Coast Writers Gradually Beginning to Give Cliff Blankenship Some Cre Cr By A. A M. M WALKER In the Los Angeles Examiner The The- biggest surprise e of the Pacific Coast league sea season season- on far fitI as we have gone with the 1915 schedule schedule has has been the sti atc showing of the Salt Lake club In the beginning none of the Western baseball critics pi pick pic the old team in new clothes to run better than a bad si six But always little man Cliff Blank Blankenship has had his men welin well wel in the race On the form already shown nothing but an or series of accidents can keep alt Lake from o 0 I two three at the finish Blankenship has practically the same club that represented Sacramento Sacramento Sac Sac- last year And the best tho the Sacramento aggregation or Missions as aa th thy y were called later could do was wu to finish fifth in the pennant race with a percentage per of In team batting also they ran fifth with a perCentage percentage percentage per per- of These The same men now working under Blankenship have been busting fences in every Coast league park No lead over Salt Lake is a cafe one is a common laying saying aying at the local yard Four of Blankenship's men mon are arc batting better than Four more are I hitting above the mark Pitcher Hall Hail has hit in for for- seven ty-seven games Buddy Ryan Ryans Is s hitting at a gait Others high up are Joe Gedeon Barbour arid and Shinn Blankenship Is getting the best that is in in his men and for this the Salt Lake leader must bo be given en all credit He has perfected his hie club until it is both an art at attacking attacking at at- I tacking and a II defensive machine Continued rl on paR page 3 2 ii COAST WRITERS from sport page Li the Ike Individual I of Cf fielding felding roe rec- lut W on n the men now W r 01 en Blaken hip received the tho thoa win rating a rat tt 0 t m n T onna nt sixth co rd n basemen baumen on Gedeon he rr twelfth tine n 2 Zacher eig eighth jJ thirteenth i Shinn twenty twenty- lar ar r eleventh twelfth a 0 h has list added of Players player BI Third Baseman 1 and Uj Utility Men Man Faye I Mk if t that And with pitching I It I. I but but a fair ens at the I leader luder is il making a abl bid for I hi hu hi firt fird the P C L. L W would uy say that I Ii I. the big Ick rca of re the L showing howing of tim tho Li ale club club