Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-30
MUST PLAY REAL
BALL THIS WEEK
LOOKS LIKE THEY MUST MOP
UP WITH OAKS
PORTLAND HAS EASY GAME WITH
CELLAR CHAMPS
Clean Sweep Of Oakland Series May
Put Angels Back In First Place
for Hard Northern Trip
After Fourth
COAST LEAGUE STANDING

COAST LEAGUE STANDING
Clubs Won. Lost. Pct.
Portland ..............'' go go OK OK SS,
Los Angeles ............ ~ ~ 90 90 'csa c5a
Oakland ................ 90 ~ 80
San Francisco ........''' % 80 ~
GAMES TODAY
Oakland at Los Angeles.
Portland Mt San Francisco.
To the men who went down in the struggle.
TO the runners who finished unplaced.
To the weak and the young, the unknown the
unsung, a
Ye are biooded, developed. completed;
They were bred without stamina, class;
'Tis to them, the surpassed, the deteateo'
/ bow I drain my glass
The savage Portland team has gone
north, thank goodness. If they had
stayed much longer we would have
been In the cellar. They will take on
the Seals for seven games this week,
while the easy Oakland bunch mas
dropped into town for series or SIX
games with the Angels, beginning this
afternoon. While the Beavers Will be
playina a weaker team than the An
gels the latter will be playing equally
as week an "aggigashun" and there
Is only one long chance that the switch
will prove to be advantageous to the
champions of 1907.
Although the Beavers won five in
six games, pranks of fortune gave
them two games to which they were
not entitled on the series. The VS.
itors outbatted the locals, 1t Is true,
but there is no denying the fact that
the boys played the worst article OF
bali last week that they ever put up
in all their history. and it does not rep
resent their true playing strength.
Errors by the bundle were so fre-
ouent that the fans became heart
sick watching the Beavers walk OF
with games that actually were pre-
sented to them without a reasonable
excuse. The Angels made more errors
last week than they had made In any
month previously. All these errors, 1t
happens, were made at critical stages
of the games and turned the tide In
favor of the visitors. The boys also
fell off fearfully in their batting, and
while the pitchers performed nobly,
they could not win games without
some sort of support at bat and In
the field.
should Come Back Fresh
With a respite of forty-eight hours,
they should get back in the game with
a vengeance, and as Oakland will be
much easier to beat than were the
Seals the previous week, or Portland
last week, the boys should not be
under such terrible strain to win
game or two. The dong chance they
have of getting first place depends
upon their games with Oakland. II
they will play their real game they
should take four games at least of the
( series. Portland hardly will be able
to make as clean a sweep at San Fran
cisco as they made here. and they are
only two full games In the lead. II
they lose four of the seven games at
Frisco this week and the Angels win
Ave In six games with Oakland, the
locals will get back in first place. but
not other wise. 1t is a hard task, but
IL the boys brace UP they can turn
the trick.
Berry was about the "bluest" fellow
in the world after the game Sunday.
He had hoped that the boys would
come out of their trance and play win
ming ball. but they would not do it.
He left the grandstand when he saw
the approach of the inevitable and
hardly would speak to anybody In a
courteous manner. He had crouch on.
He was not discouraged. as his conf
dence IN the Angels is so supreme that
nothing can convince him that they
will not win the pennant. but he was
'mad" clean through.
No Doubt About Pennant
1--WE will win that pennant, all right
enough" he said. because we can
beat those fellows right along through
the season. We have not played our
game this week. and Portland has had
all the favors of fortune in the breaks
OF luck. They gave us some fearful
walloplngs, but that does not spell any,
thing Whit, r know we will win tha
pennant, 1t makes me sore to think
of how we have played this week. The
fans have stood by us Loyalty and ex-
pected better things OF us. That is
why Ieam, sore I wanted to give
them better satisfaction for their sup
port"
Berry should switch Brashear, Ber-
nard and Oakes back to their original
positions and IL he will do SO ma
teriaily better results probably would
be obtained. Rrashear never was
good outfielder because he is not built
that way He is at home on the in
field. where he has to look out for
popups, liners and grounders. but when
1t comes to judging distance, curves,
angles and speed In a spot as big as
right field he is not there.
He would be far more valuable back
In his place at second than in right
field, and while Bernard is doing finely
at that station he no doubt prefers to
be back out in center. where he can go
through whole season with only two
errors, as he did last year, and where
he can play major league article Of
ball. With Brash back at second.
Bernie In center and Cakes in right,
Berry would have the strongest outfield
in the league by several ways of reck-
oning and the infield would be no
weaker, at any rate. than 1t now is.
Every game counts now and the
change will produce good results.
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