Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-19
BASEBALL FEUD
ON AGAIN TODAY
Los Angeles and Vernon Hook Up
in Second Series of Pen
nant Chase
FORMER SEEMS TO HAVE EDGE
BerryS Blossoms Are Playing a
Stronger Game Now Than
Eddie Maier'S Bunch
ny JAY DAVIDSON

Baseball will be resumed TINS AFTER
noon at Chutes park when the Los
Angeles and Vernon teams will line up
for their second series in the pennant
chase. Interest in the showing that
each team will make in this series is
keener now than when the season
opened, as both teams have had time
enough to get Strengthened away for
the long run down the back streteh'
and since each team seems to have
good look-in for the rag the fans want
TO get a definite line on the relative
strength of each team, so as to hgure
out the race and settle lot of argu-
ments between the admirers Of Hogan
and Dillon.
Despite the poor showing that the
Angels made in the opening series Win
Vernon when the suburban KIDS took
five in six games, there are many VINO
figure that the Angels will prove the
stronger team in the hard struggle
that extends over seven months. Los
Angeles redeemed itself as soon as the
team left home. Winning nine and
losing four games is a fine record for
a club on the road. At home, Vernon
won six, lost seven and tied one.
The real fight viii come when the
game wakes close and excitement Is
high The old heads on the Angel
team will not go up in the air with the
ease that the younger ones on the Yer
non club take to the clouds. one or
two errors will not break up the game
nor destroy teamwork for them, while
this seems to be the weak spot of the
Villagers. When one costly misplay
occurs it seems that the whole team
goes to pieces, as i'll the Sunday games
with Frisco and many games were lost
by Vernon by this sort of business in
the last two series Both clubs have
good pitching staffs and it seems that
the result Of the series must depend
upon the work of the fielders, both in
the field and at bat.
The showing made by the Angels in
the north and the work of the Vernon
players at home during the same period
Indicate that the Angels are stronger
in all-round playing and this fact
makes the present series more interest
ing than otherwise would be the case.
Hogan declares that his players have
been up against one of those streaks
of hard luck that must wear out some
day and he expects to win five in seven
games with the Angels. OF course,
Can Dillon smiles at this kind of talk,
but he says nothing because Hogan
has the dope" in the shape Of the
history of the other series to spring
on him.
Everyone of the seven games that
are to be played by these two teams
will be a hummer and blood will be
the stakes. With Dillon and Hogan
grabbing all the time, the lot of the
umpire will be a most unhappy one
and every game should be as good as
a minstrel show. Pitching duels Will
be the daily menu and since the An
gels have finally struck their gait.
the Vernons will have to play real
baseball to beat them. Every error
will count for something, and Hogan
cannot afford to allow such things as
six and eight errors to the game from
his side if he expects to win the series.
While the Angels and Vernons are
scrapping 1t out at home, Sacramento
will be fighting it out with San Fran
cisco on the Recreation park grounds
and Oakland will go to Portland,
where the Coast league season will
have its opening. The series at Los
Angeles. San Francisco and Portland
should bring about many changes this
week Los Angeles or Vernon will wind
up farther down the ladder than their
positions today and Portland has a
tough job on it's hands in tackling the
Oakland outfit Frisco is not playing a
good game, despite that il beat Yer
non out of the series lest week. Errors
enabled them to do it-not good play
ing. Sacramento boys lost so many
games that they hardly know whether
they will ever win one or not, but it
looks like an even match between them
and the Seals. The outlook now is
rather good for the Angels and Port
land to be fighting it out next Sunday
for the top position