Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-31

For FIVE weeks Los Angeles will be
bereft of her Angels. For the same
period the sprouting Vernonites will
become the home team, and the fans
will have an opportunity to transfer
their allegiance to the Suburbanites
Yesterday afternoon the Los Angeles
team left for Oakland to open a series
today with the Commuters. Today al
Vernon field Brooks bunch will clash
with Portland, which remains in the
| south for their second week.
Happy Hogan's bunch arrived last
night from San Francisco, tired from
their long sojourn In the north, but
ready for a hard uphill BATTLE. The
opening of the home series finds them
still at the bottom. but they hope by
vigorous stick work to jump over the
heads of the Oaklanders and back into
their station in fifth place. Hogan Is
confident his men will finish fifth OF
better this year. Already he Is busily
planning several changes for next sea-
son, and, with the assurance from the
majority of voting directors that nc
steps will be taken with the elimination
of Vernon as the object, Hogan is pre-
pared to put much stronger team in
the field next year.
Devereaux on Team
New men will be seen in the Vernon
lineup when the team begins play this
afternoon on the suburban field. Brick
DevereauX, former State Lacquer, who
has seen the light and has joined the
Coasters to stay, is playing steadily,
and the sandy y-cropped infielder has in
jected a lot of ginger into the team.
Vance, the new pitcher has proved to
be of winning caliber, and Hogan has
a couple of others whom he expects to
develop into good men in time.
The present series starts with Oak
land running AZ points ahead of the
Vernonites, but a few victories by the
locals and a similar number of defeats
administered to the Reidy collection
will find the local continuous team"
forging to the fore. ]. w. Brooks, pres
ident of the Vernon team, who accom-
panied his men north, returned with
them yesterday and seemed entirely
satisfied with the prospects, as we'll as
with their showing while away from
home. The feat of the Vernonites in
bringing homo three games out of the
seven played with the San Francisco
team has induced the belief that they
are improving In team play.
Schafer, Hit, Vance and Bracken-
ridge are IN good condition, and with
this quartet the locals are we'll sup
piled with pitchers. Devereaux has
been shifted to third IN the last few
games, and Bernard is playing short,
with Haley on second, the latter having
recovered his batting eye. Truck
Eagan has been benched temporarily.
Los Angeles went north hoping to at
least break even in the five weeks OF
play In the north. San Francisco en-
ters the week with a lead of 51 points
a big difference at this stage of the
race, but one which by no means as
sures the northerners the pennant Dill
Ions men have pulled down the Seals
| from a lead of more than 100 points by
winning five straight series. If the
teams opposing the Mohlerites continue
to make even a fair showing and the
| Champions keep up their victorious
march the final weeks should see g
| sensational struggle, rivaling in close
ness the fights now being made in the
big leagues. But there is no use in
supposition. Steady hammerlng along
the same winning line will do the busi-
ness, and. though Dillon has sent his
team north without the backing and
moral support Of the gray-haired lead.
er, he expects them to break even al
least.
Sacramento plays the Seals on the
Capital city grounds, wherein they
have proved steady winners this year
Should the Senators take a fair share
of games San Francisco will drop still
further down.