Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-17
Amateur Sports, Athletics

lists to fill up the other half of his
schedule. Covina's history has been
baseball history and she has a record
of which any city, large or small in
the state might be proud to own. Her
amateurs are near competitors or
Coast leaguers or White Sox and she
has developed more of the baseball ma
chimes than any other of the southern
sand lots. Covina is after the amateur
baseball championship of the south this
year and is willing and ready to meet
any semi-pro organization of real
merit at any time. Arrange dates with
Manager Covert Covina, Cal.
A suitcase containing baseball ma
terial is being held for Catcher Sepul-
veda of the San Pedro club at the p.
e. depot.
The Directories expect to arrange a
match with Cucamonga for next Sun
day and expect to do little cleaning
among the outside resorts. They are
a good all round club and can hold
their own with any of them in the
national game.
Bacon of Whittier, and Valentine of
the Glendale nine are talking seriously
of getting together in the near future
and if present plans mature there
should be a fine fur fly in short
time. Both teams are among the best
of the bunch and a hookup between
the two classy organizations would be
something of a bingfest hitherto un-
known around the local fields. OF
course, Valentine would prefer the
game at Glendale, while Bacon is after
everything he can get for Los Nietos
However, in a place like this some
points should be conceded on either
side as, financially, it should be
prime investment no matter where they
lined up.
The Dyas- CIines, having closed their
schedule with Sundays game at Mace
park. will probably be reorganized un-
der another nomenclature, although
Seotty Allen does not expect to ma
terially weed out the lineup. The sue
cess of the team has been gratifying
from every side and promoters ana
players are joyful over the season
pickings.
There seems to be a "Who's who?' in
regard to the identity of the Los An
geles Merchants and the Los Angeles
Pippins. whether one Is the other, vice
versa, or whether they are both the
same. Which is which?
A sad bit of news for the local
amateur baseball fraternity is the re-
port that Charlie Valdez, the Pecan
HEAVIER and one of the most popular OF
the younger element, Is dangerously Ill
at the Sisters hospital. The youngster
was spiked by Catcher Gobeen OF the
Whittier team a week ago and plood
poison setting in the injury became eX-
tremely serious. All "the bunch are
anxious to hear of his Improvement and
are looking forward to his reappear-
anCe among the PeCanS.
South Central Merchants are after
game for next Sunday, to be played at
Ascot. Call South 4743 before 7:30 p. m.
A rumor is floating around that the
miscellaneous aggregations of merchant
mines are soon to be formed into
league with regular schedules and
parks. Most of the members of the
merchant squads are in favor of the
idea, and it will probably come to pass
shortly
The Spalding company, now opening
its branch store at 435 Spring street,
have dipped its finger into the amateur
baseball pie and have pulled out plum
in the shape of the weekly Inauguration
of "practice day" Mace park has been
hired for Thursdays from Scotty Allen,
and on this Jonah calendarium royal
invite and glad hand is extended to all
the Southern California amateur fans
and players to bring their duds and get
into the game while the Spaldings are
''settin' 'em up"