Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-15
FREAK SCHEDULE IS
SHOWN IN NEW LIGHT
San Francisco Club Not Only Gets Continuous
Baseball, but Is Given Double Headers Every
Sunday Privilege Denied Other Clubs

Every team in the Coast league shift
ed positions yesterday and the worst
OF it all Ia that the Angels were
caught in the cyclone and landed on
terra firma with Portland on top. The
Beavers continued to play that article
of ball that has made them the con-
tenders for the league rag throughout
the first home season in the north, and
when the Angels dropped a brace of
games to the Seals. Portland climbed
to the top of the heap, the Angels
fled to second place and the Commit
ers plunked into the cellar once more.
This Is another instance of what
might be expected as the natural re-
suit of the freak schedule by which
San Francisco gets not only continu-
GUS baseball throughout the Coast
league season, but it and Oakland are
the only clubs in the league that get
double-headers every Sunday for the
especial benefit of the Frisco fans.
while not being obliged to play one
double-header any Sunday on a FOR
eign diamond, and while other CLUBS
are allowed only one game each sun
day at home. That Is great dope to
ship and ruin the chances OF the best
team in the league.
The fans should get together and
raise a fund for giving Cal Ewing ana
his bunch of freak schedule makers
banquet when they get to town. today
NIT. They should meet and pass
resolutions praising the wise manage
ment of the Coast league, grovel IN
humiliation before the king. bite off
their own noses as sacrifce anu
then show Ewing and his pets now
much they enjoy the treatment d1shed
UP to Hen Berry and his Angel pand
that is forced, season by season, to
carry a handicap against all otner
teams that makes it necessary Tor
Berry to carry a major league aggre-
cation on his payrolls to make a show
ing in the race.
Must Have Square Deal
Ewing Is coming to town. 1t is the
time and place for the fans to let him
know where he stands and where the
fans stand. He should be impressed
most forcibly with the information
that the fans will continue to support
the game this season on the promise or
q square deal for Berry and his An
gels next season, and that If the
changed conditions are not made to
materialize there will be no support
for the local Coast league team tnere-
after. If Frisco is to get double
headers every Sunday on it's home
grounds, let every other team in the
league have them. If Frisco Is to
have continuous baseball. let Los An
geles in on the good things. Instead
Of making Frisco the hub around
which other clubs must revolve. let
every team in the league have a square
deal and an even break on at home"
and abroad" games.
Every baseball fan and all the news
papers of Los Angeles have lent loyal
support at all times to the Coast
league and have protected the Ewing
organization against invasion by out
laws. In return for this loyalty Ewing
has made promises. 1t Is about time
some of these promises were redeemed.
Los Angeles fans want to see the
home team occasionally and want to
support a league that will be con-
Quoted along square deal lines and a
fair shake for every team, regardless
of whether 1t is the Seals, the Beav-
ers, the Commuters or the Angels
That is the only set of conditions that
will be satisfactory for next season.
One Man Rule Must End
1t has been denied that the Coast
league is syndicated organization,
but 1t will require heap of argument
to disprove the charge. If the league
is not syndicated. 1t is being run as