Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-08
NEWS OF THE DIAMONDS


The Pecans and Nadeaus are slated
for a go at the game today which
will startle the natives. The Nadeaus
were victorious in their first clash, but
the Pecans have been getting up good
deal of steam in the meantime, and
today's contest should prove the real
article in the diamond line.
The Echo second team is after games
for Saturday afternoons. Call Temple
923. This team is a newly organized
aggregation, and If they follow the
footsteps of their first nine they will
do well. Echo Park No. has lost but
two games in seven months, and that
with a pretty full schedule.
The Modern Woodmen team is ex-
pected to meet Covina today, and
the members are requested to catch the
IL or 1:1O o'clock car to Covina.
Valentine of Glendale City team fame
is after a score keeper for Saturday af-
ternoons.
Glendale City will celebrate in great
style on May IA, and Manager Valen-
tine of the Glendale City team is PLAN
ming an excellent program for his dia-
mond babies. They will line up with
Alhambra, one of the best of the anna
teur mines in the south, and expect to
show their mettle and incidentally to
capture the game.
Echo Park first team is anxious to
secure a game with Monrovia for a
Saturday contest. Having trimmed
nearly everything among the local tall
ent, they are branching out into the
suburbs and are confident of lettering
their record still farther with the coun-
try league.
Scotty Allen has been selected as Off
cial umpire of the local college games.
1t is reported that Scotty is prone to
take many a risk, but it is to be feared
that here will be the last straw. Scot
ty may be an expert at the game, but
that counts for little with bunch OF
rooters. He may possess keen Judg-
ment in managing and directing anna
teur baseball teams, but here it seems
he forgot himself and brought himself
like a lamb to the slaughter. However,
he appears at all games with tightly
buttoned coat, from which projects a
we'll reinforced protector, and in all
probability he prepares for the worst
with all the regalia that ever found IA
vor in the eyes Of followers of football
or cricket.
George Covert manager of the victorious
Covina-San Felice team of last season. ana
reorganizer of the San Gabriel Valley league
this year is gathering his men around him for
another pennant year. Information to
the whereabouts of Charles Miller ana
Jess Wilson of last years squad will be happy
news for Covert. The team as YET Is IN
urgent need of three infelders and a battery,
but the organization Is ready and willing to
jump right into the game. Call Covert at
Covina. Home phone 1177.
The Scotty Allen Injuns will line up with
the Furlongs, newly organized local aggre-
CATION, in the preliminary game at Mace Park
today.
Mace park will be a continuous show Of the
game national today, with three fast ones
scheduled for the field. This morning
the Pioneer Trucks and the Silver Grays Will
decide the better, and with the Indians and
Furlongs, the Dyas-Clines and the l.. A.
Grays, Scotty should be fairly busy.
There have been few changes in the line up
of the Trolley mines. Abbot, pitcher of the
Redondo squad, and Newell. the shortstop for
the Shamrock team. left for CLIFTON, Ariz.,
Thursday, where they have been offered berths
on the local team. Owngs, third-sacker for
the McCormicks, will be moved over to the
halfway position. and Dan Patch will take
care of the last corner
Crossman, the able University of Southern
California slabster, will break into semi-pro
fessional ball ranks at Mace PARK .oudy
and do the pitching honors for the Dyas'
Cline team in their diamond struggle witt
tha Los Angeles Grays. Crossman is one o
the classiest collegian pitchers in the south
land. and should prove most valuable add
ton to Manager Aliens pitching forces
Tom Lehaz the crack Long Beach catcher
will be on the slab for the Pioneer TRUCK
company team In their game with the silver
Grays TODAY. Lehaz is said to be one of the
best big mitt men in local amateur ranks.
VIII Lane, formerly with the Los Angeles
Giants and more recently a member OF the
Occidental Cubs, has returned 20 his old posi-
tion at shortstop with the L. A. Grays'