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Show WILD HEAVES AND SUCH The leading hltturs: AB. IT. Tli. P.O. Tiannah, Salt Lake l' l.O-.O 1 oan.'. Vermm 4 ;; .-, Vann. Oakland 3 2 . Kath, Salt Lake ;i 2 3 . t-iT f;k'ii'h:nann, N'ernon ;; 2 2 .17 liyan, Sait Lake y 3 7 . t;uu Oailoway. Los Angeles 4 2 5 .iuo liai beau. Oakland i 2 6 . 511(1 Southworth, Portland S 4 S ..W0 Cnintlall, Oakland 2 3 . hoO Kelly, Portland 4 2 3 .oW Lmley, "ernun 4 2 3 .."i'0 Mcijaffifc'an, Wn-on 4 2 4 .5'Hi Hodie. San Francisco 4 2 :i .S1."1 (Jislason, Salt Lake 2 1 1 ..VjO Horne-rnti hitters: Kvan. Salt Lake; Soutliworth, Portland; (Jallowav, Los Angeles. The expected conference between Cliff Blankensiiip and the dirertors of t'ne Salt Lake ball cluh did not materialize yesterday. yes-terday. Blankenship arrived in town from San Francisco und reported his presence, sayintr that he would be readv to meet with the directors if they wished him to do so. President Murphy said that the matter of Blank's resignation would be taken up at the regular meeting of the director- on Monday. Inasmuch as Mon-1 Mon-1 day is Labor day. however, it Is more likely that the thing will hang file until Tuesday. Meantime, neither the directors nor Plankenship have anything to say for publication. As evidence that Hoff had his troubles yesterday, San Francisco had illteen runners run-ners left on bases. Los Angeles is still in the lead, hut the Angels' margin over tho Tigers is only a small fraction of a point. Special to The Tribune. SAX FRAN'CISCO, Sept. 2. Roy Cor-han, Cor-han, last year leading shortstop in the Coast league and a valued member of the San Francisco club, is to return to the Seals after several months with the S-t. Louis Nationals. Corhan went to the Cardinals with an iron-clad contract that would have held him In the major leagues for at least the full season, but he has announced not only his willingness, but his pleasure, to return to the Coast league. Wolverton has been sorelv in need of a shortstop all through the year, and negotiations ne-gotiations have been carried on with St. Louis for some weeks. Waivers were finally obtained yesterday afternoon. Corhan has wired that he will leave not later than tomorrow, and expects to ar rive nere not later than Friday and will likely await the return of the Seals from Portland. When Corhan went to St. Louis the Seals were to receive two players. play-ers. Wolverton has canceled this deal to get Corhan at once. The standings of the clubs at the close of the twenty-second week of the 1915 season follow; T Won. Lost. P.C. Los Angeles 84 67 .556 San Francisco S2 6S .547 Vernon 75 74 .503 Salt Lake 70 75 .43 Portland 65 76 .461 Oakland 8 S4 .447 Tuesday there will be two games in the Coast league. Salt Lake playing Oakland at San I'ranclsco and San Francisco playing play-ing at Portland. Beginning Wednesdav, the schedule will again be complete, with Vernon at Los Angeles. On Saturday, September 9. California's Admission dav, Salt Lake plays two games with Oakland Oak-land and Vernon plays two with Los Angeles. An-geles. Admission day in California is the local equivalent of Utah's Pioneer day I At a time in 1915 corresponding to last week. Salt Lake began the drive which landed the club in second place at the finish. The Saints were then, as now, in fourth place. Tomorrow forenoon's game between the Saints and Seals at Oakland will be played on The Tribune's electric scoreboard. score-board. The game Is scheduled to begin at 11:10. Salt Lake time. Brick Eldred. the slugging Sacramento lad who has been topping the Northwestern Northwest-ern league hitters since Blankenship sent him to Seattle, experienced a slump last week and has been displaced from the ' leadership by Kippert of Butte. Eldred , is hitting at an average of .343. Rod Murphy, Mur-phy, who had a short session with the Oaks, is also leading Eldred slightly with a mark of .344. Harry Harper, ex-Angel, leads the Spokane Indians with .333. Other ex-Coasters in the Northwest league who are punishing the pill at a fair clip are; HMlyard, Butte, .323; Shee-han. Shee-han. Great Falls, .319; Fitzsimmons, Butte. .306; Mensor. Spokane. .207; Mc-Ginnis, Mc-Ginnis, Spokane. .205; Reuther. Spokane, .2So; Bonne, Tacoma, .272; Wufrli Ta coma. co-ma. .264; Pappa, Great Falls, .261; Mc-Ardle, Mc-Ardle, Great Falls. .260; Cunningnam. Seattle, Se-attle, .256; Murray, Spokane, .254; Shaw Seattle, .251. Dave Hillyard, ex-Beaver, leads in extra base fitting with a total of eUhtv-eight bases. Bigbee, tiie youngster now with Pittsburg, stole riftv bases during his stay in the Northwestern. Bill Leard is second with forty-two thefts. I nitch Reuther is second among the pitchers, with an average of .714. Sutherland Suth-erland of Tacoma leads with twenty victories vic-tories and five defeats, netting him a mark of .S00. |