Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-10
WINTER BASEBALL

Officials of the Southern California
Trolley league will meet next Tuesday
afternoon at 210 Lissner building TO
make final arrangements for an early
opening of the league schedule, which,
if possible, will be started as first an
nounced, March 20. But some OF the
managers are of the opinion that TINS
date is a little early and it may be
changed to some date In the early part
of April. All umpires who have any
intention of putting in an application
for a position on the leagues official
indicator staff are requested by Presi-
dent Mccormick to submit their appll-
cations at the coming meeting, when
they will be acted upon. President
Mccormick also requests all local ann
ateur players who wish tc play with
the Trolley organization to submit
their names and state with what team
they played during the past winter sea-
son, in writing, at the meeting or leave
1t any time before Tuesday at his pool
room.
The Wieland club and the Hat Box
team are scheduled to mingle on the
Thirty-e eighth and Alameda street dia-
mond next Sunday afternoon.
Pitcher SeAton, who made such q
SUCCESSFUL IeCOTu as Il
with the Maiers the past winter sea-
son, annexed the biggest triumph OF
Ills career in Southern California yes
terday. when he so handily trimmed
the White Sox aggregation. Seaton
splitter worked beautifully during the
beach contest, even better than 1t did
last Sunday at Santa Ana, When ne
shut out the villagers in a ten-lnnlns :
contest This class of heaving ought
III loo m =
mates after the Seattle management
which at present holds the spit eX-
perts contract.
There is only one place that Mckay
outshines his performance in the nelsh-
borhood of the second cushion and that
place is with the stick. And a nome
run, too.
With a ball player to hold posi-
ton steadily becomes very near rou-
tine work with him; that is, he knows
what is expected in that position
whenever a play comes UP, unless there
is bonehead in his makeup. This same
player who is a star at his positloh'
when shifted to another, before ne pc
comes accustomed to it, will be playing
at a great disadvantage. From the
new position he will see plays from
different angle and each play requires
a change of form from his old method
when playing the old position. There
fore a player who may be crack IN
fielder at one position to which he mas
become accustomed will fall down to
a certaii extent when installed at an
other point on the diamond. Yester-
day Gus Mast, who has played the
short field ever since he broke into
the game on the local sand lots, ana
this winter made an eAviable record
at the same position with the santa
Barbara club, the pennant winners OF
the Winter league was stationed at the
third cushion in the Long Beach line
up and 1t fell to his lot to make the
only error the beach club made dur
ing the game. Although an error may
be caused by a pebble or small de-
preston in the soil most anytime, IT
is a good gamble that had Mast been
in his old position that one bum blngle
would have been scored against an
other if at all.
Jimmy Kerwin took kindly to the
offerings of the White SoX mound art
ist yesterday and one of the clouts
was for two extra bases. Jimmy has
the confidence now and nothing short
of a Kansas cyclone can stop him from
becoming a regular in fast company.
Clarence Marshall, the long boy who
was tried out by the Beavers in the
last two seasons, has been wintering