Show SALT SAL T LAKE BEGINS I THIRD ROAD R 0 A D RIND GRIND C R I N D T TODAY 0 D A BLANKENSHIP EXPECTS TOUGH BA BATTLES T IN SERIES OF SEVEN SEVENS SEVEN'S SE VEN GAMES WITH DILLONS DILLON'S S 'S OF LOCAL TEAM LEAD P. P C. C LEAGUE CLEAGUE PITCHERS Oakland Plays at Portland This Week and Venice at San Francisco I i Salt Lake begins the fourteenth week of the Coast league season J I and its third road trip today with the first of a seven-game seven series with I 0 Los Angeles at Los Angeles At the conclusion of the Los Angele I I I series the team will remain at Los Angeles for a series with Venice J I and the following week Salt Lake will go to San Francisco for a series with Oakland Returning home from Oakland it will remain here for I three series The probable batteries for today will be for Los Angeles I II I Hughes and Boles and for Salt Lake La Roy and Hannah I 1 ns as when they matlo mado the their ir terrific ic battle Sunday to wrest P U victory and the series from the Oakland club Cliff Blankenship and his Ins choice eighteen players representing the baseball talent of Salt Lake e will arrive this morning in n Los Angeles to open a seven se r g gamo series series with the There will be only one double card in this weeks week's play pIny the two teams having luning made up all postponements in tho tim last to set-to oi oL nine games which Salt Lake Lako won 5 games and 4 According to reports from Los Ios Angeles Manager l Dillon may sign Johnny Johnny according according according ac ac- ac- ac Williams who was released a short time ago by Blankenship cording to these advices will bo be used against Salt Lake in the present series If 12 f so 50 thc so the Blankmen will try to treat him as they did Alexander when the former Salt Lake spitball artist appeared in an Oakland uniform here The Los Angeles team has been heeti slumping lately and every effort is is being rondo mado 1 bv by Manager Dillon to line up a few pitchers to aid Scoggins Hughes 1 Burns Ryan and in their work If Williams comes up to o ohis ohis his time old form Manager D Dillon lIon thinks his bis pitching staff will he be as strong as any in iii the league If not he be will probably warm wann the wires for another twirler their series with Los Angeles Salt Lake will play the lilt hit 1 less wonders of the P. P C. C L. L the thc Venetian Tigers Venice returned from froma a to set with Los Angeles last week with five games gaines won and tw two lost The rhe victories were due largely to their wonderful hurling burling brigade which held tho the Los Angeles tri tribe e down to one two or three runs in most of the games On the third week of their stay Salt SaIt Lake will again oppose Oakland Oakland and the locals broke even hero here last Jast week weck with three games apiece Salt Lake players expect to take tho the long end next time Thus far Salt SnIt Lake Lak has las not lost a single series to either cither Oakland or Venice but has met with close calls in both cases v No new players have been signed l yet according to President F. F S. S 1 Murphy ay Skipper Blankenship ship is looking around for a dependable right right-bander r to share the burden with his bis present men but has not found any capable of bearing up under tinder class AA baseball ordeals yet Jd Blank has hns seen een many good gol men who are arc setting their leagues on fire but lut the manager does doe not consider them h m. m Salt Salt Lake needs one or two pitchers now to keep us in tho the first dl division bo ho said It and and with wIlh tho the other teams strengthening it 1 is necessary for us to jo get get- at le least st one more twirler One of this type is hard bard to find but we will win get one soon v A 1 FEATURE of last weeks week's series series in Salt Lake Lake was ras the climbing of Eddie Eddi 1 Faye Rohrer and Hallinan in the batting hatting a averages All of the others s climbed too but these men showed the greatest improvement BJ Blankenship has been instructing them long and often on tho the proper use of their batting eyes eves and it seems he ho has shown them something something- in the department of batting V With th the thc team hitting as it has lately Salt Lake should stand a good chance to break brenk even on the road trip Coast managers say Salt Lake is s dangerous at all nIl times no matter how big bier a lead the opposing opposing- osin team may have ha over it it and it begins to look Any player in the Salt Lake up line up is likel likely to start n ii batting rally that would puzzle any pitcher or manager Another plc pleasing sing thought is the comeback of Howard Gregory who won on two to of the three three- victories from Oakland Gregory ory had lost five fhe consecutive games but hut now seems to bo be in the winning role n again nin This is pleasing not alone to Salt Lakers but to coast fans as well with whom hom Gregory is popular The Tue two southpaws Williams and Fit Fittery still continue their goo good work Williams work Williams leading leading- the league in pitching pitching- and Fittery second The two other series to open today will be bc Oakland at Portland and Venice at San Francisco Oakland thus far ha has been the jinx of the McCredie Mc- Mc Credie Credic team an and will probably repeat this week with Ness Gardner and Johnston hitting near the mark Other players on the team have picked up ill in fl batting also TENICE VENICE faces a tough proposition in San Francisco This series will sec see v a a hard hitting club against a superb pitching and fieldin fielding team If Venice takes lakes the series from San Francisco the si six teams will wiH be he even en more closely grouped at the end of the week than they now are The Thc race at present is a thriller Any of the six ix x teams stan stands a n good chance of winning winning- the pennant lennant Only O 3 points separate the and leaders This i is easily casily the closest of any of the races and in many leagues there arc close iI fj to 1 00 points difference between the thc two leading When Then Salt Lake returns from the road trip they will meet Portland Los Lm Angeles and San Francisco in a row This will be he the thc prettiest schedule at home of the year ear so far judging judging- from present indications The rhe Beavers have e strengthened since their last visit visit- and md arc are pushing Los Lo Angeles cleE for a first division berth herth rhe They seem to be he in their annual spurt toward the leadership UI Until til then local fans fan will have lla only one ure in that of keeping their eyes do closely cly slued glued 1 ou on the score board hoard bulletins f t if k Q S SAX AX AN FRANCISCO June Tunc 2 Harry Wolverton Vol the Seal skipper steps forward fOl on to clear all the P up mystery surrounding the bombardment merry ol of r t the IC Coast league u pitchers this se season son eton Wolverton y explains that in his liis opinion the reason is IS a n new league rule that President Daum put put into into effect hi year which culls for the umpire to throw out a new ball on afoul foul passed ball or H r any finy pitch that rolls ten feet away awny from the thc catcher The fhe rule was adopted to to hurry lY along the gaines and it has succeeded well although it may be working a a. handicap on the thc y There is H no question that a ball hall is if curve pitcher tt up against it Wolverton nO nOer 1 er t If This 11 says sa on is IS e especially pecla 11 y true in iii tho tim early part of The the when game g-ame so o many new halls hall are put in play A pitcher who uses curves cannot get the sat same e results wIth a new ball as he can ean with that flint T one h has been roughened 1 Lip a bIt so that lie he can get et a g good 01 grip on n it U- Furthermore a new ball travels i n and the batter can see it il t better Ur than lie lle that can has one been rl r ene l. l A fast fast ball han pitcher i is is not bothered so 80 much |