The San Francisco call., 1909-02-07
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YOUNG CALIFORNIAN
TO PLAY WITH
BOSTON
Fast Y0ungSfer Graduates From
State League to American
i'm One Season

Harry Hooper. the Ty Cobb Of the
State league last season. will don a
big league uniform this year and chase
flies for the Boston American team
Hooper is a protege of ST. Mary 5
college, Oakland. and was one OF the
crack men on the college team. After
he graduated. more than a year ago, he
was picked up by the Oakland club or
the State league and later he was sold
to the Sacramento club. where he proved
a real sensation. He finished the sea-
son with a hitting average of 344. after
having participated in "A games. AS
Hooper made such fine showing in his
short experience in fast company. 1T is
predicted that he will make good with
the Boston club right from the jump
Hooper is 21 years old and is a resi-
dent of CapitOla- He has the appear
ance of natural ball player. and one
of his chief abilities is speed In getting
to the bases.
The Sacramento club, of which Char
ley Graham is the guiding star, VIII
nave an unusually strong lineup THIS
season. Graham nearly mas mis- full
team, and with the signatures OF
player or two which he expects TO get
the capital city bunch figures to be
right in the fight all the time,
sacramento will be unusually strong
IN the pitching department. having four
stellar twtrlers on the firing line With
Brown. Whalens Baum and Emerson.
sacramento can boast of a high class
quartet OF pitchers. On the receiving
end, Jimmy Byrnes, former big Lacquer.
and Charley Graham win represent the
team.
Joe Nea1on is expected to cover the
first bag and the ex-Pittsburger should
De tower OF strength TO Graham 5
team, for there are few men in the
business ri ha =
when he Is right. Raymer. VINO
played with Los Angeles A season or
two ago, will cover second Heine
Jensen will be over at third. This Is
a fast tnfeld trio and they should
allow but few balls to get away from
In. the outfield there will be Charley
Doyle, who played with the Senators
last year. Jimmy Shinn. one OF the best
nltters on the santa Cruz team last
year. and Larry Piper who played last
season with the Winnipeg team of the
northern league and made a creditable
record. The sacramento club will start
practictng March 1, and an effort will
be made by Manager Graham TO ar
range few games with the White
Sox when they arrive from the east
Graham has his eye on George Cooper
who played with the Oakland club
several seasons ago. Cooper pitched
good ball.
Ed Griffin. who twlrled for the Seals
during the latter part OF last season.
arrived in town yesterday and lost no
time IN sending in his contract to Man
ager Long Griffin has been playing
IN the Imperial Valley league He was
very effective pitcher against the
Angels.
Extensive improvements will be made
In the entrance OF Recreation park.
President Ewing is bent on giving the
fans OF this city one Of the best ball
parks In the country and he will not
allow money TO block his Efforts The
entrance, which is now s feet, will be
widened to 81 feet, which will provide
spacious lobby inside
The field is in grand shape and IL
will be pleasing to the eyes of all fans
as Well as being one Of the fastest dia-
monds In the country to play on.
DICK Egan will play second base for
Cincinnati this year Egan finished
last season with Peoria and made a
as many bases as any other man In
the league. He is expected to I'LL one
OF the Reds weak spots.
George Van Haltren. the veteran
manager OF the Oakland team. sent in
his contract yesterday and was dulv
signed up for the coming season. This
dlSpels all the run1ors that Van was
TO be succeeded as the head or the
team. and 1t now looks as though the
old boy will have just as much to say
as he did in the past
Though President Ed Walter Is not
yet ready 10 state definitely that Van
will retain his old job. the wise ones
feel confident that such is the case
games this season as he did in the
past. for the reason that Oakland now
has i've fast outhelders on its salary
list.