The San Francisco call., 1910-03-30


loose and show their weakness begins
today. when the baseball season of
1910 Of the Pacific Coast league will
.--be ushered in. It has been quiet win
ter for tlse fans and though the ma g
. 0stes tried to appease the cravings of
she lovers Of the national pastime with
81 exhibition games. this sort of stuff is
.1ot the satisfying kind. The fans want
. the real stuff. a baseball pennant race
where they can root for their favorites
and tear into shreds the players who
do NOT meet with their approval.
PROSPECTS NEVER BRIGHTER
With prospects never brighter the
season of 1910 promises 10 eclipse the
year Of 1903, which was one of the
most prosperous in the history of the
same in this city. With the baseball
mpionship in possession of the local
.C!Gb and a strong team to represent
san Francisco during the coming sea
son. there is no reason why the game
= should not have a banner year, espe-
-95allv when the officials of the league
have done so much to keep the game
clean and give The fans good teams.
= The Seals open the season this after
- MOON with the Portland Beavers. who
: fu1shed second last season. They Will
: line up at Recreation park at p. m
md the opening series promises TO be
v-eII contested as both clubs are after
first blood. While the san Francisco
-.sleb las lost several OF its good play
. ers as q result of the big Lacquer draft
81 and purchases. still the Beavers have
been handled likewise.
ROTH TEAMS STRONG
However. the teams viii go on the
feld this afternoon with strong line
. slus The local champions have made
e- few changes. The loss of Zeider will
be felt but Long has Mundorff and Witt,
--vyhO should prove able substitutes, but
II is hard 10 figure either of them
duplicating Rollie's record Of last year.
svEfch was somewhat phenomenal 1t
looks as If Long has strengthened his
0utfeld with the addition OF Grimm
and Jimmy McHale. Griffin, while he
-. might not field as fast a s some of the
men who played in the outer garden
for the Seals last year, looks like a
great hitter and should strengthen the
7Seais in this department. lie Is one
OF those boys who takes a healthy
clOut- at the sphere, and his showing
. last season with the stick, though he
only played in a limited number OF
games. was good
Jimmy McIIale is not new to US, hav-
ing been seen in the Coast league be-
fore, and last year he spent his time
5n the outfield Of the Oakland State
league team. McHale is a finished
player. He has no superior fielder in
sne league and is good base runner
FIe hit fairly well in the State league
- Ew MEN AMONG BEAVERS
There will be some new faces in the
lineup Of the Portland club. McCredie
vfll manage the club and play in his
old position in right field. Pearl Casey,
who Is back in the Pacific Coast league
again after an absence of two seasons,
d hold 4
second base. Netzel is a new man. He
viii hn the vacancy left by Johnson
n third.
Preceding the game there will be an
48tomobile parade about the city,
which will start from the ball park at
Fifteenth and Valencia streets at noon.
sFha route of the parade will be along
Valencia street to Market, TO the ferry
and then countermarch to Montgomery,
.fo Montgomery avenue to kearny, to
Market. to Third. to Folsom, TO Fourth,
70 Market. TO Valencia and thence to
the grounds.
Mayor P. H. Mccarthy will throw
the first bah. He has been in practice
for the occasion and hopes to be able
10 cut the plate in half. The Beavers
viii use Garrett on the hill and Long
viii depend on his old nainstay, Sliv
ers Henley, to do the honors.
The double umpire system will be
worked in the opening series. with Van
Haltren and Hildebrand officiating.
Governor to Pitch
TSpeeiol Dispatch 10 The Call
SACRAMENTO, March 2e.-with an
anfo parade in which will ride state,
county and city officials headed by a
brass band. the Coast league season of
1910 will be opened in Sacramento to-
morrow afternoon by the Sacramento
senators and the Oakland team. Gov
e~nor J. N Gillett has agreed to start
the game, his only eXacting condition
being that he be allowed to strike the
6rst man out.
: The season opening will also be the
Official dedication of the new Buffalo
recreation park. The Senators with a
few exceptions are in fit condition to
.. start the ball rolling Baum and Fitz-
20 gerald are not quite in shape yet, and
= Third Basernan Boardman is laid up
with a lame shoulder.
- .Sourhpaw Hunt will twirl the first
game and La LoHge will catch.
, Ready in South
Los ANGELES, March 2s-Los An
geles and Vernon viii open the Coast
league season in Los Angeles tomor-
row.
: The fun will start with an automo-
bile parade, the participants being
both teams the directors Of the Los
Angeles and Vernon clubs, city Of
ncials, representative of the press and
every fan who has the inclination and
n automobile.
Mayor Alexander will throw the ball
which viii officially open the season
and Mayor Furlong of Vernon will en-
deavor TO handle his delivery.
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