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Show AND NO? WE ENTER UPON A BATTLE WITH THE BENGALS riGER AND SAINT WILL MEET IN 'SIX GAMES JTHIS WEEK nother Hard Series for Salt Lake; Vernon Only Three Games Behind Leading Angels; Six Coasters, Including Paul Fittery, Taken in Draft; Oaks Have Three New Players; Play-ers; Other Clubs Add Names to the Roster. i 1q-iHE Vernon ball club today will I bea:in a six-game series -with the I Saints at Majestic park. There is no postponed game with the ;ers, and if tie weather continues :vo;sble this week there will be no ::essive suffering on Saturday. The Tigers are pennant contenders. ':er arc only ninteen points behind :3 Angels, something like three games. San Francisco, playing Los Angeles a week, has the courage to defy John wers's dollars and takes a few games :io the Angels and Vernon has reason-le reason-le success here, the end of the series raid find the Angels and the Tigers -rv close together. Salt Lake has fallen into a peculiar aation in relation to these two lead-; lead-; clubs. It is the Saints who are drying the burden of the attack of th the Angels and Tigers because the hedule happens to put the Hyanites :ht in the crucial series. Here we ve four weeks in a row when the iints are bucking up against either the zels or the Tigers. Last week wo !d Los Angeles at Salt Lake and this ek we have Vernon. Next week the lints meet the Angels at Los Angeles :A the following week they meet the gerB. The Saints therefore are the .3) that is the object of the hardest sack in four long weeks of gruelling .seball. ix Weeks to Go. Sunday marked the close of the ?ntv-fourth week of the 1916 schedule, ere" remain six weeks of play. After i week the Saints go to Los Angeles --two weeks and then return home to se the season, taking on Portland, a Francisco and Oakland in turn. Lob Angeles expects to be strength-i strength-i for the final spurt by the addi-i addi-i of numerous ball players. Pitcher a Maguire, last year with the Chica-J Chica-J Federals; Pitcher Doc. Crandall, -'Crt now with the Oaks, and Jimmy 'joi, for many years with the Pirates, e a few of the men booked to join Angels. Bobby Vaughn, now with 'rtland, also may be rushed to Los "seles to help this billion-dollar club the last desperate lap. Several other players, it has been reported from -e to' time, may also bo shipped to Angels. layer Switches. fiakland has acquired a new outfield-in outfield-in Bill Cunningham, a Northwestern Ner, who is busting the ball at a at rate. The Oaks have signed sher Herb White. Rod Murphy, with ! Spokane club of the Northwestern, ilso a new Oak. 3utch Eeuther has joined the Beavers I pitched a two-hit game against Ver-n Ver-n last week. 2udy Kallio of the Great Falls club ' joined the Seals. Oave Hillyard, last year with Portal, Port-al, became a Tiger outfielder dur-the dur-the week. Manager Buddy Evan brought with last week four new Saints in the sons of Gard Gislason, infielder; i Sheely, catcher, and Bube Evans, i Roy Bliss, pitchers. Gislason 3 ?ht several games and mav continue 1 'inii the bat until Hannah recovers il verv sore finger. Johnny Kane, itv, and" Ted Easterly, catcher, were ' behind when the Saints came home. asters in Draft. ?iobably the most important dovelop- 2 1 ' in Coast leatrun baseball last week 3 uthe draft put-in by major league i ! for six Coast players. The dratt 9 ed: 9 ?ul Fittery, pitcher, Salt Lake, to y -adelphia Nationals. M lartv McGaffigan, infielder, ver- I :; "Win Noyes, pitcher, Portland; nny Bassler, catcher, Los Angeles, Philadelphia Americans. N Kenworthy, infielder Oakland, H t. Louis Americans. a 'alter Heuther, pitcher, Spokane S- rtland), to Chicago Nationals. addition to the drafts, a number J oast plavers have already been sold 1 aajor league clubs. Anions' them ' ' Ray Bates, infielder, and tms 'son. Pitcher, Vernon, to Philadel- Americans; Charley Kisborg, in-I- -er, Vornon, to Chicago Americans; 7 Wolter. outfielder, tos Angeles, 'hicago Nationals; Elwood Martin. er, Oakland, to Chicago Americans; Bodie, outfielder, San Frnncisco. Philadelphia Americans; Johnny pitcher, San Francisco, to JJe- It is possible that Los Angeles 1 loso Pitchers Zabcl. Hogg . and bridge liv recall to tho Chicago 'ortnls. Portland mav lose P't','"'r a Sothoron and possibly infielder 7 Vaughn to the St. Louis Amer-' Amer-' The Beavers have already sent Uuio Guisto, first baseman to rf lnd. Salt Lake has been nntitieu 1 recall of Pitcher Billy Pieroey jf ,'ke Now York Americans. . , jjj 18-man playor limit wasMtea f (Continued on Following Page.) STAKDINO OF THE CLUBS. t- i 3 ui uj o 't! oia g o oS t 5?!B B : 8 1 ? ff IIP- : g s : i sr : ' : : I : -: :: Los Angeles. . i. . 22121116:151 19193.585 Vernon 12 . . 14il9:19 30j91 .566 Salt Lako 11 12 . . 1917 22:81.513 San Francisco. '12 16!l6. .117 23 84.506 Portland llSiWH 15 . . 1573.480 Oakland 16 8ll213!ll ... 60 .355 Lost 667277;8279!109i. , TIGERSliD if TO MEET THIS WEffi j (Continued from Preceding Page,) from Coast league clubs on Friday a-; managers now have an opporlunitv . give- tlieir youngsters a trial during', remainder of the season. Owing to the fact that thev my 96 hits in Salt. Lake week Los 'Aiu-H,-. went up the ladder in club bntting ! seven points. Salt Lake cliir.bed or.'-point or.'-point and still leads the Jeanne. Some of the Leaders. Some of the lenders in the vario,;, departments of offense follow: HOME-RUN HITTERS. Brief, Salt Lake :; Eodie, San Francisco 1; fcjcluiller, San Francisco 1; Souihworlh Portland j Ryan, Salt Lake Galloway, Los Angeles s THREE-BASE HITTERS. Bates, Vernon .( 1: Wolter, Los Angeles : ;i, Ellis, Los Angeles Koerner, Los Angeles v Jones, S-an Francisco Gleiehmann, Vernon j TWO-BASE HITTERS. Kenworthy, Oakland u Risberg, Vernon c Ryan, Salt Lake : Quinlan. Salt Lake I Bodie, San Francisco V Downs, San Francisco . . . , S TOTAL-BASE HITTING. Brief. Salt Lake J-'-' Bodie, Sa n Fra ncisco .2:- Ryan, Salt Lake Quinlan, Salt Lake Schallei. San Francisco Kenworthy, Oakland lir! SACRIFICE HITTERS. Gleiehmann Vernon 51 I Vaughn, Portland !i Risberg. Vernon - Orr. Salt Lake :S Rath. Salt Lake 1 : Middlcton, Oakland ." -i RUN GETTERS. 1 Brief, Salt Lake - . i:1 : Schaller, San Francisco ) Maegert, Los Angeles Rath, Salt Uake ' Wilie, Portland - Ellis, Los Angreles -l BASE STEALERS. J Daley, Vernon Lane. Oakland ; 1 Macgert, Los Angeles '. v Wolter, Lop Angeles Jones, San Francisco ; Kenworthy, Oakland '- |