The San Francisco call., 1913-10-29
NEW TALENT
SOUGHT BY
MAGNATE
Shakeups Are Looked For in
Most of the Coast
League Teams
BY JOE MURPHY

There is a noticeable amount of ac-
tivity among the club managers who
are planning to strengthen UP during
the coming season. Some drastic
changes will be made in the lineup of
some of the clubs. Oakland in partic-
ular will have a number of new men.
Next week the Pacific Coast league
delegation leave for Columbus.
Wednesday will likely be the day of
their departure, and at this meeting
II is expected that many new players
will be secured Changes, switches.
trades and purchases will be made
and many former Coast league players
will make their departure from this
neck of the woods. perhaps never to
be seen in action here again.
The Seals will undergo some
changes However, it will not get
the overhauling some of the other
clubs Of the league will get. Half OF
the Oakland club has been disposed
of already and Happy Hogan, the
leader of the Venice Tigers, declares
that he is anxious to win a pennant
and he win use every effort 10 satisfy
his ambition. He is going to give his
club the once over and a number of
the veterans are carded to go to other
points next year
EWING WANTS PENNANT
Just what Del Howard does when
he is east will be OF interest to the
rans. He is in need of an outhelder,
and it is possible that he will get
another pitcher The Seals are bet
ter fortified behind the plate than
they are in any other position. With
Clarke and Schmidt on hand and
young sepulveda coming along. How
ard need not worry about catchers.
Cal Ewing. like Hogan, is crazy to
win the pennant next season. He
will move his team into his new ball
yard out near Lone mountain and he
wants to start off in the new home
with a pennant winning team
All the teams are in need OF
strengthening if they hope to win
the pennant next season. Portland
has been shattered little by the
loss of Pitcher James and Inhelder
Bill Rodgers, the former captain Of
the team. McCredie can stand the
loss of a pitcher better than any of
the other clubs. as he has plenty of
hign class twirlers on hand. The loss
of Rodgers will certainly be felt. He
was one of the best second basemen
in the league.
He was the unanimous selection of
the experts for the position of second
base. Rodgers is a brainy player. and
Mccredie will find IL a difficult task
OF securing man to I'LL his shoes.
PRICES TOO HIGH
It is quiet evident. however. that
II the other clubs hope TO down Port
land next eeason they will have to
strengthen or else they figure to have
little chance against the Beavers.
The victory of the Portland club this
season was an easy one Once the
club hit its stride it waded through
the others like a stake horse would
pull away from q selling platter.
According to a circular received
from the big league teams that are
to appear here next month, the sched-
uIe of prices for the exhibition games
will be 80 cents. 70 cents and 81. The
White Sox and Giants are going TO
appear in a series of games which are
more in the nature of a picnic, and
they are going to ask the easy public
more to see them than IL they were
regular scheduled league games. The
baseball magnates might be in for
big surprise, as the fans out this way
are not strong for exhibition games,
and to be shaken down by them might
be resented by their failure to turn
out.
If memory serves me right, big
league club out here on a training
trip a few years ago tried to get
these prices, and was badly stung.
The fans might pay such money to see
Matty and Walter Johnson in action,
but IL is doubtful If it viii cough up
to see the lesser stars.
Cal Ewing, Del Howard and others
interested in the San Francisco club
spent the entire afternoon yesterday
on the site at Lone mountain to be
used for the baseball field. Ideas for
the building and laying out of the
park was the mission of the baseball
magnates. The lease will be signed
some time today. according TO Ewing.
TROUBLE IS BREWING
There may be some serious trou-
Bile in the major leagues this season II
the magnates refuse to recognize
David Fultz, the president of the
Baseball Players fraternity. The pow
ers of the National and American
leagues say they will treat with the
PLAYERS and listen to their demands
and grievances, but they will have
nothing to do with Fultz. The play
ers seem to have confidence In their
leader, and many of them demand his
recognition from the baseball moguls.
If both sides should become obdurate,
what would be the result?
President Al Baum is not going to
hold any of his umpires unless they
are satisfied with their jobs. This is
a very liberal view that Baum has
taken, and 1t is safe to say that he
will have more success with his in
dicator men than If he tried to drive
them In other leagues umpires are