2 1 0 O. O 2 l rf 4 3 3 1 I o o 0 Fisher t 1 1 4 5 0 Eddington lb I 4 0 1 11 1 0 High It If 4 0 2 1 0 0 Beck lb 0 4 0 0 1 2 1 Brooks BrookM c. c c. c 3 0 1 3 3 1 0 Finneran p. p 3 1 1 0 2 0 Totals 32 32 7 7 13 13 27 7 la 3 I SCORE BY UY INNINGS St St. t Paul P 1 1 0 1 Vernon 2 7 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 7 7 SUMMARY Three-base Three hit hit Meuse Stolen base base base- H Firner Sacrifice hits Chadbourne Ber hammer Struck out out out-By By Finneran 2 2 Runs nuns be e for for Merritt Merritt 5 5 Innings Tn Tn- Tn rungs pitched pitched pitched-Merritt Merritt 0 4 3 1 WIlliams 3 23 2 barge defeat to Merritt Double plays Beck Deck Beck to Fisher to Eddington 2 Martin to Berghammer to Hyatt Umpires Um Um- pires Toman pires-Toman Toman and Murray |