Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-13
ATHLETICS
ACADEMIC GOSSIP
BY RED PERKINS

BY RED PERKINS
The faculty of ST. Vincent's college
was happy yesterday afternoon, with
the appearance of the Griffith brothers,
the fast baseball players who went
north to attend their mother in her
Illness. The boys will be seen in the
lineup against both the northern teams
when the Saints meet the universities
in the north.
Eugene Shute. the former y. s. 9,
athlete. now attending st. Vineents
college. while practicing for the track
meet between the Saints and the POLY
technic high school squad, sprained his
left ankle and will be unable to COM
pete against the Washington street
team this afternoon.
The Polytechnic high school baseball
team will try conclusions with the
Pasadena high school this morning at
the st. Vincents diamond, starting at
1890 o'clock.
The Lincoln school defeated the
Colegrove at the Lincoln diamond yes
terday afternoon by the close score or
70 to II. The game was one of the
hardest fought games ever witnessed
in the Cahuenga district. Two home
runs were made by the Lincoln play
ers. George Spane, pitcher for the
winners, knocked the ball for home
run, with two outs and three men on
bases, winning his own game.
The board of managers of the Citrus
| Belt league met yesterday afternoon at
San Bernardino and agreed to have the
championship basketball game, be-
! tween Riverside and San Bernardino,
played at Redlands this afternoon.
| A protest was filed yesterday by the
Long Beach high school baseball team
| over the failure of the Hollywood high
school team to put in an appearance
at the seaside diamond last Saturday.
The Hollywood manager telephoned 1t
was raining in Los Angeles. hence MS
| team would not go to the beach.
Climatic conditions at Long Beach last
| Saturday afternoon were almost per-
feet, and the Long Beach aggregation
aver the Hollywood manager should
have investigated little.
A handsome silk banner. shaped not
like a ball pennant but more like the
debating pennant won last year by the
Long Beach high school team, was
presented to the basketball team yes
| terday afternoon for winning the city
section of the Los Angeles Inter-
scholastic league. The championship
banner is red and white, made of silk.
and engraved with the members names
of the winning team.
i Anna Buchanan Of the Los Angeles
high school indoor baseball team was
out of the game yesterday on account
of the grip, but 1t is expected Miss
:. Buchanan will be out in time to take
part in the game next Friday.
I Puss Halbriter of L. A. high school
will not be able to take part in the
game against Harvard this afternoon
on account Of work at his home.
Coach Brewer has arranged a
schedule of games with Los Angeles
high school during the month of April
Rumor had it yesterday that Pitcher
Delhi had severed his connection with
the Santa Monica high school to enter
into the automobile business.
The Swensen sisters were the best
players for Los Angeles high schoo
yesterday afternoon, both in the bat.
ting and base running departments, In
the game against Polytechnic high
school.
Manager Marcus Lee of the Los An
geles high school girls indoor baseball
team is trying to arrange a game will
the Chino high school team for Apri
16 at Chino.
In all probability the next game tina
the hilltop girls indoor baseball team
will play will be with Compton, mex
week.
Fred Thomson, OXy's big all-rount
athlete, yesterday afternoon in practic
threw the 16-pound hammer a distanc
of 127 feet.
The Occidental preps probably viii
meet the Pomona high school befor
the season is over. 1t looks easy pick
ing for the sage bushers, as they hav
men of varsity caliber In several of tn
events.
The big suburban athletic meet vii
be held at the Occidental field Satur
day, March 27 the week following TIL
Southern California conference, and OF
the same day as the Southern Califor
mia interscholastic meet.
The Suburban league was formed o
the smaller high schools, such as Hol
lywood, Glendale and Monrovia.
. classy meet is expected among thes
2 institutions.
Billy Roberts, one of Occidental's fas
sprinters, will not be able to compel
against Whittier this afternoon, on ac
count of a severe wound which he sus
tained in the arm while crossing tn
!, tape in practice the other night.
The condition of Catcher Leo O'Con
ror of st. Vincent's college was muc
. improved yesterday, and it is expects
e that he will go along with the tear
when they venture north this mont
0 to play Santa Clara and Stanford col
leges.
l. Catchers Kelsey and Miller are on tn
hospital list and may not compete il
: high school athletics for a number Q
' weeks.
The Covina grammar school baseba
team is out with a def to play an
second grammar school club Saturda
afternoons. Answer this def throug
the columns of The Herald.
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