Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-14
TWO CLUBS ARE TIED FOR
FIRST PLACE
AMATEUR PLAYERS PUTTING UP
FAST BALL
rirst Nationals and Farmers and Mcr-
chants Holding Down Leadership
Of League-Many Games
Played by Locals
sANkERs, LEAGUE

National Bank of California. 'vv
Ss.,.ans Nat,nnsl Isant ~ 8 400
American National Bank .....s w"
The First National ball team de-
feated the nine from Security Savings
bank yesterday by score OF to ..
Ward and Gray were the battery for
the First National team and Kelley
and Stanton for the Savings bank. kei-
ley allowed sixteen hits and Ward
gave ten. Ward struck out nine men
and Kelley famed seven. The game
was played at st. Vincents.
The National Bank of California
team was defeated yesterday by the
Citizens Nationals by the score OF 70
g. The game was played at U. ). y.
The Farmers and Merchants Nation
al nine easily won from the American
National team at Joy park yesterday
by score OF 5 to 8.
Although the First National team
has lost one game in the present series
ii is playing winning ball and bids fair
to finish the season at the head or the
list. The team is composed OF some OF
the best players In the league and Is
also the Oldest nine, being organized In
1908. Civille, who plays right field,
formerly was with the Alhambra nine
when that team was beating every
thing In sight. Ward. the pitcher, at
one time was the mainstay OF the
Whittier aggregation. Stone, who
plays left field, also Is from the Alham-
bra team. Pinkham, the third base
man, held the same position on the
Hynes team for Ia number of seasons.
Kingdom is recruit from the chicago
high school and shows his good train
ing in his playing. Second Baseman
Young played on the Los Angeles high
school team for two years. Jacobs
has played on different teams throughs
out the east. Gray, captain OF the
team and also catcher, held the same
position on the Y. M. c. A. nine when
1t was q member of the Mercantile
league. Higgins. the short stop. held
tho Southern California swimming rec
ord for fifty and one hundred yards
between the years of 1904 and 1906.
This is the first ball team. he eyer has
played on.
The Alhambra baseball team won
an eighteen-inning game on the AL
hambra field yesterday by the close
score OF 6 to 5. The feature of the
game was the heavy hitting of both
sides. Catcher Eagle, for the win
ners. secured three-bagger off Pitcher
Balione. Bonnie Smith, for the same
club, made a home run, while Cleve-
land secured a three-bagger.
Rivers brothers defeated the Holmes
Richardson nine of the produce clubs
ON the Thirty-eighth and Alameda dia-
mond yesterday In a fve-inning game
to the tune of 8 to g. Hoffman and
Mitchell were the batteries for the
winners, while Nelson and Fallas were
on the firing line for the defeated nine.
Haas Baruchs gave the Newmarks
a terrible drubbing on the South Side
Athletic field by a one-sided score of
rs to 7. Jockey" Mountain, for the
winners, and Catcher Tom Leahy got
home runs. Mountain was given cred
it for three hits out of FIVE times to
the bat F. Smith, for the Haas
Baruchs, copied a two-base hit and
for his nine.
The Lucky Nine baseball team de-
feated the Pendo Juniors on the South
Side Athletic diamond yesterday morn
ing in a shutout game, the score being
. to 0.
Games scheduled in the various semi
professional and amateur leagues. in
Guiding the miscellaneous games for
this afternoon in Southern California.
are:
Pasadena VS.. Hoegees at Chutes park.
Observation-Disclosures, pitcher Leahy
(captain), catcher; Moriarty. first base;
Harris, second base; Schmuck. third
base; j. Wilson. shortstop; Hillard,
left field; Wilson, center field; An
drews, right field.
Hoegees-Dennis, pitcher; w. H.
Goodman (captain). catcher; WillSin-
son. first base; Flick, second base;
Mast, third base; McQuade, shortstop;
Laswell, left field; Nichols. center field;
G. Goodman, right field.
Edisons VS.. Venice at Venice.
INSTRUMENTATION pitcher BucTx-
by-Schildwater, catcher; Salyer (cap-
tain). first base; Lucero, second base;
Gabe, third base; Goodwin, shortstop;
Encoe. left field; Wilhoite center field;
Cornett right field.
Notwithstanding or Hearst. pitcher;
Eagle. catcher: G. Kimmerle, first base;
Pfeister, second base; Campbell. third
base: Piake (captain). shortstop; Kin
Klein left field; Hastings, center field;
H. Kimmerle. right Held.
Southern state League
Dyas- Cline VS.. Salt Lakes at JOY
Dyas- Cline-Grindel, catcher; Lyman
mr. yharrando pitcher; Rowell. first |
base: Allen, second base; Kelly, third |
base; Lamar, shortstop; fbarrando or
LYMAN. left field; Casey, center field; |
Goddard. right held; stone. SUBSTITUTE
pitcher: Proditte. first base; Ely. sec
ond base: Quartz third base; Clarity.
left fleld: Corbin, shortstop; Clinton.
center field; Clary, right field.
Christopher Levys VS.. San Diego at
San Diego.
Independent League
Meeks VS.. Pendos at South Side Ath-
letic club. Wellands VS.. Lukes at Thir-
ty-eighth and Alameda Florence VS..
Home Council at Florence.
Lineups are as follows:
Pendo-E Newton. second base; G. |
Scott. third base; @. Leonard. catcher;
Pendelton, shortstop; 0. Lennard.
pitcher; Truitt. tcenter field; +. Scott,
first base; Sawyer. left field; Boden.
right field
Afeeks-sullivan. first base: Frank