Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-10

w outfield on the Seattle team
last season, they secured the services
of one of the greatest all-round ath-
letes playing the national game today.
| At present the new recruit of the blue
blooded Yankee team is wintering at
Long Beach and occasionally takes
flying trip to the Angel city to chew
| the rag" with his fellow Jugglers of
| the horsehide at McCormick's pool hall
or Balls resort on North Spring street
| on such occasions Pitcher Seaton, also
| of last seasons Seattle squad, and Ell
mer Reiger, the clever tWirler VINO
| goes to the st. Louis Cardinals next
| season, are the trio who form the CEN
ter of the baseball yarns swapping
| brigade. Yesterday, after Capron t hao
| departed from the circle of the elite
| at McCormicks, Seaton sprung the
! following eulogy on the rising out
| fielder. This fellow" said Seaton, as
! he nodded toward the disappearing
form of Capron, lis the most perfectly
| built man of the world, none barred
! and when it comes to general athletics
| he has it on any one doing stunts on
| the diamond in the national game.
! When still in his teens George went
! over the ten-round route with PhlIa-
| delphia Jack O'Brien in a hamlet III
/ Michigan to q draw, fighting under
| the assumed name of Tug WILSON,
| Now this bout may not appear on
| O'Briens record, but nevertheless IL Is
| a fact, and 1 will Vouch for 1t. An
/ other of his feats of Drawn was when
| he made the AIl-American football
| team, when he played on the Mime
! sofa. eleven in the year 1907. say, you
| ought to see that fellow boot a pig
| skin. He sure is a second Pat O'Dea
when it comes to drop kicking Nu-
merous physical culture books contain
| the poses Of this great outhelder.
! The new Redondo Baseball associa-
/ tion has elected Bunny Nagle, for
| merlv manager of the Rivera club, to
| captain the team throughout the Sc
| rles of newly organized class D league
| season. Baseball fans of the beach
! town have started subscription blanks
| and it is expected that SlO00 Will De
| raised to promote the club IN TINS
| league. The Redondo team, under its
! new rnanagemelt, will first t'y con-
! clusions with the Santa Monica team
| and one Of the best contests or the
season is predicted, as Nagle mas
signed several fast players.
0or cameron. first baseman Of the
Oakland team, and Tonneson, pitch-
ar for the same club, arrived In Los
Angeles yesterday on their way TO
the north from Ell Centre. where they
nIaved winter ball in the Colodado
Valley league. Hester Of the Sacra-
mento club, who twirled for BraWley
this winter, also is in Los Angeles for
a short visit.
Terry McKune, who played short for
+ba oakland Coast league team last
season. may be shifted to the Oakland
state league club this season, accord
ing to reports received from the horIh
yesterday.
The work Of improving Chutes base
! ball park was started yesterday Wnen
| a gang of workmen started on the
h1eachers. In the outfield the ground
| will be "sheared' to depth OIL tnre9
! inches in order to remove the slhdli
| stones that have bothered the players:
| rrha outfield will be given a coat OF
| new soil. sprinkled and rolled TWICE
Elmer Reiger who was supposed to
renort to the st. Louis Nationals was
madder than an old March hen yes
terday when the postman stopped at
his home, handing him letter. WhlGh
contained his contract with the Cardl-
nails. and Elmer, after reading the nrst
nara e.raph, dropped the letter, for the
salary read $1,000 Reiger says that uh-
der no conditions will he go east Tor
+his amount. Let Roger Bresnahan
some through with $500 and WIN
sign" said Reiger. Reiger played WIN
the Shreveport club last year ana was
sold to St. Louis Nationals for rea-
sonahIe amount and was thunderstruck
at the small salary offered MN thls
season.
Following is the schedule of the U.
s. C. law school baseball club for the
opening of the season.: February ~
Schoolmasters; March u, Dental col
Iege; March 49, Medical college; April
o Pomona college, at Pomona; April
23 Occidental college at Occidental A
series of games is being arranged with
the Los Angeles high school team.
Pitcher Brooks Tompkins and Lewis
are requested to call 1921 on the Home
phone.
Roy Olson, former third baseman OF
the Pippin team of the lnterurbah
league, has signed a conditional con-
tract with the Aberdeen team for the
coming season.
A new semi-professional ball team,
to be known as the Washington and
Main Street Merchants, is the latest
addition to the, ranks of Sunday base
ball. Edward Murphy, who has been
elected manager of the team, VIII
have his club ready to challenge all
comers within the next few weeks and
would like to arrange a series Of games
with Los Angeles and out-of-toWn
teams. Challenges can be sent to Red
Perkins at 219 Lissner building, who
will look out for the interest of out
of-town managers.
Charles Drown. the popular little
pitcher Of the Union Hardware CLUB
last night entertained several of his
ball friends at a theater party after
which a light supper was in order at
a downtown cafe. The occasion of the
treat was Charley's eighteenth birth
day.
Jess Stoval is back from Imperial
valley and yesterday wore a smile that
would not come off. Stoval in the last
game of the Imperial valley league,
sent the ball out to deep center and
brought home the two runs that saved
the flag for the FL Centro team.
Elmer Criger, the southpaw pitcher
from Jackson. in the South Michigan
league, is a younger brother to Lew
Criger, the veteran backstop who for
years was at the receiving end Of the
Young-Criger battery. The younger
Criger evidently never has been far
from his fireplace, at least in westerly
direction In letter to Hen Berry yes
terday he asks Hen to sent transporta-
tion both ways, explaining that it is so
far out here that he wants to make
sure of getting back.
Jimmy Toman arrived in Los Ange-
Iae vesterdaV from TmDerial where he