Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-14
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N HARLES COMISKEY, the Old
Roman, hero of hundreds of great
~ diamond battles and captain of the
four-time winners, the famous old st.
Louis Browns, has arrived in Los An
geles in advance of his No. l squad.
Really, he could not stand it any longer
to be so close to Los Angeles and yet
not be right there. His regular Whlte
Sox aggregation VIII arrive next
Wednesday and will begin an extended
series of games In the south ana south-
west as the windup of the spring tram
ing trip. Comiskey. is more famiilarly
known to the old timers as Captain
Comiskey, instead of the magnate that
he has become since he quit the dia-
mond He is a fine man, thorough
bred sportsman and universally popu-
lar. He believes that his White Sox
will win the American league pennant
with comparative ease and he deserves
to realize upon this hope. He spends
more money in getting together an
aggregation of classy ball players and
putting them into condition for the
regular season drudgery than any
other major league magnate. For TWO
years he has been bringing his regu-
lars and Yannigans to the coast Tor
spring training, taking the longest
trip ever unde rtaken by any baseball
team for the preliminary workout, ana
he and his team travel in state.
Comishey and his players will be
guests at a barbecue or banquet be-
fore they leave, as Hen Berry and
Freddie Maier, presidents of the local
Coast league clubs, already are plan
ming this and other forms of enter
tainment for the old diamond warrior
and his braves.
The injury which A. j. Small sus-
tanned in the Undine stakes yesterday
at Emeryville fully explains the poor
showing of this great and classy colt,
the best of the new crop of Cesarlon
youngsters, in that event. 1t was IN
deed bad news to horsemen and race
goers alike that he had sustained m
iuries so serious as to make 1t PROP
able that he never will race again.
No baby racer that ever was shown
on the coast had any more promising
future on the turf, not even Trance OF
Horace F., and he undoubtedly Woulo
have made good on the metropolitan
circuit next summer. Chinn did not
hesitate to turn down an ofter OF Slo'-
900 for him, even in these squally days
Of. the turf, believing that the coli
would earn more than that sum 1oi
him in the east Chinn carried an in.
surance policy of $4,000 on the colt, but
this sum will not recompense him by
any manner of means.
Donau showed that form yesterday
which Jim Blute had predicted for hin
all winter Blute said that Donau Il
the greatest Juvenile of the year, ano
every time he thinks it over the more
he congratulates himself for refusing
an offer of $4,000 for him the day ht
won his first start. Donau will &c
east in a few weeks and Will be hearo
from frequently in the winning col
umn.
1t is possible, although not probable
that Ad Wolgast will be substituted fol
George Memsic in the scrap with Franz
Picato that McCarey will stage this
month. Wolgast and Picato canno
agree on the weight, Picato insisting
upon being allowed to weigh IN at l3
pounds at o'clock, five hours before
the fight, which would give him al
advantage of eight to twelve pounds
Leonard Lauder, however, says that M
will take Picato on and bet MN go
on the result. Either of this pai
would make a tough fight with Picato
and one of them should be accommo
dated. Wolgast wants to take on Plea
| to. but says he is not quite heaV.
enough to get into the welter division
just yet.
Wolgast received an offer yesterda!
by wire to fight Teddy Peppers FOR
$3.50 side bet before the club offering
| the best money, and also received al
offer to fight Percy Cove at Calgary
| Canada. twenty rounds for 500
purse. Wolgast accepted both offers
and is waiting for more particular
regarding the matches. Pepers is
crackerjacl1 scrapper around Ch1cag
and Milwaukee, but Wolgast wants t
bet he can beat him.
| Lauder, in challenging Picato, ha!
posted $3.50 with me to go as a SIDE
bet with the walloping lightweight FOL
n scrap to be held March 30. the date
set for the Picato- Memsic return
match. If Picato wants to cover the
money McCarey will stage the fight
Lauder is being overlooked by the hgh
promoters and deserves greater con- con,
sideration. He is one of the mosl
promising lightweights in the west
and is willing to bet his money that
he can win any old time he goes to
the post.
Sam Hildreth had another disagree
able experience yesterday when he was
the Norfolk handicap owing to an in
Jury to his crack racer. Montgomery
stepped onto nail and became sc
lame he could not walk without great
pain. What a cakewalk it would have
been for him to win the stakes.
Jim Flynn did not work yesterday
laying off owing to the death of Jack
Doyle's mother. He is great friend
of Doyle's and as soon as he learned
of the death he cut out the days work
except for the usual run on The road
He Visited Santa Anita during the
afternoon. the first time he had seer
the ponies run in many days.
The three cushion billiard tourna-
ment which will be the semi-finals IN
the play for the amateur championship
of Southern California will start al