Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-27
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BY Paul Bartlett

aeer than James r. Morley. There is,
of course. nothing personal" between
the two gentlemen mentioned, but the
managers have set their carts upon cap
turing the first game of the Pacific
Coast league season in Los Angeles.
with the requirement of Tate Crom-
ley the local magnate has concluded
his arduous prospecting excursion for
promising talent There Is not a man
with the exception of Cromley an un-
known quantity to Southern California
baseball. Ross, Cravath and Bernard
in their old positions in the outfield,
Jimmy Toman at short, Tim Flood at the
second cushion. Jud Smith at third and
Frank Dillon on the first angle COM
plete the men who will pursue the
sphere regularly In diamond and out
The iron Teuton, Heinrich Spies, will
alternate with Bobby Eager in handling
the big NIT, and the rotund lad Bra
shear will serve as utility man, but
more particularly as a utility stick
wielder.
Morley is confident that Brashear's
ability to manipulate the billet will
materially advance the fortunes of the
Looloos, and as a reliable "all around"
baseball player kitty has admittedly
few superiors in Pacific Coast league
ball.
But 1t is the twirlng staff which the
fans will await with SURPRISING hope
and expectation. Rusty" Hail.
Dolly" Gray Charles Baum, Roy
loren and Goodwin have been gathered
into the Seraphic fold, and with the
advent of Collegian Cromley will make
an even half dozen worthless who can
manufacture certain artistic produce
tions of a mystifying nature.
And the great question of the mo-
ment Is can these lads use the scalping
blade upon the comp1acent men of Nc
Creedie. Verify, it appeareth so, but
the gods wot not of more definite pre-
diction. The Portland manager has
gathered very likely looking squad
under his managerial wing. Jake Thiel-
man will again operate on the slab for
the Portlandites and Steelman and Dick
Boettinger will divide the honors be-
hind the final patch. Ike Butler and
French from New Orleans are included
among the members of Mercedes
pitching staff. Doyle, Schafly and
Runkle are strung around the bags in
the order named and Atz, McCreed1e
and Van Buren will guard the Portland
pastures.
The organization of the Southern CAL
ifornia Harness Racing association
marks a new era for the sport in tha
southern portion of the state The men
who are behind the movement are of
recognized financial standing and are
without exception, thorough sportsmen
1t Is planned to hold two meetings OH
the Agricultural park track yearly OF
about six days duration. Purses will
be hung up that cannot but prove eff
fective in bringing grand circuit per-
formers to Southern California.
A. w. Bruner, the owner of Stanton
Wilkes and other footers of more than
and manager for the new association.
Mr.. Bruner has had the benefit of wide
experience in light harness racing and
his mature judgment will undoubtedly
prove helpful to the new organization.
G. A. Garfield, one of the most enthu-
siastic of local owners and drivers, and
William Garland, the owner of the
great mare, Sweet Marie, will also serve
in an executive capacity. L. I. Chris
topher, another local business man
whose leisure moments are spent in
the sulky, has been elected to the Office
of bursar.
When opposed to the American sys-
TEN of wrestling jiu jitsu has proved
laughable farce in several recent in
stances. Harvey Holmes, the genial
bicep instructor at the University of
Southern California, tucked one of the
terrible little brown men under his arm
and sat him on the floor with precision
and dispatch. Now comes Jean Bap-
tise of st. Louis and makes one of the
pudgy orientals look foolish. The
science of jiu jitsu seems to lie in en-
deavoring to disable an opponent with
kick or jab and when it comes to
actually wrestling the jitsu artist is
nowhere.
But to return to the case of Jean.
The Jap opened on Jean by endeavor-
ing to dab him on the shins, but Jean
wisely kept away. After considerable
feinting and sidestepping, Japski
reached for Jeans midsection. Jean
grabbed the terrible Jap by the should
ers, described geometrical curve and
put him on the mat. for the count. The
Jap was a real imported expert" and
showed no little cleverness in trying to
kick Mr.. Baptise's shins. And the
science?
The result of the intercollegiate track
meet on the University of Southern
California oval on Saturday was not
altogether unexpected. Occidental Is
now in the strange position of a de-