Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-23
SEALS WILL OPEN
At CHUTES TO-DAY
ANGELS BEGIN SERIES WITH
SAN FRANCISCO
only Two Weeks Remain for the Los
Angeles Team to Climb from
Its Position at Third
Place

For the last time this year the San
Francisco baseball tenn Will open IN
Los Angeles today, for n series OF six
games. Only two weeks of the sport
Is LETT this season for the Angel fans,
land after the Seals, come the Seattle
club for the final games
Portland played Is last game Sun
day and lost to the tune OF two to one,
with Brashear In the box for Los AM
geles. Portland annexed three of the
six games, the other three going to
the Angels.
With the team in practically the
poorest condition that II has been In
this year, Henry Berry will try and win
from the San Francisco bunch without
a pitcher to his name.
With Judge Nagle laid UP with an
injured knee, which he sustained while
sliding home In last Thursdays game,
when he played third in Brashear's
place, and Randolph out Of the game
with a side that is too sore to allow
him to use his arm, the two best twirl-
ers of the team are on the bench.
Burns is no good except in warm
weather. and Bergman is too i'll 10
hold his place on the bench In two
of the games last week. Dillon was
forced to use men in the box who are
not pitchers, and in one instance won
the game.
The last contest of the series with
Portland was won with Brashear in the
box, who managed TO hold the Cham
pions down to one score, but was saved
from defeat by the support given by
the team. The Champions raped him
for seven hits, but were unable TO
get only one man across the rubber.
Cravath relieved Burns on Saturday
after Burns had been knocked all over
the field for five innings, and held
Portland down for two innings. but
when the Mud Hens did find him they
scored four runs, two in each of the last
two periods.
Just who will be put in the box today
is problem that is up to Captain Dill
Ion and Manager Berry to solve.
With Portland so far in the lead that
to overtake them would be hopeless,
task, the rest of the teams are fighting
for second place, which is now oc-
cupied by Seattle.
Should the Raisin Pickers win from
the Seattle team and Los Angeles de-
feat the San Francisco Seals, who are
in fourth position. there might be some
hope of Los Angeles capturing a higher
place than third in the final heat of
the race.
But two weeks remain of the season,
anu w I'LL lllO l<OS AISeltS ltdIIl Ill llS
helpless condition there IS little chance
of our advancing toward the top of the
list.
Ellis who at best is considered
Bush Lacquer will be out for few
days, as he stripped the flesh from one
finger of his right hand in attempting
to reach a ball out in center on last
Thursday, and was replaced by Ran
dolph, who will be able to stand the
field until his side improves.
Even Gochnauer is out of the game,
his place being filled by Lamar a new
man who played on the st. Vincent
team last year. "Frenchy" plays good
game but cannot equal the man whose
place he is filling.
Dillon, the invincible, Carlisle, Eager,
Toman, Cravath and Brashear are the
only players that are left on the team,
and with so many of the best men sick
or laid up from hard use, Los Angeles
will try today to win the first of the
series from San Francisco, but at best
but looks like hopeless task to make
a stand and keep off the toboggan.