Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-10
AROUND THE BASES.


The Angels are in the lead once again.
There is too much individual playing
about the Los Angeles club. A little
more team work would be very ac-
ceptable to the average crank.
There will be three changes made in
the Oakland team before the Colonels
set sail for the pennant.
| There were some bets made last night
that the biggest crowd of the season
would attend the game this afternoon.
| Rogers had his throwing arm with
him yesterday. He and Glenalvin did
some pretty work.
Quite a number of fans intended to
20 north with the Los Angeles team,
| but the Southern Pacific refused to sell
single tickets for the excursion rate.
Oakland and Los Angeles should play
great game this afternoon. German
will be in the box for the Colonels.
San Francisco has beaten San Jose
three out of four games. If the Bay
city team wins today the Duke of Santa
Clara will look around for some one to
release.
Colonel Robinson ia the best loser in
the league. He always comes up smil-
ing. Can it be because the genial
colonel gets go much experience in
losing?
The game this afternoon will be called
at 80 o'clock.
Jimmy Stafford gets the $5 offered by
the Busy Bee shoe store for the first
home run made by Los Angeles
player on the home grounds.
Tredway is the only player in the
California league who has not yet made
an error this season.
"Rasty" Wright has not yet struck
his gait. In few weeks "Rasty" will
be making two and three hits every
game. At present he is sending the
sphere trifle high.
The game this afternoon will be the
last played in this city until May 4th,
when the Angels and San Francisco
meet again.
Mr.. Mullen of the firm of Mullen &
Bluett, played town ball with Harper,
the San Jose twirler, at Milwaukee when
both were boys.
Mr.. Van Derbeck has entered his
Llewellyn Lanerack dog in the coming
bench show. The dog has been sent to
the Solano kennels at Ontario, to be
prepared for exhibition.
There are about dozen ladies of the
Los Angeles four hundred who rarely
miss any but the Sunday games.
Nanny Prayer is quite a fan. He is
pulling hard for the home team.
Colonel Robinson has signed Bader
for the outfeld.
| Tredway is the speediest all-round
outfielder in the California league.
Jim Morely is now baseball corres-
1 nOndanf for ninofnon srk
The Los Angeles team start north
Tuesday afternoon.
Pete Lohman was given a warm re-
ception on Friday, when he made his
appearance in an Oakland uniform.
Lohman is very popular in local base
ball circles.
Fifteen thousand people will have at.
tended the first opening series in Los
Angeles. This estimate ia based upon
gate money, 1900 people having passed
through the gates up till yesterday.
Ned Carr, the Chauncey Depew OF
Pasadena and San Gabriel valley, is a
great rooter for the Angels. Ned Carr
used to play ball before Henry Chad
wick knew anything about the game.
A number of fans intend to 20 north
with the Los Angeles team.
Montrose Neves has not yet been Or
dered to report.
Mrs. Glenalvin has only seen her hus-
band play in one game in this city, and
then the Angeles did not win.
| Percy Goldstone of the San Francisco
News Letter tips Los Angeles to win the
pennant, with San Jose second and Oak
land third.
There will be league meeting in San
Francisco about the 18th of this month,
and the schedule will be revised. Mr..
Van Derbeck will contend for four more
games to be played in Los Angeles in
stead of San Francisco. The disputed 9
to game will also be settled in one
way or the other. Mr.. Van Derbeck is
positive that he will be awarded the
game.
A special dispatch to the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat states that Jerry Denny
has been released by Pittsburg. Duke
Finn of Santa Clara and Alum Rock ia
therefore strictly in it this year.
| Breckenridge is another Los Angeles
player who signed two contracts this
season. "Breck" signed a Rockford
contract and was also assigned to Co.
lumbus.
James Canavan will play second base
for Chicago, and Fred Pfeffer will cap.
tain Louisville.
Henry S. Pipp is back again in the
hardware business. He is the young
phenom that Captain Anson discovered.
Billy Nash made three home runs in
one game down in Virginia.
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| TOdav'a Game.