Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-14
BASEBALL SQUAD
BOUND TO SHOW
SAINT VINCENT'S TEAM Is IN
EXCELLENT SHAPE
MANY OLD PLAYERS ARE BACK
WITH COLLEGE NINE
New Material, Especially from Po-
mona, Adds Much Strength to Dia-
mond contingent-FieId Ex-
ceptionaIIy Good

The St Vincent college baseball
squad looks on paper to be one of the
strongest baseball teams in college
ranks. Under the coaching for the
past three months of Bernie McCay,
the Oakland player of the Pacific Coast
league, the team has been rounded into
fair shape and the boys are in excel
lent condition for the game with the
Berkeley university aggregation, which
is scheduled for February 20 at the
Chutes park diamond.
The Saints this year have a number
of old players to help win a magnifi-
cent trophy offered by the w. H. Hoe
gee company to the club which wins
the most games in the intercollegiate
series.
Baseball always has been a strong
factor at the Grand avenue college,
and through its playing ability it has
been able to secure the college base
:, ball championship a number of years.
Workman, at the initial sack, is one
of the best first basemen in Southern
California, has had considerable ex-
perience as a ball player, is a heavy
hitter and seldom makes an error at
first.
Capt. Tommy Ybarrando. stationed
at short, is an all-round player and is
pitcher of no mean ability, having
taken part in several games in the
California Winter league ranks.
K c. Moores, physical director of
the college, is an all-round athlete.
and, although he is not a member of
the team, is we'll informed in the ma
tional game and understands the points
from A to u.
Foster Ceuts. pitcher is one of the
. best mound artists in college ranks,
and, with his brother, who plays on the
high school team, comes from an ath-
letic family. He is a cousin of the five
Dear brothers of the Alhambra base
ball club in the miscellaneous ranks.
O'Connor. catcher, is well known in
Southern California amateur ranks,
having made a reputation for himself
in the Association league and other
miscellaneous clubs before joining the
Saints. O'Connor works well with
BukIes, the giant pitcher from Pomona
college, and will add strength to the
Grand avenue school, as he has speed
and is sure to send 'em over the pan
when most needed.
Kerfoot pitcher and right fielder, is
in the game at all stages and is a
heavy hitter. always good for a single
or a two-bagger in each game.
French, a new man from Pomona
high school, will take turns in the box
with Bukles, Kerfoot, Ybarrando and
Couts, and is said to be fast man.
He has a world of speed. is fast on his
feet and gets away from the initial
sack just as the opposing pitcher lets
go with the arm to throw q ball.
Sullivan, third baseman, is good in
taking care of his sack and, like a
duck in water, is there to pull down
high fiys or to scoop them off the
ground.
Griff Kennedy, center fielder, is at
home in the garden and seldom makes
an error: he is fast baserunner and
a heavy hitter
Callahan, in left garden. is at "home'
in all stages of the contest and never
gets wild while throwing them to the
various bases.
West catcher is another expert
backstop and with a little more coach
ing in throwing to the bases he will
develop into a star man behind the
bat. West is light but makes up in
his hitting ability.
Coach McCay is too we'll known for
an extended eulogy and his playing
record on the Oakland team, both at
the bat and in baserunning, speaks
for itself. In a recent baserunning
contest on the northern field McCay
did the bases in the fast time of IA 3-5
seconds.
Devision, the elongated catcher from
Pomona, is good behind the timber and
makes q great man to double with
Couts.
Shut, former U. S. G. sprinter, now
playing second for the Saints, is the
swiftest baserunner on the team, hav-
ing circled the bases recently in the
time of Is seconds. Shut is one Of
the best hitters with the club