Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-16
AMATEUR GOSSIP
BY RED PERKINS

NOTWITHSTANDING the TACT Cnat the
Angels will play at home with the San
| Francisco, Oakland and Portland
teams during the next three weeks, the
Southern State league will place
classy article of ball on the local mar
ket for Its patrons on the Joy park
diamond every Sunday afternoon,
starting at $3.50 o'clock. Games will
be played also at Santa Barbara and
San Diego.
AT meeting of the officials of the
Southern State league, to be held at
Eagles hall tonight, the final business
of the old organization will be wound
up and the new league, organized
under the leadership of ]. S. Allen.
who has worked hard during the past
! thirteen years to make semi-profes-
sional ball in Southern California
,, what 1t is today, will be started on its
way.
Thomas Vacher will be candidate
for president and it is safe to say he
will be elected, as no opposition for
that office has entered the field. Fol-
lowing are the managers that will be
represented at the meeting: g. E. Pot
ter, Santa Barbara; w. H. Palmer,
San Diego; Thomas Vacher, Eagles; l..
Musente. DyasClines; w. Prayer.
Christopher-Levys.
]. s. Allen no doubt will be elected
treasurer and hold the strong box, not
empty by any means. L. Musente is
slated for recording secretary. There
is some talk Of the Southern Pacific
nine entering the league to complete a
six-team circuit. Three official UNI
pires will be used through the season
and score keepers will be appointed to
keep accurate tabulated scores.
A deposit will be made by the differ
ent managers as a guarantee OF good
faith to play out the league series. The
Eagles will open the second game of
the season at San Diego next Sunday.
Jack Hartley, captain of the San
Diego Pickwick team, was In Los An
geles yesterday on q business trip, on
his way to the Imperial valley. Hart
ley will return in time to go with the
Eagles, who will fly to the southern
city next Sunday to play the San Diego
nine.
Not many of the friends of Manager
George Luke are aware that he for
merly played with Dummy" Taylor
before he met with an accident~Whlle
working with a switch crew for the
Southern Pacific company, in Whlch
he lost his left arm and leg. Luke. In
his prime, was considered to be a fast
pitcher and in one game away back In
the sos he famed eighteen men.
Reports in amateur circles yesterday
were to the effect that Pitcher FRANK
Smith, who has won the seven games
in which he has twirled in the indie
pendent league, is about to leave Los
Angeles to fill a position in the yards
of the Southern Pacific at lndio.
Buck Kelley. formerly with Santa
Barbara and the Edison teams, has
been signed by the Lukes nine in the
Independent league. He will play at
shortstop position.
PLAYER Encoe of the Venice team
nlaved a star game for that team last
Sunday, making a fine throw from
deep center field to third base. retiring
Flake.
Pitcher Sam Ferraris of the Pasa-
dena team got a home run Off Slapster
Dennis of the Hoegee nine at Chutes
park last Sunday
The left fielder of the Venice team is
shy on the word "23'' which Is printed
on a sign board. He was about to
| catch an easy fly when a fan bawled
out "23," and he muffed the ball.
Fred Wilkinson. first baseman of the
Hoegees, spoiled a fine play which
would have developed into triple II
at Chutes.
Bill Gamble, formerly of the Hoegee
nine in the Summer league and now
with Seattle, Is making good in the
box and at the bat. In recent game
he got three hits in five times at bat.
The Highland Park team has a game
scheduled with the Weils-Fargo nine
next Sunday on the Highland Park
diamond.
James Gray, catcher and captain of
the First National bank team, was
madden than an old March hen yes
Pitcher Beammer Of Los Angeles high
school had signed with the National
hank of California IT don't think II
is good craftsmanship for teams In
the league to employ high school and
| college players as messenger boys and
then class them as employees"
The Hynes baseball team played
with the Palmettos Sunday on the
Hynes diamond. The score was IL to
l. Willie Mead has resigned as man
ager of that organization.
The San Diego team will have sew
eral new faces in it's lineup when 1t
meets teams from the Southern state
league in the future. Following IS the
| new IlneuDs OCllulAA, NetLNA4Ci' 0CNA0
Cole, pitchers; Sivererling, first base;
Baine, second base; Hanrahan, third
base; Cauthorne. shortstop; Becker,
right field; Hartley, left field; Lam
bert, center field.
The Whittier college baseball team
won its last game of the season yes
! terdav against Town team by the score
of 9 to s IN ten innings. At the close
of the ninth inning the score stood
to 8.
Meetings scheduled for tonight are:
California Summer league at 521R
South Spring street, Southern State
lea cue at Eagles hall on East Third
street.
Ty Cobb played to the gallery in
! Detroit police court the other day for
| battery on a colored man and was
| taxed $40.
John Bouett, umpire in the Indepen-
| dent league, was absent last Sunday
at the game between the Home Coun
| ell and Florence nine on account of
illness of his wife.
Manager Alex Hoag of the Meeks
team comes to the front again regard
ing the unpiring of Friedenburg on the
| South Side athletic diamond last Sun
| day and says he will file charges
against him at the next regular meet
ing of the Independent league directors.