Show PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE ADJOURNS FOR PERIOD I OF WAR CLOSES SUNDAY Di Directors Vote That Con Continuance of Play in Face Fac pf of Work or Fight Order and Diminishing 4 Jl Attendance Is Not No the Thing Clubs Clubs Clubs' t Are Losing Money Big Leagues Likely to Follow Suit Special Dispatch OS ANGELES July 13 The The Pacific Coast League of Professional Baseball Clubs is a thing of the past It has succumbed succumb d to the ine inevitable the H ble the general S clamor of the co Country that its ts most physically fit manhood devote its time tune to employment that Ismore is ismore d more more essential toward winning this great worlds world's conflict f Yes The league e suspended operations operations' here herd yester yesterday ster day when its directors decided that even though the bankrolls have been crimped to a more or br less degree de gree they might wobble along until the latter part of October such a policy wo would ld not be t the e eo o one to pursue Officially th the league was adjourned ad aa aa- aa j until after fter the war Var Coast league fans will Wilt therefore therefore there there- fore 4 see their final games to to- to morrow Charge it to the will to help win the war It is extremely unlike unlikely that games will be resumed until the world series now being played In Europe by the forces of liberty against the atrocities of the Hun is finished and the field wiped up With the German military umpires It was so ordered virtually when the directors of the six clubs representing each of the clubs dubs voted unanimously SIY yesterday at o'clock it t the Van Nu Nuys Nus s hotel to disband after alter th the games next ext Sunday Sunda The direct cause assigned was th the work or ol fight ruling of draft boards in Salt Sail Lake and San Francisco The public voice too was s beginning to be heard As Johnny Powers put pul it The crowds were beginning t tb to t taunt tut UtH the players with Why dont don't you YO go to work The work or fight ruling in two Western estern cities made the situation dif dif- I would like to have seen the league finish its season but under the circumstances circum circum- stances es it seemed best to throw aside everything but the spirit to win the war Certainly I t am glad to put aside an any p personal Interest to that end OFFICIAL DEATH NOTICE This statement was vas given out by- by Allan Allan T T. Baum president of the league The Pacific Coast league directors voted to officially close the 1918 season season season sea sea- son Sunday July 14 Exemption boards in the two states stales in which the league operates operates Call Cali California fornia and Utah Utah have have ruled that the ther r v players ar are subject to the work worl or fight rule and the thC league has de decided decided de- de to abide by this decision rather than appeal to higher authorities In view of the shortening of the I season and the closeness of the race i between bet Vernon and Los Angeles the directors voted to order these these- two clubs to play an additional series of oC nine games gaines in Los Angeles next week the series to be concluded when either club wins five games gaines and the winner will be declared the champion of the 1918 season FROM BAD TO WORSE Charlie Graham manager of the San Francisco team said One deciding factor was that a a. few of the big league players took jobs Inthe in inthe the shipyards to get away from military full mili- tary duty This made people vay ay vay things across the diamond and aud matte made matteen it unpleasant f for her er players s who r were wre en virtually rr I willing to go v When called to work O or to fight Anyway 1 It began to get t around that at baseball b 1 was not an essential occupation and we deOld decided d not to buck this tills feeling In lii San Francisco things beg began n. n to look Not only did the draft board rule that ball baU players must work worl but buta a police sergeant with fifteen officers off oW- cers entered the tile b ball grounds several days day ago and asked every man be between between be- be tween 20 and 31 why he was not working This is being done also Inthe in inthe the big leagues It is sure sur to kill off oft the attendance Then we got a telegram from Salt Lake saying that the draft board there had ordered all the players play to work or of go to war Matters were getting tighter all ati the time During our session we re received received received re- re a message from the manager of t the Sacramento club asking us to todo todo w it fn fn'S S 'S do all we e could toward o winning tl the tho war Altogether we acted for the best beat Our men will not feel feet it as badly as-badly b badly as those in th the big leagues who are drawing much bigger salaries and may have to work for much less Aman A A. Aman Aman man who has been making from to a year will ht have e to make a f th greater e sacrifice r than the f fellow I who h has been getting a m month nth HITS BIG LEAGUES The The work or fight Order seems certain certain tain tahl to hit major league baseball also And If It it does doel baseball apparently would be flying in the face tace of fate late if it continued con con- tinned s That local boards are Interpreting Provost Provost Pro Pro- yost Marshal General Crowders Crowder's order as applying to professional baseball II Is demonstrated by the recent recaSt abdication of ot Player Flayer Parnham of the Baltimore club cl of the n new w International league He lie was ordered by his local board to seek a new new occupation and he proceeded to comply a at t once Two men already have left the Brooklyn Brook Brook- lyn National league club as a direct r re result re- re sult suit of the the- order Both Zach Wheat and Hi Myers own farms Myers already has gone to his while Wheat expects tb to lO lOgo go gb within a few days Minor leagues probably will be hit first and hardest for most of their men are younger But there is no inclination In baseball to sacrifice the little fellows for forthe forthe forthe the bigger ones It would be 1 possible to gather enough men under and over th the tha ages included in the order to males make a showing ving but such sucha a an aggregation would supply such a joke jok combination of baseball that the public would become disgusted and stay awa away A leaning to this plan is already apparent apparent apparent ent on the part of several big league mag mag- f. f nates Tommy Leach for Or Instance has been taken back into the big league fold and is playing as a regular with Joe Finneran has been adopted by the Yankees as has Ham HattIn Hyatt Hatt In Boston the entire outfield of ot the Boston Braves consisting of Kelly Powell Powell Pow Pow- ell eli and an excellent combination has enlisted in the navy TURNING OUT NEW BONDS WASHINGTON July 13 Fourth 13 Fourth Liberty loan Joan bonds now are being turned out by the thousands dal daily from the governments government's engraving plant in preparation for tor the fourth loan campaign campaign cam cam- In O October tober They are identical in inform and design with those of ot the third loan but space ha has been left on each for tor later engraving of at the exact terms j 1 |