Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-06

! l he training season OF the odSfa-
mento Senators is In full swing
= at Oak park and Manager Graham
has hard working squad of tossers
on the grounds twice a day. Every
morning and every afternoon a squad
large enough for two teams appears
and the kinks in the muscles Of the
players are rapidly being chased away.
The clearing process is at the expense
of considerable soreness at this early
stage of practicing, but If Manager
Graham keeps up the lick he has start
ed, every man on the team Will be in
the best condition when the season
opens.
Adopting the custom of other big
training camps, two teams, known as
the Yannigans and Regulars, play
daily games IN the afternoon. The
Yannigans are made up of recruits,
while the Regulars consist mostly OF
Senator'S.
Among those who are working for
positions on the team are Levy Of
Placerville and Moler of Winters, and
Harry Lilly, the local pitcher. Great
things are predicted for Lilly by those
who have seen him work, and IL earn
estness and hard work count, the local
twirler will surely make good. Moler
of Winters has proved himself to be
a shifty infielder. Levy is also work.
ing in the infield.
Transportation has been sent Reeder
of Imperial Valley by Graham. Reeder
Is a left-handed hitter and an infielder
and was recommended by Walter Ma
gle Of the Los Angeles club. He comes
highly touted, and If he lives up to
his reputation will be used as utility
man.
First Baseman Zamloch, who went
east with the Philadelphia Athletics
last year, will be given try-out by
the local management. He will come
up from the bay in few days and will
take part in the first exhibition game
of the season next Sunday, when the
Senators face the Brooke Realities.
The lineup of the Senators for this
game will be about as follows: Ora
ham and Byrnes, catchers; Brown,
Whalen and Baum, pitchers; Zamloch,
first base; Raymer, second; Shinn,
short; lansing, third; Doyle and
Reeder in the outfield.
Jimmy Shinn arrived from his home
in Healdsburg and appeared for first
practice at the grounds yesterday. II
might be added that Shinn brought
with him his pet wagon tongue, en-
cased in a leather coat. This same
club earned for Chinn a batting aver
age of .3l6 last year while he was with
playing to repeat it.
Shinns arrival sets at rest the ru-
mors that McCredie of Portland was
to grab him. Shinn belonged to Port
land, but McCredie was willing to
waive claim on him if he could get Ed
Kennedy of the Fresno club. He got
Kennedy all right, but wants to hog II
by taking Shinn. There was never any
doubt as to which club would land the
former Sand Crab.
Jimmy Burns and George Hildebrand
are not among those out for practice
i'll at the bay, and Jimmy will not join
the squad until later In the week. Hill
degrand was in Sacramento for a day
but has gone back to San Francisco to
undergo treatment for his lame knee,
and will not report for practice until
about a week before the season starts.
Although Hildy is to have his knee
baked, cooked, roasted and broiled in
an effort to get into shape, he is con-
fident he will be in good condition by
March 30.
Bobby McHale will officiate as UNI
pire at the practice games to be held
at the Oak Park grounds during the
training season. Bobby is still I'M
concerned, but has not given up hope.
All hope OF landing Joe Nealon has
been banished by the latter's failure to
correspond with the management. Not
a word has been received from him one
way or the other, and 1t is now a GER
tainty that he will play with Moreing
on the Oakland club.
Spider Kelly has telegraphed Ora
ham that he would be on hand to-
day for sure. Baum signed a Sacra-
mento contract some time ago, but all
sorts of influence has been brought to
bear at Fresno to have him stay with
the Raisin Eaters. Willis Kelly, man.
ager of the Fresno club, is a brother OF
Mike Kelly of the st. Paul club, to
which team Baum was supposed to be-
long. This was used as a lever to COM
pei Spider to stay away from Sacra-
mento, but it has apparently failed.
Oscar Strange and Bill Moriarity left
Stockton for the east, the former to
join the Detroit Tigers and Moriarity
the Cincinnati Reds.
The Fresno club has a full-blooded
Indian named House in its lineup. He
is an outfelder and said to be fast on
the trail and demon with the war
club.
The race in the State league this
coming season looks to be between Cy
Moreing's Oakland club and the Danny
Shay's Stockton bunch. with Fresno a
Woodworking third. The San Jose club
will have trouble keeping up with this
trio. 1t is not known what sort OF
team Charley Irwin will gather for his
San Francisco club.
The Fresno club has adopted the
name of Giants and from all accounts
it is an appropriate name. Fresno was
dealing with Cy Young, the second,
for time, but they could not come to
terms.
The grand stand which Moreing will
build at Oakland is. to be patterned
after the Stockton stands.
Umpire Jack Sheridan of the Amer
lean league will handle the indicator
in the White Sox-San Francisco games
at the bay, and will have an assist
ant.
The full lineup of the Sacramento
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