The San Francisco call., 1913-09-03
.PENNANT HOPES ARRIVE
& PREPARED FOR BATTLE
WITH CELLAR CHAMPS
Beavers in Fine Shape for Series and Captain
."BiIP' Rodgers Confident That Nothing Can
!" Check Their TriumphaI March to Victory in
:. Coast League Pennant Race for First Honors
BY JOE MURPHY

Walter McCredie and his flock OF
pennant hopes" from Portland ar
rived here this morning. ready to en-
: gage the Oaks in a six game series
which. starts this afternoon at Rec
reation park.
1t is a hopeful bunch that McCredie
IS guiding; and they figure that they
have a half nelson on the pennant
e unless few of their star beavers, Ty
Iober. Bill Rodgers and some OF the
other. cracks. fall down and break
their legs.
The team is in excellent shape at
this stage Of the race. and the out
look is bright for the club to go on
at its. present merry winning clip.
There is no stopping u.s. said Cap
tain Bill Rodgers, as he chopped of
the train this morning. we have
played pretty good ball right here In
San Francisco all season. In fact. this
Is where we started to climb out or
the cellar few months ago and make
our race to the top"
ss.The club is in great shape, and 1t
IS playing better bail right now than
at any time during the season. The
fans of this section should see some
good ball as far as the Beavers are
concerned"
This. marks the last road trip but
one for the Beavers before the season
ends. They play here this week
against the Oaks and then they shoot
south and open up against Los An
geles The club returns to Portland
for three weeks, which will be its
last stay at" home. after which 1t goes
on IFS final road trip. It finishes on
the road against Venice, Los Angeles
and Sacramento.
Manager Walter McCredie, who al
ready has won two pennants in the
. Pacific Coast league, is sanguine that
he :will capture another. The Port
land teader thinks that the recent
series with Sacramento practically de-
cfded:- the winner.
He realizes, however, that there is
still q. chance for one of the other
clubs. but he can not figure how they
are going to beat his club with any
thing near an even break in the
luck.
s.AIy@-b0ys are in fine shape" said
: McCredie. this morning, and you
have seen the way they played in
!. the; nerth: last week against the
Y ~ olives Why, they actually stole
two gaines from the Wolves which
looked 70 be- lost to US. The game
last "Wednesday, when we won out
in the ninth with al batting rally
.wFlfclf netted US six runs, was one of
the. greatest finishes 1 have ever seen
on. a hall: field"
There are eight more weeks of the
season. left, and Venice. which Isl
Portlsnd's nearest contender. is about
nine games behind. This means that
the Tigers would have to gain more
than one full game a week for the
next. eight weeks to overtake the
northern club. It is possible for them
g 30 do So, but IT is hardly probable.
Hogan and the fans of the south
are. still. hopeful that the Tigers Will
get the Beavers in the stretch run.
. but very few of the fans in this sec
ation are Of the same feeling.
y
The Seals, without a doubt, are
the most 'erratic performers IN the
league, and their playing through
out the season bears out the above
statement couple of times during
the season the fans have warmed up
TO the. club when it looked like a PEN
nent winner. but the boys threw cold
water on them by getting too famil-
lar with old Joe Slump.
A few days ago we were calling
them probable champions, and just as
soon as we had finished making these
pleasant remark sthe boys got back
to their old tricks Of losing games.