Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-07
NEWS AND NOTES OF THE DIAMOND

Park at Redondo; Gardena VS.. Pico
Heights at Gardena; Rivera VS.. Dow
ney at Los Nietos; Pico Heights VS..
Dyas-Cline at Joy park
May 23-Pico Heights VS.. Redondo
at Redondo; Downey VS.. Huntington
Park at Downey; Rivera VS.. Thistlas
at Joy park; Gardena VS.. Dyas- Cline
at Gardena.
May 3O-Pico Heights VS.. Hunting
ton Park at Huntington Park; Redon-
do VS.: Downey at Redondo; Gardena
VS.. Rivera at Los Nietos; Dyas-Cline
VS.. Thistles at Joy park
June 6-Pico Heights VS.. Thistles at
Joy park; Downey VS.. Gardena at
DoWney; Dyas-Cline VS.. Huntington
Park at Huntington Park.
June 16-Pico Heights VS.. Rivera. at
Los Nietos; Dyas-Cline VS.. Downey at
DoWney; Gardena VS.. Huntington Park
at Gardena; Redondo VS.. Thistles at
Joy park.
Harry Thompson, a former student
OF the Azusa high school, and for sew
eral months connected with the Azusa.
club of the California winter league
mas graduated into faster company. In
yesterdays mail came letter. and
When opened was a full-f1edged con-
tract from w. A. Armour Of the To-
ledo team, and all that Harry ThOmn-
son will have to do is to affix his name
10 the paper and he will be given
charge of left garden. While playing
on the Azusa high school and the
Azusa team Sundays Thompson made
a remarkable record for himself in the
em1-professiOnal ranks in Southern
California.
Much credit must be given to George
PnTv1-incr oh ~
VINO recommended Thompson to the To-
ledo team. This makes the third ball
player from this section of Southern
California who has joined the Toledo
club in the past few years. Armour
was not the only baseball magnate.
who had his eye on Thompson, for it
is said Hen Berry was after him. but
as he was born in the sunny south he
wanted change of climate, and there
fore refused the offer to play with the
Los Angeles club this season.
Chick Autry Of the San Diego team.
IN the California winter league, is at
hospital suffering from a severely
sprained ankle, sustained in a recent
double header on the southern diamond
Autry was with Omaha last season, but
will be seen in a Cincinnati uniform
this year.
sporting editor of The Herald yester-
day, and stated he would leave for
Mobile about March 6, to report to his
club for spring practice.
considerable amount of time and
money will be spent on the baseball
diamond at Pomona college for the i'm
provement of the baseball field. The
diamond and Outfield are being sur
roc
Bryn Mawr, of Redlands. is to organ
ize baseball team this season. 1t will
be organized the middle Of March. g.
A. Murray is to have charge of the
new club. Some of the players who
will be included are Frink, Taylor
GrandO and Castro. Last season the
nine played fOrty-two games and lost
nine.
The Meier baseball team is out with
a def to play any club in the Sunday
miscellaneous ranks. Any club desir-
ing to play this expert aggregation of
ball players can make arrangements
by calling up the sporting editor Of
The Herald.
John Butler of the Vernon avenue
school is one of the best amateur base
ball players in the grammar school
ranks. At the present time he is hold
ing down the keystone sack for the
VernoII Stars, and formerly was con-
nected with an amateur club in the
Saturday afternoon ranks. John has
brother named James who is con-
| nected with the U. S. navy and holds a
remarkable record as a mound artist
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The sporting editor of The Herald
wants to hear from the manager of
the Knaka Japs. Anyone knowing the
telephone number or address of the
manager of the little brown mems team
will confer a favor by. notifying The
Heralds sporting department.
The schoolmasters' team, which was
scheduled to play the Long Beach
high school practice game yesterday,
was compelled to call it off on account
of the rain
The first and second teams of Po-
mona high school had a scheduled game
of baseball for yesterday afternoon, but
it was Cancelled.
Polytechnic and the Los Angeles
high school baseball teams did not
play yesterday afternoon. Poly was
scheduled to play the st. Vincent's
college high, school nine, and Los An
geles was to travel to Santa Ana, where
! it was to try conclusions with the Santa
Ana high school.