Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-05
OCCIDENTALS AND
SAINTS TO MEET
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WILL
OCCUR TOMORROW
Partisans Of Vnoentians Place stoC
to Be Covered by Admirers
Of Highland Park
Boys

With the college baseball champion
snip of Southern California hanging
IN the balance. st. Vincents and Occi-
dental will meet tomorrow afternoon
on the Chutes park diamond i'm what
promises to be a whirlwind contest.
BY their victory of last Saturday the
Highlanders are now in line for try
at the laurels which have been so
closely guarded by the Vincentians
during the past five years. Should the
yellow and black wave victorious after
tomorrows game Occidental will have
done that which no baseball aggrega-
ton has been able to accomplish for
seasons past.
AS an expression of confidence that
the Saints will win out. check for
500 has been placed with the sporting
editor of The Herald by st. Vincents
admirers who do not allow the High
landers a look in. Any one possessing
unlimited confidence in Occidental's
ability to win may cover the coin at
even money. The hackers of the Saints
say they will meet any amount placed
by supporters of the Occidental team.
Interest in the outcome of tomor-
rows game Is intense and indications
are that a great turn out of diamond
fans will be on hand when the umpire
calls time. The spectacular contest of
won out i'm fourteen innings, by
score of 9-2 was one of the finest ex-
hibitions yet Witnessed in the south
and the diamond article of the Collie
gians smacked more of professional
than of the amateur sort.
The Highlanders are confident that
they will again take the measure of
the Saints, while the latter are equally
certain that Merrill's men have won
their last game of the season. Nat
urally neither team is willing to play
on the opponents diamond and as a
result the Chutes park grounds were
chosen for the final and deciding game.
Occidental has already won the foot
ball and track championship of South
ern California and the adherents of
the institution are fervidly hoping
that the baseball title is to be an
nexed as well.
The line up of both teams will be the
same as that of Saturday, Thacker
and Phillips being slated to do the
twirling. The feat of the little High
lander in holding the champions to
three hits in fourteen strenuous in
nings has no counterpart so far as
Southern California college baseball
is concerned and should he again lead
the Highlanders to victory he will be
deserving of prominent place in the
Occidental hall of fame.
Pat Phillips, despite the fact that he
lost his last game, is to be reckoned as
a dangerous man for the ambitious Oc-
cidentals, as he has yet to show a
nervous streak. The slow ball which
he has developed to something near
perfection is a safety valve that he
appears able to control at will.
A feature which might give an in
sight as to the outcome of the decid-
ing game is the fact that in last Sat-
urday's contest the Occidental out
fielders made eight put outs and one
assist while the Vincentian garden
men had but three put outs to their
credit without having made an error.
Coaches Haggerty and Merrill are
exerting their strongest efforts during
the short time that is to intervene
before the mines meet, and both teams
will trot on to the field primed to the
top notch of condition.