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Show 4 . - Wild Heaves and Such -f The best hitters (reconstructed game excluded): AB. H. B. Pet. Wolter, Sacramento -....3 3 3 l'.OUO 1 Smith, Salt Lake 2 2 3 l.OOn , Caveney, San Francisco ... 4 3 10 .751' Meusel, Vernon 8 6 9 .750 Schick, San Francisco 3 2 2 .667 Cunningham, Seattle 3 2 - .67 Sweeney, Seattle 3 2 2 .667 Pinelli, Sacramento 3 2 2 .667 J. Mitchell, Vernon 9 6 S .667 Fitzgerald, San Francisco ..5 3 5 .600 McKee, San Prancisco ..... 5 3 3 .60p Masgert, Salt Ijake 5 3 5 .600 Fiaher, Vernon 7 4 7 .571 Chadbourne, Vernon 9 5 7 .556 Corhan, San Francisco .... 4 2 2 .500 Orr, Sacramento 1 2 2 ,500 Bassler, Los Angeles . .... 4 2 2 .500 Wilie, Oakland 4 2 2 .500 Bohne, Oakland 4 2 3 .500 Rader, Portland 4 2 4 .500 Spencer, Salt Lake 2 11 .600 MeGaffigan, Sacramento 2 1 1 .500 Home-run hitters Caveney. San Francisco Fran-cisco (2); Gri&sa, Kldred, Sacramento; Kddington, Vernon; Sheely, Salt Lake. 1 The series stand: San Francisco won 3. Salt Lake won 3. i Seattle won 0, Sacramento won 6. 1 Los Angeles won 4, Oakland won 3. Portland won 0, Vernon won 6. Gould and Leverenz are the pitching guesses for Salt Lake in today's double-: double-: header, with Smith and Seaton for the ! Seals. Today's doubleheader will begin at 2 ! o'clock. It will be the finish of the San Francisco series and will be farewell ap-; ap-; pearance of the 1 1 9 Seals in Salt Lake, i i The leajrue-leadins Timers will open here j Tuesday In an eiht-game series. The Bees have one postponed game with the ! Bengaleers, left over from opening week. ; This will he worked off Saturday and j there will also be a doubleheader Sunday. I The en. of the Vernon series will also be ! the end of Coast league baseball in Salt j Lake for the year. I After the set with the Vernons at Bonneville Bon-neville park, the Bees will go to Los Angeles An-geles for another eight-game round with the Tigers, and will close the season with the Oaks. The clubs will play as follows this week: Vernon at Salt Lake. San Francisco at Los Angeles. Sacramento at Oakland. Seattle at Portland. The standing of the clubs at the close of the twenty-third week of the 1917 schedule follows : Twenty-third Week. "Won Lost Pet. San Francisco 89 73 549 Salt Lake 83 70 .542 Los Angeles S4 77 .522 Portland 76 7S .49-1 Oakland '77 .4S Vernon C7 95 .414 Special to The Tribune. LOS ANG-IOLES, Sept. 13. An effort was made today to talk with President Hlckey of the American Association over the long-distance telephone, but Hit-key refused to converse over t lie wire, preferring pre-ferring to conduct the negotiations for a post-season series entirely in writing. H has be en i n 1 1 nia l ed that the Coasters ma v Recede to the demand that the western club confine its entry to sixteen men, although al-though Kssick of the Tigers contends that the clubs should play under the exact eon-" ditions on which they won in their own leagues, and douhtless Killefer would express ex-press himself similarly. However, it is not likely that either club would use more than sixteen men in a short series, and the point is not a vital one. - W. J. ("Bill") Clymer, who recently resigned re-signed as manager of the Seattle club, is mentioned as a possible part purchaser of the Oakland franchise. While Clymer himself is practically noncommittal, it is known that he and Kddie Graney, the Sun Francisco referee may associate themselves wii h a third party in the purrhnsf of the property. In fact, Clymer' a presence in Los Angeles Ange-les is connected with the deal An effort is being made to interest a third part in the venture, and a number of loeul sportsmen sports-men with money and baseball inclin.n loria may have the proposition put up to them' Del Howard already has announced that hp intends to sell his stork, while J Cil Kwinc's retirement has h.-rn rumored for some time. Tin: Oakland franchise owing to the small overhead expense and the good patronage accord tm; ciuh both in Oakland and San Francisco l r- Ird (i as one of the best baseball properties in tne we-Jt. Clymer should have little trouble tercsiing capital in the proposition. Los Angeles Times. |