Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-21
NEWS AND NOTES OF THE DIAMOND


will change Allen from short to sec
ond, while Kirby will be sent to the
outfie1d.
Jack Doyle, manager of the South
Side Athletic club is making arrange
ments to organize a club for baseball
managers and others at the Thirty
eighth and Santa Fe diamond, where
field meets Of all descriptions will be
pulled off every Sunday. The ball
field is being worked over into a cinder
path with a two-twenty straightaway.
A handball court already has been in
stalled on the grounds Of the athletic
club, also gymnasium paraphernalia
for the members who desire to join the
new organization. 1t is the plan of
Doyle to charge an entry fee of $3.50
per month for dues to keep the club
in good standing. Any more informa-
ton on this subject can be had by
calling up Louis Pitzer at Main 5251
or Broadway $50.
While donning his uniform in the
dressing room on the Winsted, Conn,
ball field the other day, Washington of
the Philadelphia Giants succumbed to
heart disease.
The national commission has handed
down a decision adverse to John S.
Hoey's claim that his Boston Ameri-
can league contract of $500 per season
be enforced against the Trenton Tri-
State league club. The latter agreed to
assume the Boston contract for $500
per month when Hoey was transferred,
and promised to pay him that much
for five months of the Tri-State league
season. He now wants somebody to
pay him 5000 for the extra month. The
commission rules that the Trenton club,
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and Hoey's appeal therefore is dis
missed.
H. Withrow desires to hear from
some manager in regard to playing left
field or as pitcher. Call Main 1907 after
.. m.
Outf1elder John c. Barry of the st.
Louis Nationals has been playing good
ball for his team, making several good
catches at that position which have
saved his club from defeat against some
of the strongest teams of the league.
Paul Morgan of Springfield, aged p,
| was killed the other day by being hit
upon the top of the head by foul
ball. Just before this accident he was
struck over the heart by a pitched ball
| Harry Cole of the Wilkesbarre club
died yesterday in a private hospital OF
that city. He was injured by being
struck over the left ear by a foul ball
Manager Adair of the Los Angeles
| Athletic club team is burning some
| midnight oil these days in writing to
the various out-of-town baseball man.
ayers for games. He has written to
| Manager Hawley of Santa Ana for
oates either August "a or 30, and also
to the manager of the Chino Athletic
club ball team for date as soon as
possible.
w. Flynn, who formerly was con-
nected with the Meeks team in the In
| dependent league, desires to hear from
Manager Hahn in regard to playing II
left field or behind the bat. AnsWe
through The Herald.
The Amsterdam, jamestown ant
Gloverville baseball team of the New
York league went out on a strike tn
other day and refused to play until
they received their salaries. Their man
ager has been put on the bum for In
citing the strike.
Frank Bowerman, some catcher and
erstwhile Giant, now q giant killer
| should have been named Jack, but II
was an oversight on the part of his
parents, no doubt.
The Huntington Park ball team de-
feated the Ascot Athletic team last
Sunday by the score of to at Forty
second street and Central avenue.