Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-15
AMONG THE BOYS

Hen Berry is due back in Los An
geles today with his much abused band
of champions. Hen is a game loser,
but it will be interesting to know
whe Their he still is of that forbearing
nature that forces him to defend the
coast league in its walloptngs or the
Angel band by the freak schedule
route. Had his braves been forced 10
play only one game yesterday, as was
the case with the other clubs. ne would
have been nearer to the rag. Hen Is
bringing Cal Ewing with him this TRIP
to show the league car why 1t is
necessary to enlarge the league and
give Los Angeles continuous baseball
next season. The fans are with Hen
to man, woman and child, but Ewing
will have to mend his ways If he can
say as much in future.
Gus FEEDER is a great fisherman and
always enjoys vacation of two or
more weeks up In the Matilda country.
Every time he goes up there he gets
phenomenal catches of fish, but he says
he cannot be patient enough to sit still
and wait for the fish to bite, so he en-
ploys a less nervous individual to fish
for him on salary and gets all the sport
and fish stories without much exertton.
He is figuring on taking his ANNUAL
vacation in a few days and Is trying
to find a patient soul out of job who
will do his fishing on a salary. while
he sits under the trees and reads
Laura jeans dope.
Tom Stevens could not be found last
night when the news came that the
Angels had lost first place to the Beav-
ers. Searching enquiry failed to locate
him and 1t is taken for granted that he
has gone into exile until he can rid
his soul of it's torture while contemp-
lating the heartrending news. Tom
feeds on the good news of victory for
his pets and sacrifices Joy when the
occasional inevitable happensl
Harry Hill has cut out the pool and
billiard business since his Arcadia es-
adjustment went up in smoke recently
and has removed to Los Angeles. He
has turned back to Backbone for q
change and only occasionally Is
seen where once he was ac-
cusGomed to hang around. Harry has
q fine appearance, but his friends
doubt seriously whether he can be suf-
ficiently dignified to succeed in plead
ing the cause of others until he has
been tried out. Life is too easy and
the temptation to be happy is too great
for him to be serious. He does not
need the money, however. and can af-
IOrQ TO experiment.
Bill Rennick signs for the hoofbeats
coming into the stretch and for the re-
ViVal of the HorSemen'S club that made
headquarters with him during the last
racing season and every bit of bad
news from New York has been taken
much to heart by him. Bill is from
Kentucky, the blue grass region. and
legislation against horses strikes him
as being unconstitutional any old time.
Many of his dearest friends back home
are breeders of the thoroughbred and
he is doubIy interested in the future Of
the sport of kings.
James w. Brooks is absenting him
self from his downtown headquarters
considerably of late and 1t is unneces-
sary to inquire the cause. The Pasa-
dena dog show opens June 26 and
Brooks is busily engaged in getting his
prize winners ready for another cup
winning campaign. He has one of the
finest kennels in the west and the list
of prizes, specials and cups his terriers
have won for him long since grew to
such proportions that he cannot talk
about all of them.
Billy Johnson finally selected a win
ner of a fight when he put his bank
roll down on his namesake. Battling
Johnson, to win from Van Doozer last
Friday night and now he thinks he is
a real fight Handicapped. Billy was
the first fight fan in Los Angeles to ex-
press his admiration of the big mauler
and he is entitled to rank as the orig
inal Bat Johnson fan, although he has
not won very much in backing his
Judgment down to date. He is plan
ming a vacation trip on the profits Of
his investments last Friday night.