Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-15
AMATEUR BALL NOTES

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AMATEUR BALL NOTES
At the last meeting of the Whole
salers league it was decided to dis
band and reorganize at meeting to
be held at the home of Director Cur
thrie tomorrow night, at which time a
four-elub league will be organized
with the following teams: Racycles,
Crescents, Hughes Manufacturing Co.,
and the Woodill-Hulse. Election Of
officers also win be held at this meet
ing.
Pitcher John Ash of the Highland
Park team is suffering from a sprained
wrist and will not be able to take part
in the national game for several
weeks.
First Baseman Roberts of the High
land Park nine is recovering from the
effects of the accident he Received the
other day at Pasadena, and will be
able to take part In the game in an
other week.
The Title Insurance and Trust Jun
iors have organized baseball team
and desire to hear from either the
Record Juniors or the Long Beach Jun
Tors regarding a game any Sunday
morning. Call up Manager Frank Ar
rousez in the order department be-
tween s and 5 o'clock any day. Tele-
phone exchange II.
Manager Louis Pitzer of the South
Side Athletic club desires to hear from
two clubs to play the second game on
that diamond Sunday afternoon. Call
Main 1881.
A new recruit named Mutually from
the east wants to play on some semi
professional or amateur team In any
position with the exception of pitcher.
Call Boyle 109.
Ray Hughes of the Hughes nine in
the Wholesalers league. will leave
shortly for a visit of two weeks in San
Francisco on a business trip.
Harry Venable of the Wieland team
in the Independent league will act
hereafter as captain and manager of
that club in place of Louis Corder,
who is detained on business matters
during the Sabbath.
Manager Gurthire OF the Racycles
left Saturday for a two days trip to
SnnSeI
Russ Clinton of the Southern State
league played big league ball for an
amateur at Alhambra the other day.
Clinton got sixteen chances and ac-
cepted them all
Ed Kennedy, the big first baseil1an
of the Fresno nine in the state league,
is one of the fastest men in the league
lroa nicKinU
grounders and runs bases like deer
Word comes from Kansas City that
Walter Carlisle, formerly of the Los
Angeles team, has been purchased
from the Boston Americans. Hen
Berry says he knows nothing about
such a deal and he ought to be wise to
it IL anybody.
Orders have been sent out from the
office of the chief of police to the ef-
feet that baseball playing on the pub
lie highway must be discontinued
hereafter. Patromen will be on the
lookout for those who violate this rule,
Bennie Smith, third baseman of the
Home Council team in the lndepend-
! ent league, is playing q remarkable
game for a lad of is years.
! From the information CLEANED yes
terday, there may be baseball game
after all between the police and fire
men this year. The handsome force OF
Chief Kern's department is waiting his
return from the east for final action.
The Pacific Stars baseball team has
organized and desire to hear from local
and out of town clubs in regard TO
Sunday games. Call up The Herald
sporting department
There is some talk of the employees
of the Southern Pacific organizing a
baseball club to compete with Satur-
day afternoon teams.
Exhibition games were contested in
the Wholesalers league yesterday be-
tween the Percivals and the Crescents
at Agricultural park.
James Davis, the well known boxer
and baseball player, is playing on the
Hynes team in the miscellaneous
ranks.
Manager George Reeves of the Pico
Heights team, is invading the nigh
school and college ranks for players.
Mcknight, formerly of Occidental col
lege. and Kelsey who plays on the
second team of the Los Angeles high
school nine. and Curran, who recently
was connected with the st. Vincent col
lege nine, have been signed up.
NJ T. Walton, formerly connected
with the Santa Ana team of the Call
fornia Winter league, desires to hear
from any manager in Los Angeles IN
regard to playing Sunday baseball.
Address him at 21O Carney street.
Player McElroy of the Anderson
Chanslor nine, winners of the Whole
salers' league pennant, who recently
met with a painful accident in losing
two fingers of his right hand, is i'm
proving and will be able to be in
uniform in a few days.
DOC" Newton got a two-bagger the
first time up on the South Side Ath-
letic field yesterday off Frank Carsey'
pitcher for the Meeks in the game
| against the Pendos.
Seven hundred fans witnessed Frank
Carsey and Peter Sullivan act as the
battery for the Meeks nine yesterday.
Pete got a clean hit over the center
fielder's head.