Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-14
RialtO Gossip

Interest in the series between the
Angels and the Villagers was best IL
| lustrated yesterday when one of the
biggest mid-week crowds of the sea-
son was on hand for the opening game.
Another feature of the crowded stands
and bleachers was the popularity of
the Vernon team, the fans showing
without any effort of concealment that
they think a whole lot of Hogan and
his crew. The way the crowd pulled for
Vernon to beat the Angels was a bit
surprising in one way, but not in an
other. Los Angeles has been coming
SO fast of late that it looks like the
/ club is the strongest in the league and
| the one that must be beaten for the
bunting. The under-dog sympathy
went to Vernon and with it was all the
friendship and good will that Hogan
and his boys have earned by their
| classy playing all season. Los Angeles
| is playing an unbeatable game just
now and the showing yesterday adds
to the belief that no team in the
league has much of a show with it.
After so many reverses in the early
weeks of the season, the Angels are
going at a surprising pace and seem
to have hit their stride for the first
time. 1t will be hard fought series,
just the same, and with a double in
terest aroused because both teams are
| close enough TO go to the top this
week, the fans find this series unusual
ly attractive. The same teams will
line up at the Chutes again this af-
ternoon and Thorsen and Carson or
Hensling will be on the opposing ends
of the batteries, which means a real
battle. Vernon was not Inundated
yesterday, even if they were beaten,
as the score shows, and it is not i'm
probable that they would have won
! close and exciting that everything
counted as important and Umpire Nc
Greevy had his troubles with the
kicking players on both. sides. Despite
the scrappiness that featured the
game, it wa a clean and exciting con-
tet all the way.
| Carson and Thorsen probably will be
the opposing slabsters in the second
game of the Los Angeles-Vernon series
| this afternoon and since both are work
| ing in major league form, the contest
is bound to be a thriller and should
attract another record crowd. Since
Thorsen rounded to form, he has been
| letting his opponents down with two
and three hits game and he seems
| to be getting better with every trial
on the mound. Carson finally has
rounded to form, too, as was shown
| in his easy victories over Portland, his
old teammates.
Tex Rickard finally came to town,
two days late, but he got here just
the same He says he is not hunting
for any more fight attractions just at
present, but is here on a vacation. Mrs.
Rickard accompanied him and they
were guests of Jeffries and his wife
/ -
Cypress avenue home. They will ac
company Jeffries and wife to Catalina
for a brief stay before returning home.
Tex said he tried to rest in Frisco,
but it cost too much to draw a breath
up there and he came down to a real
live place where he could rest without
having to dig up $121,000 for the priVi-
lege. Tex also says he is not going
to sue the governor because he could
not collect a judgment and because he
is pretty we'll satisfied as things now
stand He positively denies that he is
trying to rematch Jeff and the negro,
but it is a good bet that he will have
first call if Jeff ever decides to get
back in the ring and he will not go
away from here without having some
understanding with the big boy He IS
not worrying about Jim Coffroth but
ting in on his Reno preserves as Tex
knows he has the edge on all rivals
when it comes to pulling off fights in
Nevada, his own state and among his
own people.
Several automobile parties have been
arranged to go from here to San Diego
to attend the bullfght Sunday at Tia
Juana. Most of these parties will leave
Los Angeles about midnight of Satur-
day, taking the cool night for the trip
in preference to the sunny daytime.
with good roads and cooling breezes,
it should be a pleasant trip both ways
and as it can be made in a few hours,
it is proving quite attractive. Senior
Enrique Robles, who will stage the
fight, is counting upon entertaining
| large delegation from Los Angeles and
has arranged for special round trip
rates over the Santa Fe for those who
do not go south in automobiles.
Catcher Brown got slammed with a
S. plaster when he tried to "kid" UNI