Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-30

t WILL be only few weeks until
the California players now in the
4 east will be journey-ng toward
their old stamping grounds. Several
Southern California league clubs are
banking on, securing their services, but
since the National commissions latest
ruling it is very doubtful if they will
take a chance. A $3.50 fine and good
chance to be blaeklisted for life do not
sound very good in proportion TO sal
airy guarantee.
The National league has signed Clar-
ence Owens for its staff of umplres TOT
next season. He is the best umpire
in the American association. The rules
of the series to begin today Will hardly
affect the Outlaw league standing, but
NAV make a change for first three
teams in the home city.
Press reports to the effect that Frank
Arellanes, formerly of the San Jose
team, is the only Spanish player VINO
ever joined a big league is all a mis-
take. Charley Hall, the Ventura boy
now with the St. Paul team, is a full-
blooded Spaniard. and played with
Cincinnati in 1906.
Jakey Atz, the former Los Angeles
and Portland player, is playing panS
UP ball for the Chicago Cubs. His nit
ting has been the feature of the team
for several weeks.
Pat Flanagan, the rather awkward
fielder of the Vancouver club of the
Northwestern league, has been sold
to the Chicago White Sox for $l5OO'
but he win not report until next spring.
Pat now leads the Northwestern league
in hitting, with a mark of 1865, and is
still climbing. Pat is but 21 years old
and this is his first dash in the pro-
fessional ranks In his amateur days
he was a pitcher and an infielder. The
Vancouver club has also sold out
fielder Sam Hyatt to the Pittsburg
club for $500.
Wagner of Pittsburg continues to
led the National league in batting, his
percentage being 1888. Zimmerman OF
Chicago, with 1923. ranks second. Don
lin of New York, with .31S, and Evers
of Chicago, with .30S are the only other
National leaguers in the select 300
class
Titus ranks eleventh, with .276. The
percentages of the other members OF
the Phillies are Bransfield, .272; Ma
gee, 271; Doom, .261; Osborne, .26O;
Doolan, 1886; Grant, .225; Jacklitsch
.220; Knabe, POS; Richie, 200; Courtney
1S9; McQuillin, 165, and Sparks, .O5I
The Phillies rank fourth in batting
and fourth in long hits by clubs. Chi
eago leads in club batting and the
Phillies are first in club fielding. Was-
ner Donlin and Magee are the three
leading sluggers of the league in the
order named. OF the ten leading base
stealers Wagner is first, with Magee
fourth and Knabe tenth. Wagner also
tops the list as the best run getter in
the organization. Tucker of Boston has
yet to lose a game. This youngster has
only twirled two games, but he GER
tainly showed his class on Saturday
when he beat Chicago in fifteen in
nings
Criss of st. Louis, with .375, leads
the American league, but the virtual
leader in batting is Cobb, with 1883
owing to the fact that the latter has
been used only for emergency batting
Murphy heads the Athletics with .276
with i. Collins second with 1858. Davis
is next in line with .256. The per
centages of the others follow: Hartsel
.242; Oldring, .226; Bender. .225; Schreck
.215; j. Collins, .210; Plank, .210; Nichols
.208; Coombs, .205; Vickers, .19S; Pow
ers, .1S7. and Seybold, 146. Detroii
ranks first in club batting, with the
Athletics sixth. The Tigers are also
first in long hits by clubs, with Mack:
men fifth in this respect.
Boston has won five of the nineteen
games played this season with the
Chicago Nationals.
The Chicago Americans have won
three and lost. eleven ahoutout games
this season.
Jess Stovall of Louisville was
knocked out by a foul ball from his
own bat at Milwaukee the other day.
While Charles Street was given the
credit of making a phenomenal cater
when he caught the ball dropped from
the top OF the Washington monumeni
the critics of his home papers avei
that it was a foolhardy exhibition. Il
is alleged that he took great chance,
Of crippling himself for the rest of tn,
season and then Washington woult
have lost the mainstay behind the
plate. The critic Of the Washington
Star said:
Charley Street took a big chanc,
when he caught that ball from tn,
Washington monument, just for a littl,