Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-10

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Ero,, the viewpoint of the fans south
of the Tehachapi the present series III
The Coast league is all-important Inc
fight between san Francisco ana tue
Angels which will open with the scans
far in the vanguard and the Ansels
making a desperate effort to crdHl uP
from behind, will occupy the center u
the stage this week among the co"9t
ars for on the outcome OIL tle "eON :
play depends largely the chanees
the champions to become the peIlilutl'
Tverv energy Of the Dillonites Will
he cenfered on taking the series from
+he Moblerites Should they take lEe
ont of the seven games they VIII pe
within striking distance of hrst pace
nrovided they keep up their "lllIiihs
streak. and the Seals do not nave loo
easv a, time with the other teaIlls ,,,o oL
the coasters. But there are many Is
and ands" in the present situation anu
This being baseball the series promises
high excitement, owing to the uncer-
tainty and the prize at stake.
Los Angeles enters the conhlct Win
a nrornising staff of pitchers. Hosp Is
frash having been saved especially Tor
+he series. Briswalter is in falr FORM
Nagle is brimming over with eager
ness to get a whack at the northern
ers and as he is in winning form at
nresent. pitching one of the grandest
qames of his life against the senators
Of week. he should be counted on Tor
AT least one victory. The STEADY;
lengthy veteran is always Teliable ana
Will give the northern stickers a nara
battle. Tozer is performing Wen. ana
Thorsen shows signs OF settling down
so that he probably will he USED IN d
pInch. With Hosp, Nagle, Briswalter
and Tozer as the standbys. fairly
strong twirling brigade will be pre-
scented TO face the Seals, but Dillon
might be still better fixed, as each man
will probably be somewhat overworked.
Men in Good Shape
Every other man except Beal is In
good condition The tall Chicagoan is
suffering from a lame foot, but will
be in the game when the Baysiders
face the barrier, and IS expected 10
prove a formidable hitter. The north
ern pitchers will prove hard to meet
Browning, Henley and Eastley are
pitching good ball. which means that
every ounce of hitting power possessed
by the champions must be brought into
play.
At Portland Happy Hogan's faithful
Vernonites will clash with the home
team. and will fight to the bitter end
to crawl out of the cellar position and
hold down the Beavers. out of fel-
low feeling for their southern mates,
the Angels. Their games begin this
afternoon. At Oakland the Sacramen-
to coasters open today for a weeks
engagement with the Commuters, and
Bill Reidy's bunch will have to play
their best ball of the season If they get
away with many games from the Sen
ators, judging from the sample of the
play put up by the Grahamites against
the Angels.
When San Francisco and Los Angeles
open up Van Haltren will appear IN
the south again. to double with Um-
pire McGreevy for a duet umpire en-
gagement. Owing TO the fact that the
fight Is between the two top teams, the
directors of the Coast league instructed
President Cal Ewing to send Van Hal
tren down here. in order that the strain
of tense battle between the contend
ers should be taken off the shoulders
of one man, Thus for one week the
local fans will see two umpires in
action at Chutes park The Wednes-
day game is at Chutes, and will begin
at PAS p. m. Everybody should be
out, and everybody should be urging
on the Angels all the time.
directors of the Citizens Savings bank