The San Francisco call., 1913-07-20

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The San Joaquin Valley league mas nIisngo .sasa
np the season with Hanford the wlhnins in-
The finish of the league came suddenly, owns
r. the yyithdrawal Of the visalia team Inc
attendances at the games at sisa.ea az taar and
tbts yras evidently brought about by the con-
paratively poor showing of the home Iean,. Id
teams in the league were Hanforo'
= Hsnford and Bakersfield have begun series
of games TO be PLAYED on satrlsSs "a ,Is1ssd To-
day Tony Sheean formerly of coast league
fame Is manager of the Hanfprn fara team. an5
Rakersfield have done everything possible Tor
their respective teams. and the games ara" "eh
at both towns
The local Bankers league has finished its
season, with the honors resting with the Flrss
Nationals. There are stlll rev posniIporet pnIp 10
games TO be played, but the result Will not
maLe any difference to the Nationals. The de
feat Of the Savings Union last week mas caused
aames will probably make big difference for
the second team honors in the race. M9frtsoh' 9th
the Pechs m has etched the last three
games without a defeat and now looks as tnougn
he might put his team into second money pace
Toe Sweeney of the disbanded Hayward team
is anxious TO cast in his lot with some fast
! country team. Joe can hit. field and % run tine tne
bases as good as any of them and he VIII sure
be an addition to the team he ultimately signs
with.
Glenn Rovlands is clever first baseman who
nlsrs @ the game for all it is worth and can shoot
the bah in from any position and hits with good
effect.
! This bov. Bob Wallace. playing with the Byron
outfit hung it all Stockton Athletics last
week He struck ont IL men, allowed hye scat
tered hits and had good control. not waking
man Tony Ieureux who does the receiving for
Wallace. is another good boy on tne byron team am
and has had several offers from other teams, put
, prefers to stick it out with his home agsrega-
tion.
Carl saxsenmerer, the crack left fielder OF
ing 'i been @ robbed Of hits by bis sensational field
ing.
Merani is playing a good game at first for
Mill Valley. His hitting was feature OF the me
game against the Weiners last week. After
driving in the run that meant tie in the sew
enth. he broke up the game in the nntn prlng
been strengthened during the last few days. by
| the addition of Claude Zamloch, pitcher fof-
merly with the Tacoma team. and Ingram, who
league.
The Hartsook Photo team is going along in
great shape. In Allen, who play; the first sack.
the team has star who can be expected TO
graduate into faster company next season.
| The ZeIerbach paper nine of Oakland. after
| two weeks layof will enter the limelight again
this morning by playing the Alameda woodmen
team at lincoln park Arthur Ipson will prob
| ably bend them over for the paper boys. ana
Manager Bert Newman il willing to wager that
| the Woodmen will be easy for Arthurs assort-
ment.
The Ambrose Tailers. a newly organized team,
| is doing well since they opened two weeks ago;
The team has a good battery in Bennelau and
| Baldwin and capable home run artist in
Ferrier. who plays the outer garden.
The Twenty third Avenue Merchants gave the
Sonoma n nine an awful iaci5g last sunday. driv
the strongest hitting mines around the bay cities.
and each Sunday since the season opened have
The team goes to Glenn Ellen today. and with
Southpaw Al Moir the mound expect to add
another victory to their already long list.
Joe Devine and Gene Tracey. two finds of West
| Oakland. are doing good work across the bay
bends benz them hem over from the port side Tracey
was the mainstay of the st. Marys Independent
nine last season.
Lainer who does the box work for the Alameda
Woodmen. is going along in good style. He has
/ most Of the batters outgeneraled 1t will be
battle between this lad and Ipson Of the zeiler-
/ bach team today
! Reports come in TO this office quite frequently
on the results OF games giving certain teams a
The Call is willing TO help the bushers along in
/ q legitimate way and has of necessity TO depend
on the honesty of the men teephoning in their
reports that such reports phoned in correctly.
/ We want your games. bushers but play fair
/ the proposition. IT does team harm when il
sends in report that it when such was not
| the case.
Percy Merritt, who last hurt while
playing with Victoria in the Northwestern league
has recovered from his injuries and is now play
| ing in the local bush He made the trip TO
! Yosemite with the s. P Owls couple Of weeks
ago and the real star of the tour He
pulled down everything in sight around the third
I cushion and also had his batting eve working
| lining. our six two baggers in the three games
played
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/ The Diamond Grocers of Fruitvale ere PLAYING
bang ball Of late In their game against
the Kreig & Haltons they succeeded in capturing
/ 13 inning game The team has won the ma
I iority Of games played.
Kid Recob. formerly Of the San Diego team,
| in the defunct Southern California league has
signed with Random Ore. The boy passed
! through the city yesterday his way north
| He is great boy in the infeld and his hitting
I should be a big advantage to the Bandon team.
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