The morning call., 1893-05-15
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been organized. The season will open on
May 90 with four teams. They will be at
Portland, Salem. Oregon City and Albany.
"Peacnblow" Hoffman is pitching for the
Scott Il GlberIs of the Central League.
'Peaehblow" used to be Sacramento's war
horse.
The A. NJ. Presser Baseball Club has
been organized in Alameda and is anxious
TO meet any amateur team in the State.
Y. NJ. Simpson is captain and catcher and
the remainder of the nine are J. Sweeny.
6. Crosby. Martin Heller, Frank Fisher,
Denny, Stacker, Galindu and Neal. This
is the strongest nine Alameda has ever
had.
Finn expects that Roberts will be able
to play during the coming series this week,
and that will cause the release of an other
of the Dukes men. Who it will be is yet
matter for speculation.
Large Fred Carroll Is showing out
| those over-the-fence home runs with aston
iShng regularity.
| One Of the New York dailies says: Nc
| Quaid made great reputation in the Cal
| itOrnia League, and in his practice he
shows the reputation gained was de-
| served one. He will have hard row to
! hoe to supplant any of the regular players,
| but as he is said to be good general
player he will probably be retained as a
| utility man.
The baseball boom has struck the State
| with vengeance. From all over the in
| terror come TepOrts OF organizations of
| clubs, aud local leagues exist in almost
every county in the State, In the city the
| innumerable small boy can be seen every
where monopolizing the vacant lots and
| indulglng in tie national game to his
| hearts content.
| TO Judge by the work OF the California
| leagues which have cast their fortunes
| with the National League. the local leagues
| must be of high standard if the work of
I Ipnf. 4 Ir,o
| can be taken as criterion. These Califor-
MIA leagues are more than holding their
! own in hitting and fielding. Lange's work
especially is of the very highest grade.
The substitution of Hughes and Hutch
| inson in place of Van Dyke and Shebeck
seems to have added an element of strength
to the Angels.
Roach appears to be rounding out in
shape and is beginning TO pitch some of
the ball that made him such factor in
the success of the Los Angeles last season.
Mcguire is walking around on erutches
and Will prnba bly, be able 10 play in about
ten days. Ills absence Is conspicuOusy
! felt in the local team as it disarrauges the
entire batting and fielding positions of the
home club.
Manager Harris Is not at all impressed
with knell'S pitching and ii is not among
! the remotest possibilities that cid re
| liable Nicholas LoOkabauGh may be in
harness for the homo team again.
Captain Glenalyin stayed away from one
| OF the games between Stockton and the
Angels at Stockton last week and his team
won tie game easily. That doesn't neces-
sarily prove that Glenalvin is not needed
! in the team, but it proves that the team
has all sorts of talent in it.
Finn Is signing more players down in
| Los Angeles. He has an amateur playing
| in left field in place of McVicker.
The coming series of games in San
| Francisco and Oakland will be between
| Oakland and Stockton. That will be the
meeting OF the two extremes, but there
may be surprise in 1t for the Colonel, and
! 1t may not be pleasant one. either. You
can't most always sometimes tell how a
series Of games will turn out, and it is
about time Tor the Colonel to begin his
tobOggan slide for the last place. anyway.
Willie Lange made the only run scored
by the Chicago team in a recent game be-
tween Chicago and Pitfsburg. Lange
started his ballplaying at Vallejo, just like
several OF the good players Of the country.
old Pop" Lytle has been doing some
great fielding down at Los Angeles re-
Gently. Pop" seems to play better at
home than anywhere else. San Francisco
cranks have never gotten over that play
he made when he was catching for Los
notable occasion he was called upon to
catch a high foul. In his nervous excite
ment he tore off his big init instead of the
mask, and. behold you, he caught the foul
just the same. bare hands, mask and all.