The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-11-03

They viii Fill Ball Park When
MatheWSon and John !.
son Pitch
By JOE MURPHY

The baseball season is dead. but the
fans are very much alive, and they
are patiently awaiting for the arrival
of the big leaguers. who are expected
here in less than two weeks. In the
bunch that are to play in the exhibit
ton series are some of the stars OF
the game. and many of the fans in
this section of the country have never
seen them. An opportunity TO see the
great Christyss Mathewson. Walter
Johnson and others in action is some
thing that the followers of the sport
in the west have long wished for. and
now that il is about to be realized
they are sure to take advantage of it.
That the big leaguers Will play TO
banner crowds seems foregone con-
clusion. Already applications for res
ervations are coming into the Office of
the local ball club. The majority or
these letters read: Kindly reserve
seats for the game that Mathewson
and Johnson are TO pitch, etc" Evil
IDENTIFY the fans figure that these great
pitchers are TO oppose each other in
one of the series of games scheduled
These sorders for seats can not be
filled. because it has not been off,
cially announced that the big pitchers
Will clash, but everybody is expecting
that they will -
Danny Long. the former manager of
the Seals, who has been east has
arrived home. Long has been commits
stoned to make arrangements for the
Giant-White Six series to. be played
here.
Long says that 'aComiskey has de-
eided to do his spting training next
season at Paso Rohles. where the club
trained last year. Long says that Kid
Gleason viii bring the youngsters out
here in March, and that Manager Call
lahan and the members of the club
who make the woEld tour will jump
across the continent on Their arrival
in New York.
Del Howard, accompanied. by his
wife, leaves TOMORROW for the. east.
Mrs. Howard will. visit relatives. and
Del will go on to Columbus, o., to at
tend the meeting of the National
Association of Minor Leagues. Del
expects to harpoon a. ceuplesof high
class players while away from home.
If he lands the men he has in view
the leader of the Seals says he. will
certainly cop thesffag next season
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There is a suspicion that Howard
will bring back an infielder. who will
be fighting it out with Walter Cart
wright for the position at thfrdssack.
While Cartwright performed satisfac-s
torily last season, there is a suspicion
among the fans that the Seal third
sacker is not quite up TO the standard.
Cartwright is a hard $ fellow 10
figure. He plays the bag well enough
TO the casual observer. When he gets
his hand on the ball he usually handles
it perfectly, but there is feeling
that the Seal third sacker does not
oh, a. ief
of a first class minor league third
baseman. Howard appears TO be per-
fectly satisfied with Cartwright's
work, and the report that Del.is look
ing for an infielder may be an idle
rumor. :
Del says that he is always looking
for good ball players. If. he can find
one that is an Improvement over those
ne has at present, he will get them.
Even the bush boys are going to
bed AS each day passes we hear of
the curtains being-drawn onss some IN
important league that occasionally
bursts into print.
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One of the most enthusiastic mem
bers of the Baseball Players. frater-
nifty is Oscar Witt, the former third
baseman Of the Seals, who is now
member OF the Detroit IlgerS. oscar
thinks that rhe snew organization. lis
a good thing for nfagnates as well as
the players. why, the demands
which the players are making are not
unreasonable" he says. They should
have been given to the players a long
time ago, and I.think. the powers Of
baseball will seesit in that light when
the matter is. taken up officially" =.
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The series between the. Giants and
White Sox has been close. up to date.
The clubs Nave been see-sawing. all
along Yesterday at Houston, Tex,
the Sox. with Reb. Russell pitching;
downed the Giants Q to 4. .Fromme
pitched for New York.
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The matter. :of class AA minor
leagues selling players to the big
leagaes during plidseason, to be deliv-
cred at the end OF the playing season,
will be opposed by the delegation
from the Pacific Coast league that
will be present at the meeting of the
National Association of Minor Leagues.