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Show SALT LAKE GETS FOURTH OF' JULY AND LABOR DAY 7 Also Will Have Tvto Games on Pioneer Day; .:: Portland Is Given Memorial Day; Player Limit Cut to. Fourteen Men, in Addition to Which Managers Are Permitted to Carry Four Bushers; More Work for Umpires. : CHOICE HOLIDAY, DATES Opening day, April 3. Portland at Salt Lake; Vernon at San Francisco; Oakland at Los Angeles. : Memorial day, May 30 Vernon at Portland; Salt Lake at . . Oakland; San Francisco at Los An.celes. Independence day, July 4 Portland at Salt Lake; Vernon at ' Ban Francisco ; Oakland at Los Angeles, ''. Pioneer day, July 24. Vernon at Salt Lake, v Labor day Oakland at Salt Lake; Los Angeles at San Fran- eisco; Portland at Vernon. Admission day, September 9 Los Angeles at Oakland; San '"' Francisco at Vernon. Closing day, October 28 Vernon at Salt Lake; San Francisco at Oakland; Portland at Los Angeles. Special to The Tribune. SAN rBAyCLSCO, Feb. 7. The arranging ar-ranging of the 1317 schedule dates, the establishment of a new :. - player limit which will conform 'to organized baseball requirements and etill permit each club to carry four men who have never played a full season sea-son in either class AA or major league , . circuits, and a general talk among man- " agers and league presidents on the in-terpretution in-terpretution of various rules, formed the Sr business completed bv the Pacific Coast . le ague directors and club managers to-rvday. to-rvday. . Fddie JIaier and his affairs were left ''-untouched, it was announced. Is'o one of the directors so much as let a chirp out of him with reference to the late unlametited scandal or war of words, and it was apparent that no one cared cto assume the responsibility of courting 'an investigation. : f The Const league will open the season '. April 'A and close on October 28. As . is the custom. President Baum made an announcement of the schedule so far - as opening, closing and holiday dates ' are concerned. These are as follows: The Money Dates. Opening day, April 3 Portland at Salt Lake, Vernon at San Francisco, Oakland at Los Angeles. Memorial day, Alav 30 Vernon at Portland, Salt Lake at Oakland, San Francisco at Los Angeles. Fourth of July Portland at Salt Lake, "Vernon at San Francisco, Oakland Oak-land at Los Angeles. Labor day, September 3 Oakland at Salt Lake Los Angeles at San Francisco, Fran-cisco, Portland at Vernon. Admission day, September 9 Portland Port-land at Salt Lake, Los Angeles at Oakland, Oak-land, San Francisco at Vernon. Closing week, October 23 Vernon at Salt Lake, San Francisco at Oakland, Portland at Los Angeles. In addition it was announced that San Francisco will open this year on the Portland grounds. Tuesday. July 24 whioli is Pioneer day in (Jtah and a big holiday, will see the Vernon Tigers playing the Saints. Iu oroer to conform to the ruling of the national commission, which lias held that clubs cannot stipulate as to the experience ex-perience of players on tho club, the Coasters changed their action taken at Salt Lake, when it was agreed that clubs should carry four men who have not seen a season 's service with higher classification. The player limit todav was cut to fourteen men. Bach manager was granted permission to carrv four players who have not played a full season sea-son in class AA or major league baseball. base-ball. This does not change the existing exist-ing state of affairs, unless the national commission should decide the plan an evasion of its ruling. Batting Practice. Prexy Baum and the managers discussed dis-cussed the interpretation of various rales in order that there can be no misunderstanding mis-understanding when the season i6 in full swing. It was decided that umpires shall take charge of battiug practice, the charge having been made that in some instances there has been jockeying in the past to give home teams more practice prac-tice than the visitors. Kach club will provide- a box for balls, instead of allowing the chief umpire um-pire to carry them on tiie plaving field iu a bag. There was a senrrving for home when adjournment finally came late in the afternoon. President Murphy of Salt Lake wanted one last fling at golf and will not start on the return trip until tomorrow morning, when he and Manager Man-ager Bernhard st.art for home Gaspar Out as Pilot. " f I;' ,V ,KarI-V GsPar would not be Lhf ,r Lh" s!f" ty Western leacue b. J. Man...n, president of the club. Caspar Cas-par may remain with the rlub as a pitcher, pitch-er, It was said. Mr. Ilanlon SRid that it was probable thai a club leader would he selected belore the end of the week Possibility of the sale of the "ca, cfub was admitted by Hanlon. He said several oners lor its purchase had been made. Scheer for St. PauL ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 7. Al Kcheer outfielder, nas been purchased by the t' Fnul association club from Toledo "it was announced today. |