From the Los Angeles Herald, November 9, 1903
Great Game of Ball Pitched by E. J. Newton
ONLY TWENTY-SEVEN BATTERS FACED HIM
Two Alone Reached First Base
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By C.E. Van Loan
Los Angeles, hits 8, runs 2. Oakland, hits 0, runs 0
If you should happen to meet a large, bald-faced young man coming down Spring street this morning, throwing a 69-inch chest out in front and pointing his chin upward at an angle of 45 degrees, take off your hat, get off the sidewalk and make room for him to pass.
 He is the real, real thing; and there are no others.
His name is Eustace Jasper Newton, M.D., and he is the biggest man in Los Angeles this morning.
Yesterday he broke into the hall of fame by pitching the most remarkable game of baseball on record in these United States, and he has a license to swell up some if he feels like it.
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In nine innings only twenty-seven batters faced him, and out of the total, two alone reached first base, and that on errors.
He not only allowed no hits but did not issue a base on balls, nor hit a batter. He fanned five men and made two as sensational assists as have ever been seen in this neck of the tall grass.
All in all, it furnishes an absolutely perfect game from the standpoint of a pitcher’s performance, and there is nothing on record which equals it.
The two men who reached first base were snuffed out by fast double plays . . . .
Eustace is sure of a little niche in baseball history all his own, and a few lines of special mention in Mr. Spalding’s annual record. Such is fame. . . .
The score follows, and it is worth preserving. You may never see another one like it: . . .
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SCORE BY INNINGS
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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Total
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Los Angeles
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0
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0
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0
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2
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0
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0
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0
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0
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2
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Base hits
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0
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2
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1
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2
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0
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1
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1
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1
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8
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Oakland
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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Base hits
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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From the Los Angeles Herald, November 10, 1903
GRIFFITH TRIAL SET FOR JANUARY
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The entering of plea by Griffith J. Griffith, for assault with intent to murder his wife, was a very formal and short proceeding yesterday in Judge Smith’s department.
There was an imposing lining up of the defendant’s attorneys, ex-Governor Gage, Judge Works and Judge Silent sitting in the order named, and with Griffith coming next in line.
“The defendant wishes to enter his plea of not guilty at this time,” said Judge Works, as he arose to his feet. Griffith remained seated.
“Is that your plea?” asked Judge Smith, looking inquiringly toward the defendant.
“Yes, sir,” was the answer. . . .
After some discussion, the court set the case down [for trial] for January 11.
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| Los Angeles Herald, November 15, 1903 |
Rough Playing Marks the Defeat of the University Eleven by the Indians of Sherman Institute
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From the morning when the Plymouth Brethren landed on the bleak Massachusetts shore, the history of the red man has been one long chapter of desolation and woe. The white brother shot him full of holes or went to the other extreme and harnessed him into pants, made him get a haircut and shut off his supply of dog meat.
It seemed that the best poor Lo could get was the worst of it.
But here and there the record shows up with a cheerful dab of red, marking the spots where the Injun went on the warpath and walloped his pale brother. That was what happened at Prager Park yesterday afternoon.
The red men came down from the Sherman Institute [an Indian school in Riverside County] to try out against the University of Southern California, and it was a hot, hard game, the best team winning out in the second half.
The white boys found out a few things about Indian football . . . an Indian is
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never down until there are eight or nine men standing on his head, and sometimes not then.
Finding that they were up against better players, the local men took to dirty work and earned the hisses and hoots of the large crowd.
E. Caley was the most flagrant offender and was guilty of work that should justify his being whipped off any football field in the future. The game would be better rid of such players.
Features of the game were the speech by Mayor [Meredith P.] Snyder regarding the clearing of the side lines and the fine work of Officer Walker with his riot club. Walker was certainly the zing of the day, and the way he charged up and down the side line merits special mention and a leather medal.
The score was Sherman 13, USC 0.
Prager Park is possibly the same site as Washington Gardens (Chutes Park). Perhaps the name was changed during World War I because it sounded Germanic.
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Los Angeles history
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