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Show VERNON TIGERS TRIM ST. ' PALL AGGREGATION IN FIRST OF AA CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES LOS ANGELES. Oct. 9. The Vernon Ver-non Tigers, champions of the Pacifijjjj Coast league for the season Of 1919. won the opening game of the minor league "world's series" yesterday from the St. Paul Saints, champions of the American association. The victory was something of a runaway for the K Tigers, who wound up the game v,lth a score of 7 to 1. The locals pounced on Merritt right at the start and kept it. up more or iess vigorously until the fifth, wh- n ihey battered him BO Stiffly thai he retired in favor of Williams. In hat inning fhe hits combined with Mer-ritt's Mer-ritt's own error gave the Tigers four ft runs Joe Finneran, while allowing quite a bunch of bits, tightened when the Saints got gar. The Tigers starled right after the bell, making two runs in the first inning. in-ning. Bobby Moueel's triple bein the Chief ingredient. Bobby knocked ill Mitchell, who was on by reason of a walk, with a long drhe to center, and in turn scored himself on Fisher's hit-The hit-The Saints got one in the third on Duncan's hit Chadbourne'B wild throw and Hyatt's hit in the fourth Meusel went to second on his single and Martin's error ;nd scored on two outs. In the fifth, with one out, Finneran, Mitchell and Chadbourne all hit safely. safe-ly. These hits, combined with M,er-ritt's M,er-ritt's poor throw to the plate, gave the locals two. and a hit by Edding-ton Edding-ton drove in two more. The first ball pitched was dropped from an airplane bj Harry Brand, a local sport writer, at 2 41 o'clock Both the Vernon and the St Pi clubs and Roscoe Arbuckle, president of the Vernon club; Thomas Hlckej president of the American association; associa-tion; John Powers, president oi the Los Angeles ball club, and James Mc-6111, Mc-6111, president of the Indianapolis club of the American association, marched around the field while a band played popular airs. The city council has unanimously adopted a motion congratulating St Paul on her enterprisinc. up to date people and welcoming to this city her representative in the interest of clean baseball. ST. PAl L AB. R H PO. A. E Riggert rf 4 0 2 2 0 0 Duncan if t l 2 i l o Miller cf 4 0 0 2 0 0 Hyatt lb 4 0 2 7 1 Hargraves c 4 0 1 1 3 0 McDonald 3b 4 0 1 0 1 0 Berchnramer 2b ... 3 0 1 1 4 0 Martin ss 3 0 2 4 2 0 Mpiritf n 9 II 1 ft S 11 Williams p .. ..... 2 0 0 0 0 0! xCorrlden 1 0 0 0 0 U Totals 36 1 12 24 14 1 xBatted for Martin In ninth VERNON AB R. H PO. A. E i Mitchell ss 3 2 2 5 4 0 Chadbourne cf . . . , 3 0 2 1 0 2 : Meusel rf 4 3 3 1 0 01 Fisher 2b 4 1 1 4 5 o! Bddington lb 4 0 1 11 l 0 High If 4 0 2 1 0 0 Beck 3b 4 0 0 1 2 II Brooks c 3 0 1 ?, 1 0 1 Finneran p 3 1 1 0 2 0 Totals 32 7 13 27 15 3 Score by Innings. St Paul 001 000 0001 Vernon 200 140 00 7 Summary. Three-base lilt Meusel Meu-sel Stolen base Fisher Sacrifice hits Chadbourne, Berhanimer Struck out By Finneran 2 Runs re-j sponsible for Merritt 5 Innings , pitched Merrltt 4 1-3. Williams 3 2 " ! Charge defeat to Merritt. Doutdo1 plays Beck to l'hher to Eddinutonl (2); Martin to Berghammer to Hyatt I'mpires Toman and Murray |