Arizona republican., 1917-03-08
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N nile II still k rather early To form an accurate estimate of the relative merits Of the various clubs that ,vil piaN III the Pacific Coast League this season sporting writers who have sized up the personnel of The teams as they now stand generally agree that the material signed up thus far does not give Indications of providing faster or better baseball than last season The pay last year was a disappointment because several clubs never figured in the race for the pennant and the in teFest therefore was confined to only two or three teams.
 It is generally conceded that as inc San F franciscO club is q success or n failure sc goes the rest of the circuit This Is due to the fact that San Fran CISCO has the largest gate receipts on the circuit and in the event of failure here II follows that the smaller gates" must suffer in proportion With San Efahclsco contender for the pennant the crowds are good and visiting teams count of replenishing their coffers.
 Oakland, the other Bay City which makes san Francisco's field it's home lot most of the time and which also contributes to the fate in the same way as San Francisco. is not expected to be much better than last year when II was q hopeless cellar team through out the entire season. Under the cir cumstances. unless there are some un- foTseen developments. the outlook is being painted in drab colors.
 Al the same time, owners and man. asers of the various clubs express themselves as satisfied that they will be able to develop teams that will make "a good showing. They argue that changes in the personnel of the play CTS constantly are being amde with view to strengthening q team during the season and that the early season roster is likely to be materially changed by mid season. The fact that Henry Berry. owner of the San Francisco CIub IS putting up an up-to-date srandstand and enlarging his playing fields is held to indicate that no slump In the public interest is anticipated.
 Talk Of Pacific Coast ice hockey league that will include teams from California as well as the northwest continues and those who are in favor of the project state they have high hopes that sooner or later their plans will be consummated
 Con. Jones. head of the National Sports Club in Vancouver is one of the most enthusiastic proponents of the idea and he has been making a visit to California with the view of ascertain ing just how much interest exists in the Golden state in connection with the game. Included in the circuit as outlined would be Los Angeles. Pasa- dena, San Francisco Oakland. Seattle, Portland. Vancouver and Spokane. The game has taken well in Califor- mia and during the last two seasons several excellent players have been de- veloped. The new men have been coached by old Northwest and Cana ; dian players as well as by star colle- the block and a half an hour later We were minus two used cars. while two happy purchasers were travelling ID the street with their new posses sons''
 James states the demand fer used cars is increasing every day. The care they have taken to resell noth- ing but fully rebuilt cars has resulted |, in most favorable mention from sat = isficd customers. with the result that
 they all tell their friends who are on
 the fOokout for ffsed cars