Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-07-11
News of Amateur World

Summer is having its effect upon
the amateur fans and players, and a
number of the teams have disbanded
for a few weeks until the hot spells
are over and everything Is pointing
toward an amateur boost again. NOW
that the lull Is on there is chance for
the managers to rejuvenate their line
ups and rehabilitate the players with
the smart colors of the second stage OF
the summer baseball schedule.
Sporting goods houses a.e reaping a
harvest in the new suit orders, ana
nearly a score of the squads have pro-
vided themselves with this most neces,
sary adjunct to the amateur baseball
paraphernalia. 1t looks like the man
layers are reaping a fortune in the
amateur game with the style they are
putting on in the equipment line, but
| 1t was Just an idle dream" for pronts
in amateur baseball, If there ever are
any. dwindle long before the suit pur-
chasing account comes in, and in the
majority of cases the manager must
dig down into his own purse to dis
cover the necessary wherewithal to
procure the new tailorings.
The work in the professional field
with Los Angeles on the winning end
will bring a host of the fanss from the
beaches and amateur baseball will soon
be itself again. July Is always dull
month in amateur circles, but the day
Is not far distant when there Will be
an awakening, and everything will be
in running shape again.
About a month or so ago leagues
were few and far between, and the
way that every, manager turned in a
report at variance with his opponents
kept the record keepers busy Now
the tide is sweeping the other way and
league after league Is being formed
until you see a league report for every
independent game registered ana
sometimes the Independents are lost IN
the shuttle. The Joining bug is
around and the managers are affiliat-
ing themselves with almost the first
organization that comes their way
Some of the leagues are running In fine
order-most of them are not The need
of an outside management for the or
ganization Is felt in every one of the
bodies, and in time affairs will come
that way. Team managers among the
leagues are having the worst of the
bargain and amateur baseball mana
gers are the most wretched of NOR
tails. e. But after all there Is nothing
like a real game of the amateur vari-
ETY. with bingles and bungles galore.
and the amateur manager is not to be
pitied by any means, but envied as the
one in the limelight when things are
booming along.
The Teddies were at last downed by
Southern California amateur base
ball squad and the Ventura nine has
the honor of the victory With Walter
Camp and Johnson in the battery po-
sitions, they vanquished the star Ted
dies on the Ventura diamond yesterday
afternoon by the score of to 0. The
game was featured by great pitching
on both sides, the beach HEAVIER get
| nIy
gether, the contest was one of the fin
est exhibitions ever witnessed on the
beach diamond and the Ventura boys
are saying, Come again, Save The
battery of the cubs was Drown and
Prayer Next Sunday the Bears VIII
go to Sierra Madre and expect TO al,
minister a trouncing to the foothill
bows The Teddies are in great de-
mand. as they are classy bunch OF
players as well as fine lot OF boys.
Keep up the, work. fellows.
The Mineral Stars defeated the East
First street stars at Praeger park yes
terday morning by the score OF IL TO
10. Heavy hitting was the rule ana
nearly everybody came In with safety
of some kind Gingberg and Robinson
managed the battery department or the
Minerals and Murphy and Glenn TOT
the First streets. The Minerals are
after games Will any VI tiAC
of the Younger players. Call Shaph-
ram or Robinson at Boyle zoos any
evening after o'clock.
Following is the schedule of games
in the Inter City league to be played
Saturday, July 16: Glendale VS.
Globes. at Glendale; Alhambra VS.
Union Hardware and Metal, at AL
hambra; Weilands VS.. Goldsmiths. at
Thirty eighth and Alameda; l.. A,
Stove VS.. Bishops, at Thirty-eighth ana
Santa Fe; Western Autographs VS..
Echo Playground, at Echo park.
L. A. Stove Repairs sprung the sur
prise of the Inter-C City league Satur-
day by defeating the fast Alhambra
squad in fourteen exciting innings of
the national game. This victory puts
the stove men back in the running for
the rag.
Pco of the Union Hardwares was
the star man. in the game against the