Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-01
BERRY HAS
LARGE IDEAS
WANTS GAME WITH BIGGEST
ON EARTH
Angels Fly Back to Town and Look as
If Pennant Winning Was the
One Best Bet-Hen Says
20, Anyhow

Just after the Owl train arrived yes
terday morning new hat made its APP
pearance on the Rialto. At first the
sports could not figure out what was
underneath, but pretty soon a corps Of
surveyors located Hen Berry, and after
the excavators had worked a while they
found the genial Hen still in condi-
ton to tell how the Angels were pam
ming out on the chase for the pennant.
Eyes, they're all with me- said Berry
after a few hundred feet of sky piece had
been removed. I'VE are all together.
and you can make it bet for the bank
roll that we will cop the bunting this
year"
Right now let 1t be stated that tho
new effect In headgear sported by the
toupeeless wonder is the latest thing
in darkest Africa Hen Berry won it from
| some fellow in Frisco on the Sullivan
Squires fight, and just to get even the
loser shot it into the RUDE from the
southland. 1t would take an ordinary
man a whole day to walk around the
outside of that lid, and when Berry walks
down the street all the people rubber
and make cracks about the man with
the umbrella instead of hat.
Doesn't Talk Through His Hat
| But the lid does not bother Hen when
he gets to talking baseball, and If any
of the hot air he peddled yesterday after
noon is converted into action there Will
certainly be something stirring on local
diamonds this winter. In addition to a
desire to challenge the winners of the
National-American leagues championship.
Hen has a desire in his dome to take
the American association champs on for
| a series, and for any kind of purse.
| too.
| The big leaguers will not be challenged
| by the Angeles, but by an all-Pacific
\ coast team. Berry has picked out his
men, and as soon as the race between
Detroit and Philadelphia is finished this
week he will wire a challenge to the
winners of that race, and the Chicago
Nationals, desiring to challenge the win
ner when the two leagues get together
for the worlds championship.
Somebody told Hen that there would
be nothing doing. but this fact didn't
bother him bit ut won't do any
harm to challenge, will it?" he said. III
they won't take us up we can tell the
whole country that they're scared of US
and perhaps some reuben will believe
what we say Which is real neat In
its way, and certainly good advertising.
After American Association
But If Berry can't get the big leaguers
interested in a series with an all-PacihC
coast team he will make a try at the
American association.
He figures that this Pacific Coast league
is the fastest minor organization In the
| country, and that the Angels, as cham
pions out this way, can trim the Amer
lean association champs to their hearts
content
And won't it be nice If Hen connects
somewhere along the line. The busheI
leagues which were proposed to keeI
the fans busy during the winter months
| seem to have died aborning, and If Berry
/ can keep the game alive with the star
cards he proposes the fans will GER
tainly rally to his support. But what's
the use of thinking of it, for the new
hat and q fresh brain storm caused II
all.
The Angels all came tripping in be-
hind Berry, and they are certainly IN
| good condition to finish the season. With
the exception of Jud Smith and Judge
Nagle the whole bunch is ready to do
| business at the old stand, and IL Frisco
and the succeeding teams don't go up
against the real thing before the end
of the season it will be because the
signs of the times are all to the rough.
The dazzling array of sartorial per-
fections, which bothered the northern
sports when Hen first perpetrated them,
will not be in evidence at the opening
game Of the series tomorrow. Berry mas
decided that the natives here do not de-
serve squint at them just yet, and Will
accordingly save them for Sunday But
the new hat is on parade just the same.