Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-05

kSlaughter ...ss..............'. Reeves
Hunt H............... Slaoacl
White ..................cf...... Nalencla
Price ..................rf.... Rooinsor
The batting average of the Orang5
team has improved considerably in the
last few weeks and six members of the
team are batting over the 400 mark
Pratt, first baseman, has batting
average of All; Carpenter, the third
baseman, has a percentage of .979;
Robinson is third in the percentage
column with 1916; Slaback, the LETT
fielder, holds his own with .355; Helm
richs has 1888, Witt is holding on fast
to the 1920 mark, Meehan at .265, Morrt-
son 200, Meats .1S7, Reeves .141 and
Valencia holds the cellar championship
with an even 100 per cent
The Fats and Leans, two baseball
teams of the Redlands Elks, will cross
bats this afternoon on the Redlands
diamond. The teams will be selected
from about thirty-fiye heavyweights
and about the same number of short
weights.
The teams will be selected from the
following candidates for no-hit, no
run game:
Fats-Marshal J. E. Wallace, Con-
stable J. A. Rivera, w. r. Cheney, c.
L. GiAOIO, VI W. ANCulo3 oCOl sc .. Dlts
gin, w. P. Rogers, A. e. Taylor, w.
w. Bean, Theodore Johnson, George
Larmore, H. B. Miller, Fred B. King,
0. e. Gaertner, Tom Murray, c. w,
Wade, George H. Dunn, DR.. C. E.
Freeman, H. C. Rumohr, C. H. Stone,
C. A. Maccubbin, George r, Stone and
Mayor H. P. D. Kingsbury.
Leans-B. Cochrane, 1. E. Mills, G.
d. Myers, A. C. Bay, C. NJ. Brown,
belmont LocEa, L. E. Hall, G. E.
Sucher, F. P. Meserve, Fred c. Fow-
Ter, Guy Sucher, J. H. Alder, F. A.
Nudge, Guy Stone. DR.. e. w. Plum
mer. c. w. Chamberlain, James H.
Finn, Jacob Poundstone, Lon G..
Hess, DR.. A. M. He lit.
The Anaheim baseball team has re-
organized and is out with a challenge
to play any team il the Sunday miscel-
laneous ranks. Write to box 205, Ana
helm, or answer this challenge through
The Herald.
In the baseball game for the cup Of
fered by the faculty of Whittier COL
lege between the preps and the college
clubs, the former was winner by "a
score of to In an eleven-inning con-
test yesterday afternoon at Whittier
Short, for the prepS, outclasSed Blount
for the college nine throughout the
entire game. doing much toward win
ming 1t, and 1t probably was owing
to the lack of practice on the part of
the preps and their numerous errors
that gave the college men any show at
all. Though rather weak in the field,
the youngsters stick work was far
ahead of the college men, and they hit
Blount freely. Blount was also liberal
in handing out bases on balls.
George M Ward of the Edison Elec-
trio club says he is carrying more play
ers than the Los Angeles team on his
regular lineup, and yesterday had
twenty-three on his lineup. "It seems
to me- said Ward Yesterday that
every new baseball player that comes
to the City of the Angels finds his
way to my place of business and always
is wanting to play on my team. I must
reduce my team, and to who will be
let out at the present time I have no
idea. At any rate, several heads will
be sacrificed"
The Eastern Quitting team wants
a game for tomorrow afternoon, and
any club desiring a game for Sunday
write to 1887 South Broadway.
Gervas. who has been playing with