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Show plaved with the Beavers and Tigers, goins froin the latter team to the majors. He hit well in the majors and wits going good when he entered the service. Bates, who was recenilv mustered out, was expected ex-pected to leave Paterson, N. J., for the coast last night, and, barring unforeseen delays, will be at third for the Angels next week. , , . . That Hughle High, outfielder, had been turned over to the Tigers as part of the deal for Jack Quinn, made last winter, was announced bv Business Manager Hal-britir. Hal-britir. High has been in . the majors for several seasons and is regarded as a good man. With Tommv Long still in the service and Meusel recalled to the submarine sub-marine base, the Tigers have been badly crippled in the outrteld. Halbriter said that High would start west immediately and meet the Tigers in Sacramento next week. A sinking fund for the Coast league that will tide the organization over any lean vears that may come is the idea of Dr. C II Strub, president of the San B'ranci'sco club. He publicly announced it here yesterday. He says that at the next annual meeting of the league directors di-rectors he will unfold his plan in detad to the other magnates. Roughly, he purposes pur-poses to have a certain sum set aside from the weekly gate receipts to go into the fund. Should any one of the Coast league cities fail to support class AA baseball, due to a weak team or other conditions, the fund then could be used to tide over the club, "By this plan,' said Dr. Strub, "the Coast league oould have successful baseball at all times, and with no financial worries. The league needs a sinking fund, and I am going to do all in my power to give it one." ' Mebbe Ralph Stroud will pitch for the Bees today and Walter Mails for the Tillicums. Hunky Schorr played in right field yesterday. yes-terday. Hunky's best effort at the bat was a sacrifice hit. He also scored a run. He had no chances in the field. : I Wild Heaves and Such 4 : : The best hitters: AB. H. TB. B.C. Wolter, Sacramento 5 5 9 1.000 Griggs, Sacramento .....4 4 4 1.000 Ellis, Ios Anseles 5 4 4 .800 Mulligan, Salt Lake 4 3 4 .75 Klliott, Oakland ...4 3 3 .750 Vance. Sacramento ......4 3 li .750 Compton. 'Seattle ;...3 a 3 .67 Johnson, Salt Lake 3 2 4 .6(w Baldwin. San Francisco. . .S 2 3 .'l(i7 Fallentine, Portland 3 2 2 .867 Miller. 'Oakland 3 2 2 .657 Eldred, Sacramento :6 3 0 .e0n Siglin. Portland '. 5 3 3 .600 Meusel, Vernon 6 3 3 .500 Murphy, Oakland 4 2 4 .500 Bonne, Oakland . 1 2 4 .500 Hanev, T.os Angeles 4 2 2 O Sheelv, Salt Iake ..2 11 .500 Home-run hitter: Wolter, Sacramento. The series stand: Seattle Won 2, Salt Lake won 3. San Francisco won 2, "Vernon won 3. Portland won 2, Sacramento won 3. Los Angeles won 2, Oakland won 3. Today's game at Bonneville park will begin at 2 o'clock. The game will be called at 4 o'clock, w'hether it is completed com-pleted or not: The start is set forward in order that the Seattle club may make the 4:45 o'clock train for Los Angeles, where they play this week. This week, beginning Tuesday, the clubs will play as follows: Oakland at Salt Lake. Seattle at Los Angeles. Portland at San Francisco. Vernon at Sacramento. The standing of the clubs at the close of the sixth week of the 1918 schedule follows: Won. Lost. P.C. Salt Lake 22 16 .5 i9 Los Angeles 22 lil .548 Vernon 20 20 .500 Oakland 19 20 . 4S7 Sacramento 17 19 .472 San Francisco 17 23 .436 An X-rav picture taken of Outfielder Bill Rumler's hand yesterday showed one of the small bones broken. It is likely like-ly that Bill will be on the shelf for quite a spell. Eddie Mulligan played a star game at third yesterday. He also collected three hits in four trips to the plate. Yesterday's fifteen-Inning game at Vernon Ver-non was completed in three hours. It required re-quired three hours and forty-five minutes to play a thirteen-lnning game in Salt Lake, Friday. Special to The Tribune. LOS ANGELKS. Cal., May 17. Pursuant Pursu-ant to a firmly registered determination to strengthen, both local clubs of P. C. L. today made marked progress in that direction. President Powers of the Angels officially announced the purchase of Ray Bates, third baseman, from the Philadelphia Athletics. Bates formerly |