LOG OF SANTA ANA GAMES, ETC., SEE ALSO OLINDA.LOG AND HISCHOOL.LOG FOR OTHER WJ INFO 1906 3/ 1 FT -- "Yesterday [?] the Santa Ana Stars defeated the famous Orange team by a score of ten to three..." "Hendricks" pitched for Orange, Ed Molina for Stars. 4/ 5 FT -- Sam Dungan, a Santa Ana resident, who had played for the Memphis team in 1905, announced his retirement from baseball. [He last played in the major leagues for Washington in 1901.] 8/23 FT -- SA Stars 10, Cypress 2. Hendricks and Stambaugh the battery for SA, which "has defeated everything in Orange county" except Huntington Beach. Long P for Cypress. 11/11 SAR -- The Santa Ana Stars played San Diego. The team included a "Coleman", but "Hendricks" was the pitcher. Slaback in LF. The Stars will soon have their own grounds at Bristol and Hickey streets. 11/18 SAR -- SA Stars 1, Dyas-Clines 4. "Hinricks" or "Hendricks" pitched for Stars. This was first game on new grounds. 12/ 1 SAR -- Lineups given for tomorrow's SA game vs Express, but Johnson isn't mentioned. In the 12/5 game, "the home team will have several leaguers with it" against Huntington Beach. 12/ 5 SAR -- SA Stars 2, Huntington Beach 13, in "Parade of Products" game. Wheeler & Hinrichs P for SA, Shafer for HB. Johnson in RF, but no stats or details. Cravath was to play but didn't show. 12/25 [See OLINDA.LOG] =============================================================================== 1907 10/ 6 FT -- SA Stars 11, Orange [?] 1. Hawley was awarding $5 prizes for home runs over the fence. Guy Meats catching, "W. Meats" also in the lineup. 10/13 FT -- SA Stars 2, Western Hardware & Arms 1 @ Hawley's Park. Lester Slaback was injured but finished the game. 10/27 SAR -- A front page article: "GREAT BALL ON HAWLEY'S FIELD "Big Leaguer Johnson Got A Home Run And Did Twirling Stunts Galore "TIE GAME AGAINST THE HOEGEE FLAGS "The Fans Found Second Contest Yesterday Much to Their Liking "Walter Johnson, the big league pitcher who made himself famous in the baseball world last season, was the feature of a double-header at Hawley's Park yesterday. Two games were played, Santa Ana Stars against the Seal Gardens, won by Santa Ana in seven innings by a score of 9 to 3, and Santa Ana against the Hogee [sic] Flags of Los Angeles, a tie game 1 to 1. "Johnson did some great pitching in the second game. It was worth while going out to see the active young pitcher turn loose a few rifle shots from that arm of his. Meats, who caught him in the Idaho state league team in which Johnson established a world's record of 85 innings straight without a run against the pitcher, was behind the bat. Here was a combination that made the baseball world sit up and take notice, and Johnson has been keeping the world's notice ever since as a pitcher for Washington, D. C. "In the game against the Seal Gardens, Johnson played center field, Brown pitching for the Stars. Johnson made a home run, and that hit alone and his gallop showed big league timber. Clare Head, a player with the Northwest League, well known in local baseball circles, was with the Stars at shortstop, and some of this batting and base running was soul stirring to the good sized crowd of baseball enthusiasts. "It was scheduled that Santa Monica and Huntington Beach should play yesterday, but Santa Monica failed to show up. "The second game yesterday was a game of might. It was baseball, gentlemen, and no mistake. Thompson, the Hogee pitcher, arose to the occasion and divided honors with Johnson. "The two runs were made in the fourth inning. The Hogee lads made theirs and then came the Stars with the evening-up. Head slashed out a beauty for two bases, and close on him came Meats with another like it, and Head came in. "And there the teams stood to the finish in the twilight. "Scorekeeper Vegeley's story of the great game follows:" Complete box & line, with Johnson, p (4th) 3 0 0 0 0 0 11K, 0BB, 3H Stars made two errors. Snodgrass caught for Hoegees. See HTGBCH.LOG for the HB News' story of these games. 11/ 6 FT -- The SA Stars went to LA to see the closing of the [PCL] season there [on 11/3?], so Hawley imported 2 LA teams to play: Edison Electric 2, Allied Printers 1 in 12 innings. 11/10 SAR -- Carson pitched. 11/17 SAR -- SA Stars 4, Hoegees 4. Johnson, p 4 2 2 0 1 0 2B, SH 15K, 0BB, 1WP, 3H 11/22 SAR "Walter Johnson cannot come [for 11/24 game -- not so!] and Mr. Hawley has written Carson to come from San Diego." "Bob Isabel" is to join the Stars for the game. SA play Thanksgiving against Morans. 11/24 SAR -- SA Stars 4, Meeks 3. Johnson, p 3 1 3 1 0 0 13K, 2BB, 1HBP All Meeks runs in 8th, seem to be unearned 11/28 SAR -- Thanksgiving Day game, SA Stars 6, "Married Men" 7 @ Hawley Park. 3 Malletts and Joe Burke played for the married men. Brown P for SA, Johnson didn't play. 11/30 SAB -- Under "Baseball Tomorrow" are lineups for the 12/1 game at Hawley Park between the Edisons and Stars. Johnson is scheduled to pitch, Meats to catch. All SAB issues for December are missing. 12/2 SAR missing. 12/ 6 SAR -- Santa Barbara coming for games on 12/7-8. Coleman to pitch Sat and WJ Sunday. 12/ 7 SAR -- It rained 3/4" last night. 12/ 8 SAR -- SA Stars 0, Santa Barbara 1, which "didn't count in the standings". Santa Barbara's only run was scored in the 1st by the first 3 hitters -- Mangerina singled, G. Johnson (1B) doubled, Martinke beat out a bunt. Ferris P for SB; allowed 2H. To play at SB on 12/28. W. Johnson, p 3 0 1 2 3 0 Meats C 7H, 12K, 0BB 12/15 SAR -- SA Stars 1, McCormick 2. Tobey P 1-hitter for McCormick. Both runs scored on WJ's wild throw. Johnson, p 3 0 0 0 4 1 3H, 11K, 2HBP 12/22 SAR -- Complete box of Stars' 12-1 win over Meeks. Doesn't say when only run scored. They are to play Christopher Levys next Sunday (12/29). Johnson, p 4 1 2 1 1 0 2B, SB 16K, 0BB, 2HBP 12/29 SA Stars 2, Christopher Levys 0, according to 2/15 SAR. ***** SAR issues of 12/29 thru 1/1 are missing ***** =============================================================================== 1908 1/ 1 SAR -- The 1/2 issue is badly damaged; the description of the game is illegible, but most of the box score of SA's 13-0 win over Morans is there. Johnson, p (5th) 5 1 2 0 2 0 Meats C; Cravath 1B batted 4th. WJ stole 2 bases, 10K, 0BB, 4H. Sam Dungan umped. Rieger & Whelan for Morans. SAB is also barely legible; looks like WJ got a 2B. Also, he seemed to have 3 assists and 3 SB, but I could be mistaken. 1/ 5 SAR -- SA Stars 0, @ San Pedro 0. "TWENTY-TWO TO THE BENCH SEAT Nothing to Nothing and Twelve Innings at San Pedro "Yesterday the Santa Ana boys in the Winter Baseball League played their first game away from home. They tried conclusions with San Pedro. "Santa Ana 0, San Pedro 0, 12 innings. These figures tell the story of the hard fought game, played at San Pedro yesterday. The game going 12 innings neither side scoring. The game was called at the end of the 12th inning on account of darkness. The Santa Ana outfielders were handicapped, not being able to see the ball, as the sun was in their eyes. There was no necessity for them to see the ball only on one occasion, and that was a fly to Walbridge in left field. There were only three balls that went out of the infield... "Walter Johnson, the boy who hails from the oil wells, handed 'em across for the locals. It was a case of walk right up to bat, wiggle your bat three times and walk right back to the bench with the San Pedro batters. "In the first three innings, Johnson struck out eight of the nine men who faced him, the ninth man being thrown out at first. "Johnson had speed to spare yesterday, the harbor city boys couldn't see them let alone hitting them. "For eight innings, the American League wonder held them without a hit. He allowed only two clean hits, the third being a scratch hit. In twelve innings there were 39 men that faced Johnson, and out of that 39 he sent 22 back to the bench. "Guy Meats, the Santa Ana catcher, was sick all day Saturday and all night Saturday and was not expected to play, but he played anyhow. He put up one of his best games yesterday, catching Johnson's speedy ones as if it was nothing at all... "Ford, the harbor city pitcher, although a cripple is a fine pitcher. He had fifteen strikeouts to his credit... "In only three of the twelve innings were the men of the harbor city team on bases..." Complete box & line, including: Johnson, p (4th) 4 0 0 0 2 0 + 1SH 22K, 1BB, 3H. 1/12 SAR -- SA Stars 5, Morans 4. Complete box score, with battery of Cody & Meats. WJ didn't play. 1/19 SAR -- SA Stars 1, Hoegees 0. "JOHNSON THREW A NO-HIT GAME" HT seems to have this article already. Previous Hoegee games both ties, 1-1 and 4-4. Next Sunday Edison is scheduled. 1/26 SAR -- No game mentioned. It has rained all week. An article: "BIG THINGS FOR JOHNSON THIS YEAR "This morning's Los Angeles Herald has an article telling of the big jump made last year in the baseball world by minor league players, to the major league, and considerable space is devoted to Walter Johnson of Olinda, who has been pitching for the Santa Ana team in the winter league. Of Johnson the Herald says: "The sensation of the baseball world in the pitching line last season was Walter Johnson of the Washington American League team. In Johnson Manager Cantillon picked up the real big find of the year, and he ought to be the 'Whirling Noise' during the coming season. Johnson is a big, raw-boned, six- foot Westerner. He is only 20 years of age and if he takes the proper care of himself, he ought to develop into one of the most powerful men in baseball. These facts make the showing of Johnson all the more powerful and all the more valuable to the club..." The article repeats the story of Blankenship's scouting trip, Walter's first game, his difficulty fielding bunts at first, etc. 2/ 1 SAR -- SA Stars 3, @ Santa Barbara 0, in an "exhibition game". Coleman pitched a 4-hit shutout, Meats C. WJ's buddy, G. Johnson was at 1B for SB and R. Johnson in CF! 2/ 2 SAR -- It rained 1.65" The game at Santa Barbara was called off. "Johnson did not have any chance to pitch on account of rain." 2/ 9 The SAR for 2/10 was missing. 2/15 SAR -- "TWO MORE GAMES WITH JOHNSON "Walter Johnson will pitch only two more games in Santa Ana for the local team in the winter league. The game tomorrow at Hawley's Park should be a good one. The Christopher Levys allowed the Santa Anans but two runs in their last game here, Dec. 29th, making a close game of 2 to 0 in favor Santa Ana." 2/16 SAR -- SA Stars 1, Levys 0, 13 inns. Cody & Meats were the battery for SA against the "ice cream team". "Santa Ana still leads in the percentage column... Next Sunday the crack San Pedro nine will play here... This will also be Johnson's last game with the locals. Everybody come." No explanation of what happened to WJ today. 2/23 SAR -- SA Stars 3, San Pedro 0. Cody & Meats again. (Within the article, the pitcher is listed as "Coleman" -- a Freudian slip perhaps?) "...largest crowd ever seen at Hawley's park, there being about 800 in all." [See OLINDA.LOG for story of mastoiditis operation and recovery.] 10/25 SAR -- SA Stars (now Yellow Sox) 3, Pasadena 11. Johnson, p (5th) 4 0 1 1 1 0 15K 2BB 1HBP 1WP allowed 3SB Santa Ana made a total of 5 errors, mostly in the 7-run 6th inning. 10/31 SAR -- "Johnson seems to be troubled with a sore arm and he has written that he will be at the game [vs Hoegee 11/1] even if he is in no condition to pitch." This could explain his absence from the 11/1 & 11/8 games. 11/ 1 SAR -- SA Yellow Sox 3, Hoegee 6. Morrison pitched, no mention of WJ. 11/ 7 SAR -- There have been regular Orange City news columns, but with what little sports news there was being of high school games. The Orange YMCA team had reorganized as the "Orange City Team" and on this date tied "Los Angeles Transportation" 1-1 on the Orange Union High School field. I looked carefully for any mention of Johnson, Meats, or any other Orange or Olive team in these columns and never found anything. 11/ 8 SAR -- SA Yellow Sox 2, Maiers 4. Complete box & line. Morrison P, but no mention of Johnson or Meats. 11/15 SAR -- SA Yellow Sox 6, Edisons 2. "...too much Johnson..." Complete box and line, including: Johnson, p (5th) 3 0 1 0 2 0 20K, 2BB, 1HBP, 2H Price caught and had 4 PB. Both runs scored on PB. =============================================================================== 1909 1/22 SAR -- Gives fielding averages for the Yellow Sox. Johnson's record: 8G 3PO 25A 2E .933 Meats has acquired the nickname "Johnny Kling" for his skilful catching. The team has played a total of 15 games. 1/24 SAR -- SA Yellow Sox 4, Salt Lake 2. "The cold weather did not seem to bother Walter Johnson, the Yellow Sox flinger." Johnson, P (7th) 4 00 0 0 3 0 9K 2BB 5H 0HBP Meats C 1PB Both runs were unearned. "Next Sunday the team journeys to San Diego." League standings were given; the top four teams: San Diego 14-2 Salt Lake 11-4 Pasadena 6-5 Santa Ana 8-7 1/31 SAR -- SA Yellow Sox 3, @ San Diego 7. SD's lineup included LeBrant C and Myers RF. No mention of next week's game. Johnson, P (8th) 4 0 2 1 3 0 5K 0BB 10H Meats C 2/ 8 SAR -- Front page headline: "Sunny South Suffers From Drenching Rain" The storm yesterday washed out most railroads. It rained 1.41" in L.A. and more elsewhere in area, including 4.22" in Santa Barbara. No game 2/7? [following item added in 2004] 2/10 LAT -- The following was found in an article which was mostly about Cubs' manager Frank Chance returning to the east... "Even though Chance is to go East today, the Elks' ball game will be played next Sunday at Chutes Park. Chance was to have captained one team and Dillon the other, but with Chance absent there will be a large number of high-class players in the line-up, including Walter Johnson, Dollie Gray, Orvie Overall and Stovall. A telegram was sent yesterday to Overall in Visalia to come here at once." There's a good chance this didn't get played due to the rain reported on 2/12. 2/12 SAR -- "Terrific Storm Sweeps The Coast" It rained 1.54" on Thursday. Still too wet to play on 2/14? 2/21 SAR -- The SA Yellow Sox were given a forfeit over San Pedro, who was leading 8-7 in bottom of ninth with two on, none out. Johnson batted for Angle and walked. "Manager Newton of the visiting team took his men off the field" after several were ejected for "kicking" too strenuously. Morrison P, Meats C. 2/28 SAR -- SA Yellow Sox 2, Hoegee 0. "Johnson was pitching his farewell game..." Johnson P (9th) 3 1 2 0 3 0 14K 0BB 4H 3/ 7 SAR -- SA Yellow Sox 2, McCormick 10. No league standings given. [another item added in 2004] 10/ 3 LAT -- Play is underway in the "Trolley League"; the McCormicks were to meet Santa Ana that day in Santa Ana. The article mentions that "Walter Johnson, the American League pitcher, will shortly be added to the Santa Ana team." 11/ 4 SAR -- A schedule of the Winter League is published. The season is to run from 11/7/09 through 2/27/10. Santa Barbara @ Santa Ana on 1/29. [two more 2004 items; the game mentioned DID take place] 11/10 LAT -- "More Ball Today / Nationals to Meet Angels in First of Five Games -- Johnson to do Twirling "Weather permitting, the All National baseball stars will play the Los Angeles team at Chutes Park this afternoon in the first of a series of five games. The Philadelphia team beat the locals three out of five games last week and the dope is that Los Angeles will beat the Nationals, for Philadelphia beat them in every game the two teams played together. "The Nationals are apparently not as strong as Philadelphia and yet they are carrying two of the noted pitchers of the country in Walter Johnson of the Washington team, and the $11,000 beauty, Marquard, whom the New York Giants bought. Both of these will be seen in the games here this week and it is probable that Johnson will pitch today. He arrived here yesterday in company with catcher Myers, and pitcher Charley Hall and the other members of the team reached this city last night. These games will be the last exhibitions of professional ball that can be seen here for some weeks." 11/11 LAT -- All-Nationals 10, Los Angeles 5. A lengthy article about a game in which WJ pitched a complete game 6-hitter and went 2 for 4 at the plate. There was a brief item following the article that mentioned: "It is intended to make next Sunday "Johnson Day", at the request of his friends from Fullerton who desire to come to the game that day." Another item mentions an upcoming game at Athletic Park between the Boston National Bloomer Girls and the Dyas-Cline team! 12/25 SAR -- SA Yellow Sox 2, Maiers 5. Hinrichs P, Gandil hit a HR. "The Salt Lakes will play here again New Year Day, Johnson pitching for the locals; Pasadena on Sunday [1/2/10], Hinrichs P." 12/26 SAR -- SA Yellow Sox 2, Salt Lake 0. "Yesterday was 'Johnson Day' and it will be a long time before the Salt Lakes will ever forget it. They were not allowed a smell of a hit or run. "Walter Johnson, the pride of Orange county, was on the mound for the locals and our old friend Guy Meats was there to receive the speedy ones. "'Walt' made his first appearance in a Santa Ana uniform this season and a fine crowd of fans was there to greet him. "It was just a case of too much Walter all the way through the game..." Johnson, P (9th) 3 0 1 0 7 0 1SH 14K 2BB 0H (Reiger and LeBrant the Salt Lake battery) =============================================================================== 1910 1/ 3 Huge floods were reported all over Southern California yesterday, due to a solid week of rain. No game 1/2? How did they get in the 1/1 game? 1/29 SA Yellow Sox 1, SL Occidentals 2. Hinrichs P, no box. The visitors are referred to as "the crack colored team of Salt Lake". 1/30 SA Yellow Sox 3, SL Occidentals 0. Complete box and line. "In Sunday's game Johnson was on the mound for the Yellow Sox, and it was a case of too much Johnson..." Johnson, P (9th) 3 1 1 1 2 0 (2B) 15K 0BB 2H Meats C This isn't the same Salt Lake team as on 12/26/09. Smith P & Criddleton C. 2/ 6 SA Yellow Sox 2, AllStars 1. "Yesterday afternoon the fans were given a chance to see the mighty Walter Johnson at his best. The big fellow worked to perfect form, and the 600 fans who attended the game were satisfied." Johnson, P (9th) 2 0 1 0 2 0 (2B) 15K 5H BB not given The winning run was driven in on a 3B by "Little Midget" Brown with 2 out in 9th. The Coast League Stars' lineup: Goodman, 3B Mohler, 2B Pedrotti, CF Nagle, P-SS Adams, 1B Orendorf, C Tonneson, P-SS-RF Wiggs, P-RF Reeves, LF 2/12 SAR -- SA Yellow Sox 2, AllStars 1. Hinrichs P vs Tonneson of Oakland. WJ didn't play. "Sunday's game is where the battle is expected as two of the best pitchers on the coast will be opposed to Walter Johnson, the pride of Orange county. The men to oppose him are Wiggs of the Oakland Coast League club and Nagle of the Angels. "It is expected that Snodgrass and Shafer of the Giants will be with the visitors, 'Kid' Mohler of the champion Seals [who played for 24 years and holds a career record for games at 2B, AND was left-handed, according to Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, pg 305], Orendorf of the Cubs, and Coast League men of note." 2/13 SAR -- SA Yellow Sox 3, AllStars 1. No stats. WJ pitched, allowed 1H, Meats C. WJ hit 2-run HR in 8th. 2/18 SAR -- Headline says "GREAT GAME FOR TOMORROW", but no mention of a Sunday game. Lineup lists both WJ and Hinrichs as pitchers. SB lineup includes Hunt of Red Sox, Bob Whaling of StL Nationals, Coy, Stovall and Shaffer of Vernon, Kelly and Nast of Portland, and McCoy of Oakland. 2/19 SAR -- SA Yellow Sox 0, Santa Barbara 4. Hinrichs & Meats. Line score, but no box. "Tomorrow afternoon will probably be the last chance to see Walter Johnson for many months... Walter will have a big leaguer for his opponent. That man is 'Slim' Hunt of the Boston Americans..." 2/20 SAR -- SA Yellow Sox 3, Santa Barbara 0. "It was again a plain case of too much Johnson." Meats C. 15K, 4H. Line score, but no box. 2/27 SAR -- SA Yellow Sox 2, McCormick 1. "His final game" Johnson P (9th) 2 1 2 1 4 0 3H 11K 0BB Meats C =============================================================================== THE NEWS SOURCES: "AB" is Anaheim Bulletin. "AG" is Anaheim Gazette, yet another weekly, also published every Thursday. "FT" is Fullerton Tribune, published weekly. "LAT" is the Los Angeles Times. "SAB" is Weekly Blade, published Fridays. There was also the Santa Ana Evening Blade, but it wasn't available at APL. "SAR" is Santa Ana Daily Register, available at CSUF library.