Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-03-14
NEWS OF THE DIAMOND

would be pleased to hear from Man
ager e. B. Valentine of the Glendale
team for a return game.
The Soldiers home team Saturday,
on the Sawtele diamond, defeated the
Union Hardware club, to 2. The last
time these teams met the former de-
feated the latter by a score of Z to 8.
Pitcher Goldwater practically lost his
own game by going to sleep in the box,
allowing his opponents to steal on him.
A large attendance was present to wit
ness the home team trounce the Angel
city players.
large attendance is expected next
Wednesday at the entertainment and
dance to be given by the members of
the Teddy Bear team at 3311a South
Spring street. A musical program has
been arranged.
Bonnie Smith, the fast little short
stop of the Gateway team, was the
hero of the Gateway Directories game
yesterday on the Vernon park dia-
mond. Besides getting two doubles,
this promising youngster got a single
and scored the three winning runs for
his club. Smith is small in stature,
and as pitcher for the Gateway club
has succeeded in winning ten straight
games on the Dolgeville diamond.
Ben Pratt, pitcher of the Yeoman
club, is minus a new pair of shoes,
which he lost on the Agricultural park
diamond. Anybody finding a stray
pair of shoes will please confer
favor on Pratt by leaving the same at
21O Lissner building.
There is sorrow in the camp of the
Teddy Bears today. Manager Save
was wearing mourning around his left
sleeve yesterday. The cause of his
sadness was the defeat of the Bears
yesterday at Santa Ana. Joe Seaton,
pitcher, also shared in the mourning
stunt, and large tears were seen roll
ing down the rosy cheeks of Capt. Pc
drotti over their defeat.
Henry Bilande. pitcher for the Gate
way team, twirled an excellent game
for his club yesterday and will bear
watching. This boy is in his twenty
third year, and when not playing ball
is holding post-mortem examinations
of cattle in a Los Angeles packing
house.
Gilbert Dear of the Gateway club
Yesterday made two sensational run
ming catches in left garden. and if
they had been misjudged would have
proved costly for his club.
Tommy Ybarrando is thinking of
giving the members of the Gardena
team an automobile ride in the near
future for the excellent support his
teammates is giving him. Ybarrando
SAYS that Hap" O'Connor will not be
in the party, for the last time that
Tom gave one of these joy rides,
O'Connor nearly sent the party to a
local hospital.
The National Lumber company team
will play the Vernon club of the Pa
cific Coast league a practice game
some time this week on the Vernon
diamond.
Tom Ybarrando has organized a ball
team and would be pleased to hear
from Manager Nagle of the Redondo
team in regard to a game st. Pat
rick's day. Brady and O'Connor will
form the battery for the Los Angeles
team.
Ybarrando, pitcher for the Gardena
team, yesterday struck out seventeen
of the San Pedro players and let them
down with one hit on the Gardena dia
mond. Ybarrando is fast developing
into a class A pitcher and with lit
tie more experience, should make good
in faster company.
Harry Bouett second sacker of the
Gardena team, yesterday had two of
his teeth knocked out while attempt
ing to stop a fast grounder Bouett.
although suffering considerable pain,
stayed in the game.
Hasllins of Gardena. out of three
trips at bat yesterday, was given
credit for two hits. O'Malley, on the
same club. showed lots of speed in
covering the halfway station, getting
everything that came his way.
The Alhambra team lost to an all
star team on the Alhambra diamond
Saturday, IL to 5. This is the first in
a series of ten games which the AL
hambra club has lost.