Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-30

This afternoon the Chutes baseball
diamond will be the scene of what
promises to be a rattling good eXhl-
bition of the national game, as the
teams that are scheduled to mlngle are
about the class of the local baseball
clubs. The Angels of the Coast league
need no introduction, and their oppo-
nents will be the fast local colored
nine the Trilbys. The dinges have
nracticed hard during the past week
for this game and will be in far better
condition than when they met deteat
at the hands of the Shamrocks Iast
sunday Their ambition is set on WIN
ming today's contest and the struggle
should wax warm.
Baseball practice at the University
of Southern California law school IS
progressing nicely and already the
team is rounding into good form Mon
day Coach Wheeler will take active
charge of the workouts and it is ex-
peeted that he will soon have a 1ast
team playing together.
At the Echo Fairgrounds yesterday
morning the Oaks defeated the Atm
letirs in nine of the hardest fought
innings yet witnessed on the GROUNDS
the final score being 3 to 4. me pat
teries were: For the Oaks, Carlyle
and hlnkdlu, anu lO1 Sii~
Nickerson and Patterson.
Word received from Bakersfield is
10 the effect that Johnny Eagle, as ne
is known in baseball circles, but whose
real name is Johnny Abila mas
signed with the San Francisco club IN
the State league Johnny held down
the second cushion for the OIL drlllefs
during the past season and IS one OF
that rPDIE
scented Bakersfield on the diamond lasl
wear that has developed into the ranks
Of ia ster company. Eagle, during the
winter season of year ago was the
baclxstoD on the Maiers team, ana IN
that position he made a good record
in local baseball circles.
At Santa Ana yesterday the occi-
denfaIs came out victorious in their
contest with the Santa Anas, formerly
of fine Winter league, the final score
bcing to /. Dutch Hendricks did the
t,yirling for the home team, allowing
oni1y six hits. while Annis sent them
over for the visitors, allowing four mus
The two teams will mingle again TO-DAY
when Johnson and Lengthy oiillth
will be the opposing boX attls's'
walter johnson, now wintering in
Orange county, playing on the santa
Ana club and connected with lhe
We asbineton American league team
was unearthed in the summer OF 1907
hv Toe Cantllon, then manager of the
Senators. Since that time he has been
creating a series of sensations by ms
clever work. Johnson was born in
Hunboldt. Kas., November g. 1888. lie
aid not play ball until coming to
Southern California, and at The age OF
IA he drifted into amateur ball. lie
made such a great showing that he
attracted the attention of the mag
Mates of the Tacoma club Of the North
western league which signed him in
hurry. But, rather strange to recount,
he got no opportunity to show his abil.
ity and went to the Weiser team 'ot
tha Idaho State league. Johnson
pitched ten games for that club, win
ming nine. Returning to Los Angeles
the following winter, he made an at
TEMPT to get on the Los Angeles team,
but no berth was open for him. He re-
turned to Weiser the next year, win
ming thirteen of the fifteen games in
which he appeared, having tWitled
eighty-five consecutive innings without
allowing a run, averaging fourteen
strikeouts to a contest. In his first
twelve games he allowed total OF
only twenty-five hits. He was sold 70
Washington, and today he is rated as