Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-16

RialtO Gossip

4 LTHOUGH the Angels have lost
n two in three series since coming
"A home three weeks ago, it seems
now that the team is pulling out OF
the hard luck rut and is getting back
into that classy form that enabled
it to make such an excellent record
while away on its first road trip this
season. They played classy baseball
yesterday afternoon at every jump IN
the road and, barring the amateurlsh
work by Hughey Smith behind the
bat, would have won the double
header from Portland. With the series
with Vernon beginning tomorrow
local baseball fans will have unusual
interest in the games to be played
this week. Vernon is leading the league
and is playing at a terrific rate. Each
club has won Il series from the other
this season and the odd series that
is on this week will attract bigger
and noisier crowds to the local parks
than ever before, it is believed. Not
withstanding that Vernon is leading
and Los Angeles is almost in the cell
lar, there are only three and half
games difference Four straights from
Vernon would put the Angels half q
game ahead of them, but what team
in the league can win four straight
from them? Vernon comes home to-
night for A five weeks stand, includ-
ing the one week with Los Angeles
Every other team in the league will
call on them during this stay. Vernon
has won every series since leaving
and should be given rousing recep-
tion on their return, and should be
Loyalty and literally supported by
record crowds every day. Show some
appreciation, you fans. and then see
what a great game they will play.
The shifting scenes in Coast league
baseball, beginning tomorrow after
noon, send Vernon to Los Angeles,
San Francisco to Sacramento ana PORT
land to Oakland. Just what changes
in the club standing will be made this
week depend largely upon what Yer
non can do with the Angels. Portland
is sure to mop up with Oakland and
Frisco should take the Sacramento
series. The top of the column is with
in hailng distance for any of the first
four clubs, and it is 20 be a lively
scramble this week.
Pitcher Miller. who set new record
yesterday by pitching and winning a
double-header for Frisco never looked
like that sort of a tWirler in his games
here His record is a great one, but
applies only to the Coast league, as the
same feat has been performed IN tne
big leagues. He must have wanted
vacation this week.
Pete Daley, the great little center
fielder for the Angels. probably is the
most popular baseball player on the
Angel lineup, and that Is saying a
heap. He is a dependable hitter and
it is $2 2O00, 900 against a iickel that the
batter is out any time he raises
fly within a sixteenth of a mile of Pete.
In addition to all these dandy quail
fications he is about the best pegger
in the league. He has cut off many
a run at the plate by his accurate and
swift returns and has figured in more
double plays than any other outfielder
in the league. 1t Is to the majors for
him next season beyond all doubt, and
the team that gets him will be ma
terally strengthened.
Senator Corney w. Pendleton, secre-
tary of the Angel City Baseball asso-
citation, goes north tonight to attend
the graduation of his son, Corney w,
jr., at Berkeley. While in the north he
also will visit Frisco on business and
pleasure.
Casey. second baseman for Portland,
sprained his right ankle in the game at