Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-23
NEWS AND NOTES OF THE DIAMOND

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II twirled for the Pasadena team, is
A making good in the ranks of the
Pacific Coast league in every respect.
Marshall is a native of Los Angeles
and is 81 years of age. BEFORE enter
ing professional ranks he pitched TOT
the Santa Monica team, later GONG ~
Prescott, Ariz., where he played VIII
the team representing that toWn' aLrrl
which he took a trip to oregon, pay
ing on the Woodlawn team. HIS exceI-
lent pitching ability impressed man
ager McCredie of the Beavers ana ne
was tried out in the Beaver city against
the Los Angeles team. he won ms
first game in the professional raIks.
Marshall stated just before leaving
here that he might jump the Portland
bunch to join the Tri-state league, as
there was considerable more money III
hte "bush" league for him than III lne
Pacific Coast league. during tne iase
Portland and Los Angeles series mere
he pitched a good game FOR McSreulte,
ana through the help of Andy Francis
Briswalter won from Capt. Dillon
champions by close margin. BEFORE
taking IN baseball he was civil en-
eineer for the Los Angeles-Pacihc Rall-
road company. In the failure OF tne
American Security bank at Portland,
about eight months ago, Marshall lost
$500.
The body of Frank Bacon, the well
| known amateur ball player VINO oleu
suddenly in Brooklyn a few days ago
was laid to rest yesterday at lngle-
wood beneath bank OF flowers sent
by his many friends. One large piece
standing four feet high, representing
the gates ajar, was sent by the en-
ployes of Wells-Fargo company, Wnere
| he was employed for several months.
Several smaller pieces also were sem sem
by friends and former associates. inc
deceased was of exemplary habits ana
his career as a, baseball player was full
of promise In life he was respected
and in death he will be. sincerely
| mourned.
The Neidmore baseball team has
made application to join the Southern
! State league and at the next regular
meeting, to be held next Tuesday night
it no doubt will be admitted.
The Hynes baseball team is out with
def to play any team In southern
California at Hynes next Sunday, Los
Angeles Giants preferred. Call Home
phone I'll at Hynes.
Games scheduled in the Bankers
league for next Saturday are as fol-
| lows: Security Savings VS.. Citizens Ma
tionals at st. Vincents; First Nationals
VS.. Farmers and Merchants, at U. s.
c.; National Bank of California VS..
| American Nationals, at Joy park. NO
| games are scheduled for August l, al
| though the Security and the Farmers
and Merchants may play off their tie
| game on that date.
The Highland Park Juniors will play
the University Juniors a return game
next Sunday at Agricultural park.
| I.AII rrrnt, from
the Tenth Streets yesterday on the
Fifteenth and Central diamond by the
| score of to 8.
S. d. Upton, local representative of
| the Pasadena team, yesterday received
the following telegram from Santa Bar
bara: "Will send tickets for eleven
men Saturday. Bring Ferraris as he
is a drawing card" The Crown City
team will play the Channel Citys.
The Oil Wells team of Hermosa
| Beach has been organized and In the
near future games will be played with
Los Angeles mines.
Games scheduled In the California
Summer league for next Sunday are as
follows: Salt Lakes VS.. Athletics at
Boyle Heights. Edisons VS.. Hoegees at
| Chutes park and Chutes VS.. Venice at
| Venice.
Bill Lucero, second baseman of the
Edison team, has just returned from
hunting trip up the San Berdoo noun
tains and brought several doves and
one deer as a result of three days of
| hunting.
There is some talk of Lucero's being
attached to the new Venice team when
that organization joins the Pacific
| Coast league next season. Bill is hit
| ting we'll and has batting average
of 1888.
The lineup of the Eagles next Sunday
against the Dolgeville team will be as
follows: Basshast, catcher; Davis, sec
| ond base; Haight, third base; Stewart,
center field; Stoll, right field; Freeman,
first base; Drawer, left field; Smith,
shortstop; Shultz, pitcher.
According to Bobby Wallace, "Smil-
| ing Bob" Hodges, owner of the St.
Louis American league club, has prom
| Used twenty-five ST. Louis Browns $1,000
each IL they win the pennant. This
| $22, 600 is now in bank. Yawkey OF De-
troit and Murphy and Comiskey of Chi
cago offered their players large sums
of money to work their way up toward
the worlds championship. A rich re-
ward awaits the Browns in case they
| "cop." In addition to the $1,000 each,
| which Hedges has offered the players,
they would receive $4,000 each out of
the worlds championship series. This,
added to their salaries, will make the
players $4,000 or $4,000 weather. on their
seasons work.
"There isn't any doubt according to
my way of thinking, as to the advis-
ability of having two umpires instead
of one In every game" said Secretary
George M. Ward of the California
Summer league. "Good umpires, how
ever are scarce-scarcer probably than
good ball players. 1t has happened
very often on Southern California dia-
monds that close decisions have been
faulty in bringing about untrue re-
suits, while If two jumps were in the
game there would be no dispute what
soever."
The manager of the Pastime Ath-
letic team desires to hear from the
manager of the Wels-Fargo team in
regard to a game Sunday morning.
Call Pearson, South 4542.
Manager Pete Hansen of the Santa
| Anita team still is without game
| Sunday for his team and desires to
hear from any team in regard to play
! ing at Arcadia next Sunday. Call Main
| 7425.
Thomas Heffner has resigned as UNI
pire in the Atlantic league, to accept
the offer of the position of manager of
the Pottsville Clippers. Heffner will
play an infeld position.
Reports from the Good Samaritan
hospital, where Infielder Fred Merkle