Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-06


Berry and Dillon are very confident
that the Angels will trim this yanni-
gan bunch, both saying that the Angels
have been doing such excellent work
since reporting day that they have
rounded into splendid condition and
while not yet up to midseason form,
are going at such a fast rate in prac-
tice. that the game will be the finish
ing touch to their condition and they
will play classy ball from the start.
The SoX bunch that will be on the
field this afternoon includes a few of
the regulars as well as nearly all the
youngsters who are being tried out for
faster company than they have been
accustomed to playing in. Notwith-
standing that they are big leaguers
Berry and Dillon say they will take
the majority of games played during
the spring training series and that the
regular team, when it comes, will fare
little better.
The rivalry between the Angels and
Vernons becomes more intense every
hour and when opening day finally
rolls around, if this rivalry does not
slow down a bit the officials of the
two clubs will hardly be able to rec
ognize one another on the street
Maier has been bantering Berry for
some evidence Of his confidence in the
ability of the Angels to finish ahead
of the Nernons, and it is feared that
they have secretly agreed to bet some-
thing like the Berry oil fields against
tho Maier brewery on this result.
Berry says that he never saw such a
simpleton bunch as the Vernon outfit
in all his life and positively asserted
last night that he could send his yam
nigan outfit against the Vernons and
beat them and that a half team of
Angels would be sufficient to take all
the conceit out of the cellar cham
pions.
Angels Are Materially Strengthened
one important fact regarding the
Angels is being overlooked by some
of the fans. While it is true that a
majority of the players are holdovers
from last season, there are some new
faces on the team and the whole bunch,
for once, is in the best of health and
condition. Berry will have no worries
at the beginning of the flag race, as
has been the case every year that he
has had the team, and the Angel man
agement will not be embarrassed with
several of its star players in the hos
pital with ailments and injuries. E,V-
cry player is showing up surprisingly
well and is dead anxious for the sea-
son to open. Last season sickness and
injuries crippled the team so severely
that it is a wonder it finished outside
the basement position. 1t is a classy
bunch, without doubt, and if it has any
sort of an even break this season it
should win the pennant
While it will be almost the same
team that made such a poor showing
in the 1909 race, 1T Will be quite an
improved bunch, because all those who
were laid up so much with sickness
and various hurts and sprains then are
back in the game now as good as they
ever were, and with good health and
freedom from injury thus far it looks
like they will present an improved
lineup opening day ana that the team
is fully 80 per cent stronger than in
1909. With such an improvement the
team win make a runaway race of it,
providing 1t goes through the season
without any unusual trouble. Berry
says the hoodoo has been duly as
sassinated and buried and that the flag
is already on the return trip 10 the
southland.
Some New Faces viii Be Shown
Bernard, the old reliable center field
er, who was out Of the game last sea
son except when he was playing with
Vernon, is one great clement of
strength that the Angels Will have this
season that it was minus last year. lie
viii handle the right garden, and has
promised to play out the entire season,
which he has not done heretofore i'm
several years. His fielding, steady hit
ting and clever base running VIII be
a material help ia the whole team, and
aid greatly i'm its success. Roth, who
is cavorting around third base, taking
turns with Jud smith, handles him
self like a real baseball player, his
ease and grace on the field equalng
his great work in handling everything
that gets into his territory. Murphy
is another most promising player, and
unless he slumps awfully in his work
left field is as safely guarded as it was
when Rube Ellis Was there. He also
is a dandy batter. which means a lot
Tor the run getting records of the team.
Other new players, Ffrrman behind
the bat, Criger, Delhi and Butler on
the slab, Gill at first and Callahan i'm
the outfeld, are more than making
good. Phrrman is q local boy, but
has been doing such high-class work
behind the timber in professional
ranks during the winter that he looks
like a fixture. Criger, of course, is a
star slabster from fast company and
should be good enough to take regular
turns on the mound. Gill looks like the
real goods and handles himself in a