Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-04

IF PLANS which William Palmer of
the San Diego Pickwicks has
Il Matching develop to the extent
which he desires. Southern California
this winter will have the best article
of winter baseball in the history of
the game in the west. Manager Palmer
now is negotiating with managers of
teams in a number of Southern Call
fornia cities with view to organizing
an eight-club league for the winter
season. 1t is planned to have each OF
the teams deposit the sum of $1,000 or
total of $4,000, in a bank and at the
close of the esason the $4,000 purse will
be divided among the clubs, according
to their standing. 1t is proposed to
offer prizes as follows: To the team
winning first place, $4,000, the other
$4,000 to be divided with the other four
teams, even the nine finishing in last
place to receive portion of the purse.
If the plans which are being made are
successful there will be teams from
Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Ana,
San Bernardino, Pasadena, Venice, San
Pedro, Azusa and Santa Barbara.
Strangely enough, the little town of
Azusa is one of the most enthusiastic
of the bunch. One of the natives of
that burg is a member of the Cincin-
natl National league team, and it Is
cinnati membership will winter at
Azusa. It is not intended to have the
winter season start until the close of
the Pacific Coast league, as it is not
desired to conflict in any way with that
organization. According to the plans
now on foot, it is intended to start the
league series about the middle of No
vember and continue until about the
1st of March. It is said that Manager
Palmer will have on his lineup two
crack pitchers in Walter Slagle and
"Rube" Marluard, the boy who was
sold to New York a few weeks ago
for $1,000. With these two pitchers,
Palmer's club would be able to make
things interesting for other clubs in
the league. Antry probably will be
seen on first, with Rockenfield at Sec
ond. Both are crack fielders and good
stickers and are popular with South
ern California fans. Perring, who now
is playing third for Cleveland and who
played with the PickwiclSs last season,
probably will hold down similar po-
sition. Downie, now playing with
Kansas City, would be played at short
probably, and according to the east
ern papers, he is making good with
that team. Stoval will be the other
outfelder, while Jack Myers may be
seen in right garden. 1t is the inten-
tion of Manager Palmer to play Sat-
usday and Sunday boil throughout the
winter months.
Jiggs Donohue and George Davis of
the White Sox team may be traded
for Hal Chase, the sensational first
baseman of the New York High
landers. Davis will act as bench man
ager for the Highlanders, something
they badly need. Hal Chase surely
will "shine" with a team like the Chi
cago Americans Friends of Chase in
Southern California will be pleased to
learn of his good luck.
Strang first baseman of the Edison
team, at bat five times last Sunday,
got one run, one hit and made fourteen
put outs, while Huckaby of the same
team was there with seventeen put
outs. Goddard on the Chutes team put
out eleven; Wilkinson, first baseman
of the Hoegees, had fourteen, while
Grindle, catcher for the same club, was
there with twelve.
THE averages of all the players who