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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
PASADENA DROPS OUT
OF SUMMER LEAGUE
HARRY DEXTER FAILS TO AT
TEND Meeting
President Mccormick Declares He is
Confident That other Clubs
Will Stick Together and
Achieve Success

Owing to the failure of Harry Dexter
who was present at the first meetnlG
of the newly organized summer league
to put in an appearance at meeting
called last night for the purpose OF
completing arrangements, the IAN
name of Pasadena was dropped Iroin
the roster, and as result announcer out
of-town club is desired py tne ploAAI =.
ters of the summer organization. IL
was insinuated at the gathering lasi
night that Dexter was on the renee
and not in a position to foster summer
ball, on account Of the poor support
given by the citizens of the Crown CITY
Notwithstanding the published state
ments in the Pasadena newspapers "
the effect that he was not represented
at the first gathering, Dexter was one
of the prime spirits at the meeting anu
Furthermore, designated the entry Zee
which should be charged to each CLUB
entering. ,.,,
President J. p. Mccormick was very
much nut out over the failure or the
Pasadena club to enter, and SAID Las
Thursday / was tipped of That the
Pasadena team manager was TOUR
cushing, but, as Dexter has always
made good in league business l PAID no
attention to the rumors. But now
find the facts were true. l 90 not want
the impression " 81 al 49,
lea p,,e will not be organized, for l have
great faith in the other clubs st1cking
together until we can secure announcer
ut-of-town team.
II should be pleased to hear from the
Covina or any other out-of-town team
regarding entering the league. 1t is
not a business proposition with me, put
a pleasure. 1 am body and soul FOR
summer baseball, and hope other CLUBS
will take the same standpoint. -
"Out-of-town clubs desiring to JOIN
tho league can write to Secretary
George M. Ward, Edison building, Los
Angeles, for full information, SO tnat
the meeting can be called for next Mon
day night and the league perfected.
The Edison team will play the Hubert
Giants next Sunday on the Boyle
Heights Athletic club diamond, and a
good game should result, as both teams
are evenly matched. The game will be
called at 2:S0 o'clock and a large at
tendance is expected to be on hand to
cheer the respective candidates on to
victory.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
POLY'S ATHLETES ARE
GIVEN WARM OVATION
Call Meeting Held In Auditorium OF
Washington Street School, and
Faculty and Students Laud
Prize Winners

A called meeting for the student BODY
of the Polytechnic high school was heic
yesterday morning at the auditorium
for the purpose of celebrating the worf
done by their representatives at the
seventh annual county high school traci
and field meet, held at Harvard las'
Saturday. Giffin, Walberg. Olmsteae
and the members of the mile relay team
had the center of the stage. Why Poly
technic should have taken first place
instead of second in the relay race wa
shown. The Poly squad was nos ss,Go ou
by threa points by the hilltop athietes
The banner won by the relay team
was exhibited and officially hung In TN
auditorium, where it will remain unit
this honor is taken away on the neie
by another school
Micky Mcclure was, given a warn
reception yesterday when he went tt
school, as we'll as Ted Giessler ane
other point winners for the hiiltoi
school, and congratulations were STOW
cred on the athletes by both students
and members of faculty.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
MUD DOES NOT
CAUSE UPSETS
PONIES RUN TO FIGURES IN
MOST CASES
ONLY TWO OUTSIDERS GET ANY
FIRST CHANGE
NorbItt oalIops Away with Feature at
One Mile-BeaucIere Takes Long
Race with Dozen Lengths
TO Spare
By JAY DAVIDSON

Despite the rains of the preceding
forty-eight hours, which turned the
lightning fast track at Santa Anita
park into heavy going, form was not
subject to any startling upsets yester-
day, favorites and second choices get
ting their average of the first money
distribution.
The feature of the card was the
fourth race at one mile, which was
won by Norbitt, with Edwin I. Fry
er second and Green Seal third. The
going and distance was too big a han
dacap for Critic, which finished last.
1t was said that Edwin T. Fryer could
not run in mud. but he got the place
with a stable boy in the saddle, and
might have been a serious contender
at the wire with a more experienced
hand at the reins to make finish for
him.
Beauclere, the standing joke of the
season until last week, showed in the
fifth race that he has rounded to his
best eastern form by winning from
Star Thistle by nearly dozen lengths.
hard held at that. Star Thistle ran
Capt. Burnett and Bucket Brigade
dizzy before turning for home, but had
used up all his speed in the Job, and
when Beauclere came along he had no
difficulty in passing Star Thistle.
Bucket Brigade was third.
Paumonok stumbled and turned n
somersault Immediately after the start
In the sixth, and Albion H. came along
and romped home in first place. Agnes
Virginia beat Gene Wood for the place,
while those behind never had shown
anything to entitle them to any con-
sideration. although subject to scatter
ing support
Light Wool stood out like a soro
thumb in the third race and won in
manner that justified the short odds
laid against his chances. increasing
his lead at every jump after he passed
Pedro on the back stretch. At the
wire, Light Wool was half a dozen
lengths to the good, with Pedro nearly
as far ahead of Orelio, the show horse.
Those behind this trio ran just where
they belonged, and the entire race, in
fact was an exemplification of all that
was formful.
La Petite won her maiden race when
she beat the field of maidens opposed
to her in the juvenile scramble. Ken
nedy took her away from the post on
the fly and she simply spreadeagled
her field. Placide, a real hot tip, was
second and Camera was third.
Ben Stone, overlooked by all but the
stable, got away eighth and finished
first in the opening argument at six
furlongs, finding the going and dis
lance exactly right. Miss Delaney, an
other hot tip, was second and From
tenac surprised even himself by get
ting the show money Tavora led into
the stretch and then refused to turn
her head to the wire, almost going
over the outside fence.
Inclement was much the best of the
bunch that went to the post in the
last race, and won on the bitsky from
Servicence and Fundamental. Otilo,
Iyo
and Shapdale, all of which were more
highly regarded than the first three.
ran as named behind the money earn
ers.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
NORTHERN MARATHON
PROMISES HOT RACE
THREE MOST NOTED CRACKS
ENTERED FOR CONTEST
connoIIy's Admirers Claim That He
Can Beat Dorando Pietri, the
Famous italian Long Dis.
tance Runner

The followers of th4 Marathon craze
IN San Francisco are anxiously await
ing the big race which will be held
in the north next Saturday. The three
greatest runners of the coast will COM
pete and the interest attached to the
event is gradually rising to fever
pitch.
Charley Miller who won the recent
Marathon race between Los Angeles
and Venice, writes to the sporting edi-
tor of The Herald that he will lenter
with William Stanley and Con Connol-
ly. The distance is 26 miles and 1856
yards. The three contestants are
classed as the greatest distance men on
the coast, and that they will finish
goes without saying. Connolly is re-
garded as one of the greatest distance
runners in America today, and his
friends do not hesitate when they claim
that he can beat Dorando Pietri, the
famous Italian Marathon winner, who
has vanquished Johnny Hayes, the
Olympic champion. Connolly in a road
race recently made better time for
twenty miles than that of Pietri.
Miller, considered a dark horse in
the Los Angeles Marathon race, won
the northern Marathon event and
showed that he had speed as well as
wind No doubt he will give the other
runners a hard battle for champion
ship honorS.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23

A EwS that the appellate court in
Kentucky had declared uncon-
~ stitutional the act creating the
state racing commission was received
by horsemen last night with great joy,
as it means that the Latonia, Lexing-
ton and other kentucky spring meet
ings will be record breakers. The
jockey clubs in Kentucky have been
fighting the attempt of the racing COM
mission to force the substitution or
pari-mutuel machines for the ordinary
system of bookmaking, and this Is SAID
to have cut down the attendance TO
such an extent that the racing associ-
alton cut the purses and stake events,
and even threatened to shut up shop.
This decision permits bookmaking TO De
resumed at all Kentucky courses, and
it is expected that the purses and
stakes will be increased. Col. JACK
Chinn, chairman of the racing COM
mission, who has been here for some
time on a visit to his son, Phil Chinn,
left Sunday for Oakland on his way
home, but before going he intimated
that an adverse decision would be APP
pealed to the supreme court by the
commission. However, he is In favor OF
the books and against the machines,
arguing that until handbooks are put
out of business it will be impossible to
will be almost q unanimous exodus
from California for Latonia at the end
of the winter season.
Jockey A. Harris was painfully in
jured when Paumonok fell with him IN
the sixth race yesterday. Harris was
thrown into the air, and as he fell ne
struck the railing and sustained sew
eral severe cuts on the back, He was
sent to the Clara Barton hospital at the
expense of the racing association, as is
the case when jockeys and others are
injured at the track.
Andy Blakeley, who recently shipped
his stable back to Emeryville, wired
Yesterday that he had decided to return
to Santa Anita with seven horses, and
would arrive this morning. II. W.
Hoag and I. H. Miller arrived with
their horses yesterday from EmeryVllle'
Billy Burk has undertaken the man
agement of the lakewood Athletic club
at Arcadia. and will pull off fight card
at the lakewood hotel next SATURDAY
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
SCHOOL LEAGUE
HOLDS MEETING
PROTESTED BASEBALL GAMES
ARE CONSIDERED
REVISING OF SCHEDULE LEADS
TO DIFFERENCES
Dates Of Contests VIII Be Fixed by
Managers of Various Clubs.
Elbows Case to Come
Later
LEAGuE srANDING

At a meeting of the Interscholastic
Baseball league managers held last
night at u. S. C. it was decided that
all postponed games of February ID
be played off May / and all others
postponed on account of track meets
and rain be played off before May l,
dates to be arranged later.
1t also was decided by the directors
to have the tie game between the
South Pasadena and the Whittier clubs
played at Whittier at time the man
ayers of the teams see fit to play the
deciding game.
Considerable heat was manifested
among the directors over the revising
of the schedule and after many argu-
ments pro and con it was decided TO
let the managers attend to the changes
and arrange the schedule subject TO
the sanction of the league.
The protested game between Long
Beach and Hollywood, high school next
came before the meeting for consldera.
ton and it was left over to the board
of control to decide. Inc prosest IN
the first place did not come under the
Jurisdiction of the managers and there-
fore no final action was taken.
1t will be recalled that it rained in
Los Angeles March 6, but was not
raining at Long Beach and therefore
Long Beach entered a protest on the
ground the beach team had vainly ex-
pended money for advertising ana leie-
phone expenses.
Polytechnic had its troubles in try
ing to patch IN its difficulty arising
from a game being scheduled between
Whittier and Poly and not played. IL
was scheduled for March 6. Manager
Leroy Strang made an excenent pea
for the Washington street school, stat
ing that owing to the fact it was RAIN
ing in Los Angeles he did not feel JUS
titled in mourning the expense OF send
ing his team to the Quaker city ana
thus burdening the Whittier scnool
with extra expense. 1t was agreed py
the two managers to play OIL tne game
later in the season.
Tom Clay acted as chairman or the
evening. while Van Patton of the
South Pasadena high school was re-
cording secretary.
Manager Leroy Strang of the Poly
technic desires to hear from the man
ager of the hilltop school regarding
game finch will be the first of the third
series to be played at Chutes park
diamond a week from today.
1t was intimated by members OF the
Interscholastic league last night that
the case of Pitcher Enlow of the Long
Beach school in all probability would
be presented to the Al. A. U. commits
sion at it's next regular meeting. Hol-
lywood is protesting on the ground
that Enlow is over the age limit and
not eligible to participate in league
games.
ARRANGEMENTS were made by the
managers of Polytechnic and L. A.
high to play Harvard, the former to
play this afternoon at Harvard and
the latter to play the military school
Wednesday at the same field.
Coach Webster asked The Herald to
make the announcement that he would
be pleased to hear from any school in
the Interscholastic league regarding
practice games. Call up Hollywood
high school for further information
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
MORLEYS WIN FROM
CRACK M'HALE TEAM
Local Bowling Experts Show Eastern
Bunch How to Play Game in Ex-
citing Contest for Side
Bet of $50

Bob Lacey. probably the best bowler
on the southwest coast, saved the day,
the game, the side bet and the banquet
last night for the Morleys in the match
series of three games on the Broadway
alleys by rolling the high average and
the high score. The McHale outfit
rolled some high cards. but Lacey was
ever there with his high score and high
average, and it could not be overcome.
the Morleys winning by the score OF
2721 to 2440. Lacey had the high aver
age of 1893 2-3 and the high score of 229.
1t was the most interesting series ever
rolled in Los Angeles as real money
was involved and all the bowlers are
among the best on the coast.
Following is the score:
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
BOARD ELECTS
NEW PRESIDENT
j. [. HOLLAND HEADS RACING
ASSOCIATION
FILLS VACANCY CAUSED BY THE
DEATH OF BALDWIN
John {. Brink Is Made Vice President
and Col. A. w. Hamilton Selected
Dlrector-Patrons Approve
Action

The directors Of the Los Angeles
Racing association held a special meet
ing yesterday morning and elected j
7, Holland president to succeed e. j.
lucky Baldwin. John E. Brink was
elected vice president to succeed Hoi-
land and Colonel A. w. Hamilton was
elected to the board of directors to I'LL
the vacancy caused by the death OF
Baldwin.
The racing association is to be con-
graduated upon these choices. There
is no man connected with the sport
of racing who enjoys greater or more
deserved popularity than Holland and
few men are better qualified to MI the
position to which he was chosen. A
thoroughbred sportsman, with a record
as long as his career upon the TURF
and as clean as that of any man who
ever was connected with the sport, he
was the logical candidate to whom
every director turned when asked 10
vote for a successor to Baldwin. He
also is a thorough business man, knows
the racing game thoroughly and has
invested heavily of his vast wealth IN
making Santa Anita a world famous
course. He has no enemies except
those of which any man might well
be proud and believes in a square deal
all round. He is an ideal man for the
place.
Brink is well known in Los Angeles,
where he has lived for many years
and is known far and wide as sports
man of highest class and yet busi-
ness man of ability. Brink is not UNI
familiar with the duties of an execu-
tive position, having ably filled such
offices in the various organizations ana
in the business enterprises with which
he is connected. The business affairs
of the association will be well attended
to in the absence of the president.
Colonel Hamilton is heavily inter-
ested in the racing association, and
while not having been one of the di-
rectcrs heretofore, he has practically
filled that position and has given his
active efforts and close attention to
the business affairs of the association.
AS presiding steward and presiding
Judge at Santa Anita this season he
is in most intimate touch with the
sport and the officials and others con-
nected with 1t, knows the situation and
its emergencies. 1t has been his very
excellent efforts in the several years
that he has been in control of local
race meetings that have made the sport
SO popular here and he probably en-
Joys a greater degree of public conf
dence than any official connected with
the local sport. In this respect he
really will be regarded as the public
director on the board, the representa-
tive of the patrons of the sport who
always look to him to keep the sport
clean and above board at all times.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
WILL KEEP BASEBALL
CLUBS OF POLY BUSY
COACH ARRANGES GAMES FOR
BOYS AND GIRLS
Youths Nine to Contest with Cotton
and Young Women with Santa
Monica-Trip Also
Planned

Baseball Coach Leroy Strang of
Polytechnic high school has arranged
a schedule of games for both the boys
and girls baseball clubs, which will
keep them on the go for some time to
come.
Thursday afternoon at the st. Vim
cents diamond the Polytechnic team
will clash with the undefeated Cotton
high school club and a fast game is
expected by both sides, as the Los An
geies team will place its best players
in the field to compete against this
fast aggregation from the Citrus Belt
league.
the Santa Monica high school girls
indoor baseball club at the seaside
courts tomorrow afternoon. The Los
Angeles team expects to take the meas
ure of the Santa Monica team and to
pile up a large score.
April 8 the Polytechnic Nigh school
bows team will leave on a barnstorm-
erside, Cotton and Redlands and will
be gone three days. The Herald has
arranged to have a reporter accom-
pany the team and to report the scores
and features of the games.
The members of the team who will go
are: Price, catcher; Porter and Tomp-
kins, pitchers Dodson, first base;
monk Plerce, sHortstoP, Dipo, 30
ond base; Terry, third base; MARY
Pierce, left field; McAleer, center field;
Sebastian, right field.
Pratt. who is out of the game on
account of sickness, is expected to be
back in time to take Southern Cali
fornia trip, and he will be seen In one
of the outfield positions if he decides
to go.
Coach Brewer will have personal
charge of the team and it is a safe bet
he will return home with the scalps
of the other high school teams dangling
at the belts of his boys.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
ATHLETICS
FIGUEROA HANDICAP BRINGS OUT
COACH SPRINTERS AT SANTA ANITA.
rs A AssS - o Ss'ss7s'E

night. Horsemen and track employees
have patronized Burk'S shows in large
numbers since he became the Tom NC
Carey of Arcadia, and undoubtedly tne
Saturday night affair will be up 10 tne
usual standard of excellence and in at
tendance.
Jack Burns, the big new heavyweight
serapper who put Jim Cameron away
recently at Maud Junction, has been
matched for a twenty-round argument
with Harry Wuest at San Diego, the
bout to be staged Thursday night,
Birdsleg Collins and Indian Joe Gregg
will ramble over the same route at
San Bernardino tomorrow night, with
a battle royal as one of the preliminary
features.
Monte Preston won the first race ne
has had the pleasure of winning IN
more than a year when he brought
Indictment home in the last race. Monte
is slowly getting down to his low rid
ing weight of other days, and of course
has lost none of his cunning at the post
or his vigor at the finish. He should
be an important addition to the riding
colony and probably will win his snare
of races from now on.
One of the biggest flocks of geese that
has been seen in the south in aslons
time attracted much ATTENTION yester-
day afternoon as the white wings fiut-
tered in the flight around Mt. Wilson.
There probably were 200 in the flock.
Freddie Welsh is very much dissatis-
fed with the draw decision given him.
self and Young Donahue at New Or
leans last week. He has decided to cut
out New orleans and go to Philadelphia
for a few bouts before sailing for a
visit to his mother at Pontypridd. Fred
die will be wandering back to dear Ole
Los Angeles within a few weeks, with
out a doubt.
1t looked like old times once more
Yesterday when Barney Schneider was
seen around the paddock and ring
Barney ran down from Emeryville tc
attend the meeting of the board OF oil.
rectors of the racing association, AND
lost a chunk when his Bill Eaton failed
to win the last race. Barney says his
stay will be very limited, as he may
duck out today and may stay few
hours longer.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
EXPERTS MEET
AT BALk LINE
PROFESSIONALS BEGIN PLAY
FOR TITLE
Louis Cure, Partisan Crack, Arrives
and Will Contest for $4,000 Prize
and World Champion
ship
IRy Associated Press.l

NEW YORK, March 22.-For the
worlds championship and $4,000 in
cash prizes. the first of twenty-one
games at 1872 balk line billiards, begins
at Madison Square garden concert hall
tonight. The Introductory game of 500
points was played by Louis Cure OF
Paris and Calvin Demarest of Chicago.
The other entrants are George Z.
Slosson, George Sutton and Orlando
Morningstar of New York, r. Albert
Cutler of Boston and Harry Kline OF
Philadelphia.
This will be Demarests first appear
ance in a professional tournament. he
will be the Junior of the crowd, with
Slosson the older.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
WHITE COX NO. 2 WIN FROM
SACRAMENTO IN GOOD GAME

SACRAMENTO, March 22.--The Chi
cago White Sox No. 2 won from sac
ramento in the first inning today, when
Brown, who entered the game without
warming up, allowed three puncheo
hits a triple, double and single, and
scored two runs. Sacramento got two
runs in the third, hitting Altrock three
times. The Sox also scored in the third
and in the ninth. Purtell got a three
Dagger in the ninth, scoring Zeider
Score:
Sacramento 2, hits 10, errors 3.
Chicago 4, hits 6, errors l.
Batteries-Brown and Byrnes; Alt
rock and Shaw.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
BURKE AND SULLIVAN MATCHED

NEW YORK, March 22.-Sailor
Burke and Jack (Twin) Sullivan ill
go ten rounds tonight before the Mara
thon club. Brooklyn The winner has
been promised a fight with Stanley
Ketchel. Both men are in good condi-
ton.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23

"yhat would you do IL you had five dol
lare to spend. just as you choose?" Schoo
boys and girls may win cash prizes Of 81
each for the best letter on this subject
Address Aunt Laurie, care this paper. be-
fore Saturday afternoon.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
To Run Out All Rats

BOSTON, March 22.-Boston is to
have a crusade against rats similar to
the one conducted in San Francisco.
Several well known women have be-
come interested in the proposal, among
them Mrs. T. J. Bowlker, q sister Of the
president-elect of Harvard. The fight
against the rats is to be carried on in
order to make the city healthful.
Will Not Buy Warship
LONDON, March 22.-Reginald Nc
Kenna, first lord of the admiralty, said
in the house of commons today that the
government had no intention of pur-
chasing the Brazilian Dfeadnaught now
being built in this country.