Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-01
BY RED PERKINS

ed for Portland, where they will be
connected with a transfer firm of that
city. Newton is assistant night operat-
or in the Southern Pacific office In Nor
walk. Manager Louis Pitzer has an
option on a lease of grounds 400x4SO
feet, and a large grand stand will be
erected upon the grounds, large enough
to hold 1000 people. II the option Is
closed. When he starts his fall games
he intends to have one of the fastest
semi-professional aggregations in the
south, which will stand by far as the
best team he has had for many seasons
The old material that will stay with
Pitzer, no doubt, will be the Leonard
brothers, Catcher Dutch" Hoffman and
Pendelton brothers. Pitzer is out with
def to play Saturday afternoon
games on the South Side Athletic dia-
mond, and any club desiring to clash
with this fast bunch of ball tossers can
Sunset phone, Main 5251, in the even
ings, or through The Herald.
Manager Louis Pitzer of the Pendo
club made the following statement yes
terday: 'In losing the pennant of the
Independent league 1 will say that 1t
took a classy bunch of ball players to
defeat us. Up to the ninth inning in
last Sundays game on the South Side
Athletic club diamond it was hard to
decide which club would. win. The
Home Councils and the Pendos always
enjoyed themselves when they met, as
they were connected with the same or
der and had a jolly time, no matter If
they wern opposing each other on the
diamond. desire to thank all the play
ers for their faithfulness in staying
with the Pendo club throughout the
series.
The San Gabriel club desires to play
the Redondo team. Answer through
The Herald.
The second San Pedro club desires it
understood that 1t Is out with a def
either to the Dyas-Clines on Labor day
or the Home Councils or Order of PEN
dos for next Sunday. The lineup of the
club will be as fellows: Stanton, catch
er; Jennsen, pitcher; Latszke, first
base; r. Holland, second base; John
son, short stop; H. Holland, third base;
Wood, left field; Ruther, center field;
Bennett, right field.
Games will be played at Point Fir.
min and the manager can be reached
by calling him up on the Home phone
at San Pedro Al. or the Sunset 376
The Express baseball team and the
Tigers played a twelve-inning game
Sunday, which resulted in a tie, the
score being to 5, at Agricultural park.
The feature of the game was the
twirling of John Harris, who served
the slants for the Newsies. He famed
twenty men. Any club desiring to play
the Newsies should call Home phone
29197 or Sunset South 5092.
Seven of the nine indoor baseball
teams from the Pasadena Y, M. C. A.
hava signified their intention of enter
ing the league again this year. The
teams which have sii lified their de-
sire to enter the game are the First
Methodist. Presbyterian, Lake Avenue
Methodist, All Saints, Baptist Chris
tian and First Congregational teams.
The two which are out of the fold are
the Lincoln Avenue Methodists and
Lake Avenue Congregationalists but
they are expected to enter before the
First Presbyterians defeated the First
Methodists for the first honors. The
season dragged along for three or four
months and was too long. Braden will
recommend to his successor that the
season be short and in that way in
terest in the games viii be kept at
white heat.
John Hasmier. manager and captain
of the Second Ascot Athletic club base
brll team, is one of the best junior
backstops in the miscellaneous ranks.
Hasmier graduated last year from the
Fifty-second street school. During va