Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-23
SEASON WILL
START IN TWO WEEKS
ANGELS START OFF WITH OAKLAND
Champions Play on Home Grounds From April Z
to May 90 When They Go North for Six Weeks
Morley Plans New Park, and Improve
ments to Include Steel Grand Stand

clips, which disposes OF the fears Of
some of the fans that the champions
would be weaker In the box this season
The flelders are also getting their
microscopes trained upon the ball with
great accuracy, and although Captain
Dillon does not permit any great lib
critics with their throwing arms, the
players are showing unusually strong
in this department of the game.
st. Vincent's college nine will play a
practice game with the champions one
day next week and this will be the
first real hard work the professionals
have had this season.
Walter Hempel, who is looking after
the business end of the clubs affairs,
said last night that several amateur
teams had applied for dates with the
pennant winners, and while it would
be impossible to accommodate all of
them, the best of the amateur teams
would be selected to be sent against
the big boys at intervals until opening
day.
Seeking New Park
The opening games this season will
be played on the Chutes park grounds,
but 1t is proba BILE that when the Angels
return from their northern trip they
will find a new home awaiting them.
Morley is so proud of his champions
that he has decided to buy a lot and
create an ideal baseball park of 1t.
Several locations have been investi
gated and two or three particular spots
are being considered whereon to estab-
lish what is promised to be the most
beautiful baseball park on the coast.
When Morley decides upon location
for the new park he will begin plans
for a grandstand that will be in ac-
cordance with the surroundings of the
new home for the Angels.
Several plans are now under consid-
GRAFTON, and Morley proposes to build
an up-to-date and absolutely safe and
f1reproof grandstand Present plans
contemplate a modern steel structure
patterned after that which adorns the
baseball park at Columbus, o.
A clubhouse for the players, equipped
with bathrooms and other essentials
to the comfort and welfare of the boys
will also be one Of the park improve
ments
Altogether, Morley proposes making
the new park a modern home for
modern team of champion baseball
players, and the improvements will
cost several thousand dollars before
completed.
The Angels made such a hurry-up
race of the closing weeks last season
lily engaged In strengthening their line
ups in anticipation of hard struggle
with the champions for the bunting.
Morley has already served notice on
the northern managers that the flag
will remain in Los Angeles indefinitely
and is prepared to. defend it's possess
sion with one of the greatest aggre-
cations of ball players ever gathered
under one management on the coast.
Seattle fans are anticipating some
thing unusual from their team this
season, and it is probable that if the
team plays the same article of ball
shown in the final weeks of last sea-
son their expectations may be in a
measure realized. Seattle was the
only aggregation that could give the
Angels any close argument, and the
weak places are being strengthened
in the hope that the team will be in the
fight for the pennant all season.
Oakland. Fresno, Portland and Seat
tie will play on the local grounds with
other northern teams at various times
during next season while the Angels
are away on the northern circuit. In
this manner the northern teams will
not be put to the enormous expense
of returning to their home grounds
for one week stands while they are in
this neck O. woods.
Although the Angels will present al
most the same lineup as last season,
the familiar faces of Tim Flood Jud
Smith and ]. Ira "Slats" Davis, the
umpire, will be missing. Davis will
umpire in a midwestern league, it is
said, and there are few fans who will
shed any tears over his leave taking.
D,,=s IIo1 of coa++1o 4, 5;..o+ +;.sa5
with the decision of the coast league
officials in awarding Mohler to San
Francisco and will appeal to the ma
tional commission.