Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-31
NEWS AND NOTES OF THE DIAMOND
T HERE is war on the face of the
semi-professional baseball moon

IN HERE is war on the face of the
semi-professional baseball moon
Il and as a result of the general
mixup in the California Summer league
during the past few days, when the
Salt Lake and the Venice clubs were
dropped, a new city league was
formed the other night to be known as
the Pacific league, to be composed
of four clubs. as follows: McCormicks.
Salt Lakes, San Pedro and Pasadena.
Games will be played at Fiesta park,
San Pedro and Pasadena, When the
Crown City park is completed. The
sum of $50 was deposited by each of
the clubs with James Mccormick, who
was elected president, as guarantee
that they will play out a schedule OF
eight weeks, starting August y. An
exhibition game will be played next
Sunday at Fiesta park between the
McCormicks and the Pasadena CLUBS.
The season is scheduled to close sep
TENDER 81. The league will be reor-
ganized later into a professional league
with players from the various leagues
in the east, who will spend the winter
months in Los Angeles.
Mccormick made a flying trip or IN
spection to San Pedro the other night,
looking over the ball park in the mar
Dor city by the aid of the moon. All
of 1000 people can be seated in the
new grand stand, which has just peen
completed there and the diamond Is
considered by experts to be one of the
fastest in Southern California Inc
Pacific Electric Railroad company Will
give the directors of the Paclnc league
a special rate between the different
towns where games are to be played in
the series. =
The games to be played August 8
are as follows:
Pasadena VS.. San Pedro at san Pc
dro. ,,...
McCormicks VS.. Salt Lakes at Fiesta
park.
Salt Lakes VS.. San PEDRO at san
Pedro.
Pasadena VS.. McCormicks at Fiesta
park. .,.
Bateman, Lloyd, Lane and Robin
son are under consideration for ap-
pointment as umpires.
Following are the lineups for Sunday
games:
Pasadena-Leahy, catcher; Ferraris
and Stone, pitchers; Moriarty, nrst
base; Jim Wilson, shortstop; j. VIII
son. third base; Casey, second base;
Hiliard, left field; Richie, right field;
Andrass, center field.
McCormicks-Eagle, catcher; Andra-
da, pitcher; II. Kimmerle. first base;
Harris. second base; Flake, shortstop;
Campbell, third base; Kimmerle, left
field; Crosby, center field; Kimmerle,
right field.
Harry Lelande. director of the Angel
Citv Baseball association and one or
the leading sporting men Of Los An ne
geles. has accepted the position OF
nresident of the California league,
which place was made vacant the
other day by the resignation of Jimmy
Mccormick. Lelande, who controls a
large interest in the Angel team, no
doubt will be great help to the new
league. as he is a thorough fan, well
versed in the national game and well
liked by the ball players in this neck
of the woods.
Please state in Fridays Herald how
MANY clubs composed the National
league during the year 1878:
iS'e A FAN.
rThe National league of 1873 was
made m of six transcription, Chica-
90 ST Louis, Indianapolis, Cincinnati
and Providence. During this season
twelve games were played by each
club with every other club, or sixty In
ali. The Boston players were angaged
| for elR0L lllOIlllO, ANPCA o.
nasium practice March 10 and contin-
ming under contract until Novem-
| Der 15.]
The first Three-I star player to
graduate this season is Fred Beck OF
| the Bloomington team, who goes TO
the San Francisco team. He was pur-
chased for $3.50. This season is Beck's
third year in the professional ranks,
and he is considered a fast one.
Frank Farris, age q, of the st. PAU
American association team, died IN
that city the other day, following an
operation for appendicitis. Farris was
with the st. Louis American league
club the early part of the season.
The Golden Eagle Athletic club ball
team is out with a def to play any
team Sunday afternoon. Call Boyle
1876.
The Frank Simpson Fruit company
team desires to play any team next
Sunday afternoon. Call West 426S
after p. m.
There are nine players in the Pacific
Coast league who have tailed over