Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-28

TERRY ABBOTT, the fast third
baseman OF the Pastime CLUB, Is
y one of the best amateur pla S,e,I ~
the city, and it is only quesIloen ~, ~
time until he is nabbed by one " t ny
semi-professional magnateS he
south, for not only can ne the, Jii' He
can field ball and aeaa Fnp O batting av
erage is over the 300 marx;
Te,,.g also is a bootban player ana
NO do,3bt will be heard from this COM
ing season. as ne will enter eltner 81:
Vincent's or U. 5. Z; ms s,, aeo 20 he VI
nan Of class. having played In the back
ffaid IF the Chicago Athletic club
+aams NJ '06 and '07. Among his friends
he ia popular and all unite In wishing
him success In his EFFORT TO win 1ame
and honor, both on the diamond ana
gridiron.
Word comes from the north that
Mioue Fisher has decided to take
twelve players to the orient next fall.
He has made up his mind that among
the pitchers to go with the team Is
dolly Gray, the premier pitcher OF
the Coast league. Arrangements were
made the other day and no doubt he
will show the fans of the kingdom or
the mikado how we play the national
game Gray wiz report to the WASH
11kIOu CluD WHcn lll6 eANAAAS CCeA-'N
league series closes, and, according TO
the eastern press, Gray is beyond par
with the eastern pitchers In. every re-
spect.
The Herald has sent a dispatch to
the Bloomer Girls baseball team, ask
ing for dates with Southern California
teams when they venture south on
their trip around the routhern part OF
the state. Next Sunday the Bloomer
baseball team will try conclusions with
the Sacramento team at Oak park
and will try to their best ability TO
keep up their rep" in winning games
from the professionals Of the
north as we'll as on the eastern circuit.
As stated in The Herald of yesterday,
they are "some fine" players and will
give the southern club rim for hon
ors If they come south.
Bill Burns, former pitcher for the
Los Angeles club and r DIV with WASH
ington. and whose ribs were fractured
in fight in the dressing room with
another player of the same team. never
may be able to take part in the ma
tional game this season. In an exami-
nation the other day it was discovered
that Burns ribs were fractured in two
places. With a little more rest, no
doubt, Burns may be able to take part
in the minor games of Washington
club schedules.
In their efforts to strengthen the
Cleveland baseball club for the sea-
son of 1909, Kilfoyd and Somers have
already spent $27,750 for new players.
In a way, part of this was expended
to strengthen this years club, as four
of the purchased players have already
reported.
Here are the men purchased by
Cleveland since the season opened:
Falkenberg, pitcher, from Washing
ton american league), $4,000.
Land, catcher, from Toledo (Ameri-
can association, $4,000.
Wright, pitcher, from Oakland (Pa-
cific Coast), $2750.
Ryan, pitcher, from New Orleans
(Southern), $500.
Lord, outfielder, from New Orleans
(Southern), $500.
AItizer, outfielder, from Akron, 20.
and P.). $4,000.
Raftery, outhelder, from Portland
Pacific COAST, $4,000.
Foster, pitcher, from Charleston
(South Atlantic), $500.
Cough pitcher, from Saginaw
tsouth Michigan), $500.
Capt Ritter formerly of the Dyas-
Cline team in the Southern State
league, is making good in his new
birth at Imperial, but has been on the
sick list for the past three or four
days and unable to fill his position as
outfielder. Catcher Wisel, another
Southern California league player, has
been making good in every respect and
will "shine" in big league company
next fall.
Big league baseball players are not
mincing any words in their criticism
of the latest edict of the National
league commission which prohibits
owners of clubs which have pennant
winning teams from making gifts of
money to players at the. t1nlsh OF the
worlds championship SERIES The COM
mission has just decreed that the boz
nues must be eliminated.
There will be g. benefit game for Rob-
ert Lyon tomorrow afternoon at
Chutes park for the purpose of raising
funds to, help pay the doctor bills OF
LYON in his troubles while playing
with the Clubs in the California league