Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-04

SPECIAL, meeting of the Bankers
N league was held last night in the
IA Rank OF California and for time
IL anpeared that the meeting would
adioilrn without any official business
heine transacted. All the trouble arose
over the fact that the Citizens Ma
finnal hank team had semi-profes-
sional pitcher who has twirled several
games on the Chutes park diamond.
The Citizens contended that according
to the wording OF the bylaws they
were hot compelled to play any one
man in Southern California as long as
he was not from the Tactic Coast
league. On the other hand, the First
National bank club, which Is tied TOR
first place In the percentage column
with the Citizens, "~S protested the
game, made the contention that as
they played the same men throughout
the season they did not think 1t fair
to ring in other players not connecteu
with the club. President Ceaorge y.
Pickerell poured water over the nre
end as q result the game will be played
again tomorrow afternoon on tine St.
Vincents diamond. There will be only
one game in the Bankers league TO-
morrow afternoon, as most OF the otner
teams in the league want TO witness
| the last game of the series ior the
championship of the league
The Alhambra baseball club has been
putting up a fine article of the natlonai
game in the miscellaneous ranks anu
will take a rest. 1t has played twenty
four games and lost only three or them.
Several fast players are with the Al
hambra team In the Ave Dear protners,
who have been playing CONSISTENT pan
throughout the season. Parker Dear,
the senior member of the team, acts as
pitcher, and Is one OF the best slab
sters in the Saturday ranks, never los
ing his head, no matter how the game
goes. and in a recent game on the AL
hambra field he struck out fourteen
men in eleven innings. Dear will be
seen in the uniform of the Gardena
team in the Southern State league ranks
in the future. John Dear, the second
Oldest brother, is another pitcher. He
takes to the mound much better than
he does to the bat, but with little
more practice with the stick he should
improve. G. Dear is good in the field,
and during the past three months has
made only two errors while playing on
the Dolgeville team. B. Dear is the
youngest brother of the five and Is at
tending the Alhambra high school. He
is there as Splinter in the 100 and
220-yard dashes and is an all-round ball
player James Dear, the short stop
of the club, is one of the best that can
be found In this neck of the woods. a
heavy sticker, and has the credit of ten
home runs in the last fifteen games
played. White, the second baseman of
the same organization, in the last two
games got seven hits out of nine times
at bat against the Transportation club
of this city. Rowell who formerly was
holding down the keystone sack, ac-
cepted twenty-nine chances without an
error Proctor, who has been behind
the bat for the Alhambra club the past
four years. always was found to be OF
great assistance to the country nine
He has a good whip. and only three
stolen bases were made off him during
the summer months. Roach, the tall
left handler in the autfield, Is a fast
man on HIS feet and always gets away
with the pitcher of the opposing team
Rutland. third baseman, is called tht
jumping kid" for in nearly every game
! he takes a big lean in the air and rob'
many a player of hit. CODY has de-
serted the Alhambra ranks to play or
another club in Southern California.
A change in the management of tn.