Giants Hope to Show Way in National John McGraw Now Nw York Giants Pitching excepted my club ts Is s the strongest In the th National league It If my come corn through for tor torme forme torme me the th Gants should ag ln ae-ln ln win a fourth consecutive National sen en nant Jack Hendricks Cincinnati Reds Reda It It Is my Intention to run the Reds It I-It along the th policy outlined by the late lato Pat Pit Moran ooran I havo have a 8 great I club and every player wll try to win for tor the memory of Pat Bill McKechnie Pitts burg Pi- Pi Pi Pirates rates rates-I rates I believe that my club hM has been strengthened enough In sev- sev bevere several ev cral ere eral departments of ot ply play to enable It to press the New York Giants Glans to the tho limit to again win Bill Chicago o Cubs Cubs- Cuba oy My club should be bo at nt least 25 per Cent this year as a result ot of the experience gained by my young stars In the th gruelling race of ot last season Were We're In the running Branch Rickey St Louis Cardi Cardi- Cardinal nals This nal This time timo last sear ear X I counted out o of the 12 1924 race raco rac I am Counting myself in on the th 1924 event My team will Ill have hav pr cd fit fit- ea Ca greatly By y experience Wilbur Wllbur Robinson Brooklyn Dodgers My ly club is not going to win the th National league pennant It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is simply going to make e e cry ery of- of ef effort fort tort to considerably better beUer Its slon Ing of ot last season Dave Bancroft Boston Braves Braves Braves- This managing stuff Is all new to tome tome tome me Pennant thoughts are tre farthest from my mind out of ot place Is I going colne to be b my greatest ambition for tor the th coming season Art Fletcher Philadelphia Na- Na Na Nationals WinninG a 0 pennant is mere piffle as far tar as us my cl t Is concern- concern en 00 a It is a long way ay from the stuff but a much better club than last ear BEES WALLOP 00 OAKLAND TRIB TRIBE Duster Mails Driven to Cover Early in Battle PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W WL L Pet Pct San Francisco 5 60 0 1000 Vernon Los 5 0 1 Los Angeles Salt 4 41 1 SOO Salt Lake ake Lak Oakland 3 32 2 Oakland 2 a 23 3 OO Seattle 1 4 Portland 0 6 5 Sacramento 0 Ii 5 Saturdays Saturday's Results Result Sau Satt Lake 10 Oakland 8 Los Angeles 6 C Seattle 3 Vernon 4 Sacramento 2 I San 12 Portland t tini ini 8 6 Special Dispatch SALT LAKE LAKI April 12 Salt 12 Lake hopped Into the tho th lead In the th series with Oakland her here today defeating the th HO 10 to 8 Walter Valter Mails the th chap who tamed the th Bees Bes In the opener was batted the tho th slab early Ponder and Huley Huh ey did the tho slab work for or the th locals RETAIN LEAD SAN FRANCISCO April 12 12 San Francisco d her po- po position po position at t th the tho top of th the league here today Portland by 12 to 6 In the fifth game Earno of ot the tho th series The Th score scoreR RHE R H B Portland 6 S 13 li I j jAt At San Sn Francisco 12 18 It 1 1 Leverenz Batteries and Williams Geary and Yelle TIGERS WIN SACRAMENTO April 12 Ver Vernon non non continued hr her 1 winning Inning streak tOday defeating Sacramento 4 to tc 2 In a well wll played contest The Th score R It H if E B EV Vernon y 4 oj Ii 0 0 At Sacramento 2 I 2 83 8 3 3 Batteries and Hannah E I Shea Vinci and Koch Koeh ler POUND OUT VICTORY LOS ANGELES April Los 12 12 Lol Angeles pounded out D a 3 6 vie vie- vic victory tory tery tr o o er Seattle hero hr tOday Crandall twirled high grade erad ball for tOr the th locals Th score R n H Jr E B Seattle 3 1 1 T 3 At LOS Lo Angeles Anc l s I S 12 13 0 C Baby Bagby Bi by Jones PigI and E B Baldwin 0 O Crandall and Billings