Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-25

camp. His work there did not repre-
sent his best efforts. He only hit VI
but he proved a good run getter ana q
clever base stealer.
A small man is that boy Leonard
of the st. Mary's team. He should de-
velop into a fast player, according 10
the press reports from the north.
Charley Enwright's advent into ma
jor league baseball with the st. Louis
team will mean just $1,000 to Manager
Charles Graham of the Sacramento
club and Graham received word yes
+erday that check for that amount Is
now on the way. Enwright's showing
with the st. Louis club has been so
strong that they have been more than
willing to come through with the
81, 900 draft price rather than give him
up.
Graham is also in receipt OF a letter
from President Robinson of the st.
Louis club, stating that there would
be no trouble over Enwright and that
he believed Sacramento was entitled
to his services or the money. He want
ed to know which was desired. Gra-
ham wrote back that he would not
stand in Enwright's way OF making
good with the ST. Louis team and
would rather accept the money than
spoil the local players chances: rms
was agreeable and the Check Is now
en- route.
The funny part of this deal Is that
Danny Shay of Stockton landed En-
wright with st. Louis with the belief
that he was taking thrust at Sacra-
mento in that nothing could be secured
from ST. Louis for Enwright. 1t has
developed, however, that Shay played
right into the hands of the local club,
Cd AVaf IN n.
son that Enwright has been playing
with a San Francisco team.
Graham also got $1,000 check for
Hooper from Boston. Z
Following is late report from q Mo-
lille paper regarding the playing OF
Ted Easterly, who acted as backstop
for the Los Angeles team last year:
ANY time young catcher STANDS
behind the plate and nabs everything
Cy Young and Adrian Joss have. to
offer he Is going some. That's what
Ted Easterly did in the first game he
worked with the veterans.
ut looks mighty queer to see small
man like Easterly standing back there
while giants like Young and Joss heave
incurves and fast balls that look as
though they would tip over the back
stop. Yet Easterly nabs them with
ease.
Some few days ago Jim Mcclure dis
covered that Easterly did not step out
from the plate far enough on ball to
be wasted. He showed the youngster
how. and since that time Easterly has
been doing the thing that used to be
his weakness as though it were the
most natural thing in the world.
1.-THE first thing Charles Somers said
when he arrived here was: Is Easter
ly going to catch today? After he saw
the new man he was all smiles and
sunshine. The acquisition OF q man like
Easterly is a mighty swell piece OF
work. Catchers who can catch and
throw are scarce. and when you COM
bine with that natural ability TO
throw accurately you have prize
package right. Last year the lack OF
catchers proved a serious handicap
larly strong behind the bat. even II
Harry Bemis injury keeps him on the
bench until midsummer"
Secretary George M. Ward of the
California Summer league said yester-
day that he had received long dis
lance call from the manager of the
Covina club, who informed him that he
would join the league and would have
representative at the next regular
meeting.
Manager Thomas or the Woouiii-
Hulse baseball team desires to hear
from any out-of-town team regarding
a game next Sunday. Call 1859 OF
Main 1925 during business hours.
| The Belvidere team will try conclu-
sions next Sunday with the Euclid club
on the Euclid diamond. Following Is
| the lineup:
BELVIDERE. EUCLID
Hanson ,,..,.........,.p..s... .......... Hanson
LeDrant.. .''''ss'... n4iNh
Ballinger. ..lo...... Leonard
Fitzgerald. ..ss...... tnhrt
Young Olsen. ..3b........ ....'..... cline
Grille. ss'ss'.s... .'...... huez
| Gottleber .lf........... Fitzgerald
Clark. .cf....... ....s.... Berneil