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Show WILD HEAVES AND SUCH The leading hitters: AB. H. TB. P.C. Williams, Portland :: 3 6 l.uoo Harry. Oakland 3 3 4 1 .nno Gregory, Salt Lake -I 3 3 .T.'.'j Brown, San Francisco ... 3 2 2 .fi'i" W o I t,c r. Lo Angeles 3 2 4 .(57 Bassler, Los AngcdcF. ... 3 2 3 .Mi Gislason, fc'alt Lake .... 3 2 fi .;t;7 Rath, Salt Ike & 3 5 .tiou Bales. Vernon 3 3 a -dm Griggs. Vernon 5 S I .fiW nj-;, Salt Lake -1 2 2 Masrgert. Los Angele3... 4 2 5 . 5ft0 M.ittiu!;, Vernon 4 2 6 . T00 Schmidt. Vernon 4 2 5 .000 Harwood, Oakland 4 2 2 .300 Rodgcrs. Portland 2 1 1 .S00 Daley, Vernon 2 1 1 .500 Home-run hitters Gislason, Salt Lake; Schmidt, Vernon: Williams, Portland: Maggert, Los Angeles. The series stand: Salt Lake won J. Vernon won 3. Los Angeles won 3. San Francisco won 1. Oakland won 1, Portland won 2. sjt It was so dark after the fourth inning that it was with difficulty that players or umpires could see sharply-hit or thrown balls. In the ninth, when Vernon lid all Its whanging, the numerous balls iiit to the outfield were practically invisible in-visible from the grandstand. Quinlan's catch of Bates's fly in the first was noteworthy. Griggs got a double in the second through Gislason's generosity. Gard went after the ball, but failed to judge it right. Charley Schmidt pulled something new in these parts when, in the second, he backed up first to such good purpose that he recovered McOaffigan's low-throw, low-throw, on Sherly's grounder and retired the runner at second. Gislason's home run in the second was a single stretched to its fullest possible length. After striking the left field fence the ball est ape ;1 Hillyard's vision and while iie was hunting for it Gislason came all the way 'round. Ryan got a two-bae hit in the third, but'waskilled off when he oversh'd second. sec-ond. , Gislason starred on a wide grounder hit by Mattick in the fourth. Sheely and Orr got crossed in their batting order on their first time up. but as the Vernon pilot did not discover ,the oversight, nothing was said about it. Jt didn't make any difference in the result, re-sult, as both went out. MeGaffigan successfully made second in the fifth on a. single to right when Gislason muffed Quinlan's perfect throw. That it pays to run 'em out was proved in the fifth when Gregory popped an easy one to Gleichmann and found himself him-self safe at first when the ball jumped out of Gleichmann's mitt. Bates worked fast in the fifth when he took Brief's grounder several feet from third base, touched the bag to force Gregory and flung to first in time to double Brief. N Ryan made a fine one-hand stop of Risberg's hit in the eighth. It cut a base off the hit. Orr shone with a recovery and throw in tho eighth on Griggs's grounder after the ball had been deflected bv Gregory. Special to The Tribune. CINCINNATI, Ohio. Sept. 22? Only forty-seven out of seventy-one drafted minor league ball players finally get a tryout in fast major league ball club company, according to tiie rinal bulletin issued here late today by Garry Herrmann, Herr-mann, chairman of the national commission. commis-sion. The Philadelphia Nationals get Pitcher Dave Fittery from the Salt Lake club. Only the Boston and Washington American league clubs failed to get a single player. Realizing the weakness in bis club. Buddy Ryan lias wired an offer lo Skeetcr Fanning, and thf latter may join (he Salt Lake team here next week. Chance decided that he could nnt use Fanning. Any wav, Ryan beat him to it. Los Angeles An-geles Times. LOS ANGKLES. Sept. 22. Manager Chance of th Angels today sent in his hidg for threo promising youngsters and. expects to h-nd them. He Is after a southpaw heaver and a. couple of outfielders. out-fielders. Wivprtnn f the Sals has his eye on three hushers who have the making of, good Coasl league pi a y ers nx t season j and has pent in his request for them. It ' is a known fact that Patterson of the Tigers will get a couple nf men from the Western league, while McCredie of the Beavers is going after a number of youngsters through the draft. Del Howard, on his last trip to Los Angeles, said he would grab a number of athletes in the draft, as he is going to rebuild his team. President Navin - of the Detroit Tigers thinks so well f Howard fthmke, former Tis Angeles player, that lie has forbid -d'Ti him lo play winter hall hero or elsewhere. else-where. Navin will make H oward one of his fibular l wirlcrs nex t year. |