Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-05

n IG up the old pencil and begin 10
figure out the batting averages,
~ for the baseball season is right In
our midst. The White Sox, fifty-nine
strong, counting players, newspaper
men and friendly rooters, dropped on
their palatial special yesterday morn
ing and will at once get into shape lor
the opening game with the Angels,
slated for Friday.
The Sox are surely one grand bunch
OF ball players, and their arrival IN
Los Angeles has started all the fans TO
buzzing again with doings of the dia-
mond. The old timers are already gaz-
ing longingly toward the Chutes lot
where the locals and the visitors VIII
play their first game Friday afternoon
AS soon as they stepped off the cars
Hen Berry and his delegation escorted
the Chicago players to the Lankershim,
where they will stay while playing III
Los Angeles. In the bunch are Captain
Charles Comiskey, president and owner
and wife: Louis Comiskey, treasurer,
and son. Charles Fredericks, secretary;
Joe C. Farrell, president of the White
Sox Rooters' association; Robert %.
Cantwell attorney for the club, wife
and son: Admiral John P. Agnew; Dan
7 walsh. former sheriff of Cook coun-
~. Senator Ed Redpath; Senator John
Burns. wife and daughter; Mrs. Ber-
nuody and two children; N. l.. Cllp)
O'Neill. president of the Western
league. Ed Comiskey; William j. Lea
nv assistant general passenger agent
of the Rock Island, in charge OF the
marty. former Fire Chief Campion. Wlfe
and daughter; John Howard Ioou'
western representative of the New
York Herald; George c. Rice, basepali
editor Chicago Daily News, and wife;
Gus w. Axelson, sporting editor OF the
Record Herald, and Dave McCuddy.
The players are: Sullivan, Shaw, Wea-
yer and Armbruster, catchers; Whlte
Walsh. owen, Smith, Altrock, Feine'
Most, Freeman, Olmstead and Manuel
nitchers: Donohue and Anderson, hrst
base: Davis and Quillan, second base;
Tannebill and Purtell, third base; Par
ent and Osteen. shortstop; Dougherty
and Leieune, left field; Jones and
O'Neill, center field; Hahn and Hart
right field; Jakey Atz, utility. Whlte'
owen and Smith are accompanied ny
their wives.
Glad to Get Here
"We're mighty glad to get here,
was the first thing Comiskey said after
he reached his hotel "The trip across
the country was rather t1resome' so
the men will rest today and cut out
all diamond work until tomorrow. IN
the morning they will don suits ana go
through light practice, for we're going
to give Berry's bunch the times OF their
lives, and don't you forget it.
The Sox have been divided into two
teams and the pick of the bunch has
been promised for the first series with
the Angels Hen Berry's hirelings are
hard at work and are in fair shape
already to resume the game after a
rest of four months.
Team number two of the Chicagoans
will be sert north today to play San
Francisco and the teams along. the
coast and in the valley. They will come
back here later, and Comiskey expects
to be able to pick out his new stars
by then.
Despite its length and the unpleas-
ant features always to be encountered
in travelling, the White Sox enjoyed the
trip across the country and one and
all express their appreciation of the
training ground selected for them. They
are a fine appearing lot of diamond ars
lists, and for the most part look more
like successful business men or col
lege athletes than they do like profess
sional ball players.
Several familiar faces stuck them
selves through the windows as the
special entered the Arcade depot,
among them being Jakey Atz and Nick
Altrock. Both played here in days
gone by, and they were cordially greet
ed by those who knew them before.
Hen Berry is confidence itself in re-
gard to his teams chances against the
visitors. "Sure We'll skin these guys"
said the busy Hen. "And then the ban
quet will be held. OF course, it will
have to be eight or ten games straight
for us, or else there will be no free
lunch, but at that I'm worrying over
how much these Chicago men can eat
at one sitting"