Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-03
GLENALVIN'S GOSSIP.
A Bright and Newsy Letter From the
Los Angeles Captain.

ST. LOUIS, February 81.
SPORTING EDITOR HERALD: As per
my wire to you of prior date, the Los
Angeles of the coming season are now
complete. We will open the season with
Stafford and Roach, pitchers; Newman
and Rogers, catchers; McCauley, first
Glenalvin. second; Hassamer, short.
stop; Hulen, third; Tredway, left
Wright, center, and either Rogers OF
Newman in right field. 1t may be possi-
BILE that Stafford will play in the field
occasionally, as he is fine fielder,
batter and base runner, and would help
us out great deal in this particular.
1t may be possible that Young Neves
will report also, as he seems very
anxious to show what he can do. 1 be-
ieve this young man will make his
mark, as he is very desirous of getting
to the top. If we cannot use him we
will transfer him to some other club,
with privilege OF recalling him when
wanted. Nicol, it is reported, has signed
with both the Rockford and Milwaukee
clubs. If 80 we will not use him,
although he is very anxious to come to
Los Angeles.
l have received letters from all the
men signed, and they are very anxious
to get to work Immediately, and this is
an indication that they are interested
in the work before them. 'Rasty"
Wright writes me from Buffalo, where
he is visiting friends, that the team as
it now stands, is "a corker," and will
furnish irst-class article of baseball.
He states that he is intimately acquaint-
ed with the players secured, with the
exception of Hulen and Hassamer, and
feels pleased that he is to be with a
good team. Wright is player of good
Judgment, and should know considera-
BILE about the ability of Tredway, Stat
ford, Roach, McCauley and Newman, as
he has played with the aforementioned
in the Western association. You are
acquainted with the ability of Hassamer
and Hulen, and hence see no reason
why we should not make very respect
able showing. | note that some Cali
fornia papers state that Los Angeles will
win the pennant from the jump, and l
will say that I do not believe that there
is any such thing as winning the
pennant from the jump nowadays. If
Los Angeles wins the pennant of the
California league she will have to do 90
by the hardest kind of playing, as the
game has got down to that standard of
excellency that stamps an individual as
"a lulu" who can predict at this early
date the winner.
/ am positive that we have good
winning team. and | am sure that We
will make our neighbors shuttle along
quite rapidly during the season, but
am not positive that we will win the
for hocohol1 Sc +oo f,,n of
unexpected to call forth any such graft
flying results at the present date. When
one sees all the teams at work and the
season is fairly well advanced, one can
then predict with some degree of accu-
racy, but even at the best it is hard to
call the winner.
The players will be in Los Angeles
March 10th. and will at once begin prac-
tice. 1t is the intention to have them
practice batting, fielding and base run
ming during the two weeks prior to the
seasons opening, which should put
them all in condition to 60 into the first
game with the requisite amount of
"ginger."
A. G. Spaulding & Brothers, of Chi
cago, are at work on new uniforms and
they advise me that the same are to be
the handsomest turned out of their es-
tablishment. They consist of white
shirts, with clos Angeles" across the
breast, and black pants and trimmings.
With the uniform is to be worn fancy
assorted Norfolk jacket, which will set
off the uniform to good advantage. The
uniform is to be ready. for the opening
game of the season, and on that day
every member of the local club is ex-
pected to be 'in it," both actively and
fguratively speaking. presume that
it is the intention of Mr.. Vanderbeck to
open the season with a street parade,
with band, ETC., thus giving the game