Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-27
BASEBALL COMMENT.

3OAnbe QA 4Mb9f0Bt IOT INC AOm1r6fS Oh
the National Game.
The first half of the California Ieagu Q
season closes next Sunday three weeks.
The Los Angeles club has twenty -one
more games to play, while San Jose and
San Francisco each play twenty-five and
Oakland twenty-three. OF course, the
latter club is clear out OF the figh {. It
promises to be grand stand finish be-
tween the three leaders. A glance at
the standieg published in this column
shows that it is . very even race. Los
Angeles has it's work cut out to tfnish
ahead. The locals play eleven of the
games with San Jose and fifteen out of
the twenty-one away from home. For
the benefit of the uninitiated it might be
well to briefly explain the double cham
pionship system, which is now all the
rage with the baseball leagues. The
season is'divided into two seasons. The
winners of the seasons, provided the
same club does not win both, play of
for the championship at the conclusion
of the regular scheduled games. This
new deaEwill help Oakland out of big
hole. They may win the second half,
and If they should then happen to win
the championship, and there are more
improbable things in this world, there
will be three young magnates who will
feel likeaKicking themselves.
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Yeeterday's victory assures Portland
the first hall in the Northwestern league
as they have lead of several games,
and the season closes on Sunday.
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Los Angeles is badly in need of a
catcher just now. Rogers is at Arrow
head springs and will not be ready to
catch for q week at least. Newman has
been obliged to catch while in disabled
condition and yesterday met with an
other accident which wiM initiate
against his backstop work for some time.
The locallfans are dead set onswinning
the first half, and the management
ehoufd d0their utmost in the emergency.
It has been suggested that PeteI4ohman
be resunrected from obscurity. Otto
Young, who recently came down from
San Francisco, says L0hman is in good
condition and ready to jump In at
moments notice.
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By the way, Otto Young is asstaunch
admiger Of Balsz sas a pitcher. In con-
versation with the HERALD baseball
man, Young let fall whole lot OF wis
dom which is worthy of springing on q
baseball public. In the first place,
Young thinks it very injudicious to put
Balsz in the ibox more than three times
every two weeks. II know how it iH
myself" said the old-time Los Angeles
pitcher. Baasz has very similar deliv-
cry to mine. He relies exclusively on
his speed for effectiveness. 1t is a great
exertion to pitch such game. Itia diff
ferent with such pitchers as Roach and
Stafford who have a good slow ball.
They can ease up at any time and. use
little strategy, but Balsz has to send
them in with cannon-ball velocity
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Bill Strong is . diamond in the rough.
HE style. is not polished, but he has
done all that has been asked of him.
Under Glenalvin be will develop into
first-class man. Yesterday he easily
carried off the fielding honors. He was
"a successful in the box az could be ex.
pected. Strong was not ready to pitch. ]
This accounts for his wildness at inter-
walls. Give Mr.. Strong, Of Pomona, q
fair trial and he will GWim to the front |
with the tide.
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Mr.. Homer is at himself at last, and
during the past week pitched wonderful |
ball against the Dukes. After all it may
be lucky thing that we have to play
more games against San jose than Oak
land. The distinguished Mr.. Nicholas
Lookabaugh has been pasted pretty |
hard lately, and with such regularity |
Chat Duke Finn must be growing weary
of the world.