Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-01-26
WINTER BASEBALL

HI MPLOYES of the Los Angeles
~ Water company have organized
baseball team with Pitcher Ly-
man as manager, who issues a def to
all local clubs. In the lineup of the
water dispensers will be seen the fol-
lowing expert jugglers of the little
round thing: A. Little, ]. Kyle, w.
1asWell, G. Woodhouse Shorty Davis.
Judge Fancy, who at one time was
real Judge but recently has taken to
Rushlhg the pencil; Jet Pasco. w.
Ross and Anderson. This team rem
resents combine between the horse
hlde heaVers of the COMPANY OFFICE
force and the shop men. Heretofore
the Two departments have been renre-
scented by separate mines. which when
mlngllng, always has resulted disas-
iIl9usIy 10 those who labor over the
Iedgers. The office men. coneeivinp.
mat merger was the thing to do fol-
IoWed the HERMAN principle and now
strong nine represents the con1nan,y
Inc last time the two factions cIa sned
IN baseball supremacy test an anus
ing incident occurred. It seems that
as the game was progressing the UNI
L Iie was carefully handling from one
hand TO the other as he used those
members to emphasize his decisions
something round and neatly done up
IN tissue paper. 1t gradually became
noised around that this was trophy
Tor the winners, and the contest waxed
flercer than ever. When the shoprnen
finally won they expectantly crowded
around the handler of the indicator,
who solemnly handed the package to
the captain of the winners. When the
tissue paper had been carefully I'M
folded in their captains hand there lay
beautiful golden, glistening lemon"
CraY l.
one of the best interscholastic base
ball clubs in the Orange County High
School league this year. Active prac-
tice is being INDUCED in twice a week.
Dutch" Hinrichs as tWirler is one of
the best mound artists in Orange
county and has been of considerable
strength to the backwoods team
Slater, on first base, is rounding into
big league form and will be one of the
best hitters on the nine this fall;
Joseph Hinrichs will be the mainstay
of the team at the middle station;
Kelley will hold down third station
and should make a good showing. rs
his playing ability has improved Won
derfully. All the members of last
years squad are back again this
season.
There Will be meeting Of Santa
Paula, Oxnard, Ventura and Santa
Barbara baseball teams this week for
the purpose of arranging a schedule
of games for the league series. NO
doubt George M. Ward, representing
the Santa Barbara CLUB, VIII be electe9
to- the secretaryship, for George would
not be at home if he was not pouring
over the minutes of previous meetings.
T Scott Allen, who was one of the
official umpires in the former can
fornia Winter league, in neat niue
tall- before the last meeting came 10
a close thanked the president ana
other members of the league for their
kind consideration shown him Whlle
he was an Jump in that organiza-
ton.
The clubs in the City league are rum
ming neck and neck for pennant honors'
TN TO the present time the University
c1i,b is only nineteen points behind the
maternal Aids in the percentage col
,,non while the Yeoman team is
seventy-two points behind the Ma
tional Lumber nine.
IT was a pitchers battle between
Smith. for the F'raternal Alas, anu
Acuna. for the Wielands, last Sunday.
THE former struck out eight. While the
latter made seven swing like a gate.
Tn the hitting colmun Smith seemed TO
be on the wrong side of the ledger, as
thirteen was chalked up against him,
while only five was made off Acuna.
Centerfielder Terry of the Fraternal
Aids last Sunday proved to be the hero
in the City league by his sensational
unassisted double putout play, and de-
serves watching in the future, as he is
q natural born ball player.
Two fast double plays were executed
last Sunday on the Vernon diamond IN
the game between the University Mer-
chants and the Bishops Of the city
leagus. The curtain raiser which