Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-14
PENNANT RACE
ON IN EARNEST
SEALS AND ANGELS SHOULD
FIGHT 1T OUT
Seattle, Portland and Fresno Are
Showing Poorly, While Oakland
Is Playing in Consist
ent Form

One week of playing is not sufficient
to give any definite line on the coast
league pennant race, yet the week just
past has been sufficiently definite to
cause the warning to go forth that the
Angels will not have walkaway race
of it.
The Seals have made the best i'm
preston thus far, but have been play
ing against the Seattle aggregation
which has not had sufficient time to
become thawed out and limbered up for
a real bruising contest.
After Seattle has struck it's pace and
got in it's stride there may be some
hope for the Siwash admirers, but an
improvement on the order of a form
reversal of a startling nature is due
before these hopes are destined to real
ization.
Mique Fisher is still carrying around
that hoodoo which cost him the rag
last year and his Raisin Eaters have
not shown any approach to champion
ship form.
Certainly, with Nordyke Sheehan,
Keefe and Emerson absent, and per-
manently so, Fishers task assumes
the herculean proportions as compared
with his prospects last season.
Portland is showing the best form Of
any of the way-up-north teams, but
| has yet to display anything on the
sensational order, although having an
easy time of 1t with Fresno.
Oakland is playing good ball now and
| in all the games with the Angels,
although seemingly outclassed in the
field and on the bases, the Athenians
have shown remarkably good for this
stage of the game.
The Angels have struck their gait
and are going at good clip. The loss
of Baum is not being felt as much as
was expected, especially since Berg
man has at least taken his place.
Recruits Make Good
Bergman mas been on exhibition
twice and has shown unusually good
for a busher, although the bushes
where he came from grow in Chicago
Amateur games, however, are only
| training schools for greater endeavol
and the Chicago lad has only to con-
tinue his good work to become the
pet of the Angels household.
Smith is missed at third, but Nc
Clellan is another recruit from anna
teur ranks who is rapidly making good
and If his work shows any improvement
whatever he will have earned a per-
manent berth with Morley.
Ellis is being tried in the field an6
the busher is positive find. He is
| performing III great 1aShlon ana Wher
at the bat usually delivers the goods
The others are real champions anG
cannot be improved upon. "They'
make better players, probably. but are
not wanted on the coast when they
become more classy than the young.
sters who are playing in defense of thC
pennant.
Taking all things into consideration
and judging merely from the some
times deceptive viewpoint of the frs
week of playing the Angels seem tc
stack up better than any other team ir
the league and should repeat last sea
sons performance by retaining the
bunting for 1906.
The Seals should prove the most an
noying stumbling block of the othel
teams, being preferred in the matter
of home games and presenting an ag
gregation of seasoned players whC
should make good
If the first week is any criterion t.
the last week of playing the probabil
tiles are that the pennant race will
be between Frisco and Los Angeles
and of course, the latter should win
Oakland, Portland, Seattle and Fres
no should finish in the order named
but any of them are extended the priv
ilege of springing a surprise If it II
in them to do So