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Show COME ON, BUDDY; "LE'S SEE ONE OF THOSE FINISHES i ; SAINT AND TIGER BOOKED FOR MEET OF EIGHT BATTLES Likely That Series Will Not Start Until Wednesday, Wednes-day, Owing to Vernon's Inability to Reach Home; Salt Lake Passed by Portland and San Francisco and Comes to Rest in Fifth Place. TODAY the Saints are scheduled to begin a scries with the Vernon Tigers at Los Angeles. Owing to the fart that the Vernons wilt not he nble to reach home from Portland, Port-land, where they played last, week, the Salt La ke-Vernon set is not likely to Mart until Wednesday. The schedule for i the week calls for seven games. There i.s one postponed ame. The week with Los Angeles was dis-ftstrous dis-ftstrous for the Saints, who lost four of the five games played. There was some satisfaction, in knowing that every one of the games was a battle. Gratifying games were pitched by Howard Gregory Greg-ory and Bert Hall, Hall winning Ins game with a shutout. Salt Lake had a pood week at fielding-, making but one error. Owing to his lather's death, Fit-A Fit-A tery did not work in the Los Angeles series. He probably would have pitched one of the Sunday games, but both of those scheduled contests were called off on account of rain. The Vernon club met with a stinging setback at the hands of the Portlanders, the Beavers winning four of six games. " Pitcher Allen Sothoron won three of Portland 's victories. Saints in Fifth Place. Salt Lake slipped into fifth place during dur-ing the week, both Portland and San Francisco passing the Saints. Portland has a' snug hold on third place now. The Beavers meet the Oaks at Portland ; this week, and if the Oaks continue to lose at the rate they have been doing the Beavers will become contenders for second place with Vernon; that is, if Salt LaKe wins a few games from the Tigers. Pitcher Jim Park, a young right-hand heaver from the St. Louis Browns, was added to the Salt Lake pitching staff during the week. Park comes on an option, the terms of which are that St. Louis may recall him at the end of the v season. He is reputed to be a promising , young flinger, with extraordinarily good f control. V President Murphy of the Salt Lake w-lub was out of the city yesterday and, fi ifterefore, no baseball news was obtain-able. obtain-able. There probably wasn 't any. Salt Lake lost two points in its club hatting during the week, but still holds the lead. Bunny Brief got only two hits last week and dropped in his standing. Tommy Qui n lan jumped three points, sending him ahead of Brief. Ping Bodie partially emerged from his slump during dur-ing the week, gaining a point, which puts him just a point ahead of Bunny. The club returns home next week for ' b three weeks7 stay to close the season. For the finish Salt Lake meets Portland; Port-land; San Francisco and Oakland, in the order named. The season closes Sunday, Sun-day, October 20. Among the Leaders. Some of the leaders in the various divisions of offense follow: 1 HOME RUN HITTERS. Brief. Suit Lake 25 Bodie. San Francisco IS Sehaller, San Francisco 17 Southworth. Portland . .. 9 Galloway. Los Angeles '. . . 8 Ryan, Salt Lake 8 ' THREE-BASE HITTERS. Woltcr, lo6 Angeles 12 Rates. Vernon 12 Koerner, Los Angeles 10 Fills. Los Angeles 9 Jones, San Francisco 8 Gleichmann, Vernon S TWO-BASE HITTERS. Hifberp. Vernon 47 Kenworthy, Oakland 47 ftvan. Salt Lake 'Li f Quinlan, Suit Lake 41 I 'owns, San Frum-isco 40 Rodie, Sh n Francisco 40 J- TOTAL EASE HITTERS. kJ Rodie, San Francisco 312 T Brief. Salt Luke 31 1 " (julnlan. Salt Lake 278 Kyan. Salt Like bchaller, San Francisco SitiS ' Kenworthy, Oakland 265 RUN GETTERS. Brief. Salt Lake 124 S-'haller, San Francisco 109 "Maggert, Los Angeles 10S Uiabcrg Vernon Rath. Salt Lake 9$ Bates, Vernon 96 BASE STEALERS. Lane, Oakland 43 l'aley, Vernon 30 Macgert. Los Angeles 36 Jonep, San Frani-is'.o 3i Wolter, I, on Angeles 34 Kenworthy, Oakland |