The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-04-09
SENATORS
Defeat THE Tigers
Oaks and Seals and, Bees and
Angels Split Honors In
Double Headers -.


Oakland closed yesterday the 'arst
week Of the season at the head o. the
Pacific Coast League clubs, with Los
Angeles in second place Vernon ahd
sacramento are tied for third place,
While Salt Lake comes next, with San
Francisco In the cellar 10, hs ,
There will be no games played TODAY,
his being travel day among the league
cams. For the week beginning tomor
ow and closing nex. sunday san Fran
,isco will play the senators At S,cra
hento; salt Lake the Oaks 10 Oakland,
and Vernon the Angels at Los Angeles
The close Of the first week Of the sea
SON saw two. double headers and q
single staged. ~. -. .,ss!t;,.E
In close game at Sacramento the
senators, u.IdeE The management Of
Jin Rodgers, defeated Essick,'s Tigers
6y the close score of two TO one. For
some reason or other, only one game
~as played between these two teams
yesterday. The senators and Tigers
broke even in the irst weeks games,
each taking and dropping three battles
Jaks and Seas split
Il
md heals broke even yesterday, Oak
land winning the morning game and
1an Francisco the afternoon contest.
he Oaks took their game by the score
six to. four, while san Francisco won
y the tally of Ave to four. Both con
tests were close ones. The two teams
'layed the full quota of games during
he week, seven. Oakland got away
With five Of them, leaving the remain
ng two 60 TO San Francisco. ..
The games played at Los Angeles be-
ween the Killifer Angels and the Nc.
Tedie Bees resulted, in a shutout for
aeh team. They were, ut. best, one
.ided STAIRS, remarkable only FOR the
zig score piled up by the winning team
each battle. Los Angeles won the
morning game from Salt Lake by the
core Of fourteen to nothing, while the
alt Lakers returned the compliment
n the afternoon battle, winning by the
ally of nine to zero. The Bees and
Angels split almost even in the week .
games, they staging seven, Of these.
Los Angeles took four and Salt Lake 8.
The following dope on the teams,
ritten shortly before the season open
ID, will give local fans additional light
Pacific Coast, League matters. It
from the pen of Ed r. Hughes In the
an Francisco Chronicle of March "a.
killifer on the Job
While the new owners Of the Seals
we're wigwagging each other over wide
expanses Of California soil, to find. out
whether or not it would be good bust!
less to sign Tom Seaton, to bolster q
weakened pitching staff, Red Killefef
ushed right ip on Manager Mitchelio
he Cubs and got Long Tom. Now Sea-
on would much rather pitch in San
Francisco than, In Los Angeles. This
s no hearsAy, but Tom g own language,
or he is right here, and has said 30 in
pen meeting, but Tom viii pitch for
,os Angeles rather than lose chance
o play on this Coast. He does not
want to play for Chicago any more,
md as Manager Mitchell feels the
zane way about it there is no chance
or an argument Tom can still pitch
Winning ball, and he should help out
he Angels this year. He could have
Won some games for the Seals, too;
ut Graham and company will have to
eek elsewhere for a pitcher.
.ane Is Rare Bird
Billy Lane, president of the Salt
AXE club, is one of those rare birds
rho has not lost his interest In
baseball. He is not in the business
o make mOney-on the contrary, il
| will cost him a lot to be president Of
he Saints-but he is a baseball fan,
md if Walt MeCredie should pilot the
'aints to q pennant this year, Billy
would be willing to fold his hands
across his chest and die happy, There
used to be lot Of fellows like Billy
in the old days, but they are getting
rare now, like white blackbirds, and
men who invest money in baseball do
so as q business and want dividends.
Billy never thinks of dividends What
he wants Is a winner, and II he could
stick around Salt Lake this year and
be president Of q ball club that won
the pennant in the Coast League, be
would pin an iron cross on the broad
chest Of Walter McCredie and buy the
cross himself. It is great when nian
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