Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-02
Lacrosse, Cricket and Foot
ball to Be Taken Up.
Matches Between San Francisco
and Los Angeles.
Athletes Are Anxiously Awaiting t he
New Grounds.
Gossip About Cricket and Cricketers The
soto-Hergitt Encounter
Other Topics.

athletic matters recently referred to
Southern California as one-lungers. San
Franciscans have had good cause to re-
member some OF the one-lungers in re-
cent competitions. BY the way, Burke.
of Los Angeles, defeated the northern
bicycle champions in rather hollow fash
ion. Little Lem Morgan, Los Angeles
boy, "did up" all the crack northern
skaters with consummate ease. Van
Dyke, another Angelefo, holds the pole
vaulting record of the coast, and sever
al more from this section have given
the Bay City men sample of their
ability. In short, we have "been in it"
every time we have sent a man from the
southern citrus belt. With one excep-
ton the Northern wheelmen have new
er ventured down this way but our
boys have gone away to battle and right
nobly have they done.
x*x
/ do not propose to waste space about
what we have done, but will briefly out
line what we are prepared to do with
San Francisco. We stand ready to meet
them at lacrosse, cricket, polo, or almost
any other kind of contest. In these
matches men identified with and living
in the two different cities will take part,
and not imported men, as in baseball.
The writer does not pretend to assert
that Los Angeles will win in these diff
ferent contests, but while we will surely
win in several, Los Angeles will make it
interesting in all.
x*x
San Francisco can now boast of the
best cricket team it ever had. Two
years ago Los Angeles had team that
could defeat any eleven in the state. 1t
is different proposition now. Many
clever players have recently located in
San Francisco. The teams up there
have been reinforced with several crack
English and Australian players.
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Los Angeles could get together for
midable team, and one that would make
a creditable showing, even against the
best team that San Francisco can pro-
duce. Probably the weakest point
about the Los Angeles team wonld be
the bowling departments. We have
several fair bowlers, and that is all that
can be said. The strength of the local
team would lie in the batting, and 1
doubt whether the best northern team
would have any advantage in that line,
notwithstanding the large Individual
scores made up there the present season..
u am inclined to think that inferior
bowling is in "a great measure due to
these long scores.
: The first lacrosse game ever played in
Los Angeles takes place in. this city next
Thursday week at the Jefferson-street
grounds. On that eventful afternoon
Los Angeles will cross sticks with Riv-
erside. San Francisco has number OF
lacrosse players, and any time they say
the word, they can have match with
team from Southern California. The
one-lungers are anxious to meet San
Francisco on any proposition. We
want to demonstrate that there are
some husky" one-lungers in this end
of the state.
Stick pin right here. The Los An
geles Athletic club will have football
team the coming season that will be
pitted against any of the northern clubs.
We have the material, and it will be
developed. Charley Patrick is enthusi-
astic over football match between Los
Angeles and San Francisco, and the club
team will lose no time in getting together
the best players in this city.
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But how about grounds? The new
directors are trifle slow. They have the
chance to make record for themselves
by giving to Los Angeles the much
needed athletic park. Grounds are a
necessity at the present time. The di-
rectors have received number of offers,
but they are slow in bringing the matter
TO focus. We should have had the
ground matter fixed up before any box
ing competition was arranged. Who
cares whether Soto beats Hergitt or
Hergitt beats Soto? 1t is of interest to
a few friends of the principals, and may
afford little amusement to the specta-
tors, but if the ground matter has been
relegated to back seat on account of
the coming contest, a grievous blunder
has been made.
x*x
The club is divided on the proposition
of having professional encounters, but
no member should be against securing
grounds. Amateur athletics Of all kinds
should be fostered by the club, and the
only practical way to attain this end is
for the Los Angeles Athletic club to
build grounds.
x*x
1t is less than two weeks to the Soto.
Hergitt encounter, and thus far neither
man has killed himself with hard work.
Hergitt is in much the better condition,
and leaves for his training quarters
today. Soto is beastly confident just at
present, and looks six weeks away from
a fight. He must tip the beam at 145
pounds, yet he can fight at 120 pounds.
He will have to do some tall work be-
tween now and the night set, to get
near to his fighting weight.
x*x
The arranging OF this twenty-round
contest has created quite stir in club
circles. Some members are anxious to
make the Los Angeles club to Los An
geles as the Olympic Athletic club is to
San Francisco, while another element
favor making the Los Angeles club sim
liar to the California Athletic club.
There are rocks ahead and it will take
judicious management to steer clear.
DAGwoRTH.
GOT THRAsHED.