Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-03-28
SIGN PLAYERS IN
THE NEW LEAGUE
TROLLEY MAGNATES FORMING
LINEUPS
INITIAL SEASON OPENS SUNDAY
AFTERNOON
President Mccormick Speaks Enthu-
sasticaIIy Regarding Prospects
of Successful
Series

MdIdbtiA VI llIC t)OuNlltiiA (''i'N'A
r Hey league clubs have been signing
players right and left for the past few
weeks, until now all report exceedingly
strong clubs made up entirely of form
er amateur players who are the pick
of the colony of crack youngsters VINO
have made the best showing in the To-
cal winter leagues.
President Mccormick is very enthu-
siastic over the bright prospect Of a
successful initial season for the organ
ization and already looks upon the
Trolley league as a fixture in Southern
California sports. and that 1t VIII be
doing business at the same old stand,
not only next season but years and
years to come.
Il think that our new league Will be
the medium whereby more young play
ers break into fast company than any
other in organized ball." said McCor-
mick yesterday. "Our scheme is not
only to give the towns in which we
have a franchise good ball, but we in
tend to make the league a factory Tor
turning out finished ball players for
the big leagues"
From these words, coming direct
from the head of the organization, VINO
ought to know the plans, it seems that
the best thing for the local amateur
ball players to do is to sign one of the
Trolley league contracts when they
get the opportunity. That is, If he IN
tends to follow the profession, and not
play the game for merely the run IN
the sport.
Several of the minor amateur team
managers have been advising their
players not to consider joining this
league, according to current rumors. Ii
this is true they are knowingly putting
an obstacle in the progress OF thelf
players in order to keep their own cIuo
intact.
The $500 sale money that will be re-
ouested by the league when player Is
turned over to another organization Is
the hitch in the advancement OF the
player who joins the Trolley league
according to the wise ADVISERS. Now
what management among the stronger
leagues would not willingly pay that
amount for a player who showed abll-
itv and would strengthen the club Tor
which he was purchased? This ques-
ton should bring an answer with
good balance in favor of the local class
ID organization. Certainly no big
league manager would hesitate at pay
ing 300 bones for a player who mad peen
tried and had made a record. Ana
where would he get a record that
would get before the big guns unless
II was through the medium OF organ
lied ball?
or course there are the baseball
scouts who look over amateur players,
hut consider the percentage that these
same scouts draft from organized
/ leagues compared with those they pick
from the sand lots.
pIayer may show up good in one
or two games and then fall fiat should
his average for series of games De
! toured. When a scout looks over the
! record of a minor league, such as the
| Trolley, he will have figures that snow
the true value of the player, ana VIII
not have to jeopardize his reputation
/ by recommending some one for trans
portation expenses that VIII utterly
| fail to make a showing.
The Trolley league opens its sched-
ME next Sunday, and it behooves all
aspirants to get busy if they have a
chance of still getting on with one OF
the clubs. Following is the schedule:
April 3-Santa Ana VS.. Maiers, at
Santa Ana; Redondo VS.. Long Beach,
at Long Beach; Maiers VS.. Pasadena,
/ at Pasadena.
April 1O-Santa Ana VS.. Long Beach,
at Santa Ana McCormicks VS.. Pasa-
dena, at Pasadena; Maiers VS.. Redon-
/ do. at Redondo.
April 17--Santa Ana VS.. Redondo, at
Redondo Pasadena VS.. Long Beach,
at Long Beach; Maiers VS.. McCor-
micks. at Pasadena.
April 24-Santa Ana VS.. Pasadena, at
Santa Ana; McCormicks VS.. Redondo,
at Redondo. and Maiers VS.. Long
Beach, at Long Beach.
May 1-Maiers VS.. Santa Ana, at
/ Santa Ana; McCormicks VS.. Long
Beach, at Long Beach, and Redondo
VS.. Pasadena. at Pasadena.
May S-McCormicks VS.. Santa Ana,
at Santa Ana; Long Beach VS.. Redon-
do, at Redondo and Pasadena VS..
Maiers, at Pasadena.
May 15--Long Beach VS. Santa Ana,
at Long Beach; Pasadena VS.. McCor-
micks, at Pasadena, and Redondo VS..
Maiers at Redondo.
May 22-Redondo VS.. Santa Ana, at
Santa Ana; Long Beach VS.. Pasadena,
at Pasadena. and McCormicks VS..
Maiers, at Long Beach.
May 29-Pasadena VS.. Santa Ana, at
Pasadena: Redondo VS.. McCormcks,
at Redondo, and Long Beach VS..
Maiers, at Long Beach.
June 5-Santa Ana VS.. Maiers, at
Santa Ana; Long Beach VS., McCor-
micks, at Long Beach, and Pasadena
VS.. Redondo, at Redondo.
June 12-Santa Ana VS.. McCormicKs,
at Santa Ana; Redondo VS. Long
Beach, at Long Beach; Maiers VS.. Pas
adena. at Pasadena.
June 19-Santa Ana VS.. Long Beach,
at Santa Ana; McCormicks VS.. Pasa-
dena, at Pasadena, and Maiers VS.. Re-
dondo. at Redondo.
June 26-Santa Ana VS.. Redondo, at
Pasadena; Pasadena VS.. Long Beach,
at Long Beach, and Maiers VS.. McCor-
micks, at Pasadena.
July 3--Santa Ana VS.. Pasadena, at
Santa Ana; McCormicks VS.. Redondo,
at edondo, and Maiers VS.. Long Beach.
at Long Beach
July 1O-Maiers VS.. Santa Ana, at
Santa Ana; McCormicks VS.. Long
Beach, at Long Beach, and Redondo
VS.. Pasadena, at Pasadena.