Show e SPECULATION ON MAKEUP OF COAST LEAGUE IN 1918 INTERESTS l FANS A N S' S Salt Lake Players Lead in Batting for 1917 Change in Ma Managers agers Is If Possible rv the close of ot th the Pacific coast coust WITH J I baseball season followers of ot the V game already are beginning be to speculate on the probable makeup of ot the league for next year Principal Interest centers at the moment on op whether er or not the Portland club will wm continue as a member of ot the organization Manager Manager Man Ian ager McCredie of ot the Beavers insists that his team will wm continue in the circuit notwithstanding notwithstanding notwithstanding not not- withstanding the fact he admits that as asIt asa asa a It moneymaker it was more or less of ot a afa fa failure allure Il ure C S S So No Xo o matter spatter what the directors do regarding regarding re- re garding the makeup of ot the league or the schedule It Is a certainty that there will wm willbe willbe be a new manager or two to sport port colors in the league It is an almost safe sate wager that George Stovall will be out of ot a Job and likewise will Jerry Downs be back Inthe Inthe in inthe the Seals Seals' lineup without having the title of ot manager hung on him Likewise will the writer be bold enough to say that Oakland stands a pretty fair tair chance of ot having a a. new manager Of Ot course Jay- Jay cal eal Ewing Herbie McFarland and Del himself will rear up and tell us we ar are ard crazy but something is going to pop Tom Darmody Ewing and Henry Berry are outspoken in favor of ot playing managers and Jerry Downs is the only one of ot the three mentioned who does this to the of ot the fans tans and the team Stovall has been an utter failure at Vernon while Howard has not accomplished accomplished pushed a whole lot at Oakland Therefore There There- fore lets let's predict that they will have to find new jobs for the season of ot 1918 S S C COne One of ot the most prolonged uphill pulls of ot which there is any mention in minor league baseball history ry was rewarded yesterday yesterday yes yes- esterday es when Los Angeles launched into first place displacing San Francisco which had a monopoly on that position for practically five months No Maine farmer pulling stumps ever showed greater great great- er persistence while bulldog bulldogs have been known to quit in less time San Francisco first advanced to the front on April 8 or during the first week of ot the season Reason The Seals held the lead with the exception of ot one overnight so sojourn sojourn so- so journ ourn in second place until May 8 8 Salt Lake becoming the pacemaker Bernhard's Bernhards Bern- Bern Bernhards Bernhard's Bernhards Bernhard's hards hard's strong boys weakened however and could stand the strain for only ten days May 18 saw law San Francisco back backon on top and the S als eals held down the rest of ot the league until late yesterday esterday when Killefer's men broke through The Powers phalanx started I Us its ts big push way back July 4 4 AtA that time San Francisco was leading the Southern tribe by ten and a half Jt gam games games games-a s-a s a margin which seemed prohibitive Salt Lake looked like a far better bet than Lo Los Angeles Angeles An An- geles which was in fourth place The average team placed in the same position positions as s the Angels would have conceded the crown to San Francisco Salt Lake with a a. far better hetter chance cracked in the home stretch X S S C The 1917 Lake Bees ma may not have won the Coast league penant but the official batting avera averages es find five of ot the Salt Lako Lake players Morris Rath the heady little player of ot the Bees leads the entire league eague with a percentage of ot Tobin of ot Salt Lake is second with Fitzgerald of ot San Fran- Fran cisco risco fourth with Buddy Ryan Ran fourth with Earl Sheely Sheel the best first base In the league finished the season with an average average average aver aver- age of oft and Dutch Byler Salt Lake second string catcher although only in ina a II few games finished the season with an average of ot The batting averages of ot the team is 14 points better bettel than it was last season and many above the Seals who have the second place honors Following Following Following Fol Fol- lowing are the carefully compiled averages averages averages aver aver- ages of ot the season Leading home run hitters Williams Portland 25 Sheely Salt Lake 19 Ryan Ran Salt Lake 9 Farmer Portland 9 Giggs Portland 9 E. E Los Angeles Angeles An An- geles celes 9 Koerner San Francisco 8 8 Leading three base hitters Farmer Portland 12 Wilie Ilie Portland 12 Murphy Mur Mur- phy Oakland 11 l Miller Oakland a 11 ii kel J l Bath Rath Sate Salt Lake ke 9 Pick r s San Francisco ls J t Doane Vernon 9 Leading two base hitters Schaller San Francisco 50 tiO Tobin Salt Lake 47 Ryan Salt Lake 47 Griggs Portland 47 E. E Los Angeles 47 Farmer Portland 47 Sheely Salt Lake 45 Leading in number of hits Tobin Salt Lake E. E Los Angeles Rath Salt Lake Pick San Francisco Ryan Salt Lake Wil Wll- Wil- Wil llama liams Portland Murphy Oakland 28 Sheely Salt Lake Leading run getters Tobin Salt Lake WIlle Portland Hollocher Hol- Hol locher Portland Rath Salt Lake 10 Pick San Francisco Fitzgerald San Francisco E. E Leading stealers base-stealers Pick San Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco 65 5 Williams Portland 58 E. E Meu Meu- ad sel Los Angeles 64 54 Wilie Portland 54 Lane Oakland Oakland- 50 60 Farmer Portland 47 Schaller San Francisco 47 Fitzgerald San Francisco 46 Murphy Oakland 46 Vaughn Vernon 46 Maisel San Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco 44 Corhan San Francisco 44 Tobin Tobin To To- bin Salt Lake 41 Rath Bath Salt Lake 40 Leading sacrifice hitters Rath Salt Lake 57 Terry Los Angeles GO 50 MIddleton Middleton Middle- Middle ton Oakland 43 Wllie Wilie Portland 38 33 Hannah Salt Lake 30 and Kenworthy Los Angeles 30 C C C Baseball critics are pred predicting that Bobby the year old first baseman baseman baseman base base- I man of ot the Tigers will develop into a better hitter than his more experienced I brother r They c claim that Babby b has a ti hb 1 I better eye ye and hits at fewer w bad id balls I Charley Chancy claim to having discovered discovered I ered the Is disputed by Dad Darmo Darmody y Dad Tom says was the I first to recommend Bobby Dobby Chech c came me through with a bopst Just one day later I By this time Darmody was so 80 Impressed that he be sent tent for tor t the e kid and signed him I Coast le league gue f fans particularly those who follow the doings of Swede I and Fred Frd will closely watch these two during the training season for tor they are going 1 out to battle for a re regular regular regu regu- i Yb h bS 1 eO el fel lar berth in the White he e Sox infield McMullin's Mc- Mc Mullins Mullin's work In the worlds world's series was good except his work with the bat Risberg Risberg Ris- Ris berg is 15 brilliant and went great guns but butIn butIn butin In the pinch he had to give way to Mc- Mc Mullin Both are ambitious ambitious' and it will wm willbe willbo be bo a pleasure to see them battle for the right to fill till In every game Bill Kenworthy Kenworth captain of ot the Angels is is- going to winter in Los Angeles and amI during the off oft season will place himself under the care of an oculist for tor a n. growth over one of his eyes It is reported repotted that t Bill has hu only been temporarily exempted and asid baa been ordered to have himself in 5 t readiness to answer a call to the colors nett next March I Howard a Ehmke li who w wound up the I season with lt the eDet Detroit T Tigers d h hanging d up gr a record sg of t ten won and d fifteen lost I I for for the he season is In Los Angeles and I 1 weights at least ten pounds more than he did a year ear ago He Is 18 making the I I statement that Sam Crawford j is coming I IVest West to take t. th the management of ot f the I I Seals I |