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Show i DOWNS IS AFTER ,t ' BALL FTAYESS ' : I I New'Seals' Manager Takes a ! j: I j Bunch of Likely Players . 1 1 Rounds Up Youngsters. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20. Jerry f 1 1 Downs is going to San Jose tomorrow to talk to a young phenom who has !jf 3 been touted highly. The name of the f t young man in being kept a profound I, r I secret for fear some of the big league L , W scouts will get after him, Jerry is on i'..4A j-l- i: I., -riTtfli III 4 me joo now iu wuwi players who belong to the Seals and i 'y ! I youngsters who want tryouts, and he HM' has Hen Berry's car all shined up to , ; TO make quick dashes out into the coun- ; ' ti" try to look over talent. Ujjl j Today Llewellyn, a stocky catcher ' of tho Granat Brothers team, and Rlt-chio, Rlt-chio, a backstop of tho Kennealy Seals, , 'flt , were grabbed by the Seals. Tho boys l rt I will work out in spring training, and 1 1 r'' if they show sufficient class ono of 1 1 Iji $ I them will be kept as a change catcher, j j Llewellyn is a well set up young fel- I 'j:1 low who can stand a lot of work and i , ho is ambitious for a trial. Ho will be jl.'H given a chance to show what he can ilp do. Doc Black, catcher of the Mayrosc j M team, has had more experience than , t any of the catchers who played in the , fa Winter league, but he Is. small and for that reason the other two wero given , i the preference over him. Ircdale, third t . i baseman of the Mayrose team, ia a Jji promising looking player, but he had J: an experience with McCredic last ' h, spring and he wants no more of pro- i , i fessional ball. He has a good job as li an electrician and will stay with it, , playing ball on Sunday only. Morton , I is the best looking pitcher in the jr (league and Portland already has grab- I1 m J bed him. Downs will round up a ji t i bunch of youngsters from all over the t ji state, and if he can grab off a couple L of live ones out of tho lot ho will con- ?K I ' sider himself lucky. |