Show Coast Ball Bail Loop Pitching Takes Definite Slump SAN FRANCISCO May ay 28 28 AP Ar Pacific Coast league clubs t changed battlegrounds toda today prepared prepared pre pre- re- re pared to resume series play wiser I through experiences gained In last weeks week's events For one thing it it was no secret I that pitching throughout the league g generally has undergone a no startling slump Power and skill that earlier in n tho the season had held rival batsmen batsmen batsmen bats bats- men through Inning after Inning of or intense play and had held the scores to a minimum has given way vay before an onslaught of oC smashing smashing smashing smash smash- I ing drives COMERS SCORED In Sundays Sunday's games alone alope no less lessI I than sixteen home runs were hung up lip by the eight combatant clubs a I record for the season In Iri addition addi addi- I Lion tion nearly every club In the league scored a high hitting average for forthe forthe the day The employment of ot eight pitchers in one game that of oC the tile Mission Reds and tho the Oaks at Recreation Rec Eec park here with six mounds- mounds men taking turns for the Oaks alone exceeded even the worst of of oC expectations Faulty pitching is in a large measure responsible for the situa tion The task of the pItch pitcher r has been made doubly difficult by the campaign to increase hitting HOME RUN STANDINGS Tolson Toison Los Angeles 14 Berger Los Angeles 13 Barbee Seattle 12 S Suhr hr San Francisco 12 Oakland 11 Arlett Oakland 11 ii Hufft 11 Webb Los Angeles 11 |