Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-07
Los ANGELES MAY
FRANK DILLON
POPULAR PLAYER WILL PROB
ABLY JOIN SERAPHS
Hal Chase Wants to Remain on the
coast-5asebalI Gossip and
Comment of General
interest

interest
There is n strong probability that
| the local admirers of Frank Dillon,
the former captain of the Seraphs, will
again have an opportunity of witness
ing the antics of the popular first base
man about the initial cushion next
season. No definite settlement for Dill
Ions services with the Los Angeles
| team has yet been made, but 1t can be
stated with a reasonable degree of
certainty that Frank will be numbered
with the Seraphic legions at the OPEN
| ing of the season. Dillon has always
been a favorite with local followers Of
the game, and while his belligerent
attitude in his relations with the off,
cial gentleman lingering the indicator
have many times been frowned upon,
| Dillon enjoys a well deserved reputa-
ton of being one of the most efficient
captains that ever led Pacific Coast
| league team.
Hal Chase has written to Manager
hOIley W lllt tlltCl lIltl he 10 SlGdIig
desirous of remaining on the coast and
retaining his berth with the Los An
geles club for another season. Chases
brother died the other day in San Jose
and his mother wishes Hal to stay in
California. 1t was previously sup
posed that Chase experienced the usual
hankering of youthful ball tossers TO
hingle the horsehide on big league
diamonds, but it appears that this in
ference was erroneous, for Chase, in
addition to his parents wishes, also
wants to play ball in the land of sun
shine
Bert Is Silent
Morley's efforts to learn the senti
ment of President Bert in the Newton
Chase case have as yet been unproduc-
tive of results. The local magnate has
sent a bushel of letters and kilograms
to the president of the league in the
hope of learning whether Bert intends
to take official action in the matter.
No reply has been received to these
numerous and voluminous communica-
tions and Bert's silence is impene-
trable. In contrast to Berts supine
attitude when the fortunes of the Los
Angeles club are at stake, it Is in
teresting to recall his instant threat
intended to reopen the draft on the
Tacoma club. But mayhap Bert is bid
ing his time and will open the batteries
of his wrath upon the national COM
mission at what he considers the
proper time" But there are others
would not be consumed by grief and
sorrow were Messrs. Newton and
Chase well on their way eastward.
1t begins to look as if it was a case
of "back to the laundry-there will be
no strike today" in this squabble be-
tween the Coast league and the big
leaguers about reopening the draft on
the Tacoma club. The backing down,
If there is one, will have to be done by
the big leagues, and they will do it,
too, just as they did when they came
whining out to the coast suing for
peace at any price. The Coast league
can go strutting about with chip on
| it's shoulder, and get away with the
bluff too, if it comes to show down.
The big leaguers cannot hurt the Coast
league a bit, while this organization
can cause the big fellows lot of worry
by resuming outlaw methods. Each
one of the six clubs in this league can
| afford to carry at least one big league
star, and if that number of men was
taken out of the big league, especially
if they were pitchers, it would upset
things back east. The league has
furnished employment to Rube Wad-
dell, Doc Newton, Joe Corbett and Jay
Hughes, all big league stars in the
| pitchers box, at one time or another.
| They would rather work out here than
back east, for it is an eight months
season, the play is fully as good, and it
is easier to make good here than in
the faster company. So if an ultima
tum is issued that if raid is made on
the Tacoma club the Coast league will
again be an outlaw organization, put a
| DeI uOWH lndI the DlB ledBueIS VIII pun
in their horns and wait until next year
to draft the Tacoma men wanted. AS
an outlaw organization the Coast
league had better protection than it
ever had as a member of the baseball
trust The coast magnates could go
anywhere and sign a good man, and
once they got him he had to stay, for
he was blacklisted by the trust, and
there was no other outlaw league to
which to jump. With everything to
gain and nothing to lose, the Coast
league can get as sassy as it pleases
over this little scrap and the big leag-
uers will have to stand for it.
lone day up i'm Tacoma last summer
the score was about 10 to in favor of
the Tigers when 1 came to bat" said
Tim Flood recently. "Orvie overall
was pitching and the Loo-Loos could
not do thing with his delivery.
'Orvie,' said as 1 went to the bat. 4