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Show i COASTERS TAKE ; STEP FORWARD i j Magnates at Informal Con- ; ference Talk Over the j League's Problems. ! High Railroad Rates Chief j Obstacle; Gigantic Trade in Majors. I ; By J. C. D. A atnrt linn hcf-n made at niitllnpr the j wheels uniltH" tho 1019 Count league pen- nant Wilson. Soinft of the manatf-s held ; -hi informal conference at GnUland last 1 wrok mid talked ifilriKH over. Pour clubs were rppi'c.Hf-ntt:i at tho conrtii'tmce. JtiiM-j JtiiM-j nf.tx M .ina.-r .lark Cook of the Salt ' Pako cluh Hpoke for tho Hcfi-s; Pr. Charles 7). Struh renre.smUd San Francisco; J. I'al Kwhm v;i.s t hero for f;ikland and Charles 1 1 coseaia n upheld Sacramento's j t'lahns to recognition. j Vim must hl.nifh'ant lansuii.o used in l tho report of ho muelinK; wan a positive ! dvlnrntion that tho mocruls had "decided in Htart the Coast league at the point whoro It left off last year." In other r word.., Tin chant; o in organization is eon-i eon-i tcinplatfil at present. Also, such a diji'luratiun means that, however much i.' niay ho printeil ahout "kieltln.sr Salt Pake '"it," the club owners themselves havo no sue h thought In mind. Kailroad Rate Problem. ! The perplexing problem of railroad rates ;. naturally was the, chief Item of diseus-,' diseus-,' slon. Tho existing rates are unqueHtion- aluy hurilensoino to the approach of be-t be-t ink' prohibitive. Conk was authorized to constitute himself a committee io set ' into communication with tho interstate I commerce commission with a view to ob-I ob-I Lafnlnir relief. i J'tspatches durlnpr the woek from Wash- inRton jjive a hint of a disposition on the part of the railroad administration to cut off some, of the sharpest corners. While there, was no definite announcement on j the point, tho news from Washington 1 could bo taken as holding out e n courage -D men l. So far as tho Coast league is con-, con-, cenieil, tho needed party-rate privilege r- will not be recmired before Die open ins of the season in April. There are three months and more before opening time ' and if any sort of assurance could be il obtained of more favorable transportation conditions by April 1 the Coasters would face the situation with confidence, i It Is posslhlo that Cook may be able ) to Ret some encouragement from the in-' in-' terstato commerce commission: at any ( rate, it is sincerely to be hoped that he can. c Tf tho party-rate basis were restored, ,i there might be a chance of enlarging the i league to include Portland and Seattle. As I matters stand at present, however, there i can be no thought of making the north-j north-j western cities members of the circuit. Meeting Next Month. President ,7ohnny Powers of the An- , gels, owing to a painful attack of rheumatism rheu-matism and tho illness of his daughter, i. was unable to attend the conference. It Is known, however, that Powers is en-( en-( thuslastic for a resumption, and Vernon , has hIso announced its preparedness for the P19 campaign. ' It Is expected that tho regular annual I meeting of the Coast league directors wili ho held in January. The date of the meeting has not yet been determined and I tho session may be deferred until, after the return of the Coast league's delegate dele-gate to the meeting of the minor leagues in Chicago on January 14. On the other hand, the Coast mooting may be held early in tho month, in order that an understanding un-derstanding may be arrived nt as to what the Coast league wants at the hands of the minor associations and how It stands on the proposition of demanding repre- , actuation on the national commission and the consequent abolition of the board of arbitration, and also its attitude toward other proposed "reforms" which are being be-ing talked about. T'ntil the meeting is held fans must be satisfied with news of such happenings as may develop, and club owners must confine their activities to lining up their talent and so fortiMng themselves as to le fully prepared for all eventualities. Big I::seball Swap. The bivgest baseball deal in many years was completed during the week. ' The deal included the swapping of seven famous fa-mous baseball stars, a number greater than that Included in any trade of re-. re-. cent times. Pv the trade consummated hist week the Hoston Americans turn over to the Xew York Americans. Pitchers 1 Hitch Peonard and Krnie Shore and Ont-?le!der Ont-?le!der Puit'y Txwis. Ali of these Red Sox are celebrated as pennant winners and world series participants. In ex- j change the Yankees rive to the Ked 1 Pox. Catcher Al Wattes. Pitchers Slim T.ove and Kay CaM wed and Outfielder Prank C.iihooloy. The Yankees also added an unnamed sum of money. These New " ork player?, hiie not so renowned as the Ked Sox trio, are nevertheless high-gr.ade high-gr.ade ball pkiwrs. The deai tmdnuoto ik- indicates an am-oitiorion am-oitiorion the par', of the Yanks to give the Giants se-ioas competition for the nost of. leadership in New York. If the Tanks should win the American league n-mna::t and the Giants the National league pennant, it may well be realized th:: the consequent world's series in Xew York City wou'd be the greatest baseball event !n history. There have been rumors that Leonard. Shore ad l.-cwis were not altogether satisfied sat-isfied wi-h thcY her:hs on the Ked Sox, biK whether there is any truth in the What Gossip Says. j News from abroad is that Cover Alexander Alex-ander may lv released in time to take ra-t in (be C'.ihs' training trip. Tile return re-turn of Ah x. cider at an carle date is sure to mit up Cub stock. The-e is evidence that Christv Mathew-for Mathew-for v.ili not continue as manager of the Cincinnati club. Garry Herrmann, owner of tho Pels, last week said the managerial mana-gerial situation had not yet defined tt.;cl: Cleveland is also without a manager. I -'.less Yr s Speaker reconsiders h.s de-t'rm.na::o:i de-t'rm.na::o:i nu to accent the leadership' or t-e Irdiins. which was offered him. "kvi:e:- hii:''i w::l h.;v to pick somebody else, and g.od manawrs a-e not extreme- ; v n.cn' : '). In connection with the C c-0': ciicvs. the name of V.'alt McCredie, i.:e It. c sk;p;cr. h.is been gien some t.ient'o::. J.ic i "o. :y.bs. "' e:cr?:i ritcher of fi:e' Pan idcrc.'.M Athletics and Prouklvn Na- ! nona s. has ace,-pf,..i the managership- of the l'.':l i leh-..i:a Nationals. Coombs Is aj celebrated figure in baseball. We was ' one of Con:::e Mack's world's series he- i r ''" 'n th d-.ys when the Athletics were p-actica.lv always in the big series ' Suffering an in.mrf d back. Coombs was aj patient In a hsp'tal for almost two vears, i bt!t iie rcovced nrvj did e--eilent " work torthe I'iNigers. Me ;s a high-class man j and one !li understands baseball, in- ' sab- and nut. , Th-To ha -. e :,--' -i -e .,-.: s during uc. h. mr.r or h --- u :o ih- f;..:-t ' :hai -i:-re!!-e vri.l uo-'d ousted , :r, .:p;i":l-"r o: St'x '':1'J that , not her ru 'nor. h i V i s p-'Mnpt : v or at lea? t -a i i-d f v o:i : : rma l ion. ' had it that dim tJ'f'iiev, forrm-r owner of the ftrave--. ami .loan M . C.raw wrf seeking seek-ing a .-on t roll ' ng in .w' i n t i'.e Giants. .Tohnn- Mvers returned :"r-.: n Fran -e last week. He brought the. asurance thlu the bo; s in the army, contrary to report, bore no resemment against those plavers who sought work in the shipyards instead of enlisting in the fighting forces. Evers was quite emphatic in denying the rumors. ru-mors. Upon Evers's return a story was set afloat that he was to piav second oase for the Giants. Another report said t:iat Hal Chase was to plav first base for Met. raw. since it was doubtful if Jake Paubert, recently acquired bv the Xew porkers from Brooklyn in ewbange for "alter Holke and George Smith, "would i report. ; Another returning baseball man was Jack Hendricks, manager of the Sr , Louis Cardinals, who has been in France with the Knights of Columbus. The death of Silk O'l-oughiin. famous .ague umpire. w;l., ,.n item of d:s-:rL d:s-:rL s;r,u news. (,)" lousniin' was one of the most piet-.:rex;ue figures in the irame. I As having a poss:i-ie connection with Coast ;;guc affairs is the n nort of the we-k that Jimmy McGili. owner of the Tn. liana polls American association ch:b was seeking a buyer for thai club in order that he might acquire "a elub at Lo I Angeles." McOid was formerlv owiif of t.-ie Penver '!uh. and. while the Griz- i s'.ies won numerous pennants, man-'- 'of i the t-neha'l fans of T'enver were hostile to McGi)!. and not a few accuse htm of killinc tl:e p.,.c fl--ad in i'enver. fit tronhie with Jack t "of;'ev. who '.as povv-!ar povv-!ar in 1 'eiiver as- The rdih's n::a::-' vi,, an i!-s.ncry a;'. air ad did M Gill ' no ' god. S:nce there !s nor a p.irth-h- of c-;- donee to show that Johnv po.ors wou'd ' part witii t!ie A ugei.s. li'.e 'eruun .i"':'. 1 u-'.jld be McfJiU'y 0;ily objective. T'ler.-aro T'ler.-aro those in t'-us ague who i:avo enenen'. e of M.-Gill during Iiis 1 -e-iver regmie who wockl no; we'eorne the prospect pros-pect of MoG iil's advent into the Coast league with pronounced enthusiasm. |