The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-03-19
. 20 Il III =
COAST LEAGUERS
GETTING READY
Season Of 1918 Opens At Sacra.
mento, San Francisco and
Los Angeles ...'

As the time approaches for the open.
ing of the Pacific Coast League 8 1918
season, interest In local baseball circles
is beginning to pick up, for many Ho.
nolulu fans know personally large nun,
bers Of the Coast players.
The series opens on April 9 and will
close on October 81. The opening
games Of the season will be: Vernon ut
Sacramento, Oakland at San Francisco,
ond Salt Lake ut Los Angeles. The
following chatter on the doings and
saying Of Coast League men will be
found Of interest:
SAN FRANCISCO, March 6--Man.
ager Wade Killifer of the Angels, learn.
ed yesterday that Bill KenwOrthy, last
year second baseman and captain, Is a
holdout. Kenworthy, who is working
in the shipyards at San Francisco,
states that he will insist on better
terms
Otie Crandall, one Of last year =
Seraph hurlers, dropped into headquar.
tiers yesterday and calmly announced
that he is considering saying farewell
to organized baseball to become reg
ular HEAVIER for the Standard Murphy
semipro team.
Jim Galloway, infielder for the Yer.
non club and former Bruin, has not
been called for army duty as yet and
there is strong possibility that he
will not be called.
According to letter received by d
friend, Galloway applied for chance
in the aerial observation camp. Before
he was called the war department stated
no more aerial observers were needed
and now Galloway has applied for q
place in the ballon division. He expects
to be placed in Class 3 in the draft
McCredie Busy Bee
PORTERVILI.E, March 5 Walter
McCredie, carrying in his pocket
\ sheaf Of contracts which give him
all right. title and interest in the live
and baseball craft Of a fine collection
Of candidates, including Bees, Ducks
and Eastern I.eaguers, arrived this
morning from the south to superintenh
his lob of making the Salt Lake base
ball team for the season of 1918.
I.everenz and Orr remain the only
regulars to report thus far. There
are eight kids in the bunch who have
reported to date. Earl Shelly, who ha.
heen cOaxing apples trees to blossom in
the Spokane country for the past six
months has notified the management
thHt he is on his wav. and Paddy Siglir
is also enroute to Porterville. McCre
die said nothing on his arrival here
which would indicate the management
iS at all worried over the prospect Of
hold outs for the year, although il -
understood the question Of salary Is
still at issue with several of the men
of last years team. LeverenZ was list
ed with those who are not quite salts
ICED with their contracts, bnt Walter
is here. which would appear to ind
cate that his opposition is not to b"
taken too seriously.
Work was completed today on the
baseball diamond at the athletic park.
and McCredie indicated his entire salts
faction with the playing aceommoda-
tiOns after visiting the park.
1t is doubtful whether work can be
started seriously before the last Of the
week. The first exhibition game is
that slated for SUNDAY with the Por,
tPrville amateurs. Weather was verv
disagreeable today. with a chilly rain
and weather forecast for occasional
showers tomorrow.