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Show SAU.'.f RANCISG0-. SEALS FINALLY CUKGEi COAST LEAGUE 'PEKfJAUT (VICTORY COMES IN LENGTHY GAME Defeat of Oakland in 6 to 5 Game in Tenth Inning Clinches Flag 8AN KRANflfK'O, Oct. 14 Sun Fran- claro cJuh In th champion of th r'aclfio ('oast league for J!!. it won th honor by defeating the On k land club her thin afternoon In the flrat came of th double- -header, 9 to 5, after ten fierce inning of hectic haaehall. All San KranHac wa celebrating th fnt here tonight and lauding .Jack "Dots" Miller a. the hero incomparable. It la the flrat time since I l 7 that the banner haa been brought to the Bay City. Not content with the first victory that came bark In the'eeennd pm anrl again trounced the Oaks. Thin gam waa more in the shape of a celebration, and the .seal batted and fielded In great form. SEALS ARC SAFE. The Seala can now lose both of the remaining contests with the :idV ana remain on tha top. as Vemou aval it lost a close gam to lo Anaies, 2 to 1: The Tiger made a fjrim fight durlnr the last few weeks, but could not cop" wlUi tha consistent winning of the Heals. The Han Francisco team will split $?00o, which was offered by the league to the team finishing- In first place. At this rate, with twenty-two men on the roster, ench plityer will receive approximately $772. The Tie-era will divide 4UU0 offered of-fered to the second place team. Asldte from these two donations every other club In the league, with tha exception of th tall enders, recelvee a bonus. BONUS OFFERED. Ths bonus offered by the league haa been an Incentive to keep all the teams around the top. There was no laajvlna; near the end of the scaaon, becauae each team real lied a little better profit the farther It placed up the ladder. Uua to It success this year there Is little doubt but what It will become m permanent addition for Coast leag-ue teams. San Francleco won the pennant this season by consistent playing: throughout the twenty-eight weeke. F'lrked as a fourth place team to start the aeaoon, the Heals, by the wonderful com bark of Jim Hcott and Hob (ieary. and the acquisition acqui-sition of big league pitching material, fought off all attempts of Vernon to take the lead during U laat seven weeks. SEALS SL'JMP. Seven weeks before the end of the eea- son the Heals were leading by an eleven-game eleven-game margin. Then a slump struck the club and It fell to a two or three-g-nmaw margin. Three weeks i. go Vernon min-A aged to tie for the lead, but could not overcome the Heals. leepite the championship, the etlgma of aecuring big league talent toward tht laat of the season will rest against th Heals. The sale of Willie Km mm anct Jimmy OVonnell for enormous prices iruN a number of players helped the Hoals tre mendouaiy. I'iit Hhea. McWeeney, Hodge and ('ouitney, acquired when the ltK-.it club waa tn the thick of the fight, practically prac-tically saved th Han Francleco i lub. MILLER'S STUNT. "lKta" Miller made a real achievement by turning out a winner In hi first attempt at managing on the coast. Too much credit cannot he given him for the victory. He was the type of congenial manager, well liked by everybody whre-ever whre-ever he went In the circuit. He ued h pitchers wisely and handled tit team It. masterly fund ion, 1 Hiring ft enttr season when snort Pharisees would try to get him to make statement, but he would refuae. He advised with "Just wait and ace. Many things happen In baseball." He ust-d to let hi men play golf In the morn trig rather than lay around the hotel. He said It gave the men recreation and too their minds off the gam. |