Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-30
COASTERS WILL
GO TO PASADENA
GAME WILL BE PLAYED THERE
NEXT WEDNESDAY
BERRY AGREES TO TEST 10y
Atty OF GROWN CITY FANS
Sacramento and Los Angeles viii
Meet in Afternoon Game--Georee
Wheeler Receives Offer to
Lead Oakland Team
BY A. e. DuNNING


An innovation in southern Coast
league ball will be instituted next
week, when the Los Angeles and Sac
ramento teams, which play the local
series, will meet in Pasadena next
Wednesday afternoon In a game at
tournament park. In conference be-
tween Henry Berry, president of the
Angel ball team, and Kingsley Stevens,
representing the Pasadenans who are
interested in the proposition and who
came over last night several strong to
urge Berry to place the game in the
Crown city, 1t was decided to give the
plan trial, and a test will be made
of the amount of support that the
Pasadena fans will accord the Coast
league. If the experiment proves a
success and the foothill fans turn out
well other games probably will fol-
low, and several times during the sum-
mer Berry may ship his team and
their opponents over the Short Line for
an afternoon game under the shadows
of Mount Lowe.
Berry was given power by the Coast
league directors to make such arrange
ments as he deemed best in the mat
ter. The Pasadena fans have been
after q weekly game for several weeks,
the campaign having in fact been be-
gun before the opening of the season.
Pasadena has always been good
baseball town, with the exception of
Sunday morning games, baseball on
this day having previously been dis
couraged in the Crown city. However,
1t is believed by those who have been
after Berry to grant the privilege that
a change of sentiment will be mani
tested when 1t is seen that the Los
Angeles leader is giving them such an
unusual opportunity.
The arrangement of this game will
L.
of the series. Since, through Berry's
efforts and his work alone, Los An
geles has been given continuous ball,
the local fans are not disposed to find
fault with the arrangement and, In
fact, on the Whole they are glad to
support Berry in his efforts to win
support for the game throughout the
southland.
Wednesday afternoons game will be-
gin at o'clock, allowing plenty of
time for the Los Angeles fans to reach
Tournament park. The grounds there
are being put into good condition for
the game.
Oaks Want Wheeler
President Wolters of the Oakland
baseball club has sent communities
ton to Berry asking that he enter into
negotiations looking to the transfer of
George Wheeler first baseman of the
Oakland for the remainder of the sea-
son. to act as the manager and field
leader of the team. Wolters Is en-
deavoring to strengthen his team In
every way possible, and for this reason
he has asked Berry to set figure on
Wheeler, in order to turn over the Oak
land team to the clever coaster. Whee-
Ter is one of the headiest men in or
ganized baseball on the coast He is
the player whom Mohler allowed TO
go from San Francisco, and whom Dill
lon was glad to give berth as utility
man, fielder, first baseman, and pitcher.
In all these positions Wheeler has
made good, and it is known that Moh-
Ter more than once regretted his action
in letting George slip away from aim.
Wheeler likes the south, and 1t will
take big offer to pull him away from
the Angels. but the position as leader
of the Oakland aggregation Is too adj
vantageous to pass by. and 1t is prob
able, If Berry is willing, the first base
man will go to the northern team.
His appointment of course would mean
obvious changes, which certainly would
be for the best Oakland has been al
lowed to lag behind merely because of
a lack of aggressiveness in manage
ment and this is what is wanted In
asking for Wheeler.