Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-22

Dillon has strengthened his Angel lineup
surprisingly well in the addition of two south
paw twirlers, Klein and Castleton, and Catcher
Waring, and where there was only hope for
the Angels to do something a month ago
there is enthusiasm that is backed up
by something material. The Angel batters
always have performed up to class AA stand
ards, but the team has been rather weak in
the lack of dependable pitchers to back UP
Nagle, Tozer and Thorsen. and the backstop
position has ben bit weak because only
Orendorff and Smith were available. All
these weak spots are remedied and the
team is going ahead with a winning spurt
that Hen Berry says Is a permanent one.
Klein is an Alameda boy and is only II years
old but he has a world of speed, nice
curves and good control All he needs at first
glance is little seasoning and that will
come with experience He looks like sure
sensation before the season closes. Castleton
is a young man, but an old-timer on the
mound and the fact that he was the leading
pitcher in the Southern league in 1909, before
he was taken sick. indicates some class there.
He never got a chance with Cincinnati after
being drafted and comes direct to Los An
geles He has speed to burn, all sorts of
curves a cool head and good control. Waring
looks like the best catcher seen in the Coast
league in several years. He is one Of the best
backstops any Coast league pitcher ever tossed
to, pegs beautifully and accurately to the
bases and stings the ball like he had some
ginger in his makeup This trio of players
is enough TO make any fan enthuse, and their
addition to the team means that the Angels
will be awful hard to beat for the bunting.
Frank Chance has big circle of friends
here in Los Angeles who were shocked by the
news yesterday that he had been nearly killed
by being hit by a pitched ball. Fortunately
later reports show that while he is seriously
hurt and will be out of the game for several
days, he viii recover and get back in the
game The Cubs going ahead with the
job of winning the National league pennant
but the absence of their leader is apt to
have a material effect upon their playing.
Chance was the father of the bunch, and his
brainworks were depended upon to win pen
nants There will be some difficulty in get
ting another set of brains to substitute for
his while he is in the hospital.
Everybody, even Tom Stevens, happy
last night when the news came that Vernon
had whipped the Seals and jumped back into
the lead of the pennant procession. Los
Angeles helped out materially by walloping
the Commuters, and Sacramento came through
with a dandy beating for Portland Willett
has won his game for Vernon, and it looks
Breckenridge will win theirs. Happy has his
boys back out in front, and how he will fight
to keep them there!
Paul Browning the score card man at local
baseball games is dabbing in journalism to
the extent that he is publishing weekly
budget of news in his score card booklet. A
nice interesting letter appears this week,
giving the batting averages of the Angels
and Oaklands last week for comparative pur-
poses. and a sketch of Orendorff and Klein.
Paul viii be ready for the cub division in a
few more years.
Clarence Berry will go to Alaska after the
Jefres-Johnson fight to look after some of
his gold mines in the frozen country. He fig
ures on staying about three months. Clarence
is well acquainted up there and says that the
country Is not nearly of the map one
might believe. they have all sorts Of
amusements and pastimes up there to help
pass away the weary hours,
Abe Attell and owen Moran are training
hard every day for their bout Friday night,
and the fans will the two greatest boxers
in the world in action when they meet What
is more, they will see two OF the best trained
boxers in the world. they have fought three
draws and have learned to respect the other
fellows speed and cleverness. Attell is work
ing with Kid Dalton and other local boxers
every afternoon at Arcadia, beginning at
o'clock, while Moran is working with Sam
Keller Hal Baldwin and Jeff Perry, and IS
giving good shows every afternoon. Moran is
down to 1241s pounds and looks fit as
fiddle.
Two OF the prelimnaries TO the Attell-Moran
bout were announced yesterday by Match
maker Hancock. Jimmy Austin and Battling
Chico will open the show, and Paul Sikora
and Jeff O'Connell will appear in the semi
windup. This adds interest to the offering,
as all four boys have won popularity with the
fans of late by their clever ring work. Either
a ten-round or two more skies will be added
to the card. making one Of he best preliminary
offerings that McCarey has staged In many
a day.
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to that club during his playing career until he
has been sold traded released to another
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