Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-07
CLUBS ALIGNED
IN BATTLE ARRAY
SERAPHS AND TIGERS READY
FOR VITAL CONTEST
Betting Odds 10 to 6 on Los Angeles
and Mike Fisher Looking for all
Kinds Of Money at Those
Figures

The last details have been complete
ed for the opening Of the championship
series between the Angels and the Ti-
gers at Chutes park this afternoon and
nothing now remains but tho flare Of
the brass band and the automobile
toot which will precede the cal OF
time.
fea ture of the agreement concern
ing the coming series calls for no
dispute by the members of either team
as regards the rulings of the umpire,
and what "Bul" Perrine says will go
Up to last evening no word had been
received from President Bert that any
other official would act and In all
propabilit Bull" will do the dictat-
Ing.
Had the past months of Pacific coast
baseball been played as one season the
Seraphs would have won in walk, as
a compilation of the averages for the
two seasons gives q margin of sixty
points for the Angels The percentage
at the end of the first half found Ia
coma with an average of 1888 and the
last half records All for a total of 800
per cent. The Angels finished the first
half at a $40 clip and won the latter
season championship to the tune Of
.6O4, or a total for the two seasons of
.562 per cent.
The division of the season called for
a championship series between the
winning clubs, and the nine games
which have been scheduled will find one
or the other at the top for the years
pennant. Although one club may cap
ture the necessary five games before
the series has been completed. every
game scheduled will be played.
The men arc working on a salary
basis and not for division Of the
gate receipts.
Betting Odds on Angels
The betting thus far has favored the
Angels at 10 to g. with more or less
Tacoma money in sight. The fact that
Morley has a heavy staff of pitchers to
fall back upon is believed by the fans
to be one factor favorable to a Los
Angeles victory, whereas Fisher must
rely for the most part upon keefe and
Brown. Emerson, on whom Fisher had
pinned much faith by reason of his
consistent showing against the Seraphs
before he went off color during the last
series, mays not be able to enter the
box for the coming games, and in thaS
event the remaining slabmen will be
taxed to their utmost. Whether they
may prove equal to the occasion Is for
the games themselves to show, but the
undertaking appears no slight PROPOSE
cover ali 10 to s money as fast as he
is abl to sign checks and will repent
afterward that he stole.
Every Seraph is in the best of trim
and ready for the call of time. During
the past few games prior to the close
of the season Ralph Tozer was tossing
in bad form and appeared to find free
delivery difficult. The strain of shut
out ball which he had been twirling
may have had its effect, but at all
events the big slab man was sending
them over below his usual effective
manner. The rest since the last game
may have accomplished wonders with
his whip and there is reason to be-
lieve that the Tigers will have moth
ing easy when they face him in the
telltale series.
The removal of Flood and Smith oc-
Cured at most inopportune time, and
although the Angels pulled away from
the brink in great shape the fact has
not been demonstrated that the same
strength exists. Atz is a whrlwind
in the short field and Schlafly has been
covering the keystone bag in good
style. Tim Floods place has hardly
been filled, as the second baseman was
playing the game of his life at the
time of expulsion and the fans were
witnessing an exhibition of the fastest
kind of ball.
Todays parade will start from the
0rpheum at / o'clock travelling north
to First. thence to Broadway and
south to Sixth, east on Sixth to Main.
north to First, west to Spring and
south to the park.
Following is the standing of the first
two teams since the inception of the
Pacific Coast league. with the stand
ing of the teams for the past season:
19O1-San Francisco-Los Angeles.
1902-Oakland-Los Angeles
1903-Los Angeles-San Francisco.
1904-Tacoma-L Los Angeles.