Show CO COAST c OA AST T LEAGUE L t BOSSES t BEGIN N WORK IN e N ANOTHER e e WEEK EE i 1 Hard ard Work in Sight for Ball Skippers Before the Spring Training Season Opens IP WOLVERTON TO GET ON JOB IN ANOTHER WEEK San Francisco and Oakland Bosses Ium Muni on 1917 Prospects MUCH l WORK ORK TO DO Seals' Seals Manager l Has Heap Big Job to Perform orIn Before Before Before Be Be- fore April 3 FRANCISCO Dec 26 Another G-Another Another S SAN week neele or ten days das and the real business business busi busl ne ness s of baseball tile thc the up rounding of oC the teams for or the tho coming season will season Kill come Into pIa play For n a. matt matter r of or two months now tho the magnates have hae been pretty mu much h in the limelight but hut the first of or the year ear will bo be the signal for them to make their bows and retire After Arter fter all It its it's the up make-up of oC the clubs the strengthening of or thin weak eak Job or that one which concern the thenn nn T Tt Ta a oil lIr itt t f the h win win- t ter continues t to ta talk k about b lP plans lIalIS ns for Improving baseball In general but i a 1 little specific Information Is wanted and badly The ba hay bay cities San S San Francisco an and Oakland Oakland- Oakland have have been particularly l lackIng lacking lack lack- ck- ck In Ing in much Information a as aA to what will be done with t the thc clubs Harr Harry Wolverton skipped of off to the mountains mountains moun moun- ju just as soon as ns the season was closed an and l save a afur for fur one brief trip hasn't been heard hear l from Del Howard was something more ofa of oC n. n visitor in these diggings el but even cen Del finally deserted the thc local contingent contingent contingent contin contin- gent for the southern part of ot th the state The word comes however that the first of ot Januar January will see a gathering of oC the cJan clans Del Howard will be here for or Innumerable confer conferences with Cal Ewing Wh who is Ie evidently to take over o the active management of the Oaks s and Wolverton Wol while he hasn't given hen the word has been written by Berry that his presence In San Francisco will willbe willbe be he desired l Much Work ork to lo lie Done DODe It isn't likely ly the tile chieftain of or the Seals has been able to do much actual work so far in getting together his new talent and it if you ou will bell believe e the fans Harry larry Wolverton erton has Just as much of ot a job en on his hands to reconstruct reconstruct reconstruct recon recon- the thc San Francisco team team as has Benr Henry Berry in rebuilding his ball pa park r k Followers ers of or the game would t like to kno know for instance who Is going to be bethe bethe bethe the mainstay catcher and who will be located at third ThE They want to know I about bout t the e outfield and the tile new pitching pitching- material Wolverton is going to be he bombarded I for news and It its it's perhaps the fear of that as well as anything anything- e esc e that has I I held him so closely to the tho Madera count county county coun coun- t ty shack where he has been spending spendin his holiday season with his famil family and the Charlie Baums Baum Southern scribes are predicting that Ham Patter Patterson on will UI not be at the helm when hen the Vernon club takes tales the field They point out that If Darmody proposed proposed pro pro- posed to use Patterson he would want to help the big fellow tellow by settling all aU disputes at t t once Cravath Cra doesn't appear to be given much mention as the likely suc sue cessor To the contrary It Is r said ald that Darmody Is sweet on Ivan I Olson and would like to land Portland and present Brooklyn player L Leonard Want More Dutch Leonard star hurler of oC the Boston ton American worlds world's champions Who ho arrived In San Francisco vestera yester- yester flay ay a- and Is h quartered red at the Continental Continental hotel for or a a. few fc days das is one ball player who ho doesn't propose to stand tand idly b by and see his salar salary slashed Leonards Leonard's contract expired last fall CaU falland falland and he proposes to ask the powers that be bo for an increase At least he inti inti- mated as much to some of ot hl his friends here This is Leonards Leonard's first visit to San Francisco this season ea on When hen he he re returned returned returned re- re turned from Boston he went to Los 41 Angeles An An- geles and th then n home to Fresno lIe He has been In the Raisin City ever since but decided to give himself a treat b by coming to San Francisco for over Christmas Dutch motored up the valley In his power high-power car and when he lie gets ets ready will return in the tho same fashion |