Show DIAMOND DaMOND DUST DUT t Wins Tomorrows Tomorrow's Games Loses Los Angeles Los Angeles Vernon Venon Vernon BOO S Francisco IF ii 1 S Salt Lake H Salt Lake Portland Portland Oakland Oakland C Del Howard and his Oaks will win arrive tomorrow morning for tor the final series of ot the 1916 1918 season The ran hog wild over the Tigers last ast week eel and may cause the Bees a whole lot of trouble If Portland will but keep up Its good o work v and take uSo tR tRIsh San Francisco o down a peg we may a finish fin fin- Ish sh in the third hole hoe yet jet The real race of the season will occur at San Francisco and Salt Sat Lake Cold weather er and many other adverse occurrences have ha raised Ned with the thel l local cal clubs club's treasury during the fag end of pie 1 season sea so lets let's turn out and make the closing week a banner a er one Oakland has exercised its option on Player Rod r. r Murphy secured ur from Vancouver Van Van- Vancouver couver and the former class I S A third d sacker Is now the property of Del Howard Howard How How- ard Murphy started out the 1916 season In n the outfield with Vancouver but was later Switched twitched to first base and he made decidedly good in h the new position I Throughout the season he has hit like a demon and finished d t. t the schedule I Irr In I Continued Continued on pa page page e 3 3 I I I I l DIAMOND DUST Continued from page 2 I second place among the Northwestern I league eague hitters being just a point or two behind Ed Kippert of Butte for the leadIng leading lead- lead Ing ng honors Two years ago Murphy was with the Aberdeen club cub at the opening of ot the season but when the Black Cats I went on the rocks and dropped out of at t the e league Brown Blown secured the player and used him until th the close of ot 5 Last year was a blue ribbon season tot too Murphy Mur Mur- p phy y both in fielding fielding- jel ng al and d hitting S C S Johnny Powers ha has decided he will vill i hold Frank Chan Chance e day on November 4 J t the Saturday following the close chose of th the Coast league season Sum Slim Love e who was with wills the thc Yankees all this season season has agreed to pitch against the Angels Angelson on that thai dat date dale e. e Other big leaguers will assist in opposing General a admission for this game will be 00 50 0 cents with 2 1 J for fOl box seats seat S S C Bill B Bernhard II is getting a good idea of what ho he n needs eds in the way of new ma- ma for 19 1917 7 and he is already la laying mg plans for 01 the next season I a. a S I That winter baseball is fast dying a j natural death is h bj by the difficulty 1 which Charley Swain Swam and Tommy Slice Sheo- i aggregation han e are experiencing of stars r int to take it in collecting to eW Honolulu an j next month Ping Bodle Bodic and ald Rowdy Howdy I Elliott arc the only ones who have thus II far fm smoked UI up ov over r the propos proposed cd iii- iii San Sati Francisco Call S S S Sharry Harry like Del Howard Iss II's I all framed up to pia play tue the double role roe of politician and scout seoul when he bas baseball ball I goes to New Orleans for tb the major league next month He lie hopes to re return e c t to the Slip turn homo hom with wilh a flock ock of oC deeds deed services P of prospective Seals AJ hen thc thc- over Hany HaTlY t New Orleans session is Detroit and 1 going to hop right up liP to there confer confer with his old frIend Wend Hugh Nevin who has promised him assistance in landing players for the next cam cam- r Wolverton Is even better known the Pacific Pacific Pa- Pa in the big big- brush than he is on and knowledge knowledge knowl- knowl and If influence cm c coast at all he hes he's edge of conditions conditions' are factors a gOing to do a lot of good for himself and his team San team San Francisco Chronicle a S S With practically all of the Coast managers managers managers man man- preparing to attend this year years year's s annual annual annual an an- agers nual baseball convention at New Orleans Orleans Or Or- leans the local club officIals should d not overlook sending their skipper this time S S S Chance Patterson Howard Wolverton 0 1 I and McCredie l are the Coast managers who have thus tItus f far r made plana plans to go to New Orleans S S S While hile at the convention Howard will close a a. w working ring agreement with the Brooklyn Dodgers I s S Will Wiil m there be a shift in the national commission the tile august body which rules lilies the destinies of baseball Old Kid Rumor Rumor Ru Ru- mor moe has It to occur this winter hut those close to the Ue throne of the powers that be der deny It ft Baseball men say Y Tener is a hand shaker not an exe u- u tive One would hardly Conceive this to be the case of a man who vho has served terms In Its congress been tl the governor of ot ofa ofa ota a great state Ilke like Pennsylvania and I I mentioned as United States senator fromI from I the Keystone commonwealth But those I In m the know will tell you ou Ban Johnson can an do more in a day than Tener lener can do doin don in n a year Many supposed when whets the change came that Garry Herrman Herman would be the member of ot the com comish Ish to take the exit powders But It seems Garry is to remain and a new man man probably probably Temple the donator of ot the tIle Temple cup cuil- cuil will win take Tener's place Tener lacks action ac ac- ac- ac tion initiative and intuition in baseball This Is best proven when he allowed John McGraw to get away with his re remarks remarks remarks re- re marks concerning the game in Brooklyn which beat Philadelphia and made the Dodgers champions S S S Bunny Brief Erlet came mighty close to making it twenty eight in the first in in- in ning fling S S S Chester Hoff Hoft may prove a valuable Pitcher for 1917 after all The little fellow fellow fellow fel- fel lately low has been showing big show class S S 5 i T The he Bees have won ten out of at their last thirteen games S S S Jimmy Jimmy Shinn put on a lot of or deep deep sea base running yesterday that looked bad Jimmy s should know better |