Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-30

ashes.
Red Randolph at last marks UT
"win' after his name. He held the
Oaks down to four hits yesterday and
also got nice one himself. Red must
| be hitting his stride again.
Six doubles in one game and five OF
them off the Oakland pitcher. Nc
wonder Los Angeles is forging to the
front with such stick work. 1t will
be noticed that the regulars of the
heavy batting line, Ellis, Brashear and
Dillon, are interested In the doubles
story of yesterday and also Hap Ho-
gan and Jud Smith broke into the lime
light. Van Haltren, to save his team
from disgrace, just had to pop out the
sixth double.
I wonder how poor old Pop Van Hal
tren feels, anyway, with his team
going down, down, down every day,
in monotonous regularity? He always
was hard loser and methinks 1t would
be comforting to see him walking sadly
toward quarters after the game, In
striking contrast to his manly display
of bosom when the Oaks trounced the
locals in the opening series in the
Angel city. It's the old laughs last"
gag, and the smile on Vans face is
one of those invisible stripes.
"R. Unholz of South Africa" was the
sign painted on a big black trunk that
was hoisted on the shoulde>5 of burly
baggageman into the quarters of the
East Side Athletic club yesterday
afternoon, while Brock was finishing
the short exercise work out to wind up
his training. Unho1z trained for two
battles at the Eastlake park quarters
and when he decided to stay over
a while and tarry in the shades of
Angeltown he sent his trunk out to
the east side. A peep at the work of
Brock and Welsh in the ring this
afternoon may have something to do
wise to let nothing escape YOU. says
the little Dutch boy.
This Johnson-Van Doozer affair has
caused no end of talk along the sport
Rialto. The fans seem to regard the
match as a freak card, but there is
also a general belief that II Van can
stand and take Bats punches 1t will
result In furious and interesting mill
ing of the kind that will raise the
gallery to its feet. The public in gen.
era1 does not look on this gentleman
fighter business with favor, but there
seems to be a disposition to give Van
Doozer all chance to make a good
showing wit the bulky Russian.
Eddie Robinson took exception to the
statement published in this page yes
terday that his little Jap, Young
Oyama, had started three times and
has been beaten at every start This
must be acknowledged an error, as
the game little Jap outgamed and put
out Eddie Lennon when he fought his
second scrap. He has shown consis-
tent Improvement in every appearance,
and although the Jap has tendency to
fight backwards at times he has be-
come immensely popular. The battle
at Bakersfield the evening of July
should be hummer all the way as in
twenty-round contest Young Oyama
should stand a good chance of giving
Kutchos a bitter argument. Manager
McCarey must be given the credit for
the idea of bringing Japs into the ring,
as months ago he proposed a plan,
tentative merely, for a japanese elm
ination program, with the idea of pro-
ducing good Japanese fighters to pit
against the classy light boys. It. was
only dearth of material among the
brown skinned fighters that caused the
abandonment of the idea.
Bubbles Robinson, the game and
clever little 126-pound colored boy who
has been in the north working with
Joe Cans, has lighted on his feet in
the dust of Los Angeles again and is
back on the street ready for another
battle. Several suggestions have been
made that he meet Kid Carsey in a
ten-round go, and as both men are fast
and wise unto the tricks of the game
the bout undoubtedly would prove at
tractiye.