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Show WEATHER DIGTftTBR I TOM E GAME I 10 BE POSTPAID I Eight Fast Teams Entered in 1920 Pacific Coast League H Flag Race EH BEES PRESENT BEST V H TEAM IN HISTORY Diamond Fans Await Bell That 1-' Vill Officially Open Base- , " ball Season Wt With weather conditions favorable , the Salt Lake club of the Pacific Coast aBB leaguo will open its sixth season against the Portland Beavers at Salt ll Lake tomorrow afternoon. At this writing, however, the conditions for Ihe opening game appear slim as the weather god has failed to shine forth a greeting that will welcome the play- Business Manager Jack Cook of the Bet's has not given up hope as yet and slated today that unless King Winter continued lo rule the scheduled garni; would be played. The players, accord-ing accord-ing lo Skipper Ernie Johnson, are in C5B first class Irim and-are eager lo start WH the season. iH On the other hand Maylcr McCredie f WM will present a first class array of base-ball base-ball stars. While few changes have "VIH been made on the Beaver aggrega-lion aggrega-lion McCredie slates that his club is seventy-five per cent stronger than al the same time last season. BB Probable Lineups, iH Salt Lake Maggert, cf; Johnson, 'IB ss; Krug, 2b; Rumlcr, rf; Sheely lb; Reilley. If; Mulligan. 3b; Jenkins c; jH Leverenz, Baum or Stroud, p. jH Portland Blue lb; Westerzil, 3b'; H Maisel cf; Schaller If; Cox or Bar- 'tfl nabe rf; KIngdon ss; Spranger 2b; ilH Suthorland, Schroeder or Poison p. jiD The other scheduled games for Tues- liH day are: Oakland at Los Angeles; M Vernon at San Francisco; Seattle at Sacramento. IH With the 1920 season at hand the wise owls are again picking the possi-ble possi-ble winners. Some fans have been heard to remark that Vernon, 11)10 winners, would again win. Others have stated that San Francisco and Los Angeles would cop the gonfalon. Hl But let It bo said that the Salt Lake M team of 1920 Is stronger than any Wgm team that ever represented the city In itn-fl the league race. Salt Lake has al- 11 ways finished in the first 'division. In IH the six years the Bees finished In sec- ond place on two occasions and in l third place on four occasions. il Weather Man Dictator. The Salt Lake opening hinges en- ' tirely on the weather man. If the sun Bl glitters forth on the field today, thy C'ltfS will su-inf tvirln Hf the bell will sound opening tho 1920 Ht scasoon. From every angle this season the ' IB Bees look like a winning ball club. M Bfl From the receiving end to the outfield ! the club is composed of A-l .players I land the coast scribes have been heard to remark that the Bees would be con-tenders. con-tenders. With such swatsmiths as Earl Sheely. Rumler, Maggert, Krug ' H and Reilley on the team the bugs aie sure to see team batting strength sec- ' ond to none in tho league. On the rubber the Bees will have strength galoro in Leverenz, Stroud, Baum, Cullop, Bromley, Relger, Mat-teson. Mat-teson. fames and Rachac. Joe Jen- 1 kins, formerly with the Chicago White Sox, will be the first string catcher and "Butch" Bylor will be the second siring man. IH With the arrival of the Beavers in M Salt Lake today the two clubs will - Rt ' eagerly await Iho umpire's call J'to WfrA "Play Ball." Mr .on KAf |