Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-28
ANSWER to a challenge which

I N ANSWER to a challenge which
appeared in yesterday mornings s
= Herald, Manager Ward of the Edl-
sons has come through with a line OF
talk which should be productive of re-
suits. Manager Wards confidence in
the ability of his nine appears to be
built on a rock foundation as the lead
ers Of one of the fastest amateur
leagues in Southern California, are
not only winning every game in major
league form, but are branching out
preparing for a whirl at the state
championship. Wards assertions are
backed up by a roll of the long green
He writes as follows:
''I am very sorry, but Admission day
Is not a holiday with my team, and l
will be unable to accept his invitation
to let them show me how the great
national game should be played, but
we are always open for engagements
and will accommodate the Covina team
with a game on Sunday morning, sep
tember II. Game to be played at Ath.
letic park Boyle Heights on a basis OF
winner take all, and Mr.. Bondie, owner
Of Athletic park, stands ready to wager
all the way from $50 to $100 on the
Edison team, the Covina team to cover
at least $50 of this amount three days
before the game is played. The CoVina
team to use only players that nave
played on their teams in the last three
games they have played, The same
condition governs the Edison team.
Two umpires to be selected satisfactory
to both parties. Yours very truly,
GEORGE NJ. WARD"
e. L. Tilley manager of the Wells
Fargo baseball team, requests all play
ers to be at the Pacific Electric station
not later than 11:45 a. m. Sunday.
SUNDAYS Jov park attendance will be
treated to a double-header. The first
game will he what promises TO prove a
fast go between the NJ. ]. nine and the
pioneer Stars, while the second contest
will be held when the Los Angeles
Giants cross swat sticks with the NC
Cormicks.
1t is more than likely that the East
ern Outftters baseball team will in
future exhibit their skill under the
name of Doyle's Pets, although the nine
will still remain a member of the In
terurban league. Doyle will be given
full charge of the team, and new suits
will be forthcoming. Carl Mueller Will
still retain the active management of
this aggregation and believes that with
several new players whom he will soon
sign and the new uniforms that his
squad of ball players will soon find
berth at the head of the lnterurban
percentage column.
The Wieland baseball team will meet
the Huntington park lads Sunday aft
ernoon at the grounds Of the former
nine, Thirty-eighth and Alameda
streets. A nine-inning game of real
baseball should be the order OF the
afternoons play.
The Bishop baseball nine has COM
pleted arrangements for mixing it with
the San Fernando players Sunday aft
ernoon at the Bishop grounds. Both
teams are in form, although with Smith
and Leonard in the points for the locals
the Los Angeles aggregation Is predict
ing that they will cop the long end Of
the score. The Bishops are to be COM
plimented for their success in bringing
a nine from a city as far distant as
San Fernando to Los Angeles. Let the
fans turn out and help to pay the eX-
penses of the visiting team.
A team of baseball artists composed
of those who have at some time or
another played on the Redondo Beach
nine of the Southern State league, and
captained by Ed Murphy, well known
in amateur baseball circles, will en-
deavor to illustrate that the Redondo
Reach nine lost a better bunch OF play
ers than 1t can boast at the present
time. The game will be held either
Labor or Admission day. Following Is
the outcast lineup, which from this
side of the score board appears all TO
the good:
McCloud, catcher; Lyon or Ybarrando,
pitcher: Counts, first base; Schaefer
second base; Jensen, third base; Nalle
shortstop and captain; Cline, left field;
Bradshaw, center field; Sankey, right
field.
VIII Lewis OF the Parrafines tele-
phone Hansen, Broadway 1906?
That the Edisons will be enthusias-
tically received when they arrive in
Bakersfield for their series of baseball
games with the nine of the northern
city is evidenced by brief account OF
the enthusiasm displayed at last Sun
days contest which the Bakersfield
lads won from the Visalia nine by 3
to 2 score. The following is from the
Bakersfield Californian:
bakersfield may be said to be fairly
baseball crazy. Out of population of
1900, more than 1000 attended the
game on Sunday. and most of them not
only watched the interesting contest
from beginning to end, but shouted
themselves hoarse over 1t. There is a
good deal of enthusiasm over the ma
tional game when women, with hats
awry, vie with the men in noise MAX
ing, and staid citizens outdo the small
boys on the bleachers in enthusiasm.
1.-TWO thousand people are q good
many and when all of them shout to-
gether it makes a good deal of noise.
The volume of ii on Sunday has been