Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-09
GOSSIP OF THE DIAMOND
BY RED PERKINS
N ENTER FIELDER KINKLINE |
and Right Fielder Simons of the
~ Pasadena ball team lead the team

| NENTER FIELDER KINKLINE
and Right Fielder Simons of the
~ Pasadena ball team lead the team
in batting, each of them having an av-
erage of 800 TRUCK" Wachob. the
phenomenal catcher OF the Crown City
team has fine average for the sea-
| son, having batted 1850. Captain Tobey
is next on the list with .S20, and is fol-
lowed by Newell, the third baseman
with an average of 300.
Little Memo Pfeister, the midget
shortstop of the Dexter team, has an
average of .290, while Second Baseman
Smiley has 1888. Frank Hillard, the
grand little left fielder of the Pasa-
dena club. pelted the Spalding for
the seasons average of .268. Murray
| Parker also rests on the 1858 average,
and big Ferline, the first baseman, is
holding down the cellar championship,
having batted .250. The team average
is 1888.
Parker and Wachob will leave March
10 for Springfield, where they will play
during the coming season. This will
be Wachob's first season in profess
sional ball. Parker will play with
Springfield again this season, though
he Is under contract with the Pittsburg
team Of the National league.
Bulger Walsh will star this season
with the San Antonio team of the Tex
| as league. Vance Gray, another fast
player, will be with the Portland club
of the Pacific Coast league. Ferline
will be seen in the lineup of the San
Francisco State league. Tobey will
/ manage and captain the Nebraska In
dams this year.
| Lee Wolf has signed a contract with
! the Pittsburg, Kas., team Of the
Western association. Teddy Easterley,
the former Pasadena and Angel back
stop, will be Napoleon La Joie'S
catcher this season. He left several
days ago for Cleveland. Babe Asher,
who was one of Dexters star pitchers
and who played with the Cleveland
! team of the American league and the
Columbus team of the American as
ISOLATION, will play this year with the
Terre Haute, Ind, team of the Central
league.
| Harry Burrnell, a Junior player in
| the Sunday miscellaneous ranks, asks
| The Herald to try and secure him a
position on the outfield with any out
of-town team or local club. Call Main
1895 for further information.
| Daley, the Angels new center fielder,
showed some neat form the other day
with the willow. He raped out two
hits.
McGough, third baseman of the Ri
vera team. has his batting eye with
him. Last Sunday he got two runs
and made hit.
Pendleton, one short for the same ag-
gregation. is one of the best stickers
connected with the Rivera team. Last
Sunday, in the game against the Re-
dondo team, he made three runs and
three hits out Of six times at bat.
F. Nagle and v. Maggie were the stars
of the game at the seaside diamond last
Sunday The first named player got
two rms and made a hit, while the
latter made the same number of runs
and hits out of three times at bat.
Duarte, third baseman of the Dyas-
Cline club, made two runs and two hits
out of four trips at bat in the game
against Huntington Park club last
Sunday.
The condition Of Walter Ransom.
whose name was published in The
Herald yesterday as being injured in a
baseball game between the Palms and
All-Stars of Los Angeles, is reported to
be suffering great pain. Because of his
condition the physicians in charge of
his case at the Crocker street hospital
have delayed the examination to ascer-
tain whether any ribs were fractured,
but state that the lad will be laid up
for three weeks at least.
George M. Ward of the Edison team.
as I was about to write 1907 last Sun
day night, telephoned me that his team
had defeated the Santa Fe club on the