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Show CLUBS ARE READY TO STRUGGLE FOR ANOTHER PENNANT ON Tuesday the 1918 season of the Pacific Coast league Beaaon gets under way. Salt Lalco opens at Los Angeles, Oakland at San Francisco and Vernon at Sacramento. All of the managers announce their readiness for a stiff race. Thi3 year Salt Lake opens away from home for the first time since tho city has been in the league. The Bees will play in California two weeks be-foro be-foro starting the campaign at Bonneville Bonne-ville park. Next week tho Bees meet Oakland at San Francisco and then . they come to Salt Lake, opening with os Angeles Tuesday, April 16. vTlirougli the misfortune which over-tiv-sjlie Salt Lake club in tho disable-meni disable-meni f Pitchers Ken Penncr and Jean Huhnc n an automobile accident on tho Bakersfield-PorterviJlo highway a week ago, tho club has suffered untold damage. With Penncr and Dubuc joined to Leverenz and McCabo the 'tub looked like a grerit aggregation at tlio season's start. The instant Dubuc mid Pcuner were put out of it the club ragged to a low level. President Billy Luno and Walter .MeOodie in Call-'oniiit Call-'oniiit und Business Mnnrtgor Jack Cook at home are straining every effort to get some pitchers and it appears as though they are successful m their quest, with Collamore and Gould lined up. It is unfortunate that a club should suffer so telling a blow rust at a time when the prospects were so rosy. Strong in the Field. The catching department seems to be fairly well taken care of by Mike Kon-nick Kon-nick and Joe Dunn. Konnick is a peppery player and has a good arm. Dunn is a veteran, who can get everything every-thing out of a pitcher he has in him. First base is 6afe in the hands of Karl Sheelv, second in the hands of Paddy Siglin and short in the hands of Billy "Orr. Dick Cox will start at third. It is possible that Jlc.Credic will have to get an experienced third baseman, but he is pretty well fortified with Cox. Slugging Outfield. Chief reliance for winning ball games now that the defense in pitching pitch-ing material has crumpled 50 per cent will be placed in the hitting of the outfield. In placing reliance there the people of Salt Lako can rest assured that their confidence will be rewarded. With Ryan, Farmer. Chappell and Miller Mil-ler wielding a terrific bat, it looks as though any ball game may be "busted up" at any instant. All of them are sluggers. The. opposing pitchers will find this combination a deadly one to face. It is probably the best hitting outfield over assembled in the Coast league. Any of McCrcdie 's youngsters can step into a possible breach and deliver. de-liver. Sands, Smith and Sullivan are all good, free hitters. Feuerborn plays a good first base and is one of the most promising prospects a club ever had. Of the other clubs, at this writing the Angels, Salt Lake's first opponents, seem to bo the strongest. Kcd Kil-lefer Kil-lefer has every position well filled, except ex-cept third base, and he may decide to play that post himself for a time. The Angels are well hooked up for pitchers in Crandall, Brown, Fittery and Stand-ridge. Stand-ridge. The Seals seem to lack outfield strength. None of their 1017 outfield is available, Fitzgerald, Schaller, Maisel ' and Calvo all being absent. Otherwise the Seals are well fixed. The acquisition acqui-sition of Irve Kautlehner will help their pitching staff and may be the saving of the club. The Seals' 1917 infield is intact. The Oaks are the strongest club in tho league on pitchers. Prough, liar-tin, liar-tin, Goodbred, Krause and the rest of last year's superb heavers are all in Oak uniforms again. The Oaks apparently ap-parently lack both infield and outfield strength. Neither the Sacramento nor Vernon (Continued on Page Four.) CLUBS ARE READY TO FIGHT FPU PEI1T (Continued from Page One.) ehibs appear to he up to standard this year, althonch eaeh may have a big surprise sur-prise in store. Vernon's pitching staff includes Quinn, Fromrae and Mitehell, three first rate men. However the ehjhs stnrt, indications are that there will he some pood baseball base-ball on the riremt thi.s year and that Salt Lake vill have its Fhare of it. ;alt Lake is especially fortunat-e this season in the matter of schedule. The Bees will crowd fifteen weeks of base-hail base-hail into midscason into th" weeks when baseball weather is best. By opening open-ing away from home two w-eekjs and cloainc away from home three weeks. Salt Lake's baseball will be concentrated concen-trated into the choice period between early sprmc and early fall. If Charley Graham is officially rec. cruized as the manager of the Seals there will he three new managers in the league this year, a-ide from MeCredie, who last ye;tr was in the league as the manager of the i'ortiand club. The following fol-lowing is a list of the pilot : talt Lake Wnlter II- McCredie; last vear, W. II. Bernhard. 'ernon William Kssick: last year, George Ptovall. San Francisco Charles H. Graham; last year, Harry Wolverton and Jerry l)owns. Sacramento VTilliam Rodgers; not in league Inst year. I. os Angeles Wade Killcfor; last, year. Frank Chance and Killefor. Claklanrl George K. Howard. The uaks are the only clnh to start with the same manager who started tho 1917 Oaks. |
