Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-24
: THE SPORTING WORLD
The RiaItO

render the proper support of the team
and II the new club becomes a reality
next season it will become a fixture as
a member of the league.
Those interested are not doing much
talking as to where the club win be
located, but 1t Is known that San Pc
oro has an edge over Venice in this
regard and 1t should not be surprising
II the harbor city gets the club. This
much was forecasted in these columns
seVeral weeks ago. Transportation fa-
cilties, population and yarious other
equally as important considerations
enter into the argument in favor of
the various cities bidding for the club
and San Pedro really seems to have the
best of 1t SO far
show this week. Bob Slavin and Harry
Beal being carded to go twenty rounds
Wednesday night. Two good prelinai
nartes have been arranged for this show
and Tommy Walsh has been engaged
as referee. There is only one bad fea-
true to consider in attending the San
Berdoo fights. The train service is
such that those who go from Los An
geles must remain in town all night
the first train leaving San Berdoo for
Los Angeles at 6:15 o'clock next MORN
ing If sufficient number of sports
men desire to attend to justify a spe-
cial train it is probable that more
than 100 would go from here.
Local baseball cranks will be pleased
when the announcement comes that
Hildebrand is to manage the Sacra-
mento team that will be in the Coast
league lineup next season, and 1t is
believed that the popular and hard
hitting Seal outfielder will land the
job. Hide would make a pretty good
nucleus in himself for the new team
and his popularity with Coast league
fans would increase the moneys draw
the power Of the Capital City club
Hide is hitting the ball good and hard
and is fielding his position in great
style.
The Angels begin their last northern
trip today and will be gone until Sep
tember 29, when they return home for
the final five weeks of play this sea-
son. The team goes away with a lead
of full series and it looks very much
as If 1t has the pennant cinched. The
boys play better ball on the road than
at home and If they get an even break
on the trip, which would be the worst
showing they have made this season,
they will return home with a long
lead over all rivals. They open tomor-
row with San Francisco and play the
following two weeks at Portland, drop
ping back to Frisco for two series. one
each with Oakland and San Francisco.
Altogether, they will play fourteen
games with the Seals, thirteen with
Portland and seven with Oakland on
this trip AT this time, 1t looks as IL
the finish would be in this order: Los
Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and
Oakland. This order represents the
present form Of the teams
Mel Nordlinger leaves today for an
extended vacation in the east. He says
he will be gone about eight weeks and
about fifty-one days of this time is
scheduled to be passed in the big city.
Baron Long bet Mel a fine suit of
clothes last night that Mel will not be
gone a month. Mel admitted that he
might lose the bet, as he confesses to
having been seriously affected by an
acute attack of "want-to-go-home"
last time he strayed away from the
Rialto, and Long says that 1t is I'M
possible for any good man to resist
the power Of the Los Angeles magnet
after being away a week or two. Baron
was In such a homeslck frame Of mind
that he would not stay all night in
Chicago last time he left New York for
home and he knows what 1t is. Mel
will be woefully missed by Jeffries,
Ruess, Long, Ripper and the punch
Mike Kutchos, the terrible Greek, has
a crouch on because he can get none
of the bantams to fight him ana his
cash reserve fund is running out. He
saws he will fight any boy in the world
at 116 pounds, including Johnny Coulon'
frankie Neil and any other topnoteher
or cellar champ. Mike disposed of
Eddie Lennon and Jimmy Austin by the
knockout route in the same ring In one
night recently and since then has been
on the shelf. Mike is a fair fghter
and should be given an early matcn.
Kinney, while all but Carlokin trace
hack on the maternal side to Belmont