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Show RAIN PREVENTS I GAME WITH OAKS McCredie Bees Given Chance to Get Ready Seals Game With Senators Also Postponed. SALT LAKE. April 10.- Old Inpe did the Bees the first good turn nt the season yesterday when he butted in with a heavy rain and prevented the firt game of the series with Oakland. The Oaks are "rarin to co" anil ficnire to beat almost any of the clubs at this early stage ot the season apd all the postponement the Bees can get therefore there-fore while in their crippled condition counts for tnem. Rain also prevented the San Francisco-Sacramento game in the latter city. Locally, things are shaping nicely fpr the opening game next Tuesday with Los Angeles. President Bill Lane and Jack Cook are laying plants for the banner opening of Salt Lake's t oast league experience and arc asking ask-ing only for such a day as that was yesterday. A slight hitch yesterday afternoon prevented Secretary Cook from getting out his tickets as he had expected, but they will be on sale today at the places announced in yesterday after-noon's after-noon's edition. Baseball interest in Salt Lake appears ap-pears to have reached the boiling point and most of the fans are anxious for a peep at their Bees They have heard enough about them and. oven though their prowess has been somewhat shot to pieces, owing to accidenLs to players play-ers they will have reason to think mighty well of them when the boys get back on to their feet and even more so when another catcher and a pitcher or two are added. An opening series between Salt La ke and Los Angeles should be all to the mustard a4 Red Killefer has quite a ball club and the Bees will also he in far better fettle by that time A few-days few-days among the home fans, in fact, 1b apt to make a whole lot of difference in McCredie' club The presence of Sam Crawford in the Los Angeles line-up alone should make that club an attraction The famous fa-mous "Wahoo Sam" is still a wonderful wonder-ful ball player. He can throw, hit and run as well as most ot them, notwithstanding notwith-standing reports to the contrary. Los Angelefl fans are already doping it out that the former Detroit Tiger will lead the Pacific Coast league batters bat-ters by a city block and the winning of the 1918 pennant is a minor consideration con-sideration with them they alread have that tucked away. Speaking of Coast league leaders in hitting a Los Angeles player has held that honor three times since the formation for-mation of the league in 1903. In 1906 Brashear led the league, hitting .388 for the season. Heinie Heitmuller was the other Angel to win that distinction, distinc-tion, leading the swatters in 1911 with an average of .343 The only Coast hitter to lead the Ipni'liP nnrl vr.i h- holriu' ?lln mirl was "Hunk" Shaw of San Francisco. In 1910 his average was .281, yet his name headed the list. Last season Morris Rath of Salt Lake, now in the array, was the kingpin king-pin of the swatters with a mark of 341. Previous to that Justin Fitzgerald Fitzger-ald was the champion, his average being .316. The leading hitters of the Coast league since its formation, their averages aver-ages and clubs, are as follows: Year. Team Pet. 1903 Lumley, Seattle 387 1904 Frisk. Seattle 337 1905 Blankenship, Seattle 311 1906 Brashear, Los Angeles... .388 1907 Eagan, Oakland 335 1908 Slattery. Oakland 331 1909 Melchoir, San Francisco.. .298 1910 Shaw, San Francisco 281 1911 Heitmuller Los Angeles. . .343 1912 D Howard, San Francisco .353 1913 Bayless, Vernon 324 ISM Fisher, Portland 355 1915 Heilmann, Snn Francisco. .364 1916 Fitzgerald, San Francisco. .316 1917 Rath, Salt Lake 341 |