The San Francisco call., 1913-07-23
SEALS ARE HELD
Up BY WASHOUT
Del Howard Lands Schaller,
Fast Outhelder From the
Chicago White Sox

Del Howard and hiss Seals arrived
from Portland late Monday evening and
were making ready to catch the train
for Los Angeles when they discovered
that a washout near Fresno would
compel them TO postpone their trip
For this reason the proposed game
with the Angels was put over The
Seals departed on the Owl for the
southern city last evening and will line
up this afternoon.
Howard was far from being distressed
or ruffled over the loss of the entire six
games to the leaders in the pennant
race. On the contrary, he appeared to
boys, and he still believes that they
will be right up there fighting with
Portland Sacramento and Los Angeles
Del is not a man to be affected by
few little setbacks. He believes in
keeping on.
Il will admit that Portland out
batted. outfielded. outran~us and out
tucked us in the series just closed" de-
clared Del yesterday afternoon before
the game. Eyes, and the luck counted
more with them than anything else.
They got every bit of it. We did not
even have lookin. We played good
ball all the time but none of the close
ones would come our way. The other
fellows had them all.
II think that little Lober has done
more than any of the other Beavers to
boost Mercedes team up to the top,
He is bear. He is playing the game
just like Ty Cobb plays it, Nothing
gets away from him in the field. He
hits all pitchers alike, and he makes
his hits count too. On the bases, he
is a regular jackrabbit, and he seems
to be getting better all the time
Howard declares that he let Pitcher
Phil Douglass to the Spokane club of
the Northwest league simply and SOLE
~ because Douglas was a detriment to
the club. The tall slabster was start
ing lot of trouble among his team
mates and Howard realized full we'll
that unless all hands worked in har-
mony he never would stand a chance
to boost the Seals along in the run
ming. .y
The entire Seal squad, with the ex-
ception of utility outfieIder Heine Zim-
norman boarded the train for the south
last evening. Howard does not need
Heine just for the present, although he
will find plenty for him to do within
the next couple of weeks. He has no
complaint to make against any of the
boys and his confidence remains un-
shaken, despite six losses in a row.
\
San Francisco will have a new out
fielder in few more days. His name is
Schaller and he comes to us from the
Chicago White Sox, who have so many
stars on their lineup right now that
they can well afford to let one of them
get away. Schaller is due to Join the
team in Los Angeles this week.
The newcomer has been 800 hitter
ever since he started to play baseball.
lie bats from the left hand side and he
is as fast as the proverbial bullet. He
was one of the best outfielders in the
American association couple of years
ago, when he played with Kansas City
Then he joined the Detroit team and
also made good. Detroit in turn let him
go, to the White Sox. Several other
class AA teams were after Schaller, but
Howard beat them all to the play and
landed him yesterday.
X X =
Southpaw Jesse Baker felt so good
that he packed up his little grip on
Monday evening and started for Los
Angeles. He has entirely recovered
from his recent attack of the mumps
and he feels certain that he will quickly
round to form. If Baker is right he
Will pitch at least two games this
week. and with proper support, he g
ures on winning both of them
X
Yesterdays defeat of the Senator'S by
the Beavers caused. the former to drop
into third place, a few points behind
the Angels. In the meantime Oak
land is now on even terms with Ven
ice, thanks to it's well earned victory
The race is a wonderful one whens the
fans stop to consider that there are
only seven games between the first
and the last teams. They all have a
chance for the flag