The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-10-13

RACE
CLOSES IN
Z WEEKS
BY JOE MURPHY

Two weeks of the playing season in
the Pacific Coast league remain and
then the fans get a rest. The Coast
league has the distinction of being the
first to start and the last to finish.
It has been remarkable year for
the game here. In the six cities of
the coast where clubs are installed
there has been a big balance on the
right side OF the ledger. San Fran
cisco. with a weak team during the
early part of the season, had banner
year. The question has been fire.
quentIy asked: How would they
draw with q pennant contender? Big
crowds have been on hand at Recre-
alton park throughout the year, par
tfcularly when the home club was
playing.
For attendance records San Fran
cisco undoubtedly held the honor.
There are not many cities in the big
leagues where they turn out crowds
more consistently than they do right
here in the metropolis of the west.
In fact. the Valencia street ball
rgounds was entirely inadequate to
hold the big Sunday and holiday
crowds that turned out during the
season. and for this reason more than
any other was responsible for Mag
nate Cal Ewing seeking a new loca-
tion.
Ewing is very sanguine that the
sport Is In for long era of pros
perity. Hhe promises San Francisco
going to get couple Of additional
players to bolster up the weak spots.
He will start out with a much
stronger looking baseball machine
the commencement Of last season son $
The only interest that remains in
the Coast league is the battle for
second and third places that. promises
Of the season. The Seals are making
q desperate effort to overtake the
Wolves, while the latter are fighting
hard to Dust the Venice Tigers out
The Tigers menaced the Beavers
during. the early part of last week
by taking them down the line In three
ended disastrously for the Hoganites.
as Portland won two yesterday, CIV
ing them a lead of 8 Y games. with
but Ia more games to play. They
The closest fight is the one for sec
ond place between the Wolves and the
Tigers. Venice holds second place by
lead of game and half. The Seals
are exactly four games behind the
Eacs for third place.
The locals will play at home during
the remaining days of the season. This
week they hook up with the Oaks and
1t looks like p fine chance for How
ards men to shorten the lead of the
Sacs. The Oaks have been easy game
for all the clubs recently and the Seals
should experience but little trouble in
gathering in good percentage of the
The schedule for the remaining
weeks OF the season is as follows:
October l4-Oakland VS.. San Fran
cisco. at San Francisco; Portland at
Los Angeles; Venice at Sacramento
October 21-venice at San Fran
cisco; Oakland at Los Angeles Port
land at Sacramento.
Jimmy Johnston has nearly equaled
made by Hap Meyers of the Spokane
club OF the Northwestern league who
pilfered 116 bases last season.
With two weeks Of the season left.
mark and establish a record that the
base stealers will undoubtedly be
shooting at for many a year.
The former Coast league base steal
who VIII made It in, 1908. II Johnston re,
mains in the game for the next two
weeks he Is likely to put the mark
up around 125 stolen bases. Last
week at Sacramento he purloined Ave
sacks.
While yen overalrs record is not
much to brag about, he has pitched
good ball for -&he Seals since he
Joined the club a couple OF months
ago The big hurler has usually been
asked to face the best pitcher on the
opposing teams. and IT Is a fact that
the Seals have not batted behind him.
He has lost number Of games by q
low score.
brilliant form by holding the Sacs to
six scattered hits, shutting them out
by score Of to o. Klawitter
pitched a brilliant game for the
han brought the defeat Of the up
country team.