Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-29
BRIEFS OF THE
SPORTING WORLD
BY ARTHUR e. DUNNING

Those dear Angel boys, they just had to
win another game. II only to show what
they really can do 1t wasn't an easy vic
tory for the locals but they annexed the
stack, chips. gilt, script and all. and II isn't
necessary to pick the game to pieces after 1t
Is won Now the Angels have settled them
selves into comfortable lead of twenty
three points, and If they play to anything
like luck should come home in a fair way to
shove rapidly to the top.
Pitcher Pat Phillips, who was signed from
St. Vincents by Hen Berry but had only two
chances on the diamond this season owing
to i'll health. Is improving at a good rate
and there is every indication that he will
join the twirling stan before the seasons
end. Henry knows a pitcher when he sees
one, and he marked Phillips long ago as
conner. The youngster appears to have q
great future before him.
Fight clubs appear to be taking a new
lease OF life throughout the west, despite
the note of pessimism prevalent anent Dos
stble hard times. In Denver a new club is
being started. and it is planning to put on
the opening card next month. Goldfeld
comes through with new organization to
hold fights, and Bakersfield counts herself
among those present by the regeneration Of
the Empire Athletic club At Venice Jim
Mccormick Is planning to hold several
minor battles at the new ball grounds
leased for the California Summer league
Altogether the fight game in the west is not
as discouragng as 1t may look and pros
poets look for better times in the fstio
game II satisfactory matches are arranged
Henry Berry remarked a few DAYS after
the opening of the season that he had Sc
cured wonder in the Angel center fielder
Oakes You will see." said Berry. that
this man will do as good stick work as any
or my men this year, and he will be there
in the field also" Again Berry is right
Cakes has been doing almost sensational
work with the stick this season. adm his
fielding is above par. In yesterdays game
with Oakland the center garden performer
sent out two pretty doubles and had a clean
sheet in the fielding department In the
north they think he is wonder, and about
the time he is drafted for the big leagues
the local fans probably will realize how
classy he actually is.
Fighting Jimmy Austin is after a match
with any los pound lad, and in particular
specifies Young Terry McGovern or Kid
Rivera. The little splinterweight has i'm
proved vastly in the last year. as his six
round go with McGovern indicates and he
believes he can best the blacksmith in a
longer distance battle.
Portland at last has attained the honor
of second place in the league. after hard
uphill climb from the despised tail end posi-
ton The northern ball tossers have been
working consistently for this thing for
months and though they have been jbed
now they are regarded as the most formid-
able opponents the Angels will have to
tackle to win the pennant this season. OBJ
serving fans predicted at the beginning OF
the season In the face of six straight de-
| feats by San Francisco that Portland would
| be a dangerous factor in the pennant race
this year. and the prophecies seem about
| to be fulfilled.
So the fans are to witness another OF
those Battling johnson slaughtering bees
This time new departure has been made
and the husky young giant has beer
matched with trained athlete and gentle
man ringster. Arthur Van Doozer. Brains
as we'll as Drawn will be opposed to the
| battling one this time, and II Will be inter
esting to watch the result of the match
II Van can stand the gaff there will be q
| fearful time at Maud when the two big mer
get together June IL, and the physical cul-
ture man has plenty of good support to the
end that he is perfectly able TO take all
Johnson's deliveries and send them back.
Fight fans who journey out to Jeffries
| new Vernon arena to see Freddie Welsh and
| Phil Brock in the twenty-five rounds en-
| gagement the afternoon of Decoration day
will find 1t of interest to know that Welsh
the vegetarian fighter, although classed al
a shifty and clever boxer, is also stand
up-and-slug ring artist when occasion de-
mands It, Cyclone Johnnie Thompson, the
| lightweight punching bag found that Fred
die could hit as we'll as box when they me
in sx-round no-decision bount in Phila
| delphia, and the hard hitting Willie Fitz
| gerald had a busy seance In their meeting
| over the same route in the city of brotherl,
| affection. Welsh has been improving rap
| idly in his ring work in the last twelve
months, and right now the local experts sa,
| that there is no faster or cleverer man II
| his division with the exception of the grand
old champion of the lightweights