The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1893-02-20
SOME LOCAL BASEBALL TALK,
Gossip About the Teams Signed
for This Season.
A Few Old Favorites Retained. and
Some New Faces Coming.
Players Signed by the Northern Mag
mates to Chase the Pennaut.
Doings of the Los Angeles
Amateur League.

| Amhteur Lodkuos
The baseball situation is rapidly as
Stunning definite shape, and it will not be
very long before the four teams of the
California league are made up and thor.
oughly equipped for the summer cam
paign. In spite of the slowness with
which the preliminaries of circuit and
managers came to a focus, the later de-
tails are now well in hand, and by the
first week in March all the teams will be
at work getting into condition.
The Los Angeles managers inside
pocket is not exactly bullying out with
contracts duly signed, but when the
wind toys with his coat few bits of gilt
edged paper can be seen. In the first
place he has secured r. ]. Glenalvin's
signature to a contract to cover second
base and WELD field marshaPs baton
over the remainder of the local players.
There is little use in commenting upon
this selection. Glen plays baseball with
three sets of personal implements
hands, feet and brains. AS he is we'll
endowed by nature with these qualifica-
tions, it goes without saying that his
work on the diamond is of superior Or
der
To cover good portion of the out
field, and also make the opposing pitch
ers wish they had never learned the bus
iness, the name of Edgar Lytle has been
secured. "Pap" played the last half of
the season of 1892 as an Angel, and COW
cred right-feld in an acceptable manner.
1t will also be remembered that he had
habit of getting responsible figures in
the "base-hit" column of his score, and
it should also not be forgotten that his
bat sent in the winning run in the last
championship game OF the season. Lytle
has been wintering here and has kept up
his daily practice.
The third bag will be held down again
by the young Los Angeles protege, "Kid"
Hulen. Last year was bis first season
in professional company, and he acquit-
ted himself 80 we'll that he became
prime favorite. His ambition made
him take chances that an
older player, to build up his record,
would not attempt, and as result the
Kids record for the first half of the sea-
son did not do him justice. During the
latter half of the year he improved in
Judgment, and bis record began to creep
up, until at the close he was well up
among the leaders, if not at the lead of
the list in his position. He also has not
allowed the fat to grow in waist places
this winter, but has kept himself in fine
condition by daily practice.
Captain Glenalvin is now in Chicago
picking out the rest of his team. 1t is
an open secret that he intends to bring
Stafford and McCauley, if they are still
open for an engagement. The Examiner
OF last Saturday Gays Duke Finn has &C.
cured McCauley for his Stockton team,
but there are excellent reasons why this
is not 30, among which might be men.
toned the fact that Finn has not yet
signed anyone to cover the initial bag.
The Chronicle gives the following as
the makeup 90 far OF the northern
teams:
San Francisco--Hank Spies, catcher |;
O'Brien, second base; Buck Ebright,
shortstop; Tom Mcguire, third base; W.
L. Works, left field; RUDE Levy, center
+ field Fred Carroll, right field.
Standardization, catcher Griffiths,
Homer and Dewsld, pitchers; O'Neill,
second base; Irwin, third base; Nc
Quald, left field Hernon, center field
Hines, right field.
Stocktops-Kid Peoples, shorrstop
Milt Whitehead, third base; Fred Rob.
erts, left field; Danny Sweeney, center
field.
NOTES.
Frank March, one of the Pacific North.
west leagues umpires, is looking for q
position as umpire in the Californie
league. Popular Jim Mcdonald will
probably hold down one of the two Jobs
again during the coming season.
Mcguire, signed to play third base fol
San Francisco, ia an experiment. He is
native son, who has played with Vallejo
and other amateur organizations. He
is % years of age.
Five California Leaguers have been
enrolled by Baltimore. Clarke of the
San Joses, Brown of the Oaklands
Reitz of the local team, and Trsdway
and McNabb, formerly of Los Angeles
will be seen in the Monumental city
this year.
Reitz had signed with the Mont
gomery, Ala, team, but his release was
purchased by the Oriole management
Wadswcrth, the old Oakland pitcher, il
also signed by Baltimore.
Pittsburg still has string on Knell
and he may have to go back east.
Little Jack Horner, the Oakland
twirler, was married to young lady Of
that city on Tuesday evening last.
Al Lawson, who pitched for Oakland
in 1891, recently arrived here on the
Monowai. He WAS with Atlanta OF
the Southern lesgue last year, but went
to England in July. From there he
went to Australia and has now arrived
here. He is looking for an engagement
Tredway of last seasons Los Angeles
team has signed with Baltimore. He is
the fourth California player who will
play with Baltimore next season, Bill
Brown, Bill Clark and Henry Reitz hav.
ing already signed with that club.
ENDED IN ROW.
The game of baseball yesterday be-
tween the Tufts-Lyon Arms 90. and the
Redondo mines at Athletic park termin.
ated in a row. The Redondo men be.
| came dissatisfied with decision of the
umpire in the seventh inning, and re-