Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-04

son, and feel more confident than ever
before" said Walter McCredie or Port
lands Coost league team, IS he left
for the training camp at san Luis
Obispo.
He expects all of his players except
one or two to be on hand by Satur-
day Ote johnson and Ed Kennedy
went with McCredie. Graney, Ryan
and Garabaldi (Basey) will join them
in San Francisco. While not claiming
that Portland will win the pennant,
McCredie declares that his men will
at least take second place.
Teams in the Pacific Coast Northwest
league have announced training camps
and dates for reporting as follows:
Vancouver--Prosser, March 20.
Portland-Ashland, Or, March 20.
Standardization March %.
Aberdeen-Walla Walla, March rs.
Seattle-Seattle, March %.
Tacoma-Tacoma March rs.
President Evans of the Fresno club
has resigned because he has not the
time to devote to baseball that VIII pc
required of the president of an outlaw
team this year. He retains his imam
cial interest and his coin will back the
team as in the past.
President Pulliam's i'll health is one
of many misfortunes that may come
to a man who tries to steer money
making baseball promoters to the paths
of righteousness, Baseball magnates
who peer beyond the box office find an
ever growing constituency awaiting
them. Mr.. Pulliam evidently believed
that the public should be given a win
ter return for summer investments.
The Eastern league schedule provides
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games in Newark. Excursionists from
Greater New York will turn many dol
lars into the mint that makes Pat
Powers circuit the envy of the minor
leaguers.
West Point cadets fear that Samuel
Strang Nicklin, with his southern
training and gallantry and his Broad
way haberdashery will make the SOL
diers uniforms look dull to the fair
watchers when Sammy begins his work
Of instructing the baseball squad.
Jake Weimer has been ordered to pay
a fine of $3.50 before he can join the
Giants. Jake vows he will never raise
his left arm to do it. But he may be
helped.
WANTED, more money" is the bust
ness wall of many ball players, but
of the financial kings. The affection
can be cured.
Mike Donlin, George Wiltse and Lar
ry Doyle still persist in having large
and imposing scrawl in the salary
clause of their contracts. Meanwhile
John McGraw and John T. Brush are
talking with landscape artists about
the real place for a taller pennant pole.
c. Webb Murphy Of the Cubs may
have planned to deliver that $4,000
prize to his hirelings, but he Is prob
ably nettled because the rude news
papers made such heavy headlines
about his liberality True charity and
publicity never harmonized In duet.
Prosperity Note.-Garry Hermann
has been so busy with his bowling
Elks and other interests that Cincin-
natl hasn't been tipped as pennant
winner yet, and the playing season is
only two months away.
The Eastern Connecticut league has
voluntarily increased the salaries of
umpires in that circuit. The heroes In
the trolley league battles will receive
SO per bout instead of 50 for each game
as in the warlike times of last season.
Giant rooters read of the fearful fall
of Bugs Raymond from q moving We
hicle with sorrowful thoughts of mid
summer, but when they discovered that
it was a street car and not the blessed
water wagon hopes were elevated to
the old high notch.
Pete Noonan. the former st. Louis
National league catcher, says he can't
figure on the baseball may fast enough
to keep pace with the managers. He
was transferred by the Cardinals to
st. Paul and then shipped to San Fran
cisco. Peter says he will stay in Pitts
field, Mass, play Independent ball and
take no chances of getting lost.
There's heaps of ambition in the
Brooklyn team this year. We will beat
out Boston," is the cry that makes Mr..
Ebbets men get on tip toes.