Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-13
Baseball, Racing, Boxing
Rialto Gossip

Baseball will be resumed at the
Chutes this afternoon, when Vernon
and Los Angeles will hook up in an
other seven-game series that will ex-
tend until next Monday afternoon, and
unless they see-saw and hold each
other at a standstill one of them will
be on the top rung within a week and
the other is apt to be doing a desperate
life and death stunt with Sacramento
to keep out of the basement. Two
whole days without baseball has
whetted the appetite of the fans, and
| there should be an extraordinary crowd
at the grounds this afternoon to see
the start. Hogan and his scrappy
bunch got in yesterday from Portland
and not only are ready and anxious for
the engagement with their natural
rivals. but believe they will put the
! kibosh on to Dillon and Berry's hopes
for first place in the immediate future.
Oakland won yesterday, while the local
teams were standing still, and drew
away from tie with Vernon for fourth
place to a tie with the Angels for third
place. Sacramento pulled the Seals n
bit closer by beating them yesterday,
and the way the Senators are going now
makes it rather certain that the Seals
will not do much advancing during the
week. All this reads good to local fans,
! because either of the local teams can
go to the top this week. Carson or
Hensling will twirl for the Villagers
this afternoon and Thorsen or Tozer
will heave for the Angels. A scrappy
and most exciting game is looked for,
and the rivalry that exists between
them teams and their factions among
the fans should make it a most lively
session.
Another pleasing bit of news for the
fans Is the announcement that Eugene
McGreevy will be the main guy on the
indicator job during this series. Van
Haltren has emigrated to Frisco, thank
goodness, and either Finney or Hide
brand will come south to help Nc
Greevy whenever the double umpire
system is used here. McGreeVy and
Hildebrand are very popular with the
fans because they are competent UNI
pires, quick In making decisions and
absolutely fair and impartial in their
work. They never have any trouble
with the fans because they know their
duties and perform them well, without
fear or favor. 1t is unfortunate that
there are not more of their kind in the
Coast league. If the league magnates
would adopt the double umpire system
and put Jimmie Toman to work there
would be little or no trouble between
the fans and the umpires, and 1t is
hoped that this will be done before the
season is much older. The league race
is entirely too close to do any expert
menting with incompetents or to at
tempt to work only one umpire in each
game. 1t is unfair to all the teams
and will do much to keep the attend
ance far below their proper size.
Adolph Becker and Billy Dreyfus ar
rived yesterday from Frisco by boat
and put in a few hours along the
Rialto in renewing acquaintances
Dreyfuss probably will remain long
enough to give Claude Welker a chance
to take his annual vacation, while
Adolph will look after business in
terests here for a few days and then
return home. Billy looks almost as
good as ever, although he has re-
modelled his front porch to some eX-
tent since going north and finds it no
trouble now to see his feet when he
takes the trouble to look for them.
Enrique Robles, the Spanish torea-
dor who is to reopen the bull-fighting
game Sunday at Tia Juana, left for
San Diego last night to perfect ar
rangements for the big fight he will
pull off just across the border Sunday
afternoon. He promises to furnish the
sports who attend his show with the