The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04
State Organization Arouses
More Interest Than RluaL
By William ". Slattery.

II
Of moisture and send their share of
sunshine instead OF rain this afternoon,
the baseball season in the Pacific Coast
League viii close TNth two games on
the Idora Park hegd between San
Francisco and Oakla I'd Even II the
rain does fall the seitson VIII go out
Of commission anyhow, though there
viii be no game to mavk its unevent-
ful passing.
Al the present time 20 one seems
70 know what viii bsscome Of the
league next season President Bert
Manager Cal Ewing and other SHINING
lights declare emphatically that base
ball will continue along thet lines laid
out by the magnates Of the league
when it was formed three wears ago.
But other wise sages in the world OF
baseball are Just as positive that the
State League viii expand sufficiently
next year TO swallow up the larger
organization.
There is no denying the fact that the
bush" league has been far more sue
cessfuI than the Pacific Coast aEgre-
cation this year. In fact the foCmer
has reached the zenith Of its glorS, es-
pecia3lye in San Jose. Stockton and
Sacramento, the teams that have been
well up in the running after the pen
nant-
INTEREST IN STATE LEAGUE.
The fans in general seem to have
shown much more interest in the
smaller league for several months. In
fact the Pacific Coast layout In Cali
fornfa has been anything but a brill
liant success since the disaster True,
the officials Of the league and the
fans IN general have displayed won
derful energy and enthusiasm in re-
suscitating BASEBALL after 1t was prac-
ticaIly dead. But the same condition
IL -, Il
bush circuit and they managed to make
a far better showing than their for
nidable competitors
Therefore IL would not be at all sur
prising TO see the old system of Sat-
urday and Sunday baseball in vogue in
this city, Oakland, Sacramento, Stock
ton and San Jose next year. If the
Pacific Coast League starts out il will
simply be a war with survival of the
fttest as the issue.
There are several reasons why the
- Pacific Coast League is going TO face
g crisis next year. In the first place
a lack Of competent players will have
70 be overcome. Then the expense of
making the long jumps to the north
viii be keenly felt, especially If San
Francisco does not put a winning and
paying team in the field.
ALL OUR STARS GO EAST.
AS fast as q classy ball player is
developed in the Coast League he is
Immediately drafted by one of the
magnates of the National or American
leagues. This robs the State of it's
talent, and Immediately a hunt for
available material is begun. This
league has the privilege of drafting
men from the smaller leagues Of the
East and Middle West. but as few Of
these have made good in the past
Fc Lof -
stand for them in the future.
Then again, If the stars of the small
er leagues have any class at all they
are Immediately snapped up by the big
league managers. and II the latter
overlook them. such important organi-
cations as the Western, Eastern, Out
law and American Association are in
the field ready and willing to secure
any Of these youngsters who show the
speed.
California, and in fact the entire
Pacific Coast, is at a disadvantage be-
cause Of the thousands of miles that
separate them from the most likely
leagues where talent may be had Their
rivals are watching the promising
youngsters all season. and If they can
not secure them by the drafting pro-
cess FOR a certainty they beat the
game. by buying them outright before
the drafting season opens.
YOUNG PLAYERS PLENTIFUL.
This season the Pacific Coast League
loses all its stars. Who will replace
them?- That is the question that the
fans are asking themselves all the
time. They realize that the league is
not as fast as it used TO be, and they
realize, too. that it will be slower
than ever next season with the passing
Of the few real good men in the league
now, including some of the old war
horses, who viii not be fast enough
next year, II anything like the present
standard is TO be maintained.
There are all kinds of promising
youngsters in the State League right