Show 1 The Bees start homeward after the game frame t i t Los LO AI A Angeles le tod today tody and the tho next four week will find them at home In a a. like num number er of ot series which If It tho the club has all any ammy I tuck luck should hould serve to put them Into a good p position petition S 0 The rime long home periods and the tho short raad trips have b been blen en giving the Salt Lake club a a. little the tho best of or the schedule schedule schedule sched sched- ule lately but during these times tho the boys bos will have have- to make hay har while the sun shines for half or 01 third of the league dates will wili be bc mostly on the road What Is more the time club will dost close the season away from home I 5 S The next four weeks will find Sacramento Sacramento Sacra Sacra- Sacra Sacra-I mento V Vernon San n Francisco and Oakland Oak Oak- land hand here Ih lit the order named S. S p S Oakland will m pI play pUy at San Francisco this week while Vernon Vf Is scheduled to play a at t Los Angeles 5 5 Tomorrow will bring another another league pay day and well we'll see how much truth there Is to the rumors rumo's that sonic sonio O Othe of oC the best players on the six clubs plan to Jump to various places as soon as the they are paid off orr In full S SS r S S S SCharley Charley Hall HaU for a number of or Jc years years rs a sensation in tho time American association Is back bak In that circuit after two o very ery mediocre years In the Pacific coast Tho veteran Is pitching the ball of Not long ago he let down Joe Tinkers Tinker's Columbus club without a R. hit or a run Only twenty eight men faced him and but two got to first base via the four- four ball route He lie struck out eight men meri S S S s Jimmy Caveney Is Js playing a bang up game at short for Columbus but ho he ls not hitting much S S S Milwaukee fans are arc howling blood bloody murder because Owner sold soman so man many of ot his stars to Cleveland while their club was in a position to land a a. m rag S S S j f Louie Louis former Oak has again jumped tho the Dallas club He pulled the same stunt at t about last year S S S SHero Hero ert Murphy for a time a a. Bee In 1916 has neen been name named 1 manager or trio the Seattle club to succeed Bill BUI Leard who quit Dugdale without notice S S S Cactus Cravath famous coast outfielder outfielder outfielder out out- fielder and slugger of the Phillies who drove out tho the homer of or his big ble- league career the other da day comes through with the following bit of ad advice advice advice ad- ad vice to batsmen which even some of or our Pacific Coast league might well absorb I have been asked many times If It there Is ia an any science In whacking home runs and after sixteen years ears of or baseball I 1 have come to the tho conclusion that there lt nt All Mi you have to do Is hit the ball baU and hope It sails far tar far tar faraway tarawa awa away When you ou stand up at the plate you OU must guess what the pitcher Is goI goIng goIng go- go I Ing ng to throw If Ie you IOU get set for a D. fast ast fastone fastone astone one and h ho hands you a curve you OU look hook foolish when you OU miss It b by four or five fl feet But If the fast ono one com coms s over and y you ou meet It fairly there theres there's no telling tolling liow hov far ar the ball will Ill travel Its It's tho the tame same wa way with a curve Tho The only thing necessary Is 15 to be a good guesser Tin The balls also have lu a lot to lo do with long lone hits This year car we vc are arc getting a lot The the theet get et poor They are arc not fast they knocked out of or shape ca easily II And the covers are not strong That's the tho reason BO so many halls balls arc are thrown out of ot the games nowadays s. s With good baseballs t like two or three years ears ago gO It would he hc cas easy to get homers but It is more dIffIcult difficult dICI- dICI cult now Hits that feel like long ones when they leave heave the bat always fall rail Into tho ho hands of an outfielder The Time one thing timing to do however I Is to hold the bat tightly Player who have hae loose grips never hit lilt tho the ball ban CT very far J If Sherwood Magee heM held his bat tighter h hI ho would cu d have ve a couple of oC dozen home runs rUn each season But he lets Jets the stick hin hing loosely In iii his han hands s and cant can't get his full 11 strength Into th the th blow Another thing tIming Is to keep both feet Ceet on tho ground Some players jump up when th they hit a ball and wonder wh why they cant can't hit It a amile mile McGaffigan la Is a hitter like that and he seldom gets an any long Jong ones S t S 9 SIf If It the big war Is 15 over before the start o of the 1919 baseball season seaRon you ou will see eee Walter McCredie 2 manager of oC the Seattle baseball club And ho he may bo be leading a Coast league club too The Northwestern circuit Is in bad shape but Judge W. W V. V W V. Yo 2 and the Sullivan brothers will keep the Jea league ue going until July 9 i if possible That will give them the ri right ht to tho the territory For years Judge McCredie has had the Idea of an cl eight club ht Pacific Coast I league circuit With three teams In tho the northwest tho the Jumps from California to Oregon and Washington would not hit the clubs so hard I Walter McCredie has managed clubs I Ifor for a n number of oC years ears and he would like I Ito to sit back and simply b bo be tho the president of ot on one Los one Los Angeles Herald S S S Len Lefty Williams now with the Harlan shipyard team and Bob Shawkey with the naval reserves enga engaged ed In a pitching duel In a game at Philadelphia the tho other day The sailors won behind Shawkey 3 to 1 S S S With Byrd Lynn gone into war work the tho White Sox are arc using Otto Jacobs Jacobe minor leaguer of several se years years' experience experience experience ence as ns a warm-up warm catcher Jacobs once was waR In the Three-I Three league when Clarence Clar Clar- ence enco Rowland was In that league Lately he has been playing Independent Ball around Chicago lo S S S Frank Hosp was as counted all In as aM a a. Coast leaguer several seasons reasons ago but tho the wa way he ho Is fielding now he looks to tobe tobe tobo be bo Just about the tho fast fastest st of or all our second second sec eec ond basemen Ho covers a world of oC ground and covers It In magnificent style too San San Francisco Examiner S S S Ivan I Howard Infielder and brother of or orDel Del Howard whom the Cleveland club awarded to Salt Lake some time ago Is back from front the tho farm and Is playing with Bloomington S S S SHerb Herb Hunter has hns received permission from his draft board to remain with the I Seals Seala until Jul July 6 S S S Walter manager of ot the Salt Lake club quit playing baseball several years ears ago Many Ian persons thought he might get back In the game for a day or two If an any more of his hla outfielders are Injured or drafted but the big leader of or orthe the Bees says there Is nothing nothing- doing as aslon lon long as ns twilight hall hail Is being played Tho The last twilight game In which T I played was In Seattle said McCredie That was as shortly after I camo came Into the Coast league I played in tho the outfield and It was no easy task When the sun started to get behind the grandstand It threw Its ra rays s In your our eyes eyeR Then there was another space be between between be- be tween heen the tho roof o of the stand and the seats sea whom Where It ht hit you OU again When hen hen Seattle was vas In the field a curtain used to he be lowered but when the visitors were In Inthe Inthe Inthe the outfield the they could tr try to Old So Sok In hi the latter part of or a a. game the bases basea were filled and a a. ball bali was hit In m my di dl- dl I lost It In the time slum flun but I ex expected expected ex- ex It would rise above e th tho opening between th tIme the roof and the seats spats but It It hit me on the Jaw and anel three runs scored Los LoR d.-LoR Los Angeles Herald S S Walter alter Lc will probably pitch one of the games for the Bees toda today It will wili be his Ills farewell efforts In n a Salt Lake Tim McCabe who has turned In the only victory victor of or the week weak for or Salt Lake Is the likely man for the theother theother theother other contest S S S The Bees have grabbed crabbed but buto orl one out of five Live games to lo dat date Vernon ha has won three a against Oaklands Oakland's tV and Sacramento Sacramento Sac Sac- has has' San Saim Francisco three to tot t two so S S S Clarence Pop Smith the the Pitcher McCredie has secured from New ew Or Or- leans Just lately struck his stride Inthe Inthe in inthe the Southern He Is IB a b bI right hander Rood good control and anil SPeed He has been with the Pelicans for jev Hev- eral years cars in 1017 1917 he won fifteen letten and amid lost lot thirteen In 1916 hm h he put Pt awn away twenty three as against thirteen de defeats tie de- feats and In 1915 ho lie Ie won twenty and lost twelve S S S Daubert a a. young shortstop also ago coming cominS' from Portland HAS been a Ben Ben- an- an ballon In the Northwestern NorthweSter apparent apparently nt ly lv Laving ln all the thc prospect prospeCts of ot a great r fielder and nd a n. Ild sticker S S I Larry arry Gilbert the i irne is isono ono one of the tho best fly tho lv cl chasers and baRe bane runners Over ever seen In tile Southern n nis' nis HC He Hea Is is' a finished field r r nail and a great reat leadoff lead lead- off oft man Gilbert formerly played r w With ath th tIme the Boston DORton Nationals and with Toledo TOld lie tie finished the Southern lea league ue sea son hitting hUlIn- 21 and stole twenty one bases His fielding average was wag al almost almost al- al most perfect S S Soldier Ed McDonald the the- Birmingham Binning Binning- ham Infielder whom the Bees also expect expect ex expect ex- ex to get is one ono of the Southern leagues league's veterans He can play third short or second and has been one of ot the tho steadiest fielders in the tho lea league ue and knows the game from A to Z besides besIdes' being a fairly good hitter S S S Arthur Johnson a lL lanky young right handed pitcher i Is 18 another man McCredie wants He finished with Birmingham but was with both New Orleans and Mobile at nt the start of ot the year He lacks Jacks control but according to the dope has all the earmarks of ot ofa a Do grea great t er S S S 1 Cliff Clift Lee headed this v.-a v. way from Portland Is the young youn who Joined the tho Beavers near the close of last hast season He lie i Is lis a fair catcher a good outfielder and arid a a. clouter Mc Mc- Credle considers him one of or the future greats S S S Chances Chancel are that Ed Fd recommended mended the four tour Southern leaguers to Ie and Cook S S S Willett b by the way 0 has made mad quite a hit with the Bees Rees f |