Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09

All aboard for another week of Coast
league baseball. The teams, after
one day vacation, will be at it again
this afternoon and the scrap for the
pennant resumed. And the way last
weeks struggles were fought all over
the circuit augurs well for this series,
the teams being in midsesston form
and luck playing second part IN
deciding games.
On the home lot Hen Berry's Angels
will be up against the leading Seals.
and despite the dope on their later
performances the local aggregation
can ba looked for to do quite a bit
of business with the San Francfscans.
Some way or other Hens hirellngs
play better ball when up against the
champions than at any other time, and
this weeks doings at Chutes and
DOYLE parks ought to be worth any
body's money.
If one listens to Berry, the Seals
are going to be treated in a somewhat
similar manner to the entertainment
handed out by the Senators when the
Angels visited at Sacramento a couple
of weeks ago. Hen declares the Seals
would rather play any team on the
coast than Los Angeles, and affirms
his pets will be there with the better
part of the series after the dust has
settled Sunday afternoon.
The Villagers are wandering from
their own fireside for a few rounds,
opening this afternoon with the Oaks
in San Francisco. Hap's bunuch is
running Portland and Oakland close
race to break into the three hole, and
with any kind of luck ought to pick up
a notch and come home in better
place than when they left.
Mercedes colts drew a hard one for
six games having the scrappy Sena-
tors to fight until next week. Some
stranger taking a squint at the per-
centage column, might think Charlie
Graham's men were marks of the
first class, but another guess would
be more to the real thing. No team
in the league has a right to try out
it's bush twirlers on the Senators, for
they have been going great guns late
ly and would be extremely dangerous
II they had only broken with the
rest of the field. That delay at the
barrier is going to cost Graham the
pennant, for otherwise he would be in
the first flight
Local fans have the better Of any
umpiring niceties that may crop up
for Finney and Hildebrand will con-
tinue to double up. Oakland draws
the real ounce, as Van Haltren is as
signed to the around the bay games,
and in that section of the state Van
thing Portland will fare well, for
Gene McGreeVy is slated to settle any
and every question arising on the dia-
mond.
Klein, the boy phenom Berry has sit
ting around on the bench, will probably
do a little work from now on to earn
his salary. Hen started out with the
idea of giving the youngster a shot at
the opposition about once a month, but
has decided to double the dose and
send him on the hill at least once every
two weeks.
According to his form at present,
Klein is due to become a star at no dis
tant date For a boy of his years he
has unusual control. and his assOrt-
ment of curves is equal to any tWirlers
working on the coast With more eX-
perience and a few pounds added to
his heft Klein will be able to go full
game at top speed and then-the big
brush scouts will sit up and pay at
tention.
And talking of the scouts, there are
several lowering around this league at
the present writing Most of them are
smart enough not to tell their first
names. but some have been recognized
and are known to be on business bent.
Open season on Coast league players
opens the 18th Of next month and con-
tinues until October /.
Pete Daley and Howard are spoken
of as material on which Mr.. Scouts
eagle eye is trained. Both players have
been in the doldrums for the past few
games and have shown nothing like
their real speed, so their friends are
hoping the big league outlook will stick
around until they get back to normal
shooting. Waring is another of the
locals being discussed, and Berry is in
a fair way to lose his clever backstop.
Witt and Bode are pretty sure to go
from San Francisco, and Willie Hogan |
from Oakland. Lively Maggert and |
Nelson are also prospects from the |
Oaks. Knapp and Rapps are candi- |
dates from Portland, and Hunt is al |
most sure TO be taken from the Sena- /
tors. Carson and Fisher are on the !
primary election ballot as departures |