Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-28
NEWS OF THE DIAMONDS
BY CHARLES JERNEGAN

equaled at exciting moments In state
and national political conventions, but
never locally did so many people get
together and make as much noise as
they did on Sunday when Bakersfield
took from Visalia its twenty-fifth
straight game for the season."
c. Russell former manager of the
Eastern Outftters' baseball team, has
returned from a four months stay in
the northern part of the state, where
he has been playing with the Redwood
City nine. Russell has brought back
with him new player who has signed
a life contract-Mrs. G. Russell. The
Interurban league extends to Mr.. and
Mrs Russell its best wishes for sue
cess on their every diamond.
At the recent meeting Of the manag-
ers of the Interurban Baseball league
the recent Palms-Covina contest was
declared a tie, and will be replayed at
some future date.
c. A. Mueller manager of the East
ern Outfitters, would like to hear from
any party who has four white uniforms
in first class condition. Suits must be
large size. Telephone F3S62 after p. m.
Pete Hansen is requested to call up
Miller
Phone Home 1921 or South 5347 If you
want a game with the II. r. Boynton
company's team for Saturday after
noon.
Carl Mueller has acquired a reputa-
tion not only as a ballplayer, but as
fire fighter, not to be confused with
fire. water fighter, although Mueller
fought the fire with water and did not
fight the fire with fire-water This hero
last week eXtinguished a blaze on the
west side which threatened several
residences, although Mueller was not so
badly injured as to be unable to par
ticipate in last Sundays game. There
IS some little talk among the members
of the Interurban league of negotiating
for a Carnegie medal, providing the
cost of same does not exceed the re-
ceipts of Sunday afternoons game.
Manager Abbot of the Directory team
and local pool shark, challenges any
player of the Interurban league to a
game of pool for q side bet of five
count them-1-23-4-5D big, round
iron sestertiae. By a careful computa-
tion we find that this sum would pro-
cure exactly one hundred Q00) beers
The baseball editor of The Herald can
for, although the series was an even
break. Abbot was unfamiliar with the
tables, and the editor received repeat
ed assurances that next time he shall
receive thorough trimming. Frank
neglects to state whether he wishes to
play straight or rotation pool, but we
assume the former to be the game.
Pitcher Saenz of the Palms team has
made such phenomenal record by his
twirling that there is every probable
ity of his being tried out by one of the
teams of the Coast league. Here Is a
record which has rarely, If ever, been
equaled. In six games Saenz famed
eighty players, walked seven men, hit
three boys by pitched balls and allowed
but twenty-eight hits, an average of
but little over four hits a game. Some
record for any pitcher, amateur or pro-
fessional!
Following is list of the players re-
leased by the Interbrban league, as
compiled by Frank Abbot, secretary,
and Carl Mueller, assistant secretary:
Directory-Frayer, Vogel, Iksteadt,
Gottleder, Apple, I. De Maggie, Lynch,
r. Lyons, 1. Orsatti, F. Orsatti, SAM
my, Basee, Stoll, Abe, Tucker Lamb,
Aguirre, Orath, Gaffey and Sansome.
Colegrove-Henshinger Brown, O.
Rankin, Steyer Mcdonald, 1. Summers,
G. Summers, Knowles, C. Lyons and
Spencer
Paraffin s-Howard, Withrow,
Abratts, Daniels, Richors. Cowley,
Claudia, Cline, Owens and Rehors.
Wells-Fargos-Teason, Siegle, Will
son, Studley, De Forrest, Sutton, King,
Dear and Huckaby.
Eastern Outfitters-Boyer, G. Lind,
Cornelous, Reeverts, Lebrandt and D.
Hughes.
Manager Hubert of the West Jeffer-
son Merchants wishes to state that the
notice appearing in an evening paper
asking for game for the West Jeffer-
son Merchants is evidently the work
of knockers or imposters. He also
states that he already has a game
scheduled with the Southern Pacific
nine on his grounds at Thirty-sixth
and Western avenue for Sunday after
noon. He says he has a lease on his
grounds and has not given any one else
permission to use them, neither has
he vested the right in any one else to
schedule games for his aggregation. He
warns managers that there is but one
West Jefferson Merchants, and games
can only be scheduled by calling West
31OS during the day. or A1073 at night.
Charles Hogan, formerly manager of
the Teddy Bears, will in future cap
tain the Directories. The Teddy Bears
team has been badly crippled owing to
the fact that many players have left
to join the Southern State or Interur-
ban leagues. The Teddies have a
game for Sunday with North Pasa-
dena, but are willing to resign in favor
of any other nine.
ey with which to pay their car fare
home.