Los Angeles herald., 1891-11-05
BASEBALL NEWS.

Numerous Items of Interest to Local
Fans" &,
What team of ball players Messrs.
Edwards 4 Mcknight are getting to-
gether! Their team promises to eclipse
any club that ever represented Los An
geles on the diamond. They have so far
signed DUNCAN, Knell, Decker, Goldie,
McAleer, Holiday and Lelande. Nego-
tiations are now under way for two or
three more prominent players, includ-
ing "our own" George Lohman. He is
now in Minnesota and can probably be
induced to come west.
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Pitcher Knell is in receipt of numer-
GUS offers for next summer from all
quarters. He will be one of the highest
salaried pitchers in the profession next
season. Los Angeles people will see the
blonde twirler in the box next Sunday.
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Dick Mcknight has been trying all
week to sign the famous 10 Jo as mascot
for his team. 10 Jo would be great
drawing card, but his terms are pretty
high.
The game Sunday will be for blood.
The Tufts-Lyon Arms company will ap-
pear against Edwards & McNight's
Apollo club for the first time. The bat
teries will be Tyler and Lelande vs..
Knell and Dunnigan.
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Jose team down here for series of
games, what a crowd would turn out |!
Jack is very popular and would make
money on venture of this kind.
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Who can pick the winner in the Cali
fornia league? The season closes inside
of three weeks, and San Jose and San
Francisco are about even up for the
lead.
Mr.. Peartree will probably leave in a
day or Two for San Francisco to arrange
games with all the California League
clubs, the games to be all played on the
First-street grounds, Los Angeles. An
effort will also be made to secure the
Portlands.
James McAleer, whose work for Cleve-
land the past year has been wonderful,
will arrive in this city, accompanied by
his mother, in about ten days. He will
join the All Star combination and re-
peat his Cleveland work here this winter.
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Messrs. Turner and Peartree yesterday
secured lease of the Frink property
and the right-feld fence will next week
be extended 100 feet. This will
make quite an improvement. About
10 loads of clay have been
put on the grounds this week, and with
the new grand stand the First street
park will be a good one.
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There is a general belief that the
Tufts-Lyon Arms company club is as
good an amateur team as can be found
in all California. 1t would be interest
ing to know just how much superior to
the northern amateur teams our repre-
sentatiyes are. 4 .sst
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The patrons of baseball in this city
are very anxious to see some of the Cal
ifornia league teams come down this
way after the northern season is over.
The north against the south has always
drawn we'll in this city, and the in
tense rivalry existing between the two
sections would create baseball boom
such as this city has never seen.
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There is man in this town signing
his articles "Carlton" to the St. Louis
Sporting News that is making himself
very obnoxious to the promoters of base
bali in this city. While protesting to be
a friend of the game, he takes particular
delight in "roasting" nearly every per-
son connected with the game here.
Some one should corral the young man
and give him ''live" roasting.
"KING Pm"