The San Francisco call., 1913-12-05
TIGERS OPEN Up
WITH SEALS
NEXT YEAR
Fans Will See Thirty Weeks
of Baseball During Sea-
son of 1914
BY ZOE MURPHY

When the baseball season in the Pa
cific Coast league starts on the last
day of next March the first club the
local fans will have chance to Judge
VIII be Venice, which will oppose the
Seals In the opening combat
! According to the schedule arranged
by the league officials. yesterday at
their second meeting. the season will
start on March 81, continue for 80
weeks and end on October 25 The
aLos Angeles club will remain at home
the opening week, taking on the Oaks
In the opening clash. while the Beav-
ers Will open at Sacramento with the
Wolves
| The schedule was arranged by
Messrs- Cook, McCredie and Baum, and
it seemed to give entire satisfaction
/ to the other directors of the league.
The Seals will play at home on all the
important holidays. They will meet
the Sacs on Decoration day, May go.
On the fourth of July Howard's men
| Will oppose the Sacs again. Labor day,
| September Z. the Seals will oppose the
Angels, and on Admission day, Sep
] tember 9. the Oaks will be fighting it
out with the locals.
| 1t was expected that the meeting
would be finished yesterday, but the
| magnates were unable to clean up the
business that is to be handled. They
will be In session again today. and 1T
| is expected that the visiting directors
will be able to start on their way
home after today's session.
The matter of allowing the Sacra-
mento club to play seven games dur
ling the week while the club is at home
came up for consideration, and the
directors voted to adopt the new rule.
| 1t is contended that there are many
hot days In the capital city during the
summer. end that Sunday morning
games would draw better than the
afternoon sessions, as the weather is
more agreeable in the morning
Lloyd Jacobs and Harry Wolverton
| of the Sacramento club, who spur-
chased the stock from Jack Atlin,
were formally installed directors of
the league. The new magnates were
the hosts at banquet held last night
at John Taits.
The liability act, a law recently
passed for the protection OF the work
ingmen, has given the magnates some
concern. Frank Leavitt explained
the new law. He said that he thought
| 1t might interfere with a baseball
players contract. However, no action
was taken.
The overall matter, which was ex-
pected to be brought up before the
meeting Of the directors. was EVIL
| IDENTIFY passed UP by ]. Cal Ewing,
who is the one vitally concerned.
Since the arrival OF Del Howard on
the ground there has been a feeling
that OWE will be back on the Job
when the training season starts.
There Is no chance of any one criti-
cising overall to Howard, as the lat
ter has a warm spot for big JEFF They
have played together for years and
know each other thoroughly.
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since their arrival here the North
western league magnates have en-
loved themselves. The relations be-
tween the Coast league magnates and
the Northwestern officials are very
friendly, and the consensus of opinion
,s that the Coast league will be al
lowed to enter Seattle in the future il
the league cares to take that chance.
Nick williams. manager of the
Portland club. is making the rounds.
meeting his old friends, as he has
MANY in this neck OF the woods. He
expects 10 icdd thCt EoItAduQ colts
again next season.
Williams believes that he would
have won the pennant last year If
sneas and Pitcher Stanley had not
been taken away from him and turned
over TO the Portland club of the
Coast league.
Mike lynch Of the Tacoma club is
after one of the Seals and there is a
deal on. Howard Is likely to turn
one of hts men over to Lynch, but Just
who will go Del Is not ready tc say.