Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-15

TT ODAY the drafting season opens In
the Coast league, continuing for
II fifteen days. This is the oppor-
tunity for the minor leaguers to get
their finger into the baseball pie, and
indications are that every team, with
the possible exception of Portland, will
make an attempt to add to its strength
in anticipation of the 1910 league race.
1t is practically conceded that San
Francisco has the present season PEN
nant tied up so tightly that not even
concerted action could pry it loose. But
next season-well that's a different
story and every Coast league mag
nate falls to dreaming and planning
when the 1910 prospects are mentioned.
Hogan's Vernonites, Charlie Graham's
Senators and even the much maligned
Oaklanders will make careful selections
Of their new men, and there will be
many changes in the Coast lineups
next year.
Joe Willis, the Vallejo scrapper, is
being considered by Manager McCarey
of the Pacific Athletic club as likely
opponent of Jim Flynn for battle in
Los Angeles early in October. Flynn's
fight in Pueblo with the much touted
negro conner whom the Colorado sports
think is a good lad, has been post
poned, and so Jim is due to languish
around in higher attitudes for couple
of weeks. But right after this bout the
fighting fireman will return, and then
Willis probably will be shipped south
and card manufactured with these
two mixing middleweights as the stars.
Jim Barry found himself an object of
lively interest in gay Paree. The big
heavyweight was surrounded by an ad-
miring crowd as soon as he hit the pier
at Cherbourg, and for while Jim was
somewhat flustered by the many at
tentions shown. But Jim found quick
ly that it was something besides his
personality and his reputation that
drew so many admiring glances many
of them from behind soft lids, and the
story of the reason therefore Is a
mighty good advertisement of the An
gel city. A Los Angeles wardrobe that
went the up-to date Parlsians one bet
ter. This is the secret of the sudden
interest he aroused.
Before leaving Los Angeles Barry
hled him to Cooks trunkery on Spring
street and said, Gimme the best there
is in the tog holders"
He got a patent wardrobe which cost
$S5 net, but il was worth it. Nothing
like the Los Angeles patent trunk had
been seen on the continent The hired
hands az the hotels where Jim stopped
sized him up for some kind of king
when they saw the wardrobe and bled
him accordingly. In Paris there was
talk about that Barry trunk in the art
galleries and among the Apaches-
from one end of town to the other
People came for miles to see 1t and
blocked traffic several times After
some inquiries the maitre d'hotel de-
cided that Jim Barry was an Irish
king, and he secured some Irish pota-
toes and brewed a puree de pommes de
terre in honor of the wardrobe.
Wherever went Jim, went the ward
robe along. 1t became the talk of the
continent, and when Barry sailed for
home every fashion plate in the giddy
city appeared to see him off and gel
peep at the trunk, causing a delay
in the sailing time of the steamer
Hence the Los Angeles trunk man is
prepared to furnish wardrobes to pu-
gilists at cut rates provided they go tc
the continent and spread his name and
fame.
1t was the old story Of the dropping
out of public life of another freak whc
has been an object Of curiosity fol
years when the announcement came {
few days ago that Joe Grim, the 'fror
man." battle-scarred ringman, who has
taken more beatlngs without succumb