The San Francisco call., 1910-08-16
GRAHAM IS AFTER
POST SEASON SERIES
Pennant Winner May Be Pitted Against
Northwestern Champions

The fans Of san Francisco may wit
ness a series of championship contests
this fall between the team which gets
away. with the pennant in the Pacific
Coast league and the prize winning ag-
gregation Of the Northwestern league.
The powers of each organization are
willing and anxious to bring about the
meeting between the teams. but there
is such a difference in the closing dates
Of the season that it viii be hard to
arrange the meeting
The idea of such a contest originated
IN the brain of Judge Graham. presi-
dent OF the Pacific Coast league. About
q week ago he wrote a letter to Presi-
dent Lucas of the Northwestern league,
asking what he thought of the PROPOSE
tion. Lucas did not answer immediate
ly. for he wanted to sound his asso-
ciates in the league and also the fans
Of the various cities in the Northwest
ern league.
That they are all satisfied is attested
by the letter which Graham received
yesterday afternoon from Lucas. The
chief executive Of the Northwestern
organization appears TO be not only sat
isfied but delighted at a chance to send
his winning team in against the best
that the Pacific Coast league can trot
out on the field There is no doubt
that such a meeting would work up all
kinds OF interest among the fans all
over the Coast league circuit.
The Northwestern league is only a
class B organization, while the Pacific
Coast league outfit ranks with the
class A teams But at the same time,
they play some pretty speedy ball UP in
the Northwest. The fans in that sec
tion Of the country believe that their
league is absolutely the fastest of any
outside Of the two big organizations,
the American and the National, and
they will bet their money that their
league is faster than ours.
II this series can be arranged, the
first game probably will be played here
about the middle Of October. 1t would
be practically impossible for any of the
Coast league teams TO postpone a series
in order TO accommodate the North
western league at the close of its sea-
son on September 25.
SLATE HARD TO ARRANGE
In his letter Lucas explained that it
would be next to an impossible task
for the officials Of his league to keep
its players together and in form from
September 25, when the Northwestern
league closes, TO the middle of October,
when the Coast league rings down its
curtain. The full text of Lucas letter
TO Graham is as follows:
Thomas f. Graham. President of
the Pacific Coast League, San
Francisco.
Dear Sir: Have carefully read
your letter asking me if the pen
nant winning team of the North
western league would be willing to
play a post season series of seven
games at San Francisco with the
pennant winning team of the Pa
cff7c Coast league, hhe first game
to be played Saturday, November
u.
In reply / would say that the
pennant winning team of this city
would be only too glad to play a
series of games with the pennant
winning team of your league, pro-
vided such q series could be ar
ranged after the close of our sea-
son, playing a part of the series in
the northern city winning the pen
nant and the rest of the series in
San Francisco.
Our season closes September 25.
and If we waited until October -
to begin the interleague series it
would necessitate the winning club
of this league holding its players
together several weeks in order to
play the post season series. In
seven weeks a ball team would be-
come stale and would be unit for