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Show BySteVe Molorvey THER SALT LAKE HERO WITH the fast approaching end of the Pacific Coast league basebalfcMson, it looks mighty like .Salt Laka is going to produce anotrr champion to add to ita list 'of Jack Dempsey, Ira Dern, Georgc'on Kim and others. The latest is Paul Strand, star awatster of tl Bees, who ia mighty close to the world's record for number of hs obtained in one baseball season. .Strand been the surprise, and needless to say, agreeable ono, of the rason. Last year he came to the Bees a tall, likeable r but mighty lumsy fielder and an uncertain batter. This year Paul has shown tat his hard work and studious application has produced results. II has not only become the leading hitter of the Bees, V even over Mfy Lewis, who broke Coast league records last year, but he hatlol the league most of the season and is leading it at present, hi (addition, he is on a fair way to break the world record for nitnber of hits made in one year. Strati, deluding yesterday's games, has made 274 hits. That leaves hin ojly eight hits behind the world's record, which was made jn 1 921 by Jay Kirke, of the Louisville lub, who made 282 li!lsTaHt1ica4ii7Tlie liexfcIbscsnTumber was made way-back id. 3!)03 whin If neon Vau Buren, playing in the Pacific league fori the PorthndMub, made 281 hits. Strangely enough it was another Coast lcagutfplayer who hdlds the present third place, but which may be fouih in several days. It is none other than the famous Hack JlilW playing with Oakland in 1920. lie made 280 hits during one rason. . . That Srand will break the record there seems to be little doubt. HeSMdom hits less than eight or nine hits in one week and, he still haiinc games, including today's, in which to garner the hits necessanto break Jjie world's record. . ; It will 11 an odd coincidence, but he will break the record, if ho remains t form, upon the Seattle field, where he broke into the Coast lciue, and from which team he waa cast off to be picked up for a aofe by the Bees. It is just another of the queer tricks of fate. ' ... It is ar ther odd feature that three of the four best hitters of all time?, a( far as number of hits go, have been from the Coast league, amWhat but one of them, if Strand goes through, is from Salt Lake, (here the packing box park and Hie rarified atmosphere are aupposi to be responsible for a large flock of hits. Salt lie is pulling for Strand to slum them out for the next few davs jd slip a couple more hits on the world's record. I The riort has it that the Salt Lake team is to have another shakeup. fcere have been so many of them that hsvs been fruitless, the club slould try a shakedown, for variety's sake, and see if that wouM help. I How Pennants Are Won HE Sir 'ranclieo 8ill ar wll on Oil way te nthr pannanr. mtimr t anothr diatrou p.riod, braakup. or braakdown. r whatvr yoM with to ca It. which wa imilr to that of lat yar whn tho Saala dropd V ol.ar out ofth Coaat laagua raoo. X. Tho d lmma of tha Sala waa vary much l.k that of tha Naw York Glanta anil tha Now York Yanko, th winnr of tho gonfalon In tho major laaaoa. All throo toama atartad off with a ruah and curd good long load, i Than eamo tho reaction and thay bogar i to fall away. Tha Gianta atoood out ond got Qroh and fow othor, th Yankaoa got Scott and aavoral moa, and tho Soala got Courtmy and Hodg and McWony. Thoro la conauro to tho mldxaaon building of tho San Franclac tlam thantharo ia to that of It major loagua eountorparta. Howovor, tho fact romaia that tha taam which San Franoiaeo aonl in, and ono of tho likolioat loVing crow in th Uagu, wnnt abl to atand Varnon' gaff and had to for hlp to drag it ta a ponnant. ..... Tho Hp cam. at th opportune moment and th 8ala hava tho bunting within thlr graap. MORAL! Pay for what you want and you II got it. j o o Ths transfer of Courtney, Hodge and McWeeney from the; White m to the Seals reminds us of the funny story that Secretary John Cfric of the Bees gave out several years ago when Sheeley, Johnson. nd Mulligan went to the Sox. He declared thta practically practi-cally no fioney was received in the transaction, but that the Sox were gout to send plAyers to help the Bees. They sent Ted Jour-dan. Jour-dan. Soi folks may not be able to see anything funny about this funny stoty. They have nothing on us neither can we! ; With the Grid Fans ECTTOEflfrtm thf opening gamp of the 1922 Reason in th Rocky Mounkin conference yestarday revealed no vastly snrprisina; results, expected, the Utah Applet. 1921 champions, steam roliered tflo "infant B. Y. V. members," and Denver university showed a liierb offensive power by rolling up 41 points on the University W Mexico. The Colorado Mines opened successfully by defeating Coach . Corbett'a VV'ominp: Cowboys. 32 to 9. which fives evidence that Capshaw hi developed a little "dark horse" over at Golden. ' The liiversity of Colorado, runnerup last year to the Utah A(TRics, nt and defeated the Kepis collepe eleven, but the panae was no tcf of the Houlderitca' strength, as Whitham gave his entire team a fyout. n ' Utal the only other conference eleven in action, mH its nemesis in the -nwerful College of Idaho team and were forced to the limit ofRtraight football to win. Rated as only second-raters, the Idahoa put up a great scrap, finding the Crimson weakness and using i to advantage. NVreal estimate of the Crimsom eleven can be "gained from the perforiance yesterday. On the offense they were ordered ,to use nothin; but straight football, comprising mostly line bucks and short Tid runs, and only on one occasion did they divert from that stvle f play. 1 punting, defensive play of the forward pass, on tackling and it center Utah showed weaknesses that must be remedied. On the her hand, the Crimson showed excellent work on line play and iarly season interference, and Captain Smith showed that Utah need not worry for a drop-kicker. htah will "meet the B. Y. U. next Saturday, which will give the fuis a chance to draw a" comparison between the Thanksgiving day rivals. |