Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
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Rialto Gossip

HN HOUSANDS of baseball fans
throughout the country read with
genuine regret yesterday of the
passing of old Eagle Eye" Jake Beck
ley, one of the pioneers in baseball and
one of the few players who served on
the diamond nearly a quarter of
century. 1t was put up to Danny Shay,
his friend and manager of the Kansas
City club, to deliver the message to
Jake that his baseball days were over.
knowing the sincere friendship that
exists between them, it Is not difficult
to guess what hard job it was for
Danny to break the news. Jake did
not want to drop into the minors, so
was given an unconditional release.
He has played in the majors and with
Glass a clubs since he first entered
professional ranks and his record for
tWenty-three years has been a brilliant
one both in field and at bat. He prob
ably will go back to his side issue, that
of assistant racing starter, in which
position he has served for many years
as a member of Jake Holtmans staff.
Wherever he goes and whatever he
| does he always. will have the con-
sciOusness of an unblemshed record
and a following of friends and admirers
who esteem him as one of the great
sportsmen of the day
Frank Hauser, the young millionaire
packer and baseball fan, finds 1t con-
venient to attend games in which Yer
non is one of the contenders out of
loyalty to the village in which he does
business. Being a sociable cuss, he
cannot go alone, so he loads up his
auto and takes a bunch of friends
along to help him root for Vernon.
Few probably know it, but Frank is
one of the best cooks in the south
west and can make better biscuits
than the average housewife. Those
who doubt it should drop around some
offday and let Frank entertain them
at one of the dinners that he prepares
for his bachelor friends occasionally.
Tom Carrigan is about the most ar
dent baseball crank in Los Angeles.
He can see just where the umpire
gives Vernon or the Angels the worst
of it quicker than Hap Hogan or Dillon
could ascertain the fact, and when he
gets hep he can say more mean things
about an unp in ten seconds than Nc
Graw, Chance, Hogan and Dillon
could think of in two weeks. Like Col.
J. w. Brooks. he thinks all the umpires
have it in for Hogan, and that they
chase him off the field just to make
hit with the fans The way he and Col.
Brooks condoled with each other after
the Sunday game would have made
stone shed tears. Each was ready to
go to the mat with Van Haltren on the
slightest provocation, and If the Angels
had Won after Hap was fired from the
coaching lines there would have been
something doing without doubt Vic
tory appeased their wrath considerably.
Some wag remarked Sunday after
noon just before the game that the real
explanation of the defeats sustained by
Vernon recently is found in the fact
that Eddie Maier and Jack Doyle had
been absenting themselves from the
diamondside, and that without these
competent seconds the Cutups could
not be expected to put up winning
fight.
Happy Hogan now will have the
chance to prove that his Cutups are as
good on the road as they are at home.
The team will be gone for three weeks.
and will play Oakland, Portland and
Sacramento before it returns to p Y
another series with the Angels next
month The boys play in an erratic
vein, but they look good enough to get
an even break on the trip, anyway.
Clarence Berry is having the time
of his life up at Jeffries' camp, playing
with the big fellow like they were
pair of schoolboys. Clarence is re-
ported as being so tickled at the con-
tinued improvement in the appearance
of Jeff that he has added $4,000 to the
available bank roll that he wants TO
bet with some Johnson admirer on the
| result. This Is no hot air message, as
| he has the bank roll and is as dead
game as they make them. Brother
| Hen also would like to double a huge
bank roll on the result if somebody
! will make a noise like even money.