Show BYRON HOUCK NOT PLEASED OVER TERMS Offer of Browns Not Huge Amount To Protest Northwestern's Northwestern's North- North westerns western's New v Name IID Special 1 PORTLAND P Ore Jan 21 Byron Byron Houck Portland Portland's pitcher drafted draft draft- ed by the St. St Louis Americans has received ed his contract but is now looking looking look look- ing for Fielder Jones Tones manager of the club who is wintering here Byron Bron received his contract direct from fron St St. Louis Loul He lie i Is naturally a l lit littie little little lit lit- tle tie reticent about discussing it But it itis itis is 18 plain to bo be seen that he Is lEI not en entire entirely entirely en- en tire satisfied with the document In Intact fact tact he told tolt a friend of his that the amount offered him was not much more than he received from Portland last year Another peculiarity Is that thata a certain sum urn Is offered h him m on fl a monthly basis Instead of oC a D. lump lumn sum um for the season seaBon which is generally general the manner in which contracts aro are of offered offered offered of- of to experienced pla players ers Houck has had major mojo league experience ence once knows how to pitch Is placed In III division four of the draft class and andIs I Is making no threats o of holding out if ho hI does docs not get Iet what ho lie Is after ItIs It Itis Itis is almost certain that he will not be called In the draft this year and und with his ought to make good with St. St Louis without trouble It Is understood that the amount offered of of- him Is not flot twenty five per cent cant in advance of his last years year's salary which he hp should receive according to ba law This mistake has been made man many times In dealing with coast leaguers how however over a as the majors figure on their five nyC months month season sason without reckoning on the fact tact that tho the coa coast t Je re receive receive re- re BO 80 o much per month for seven months Houck has had his contract since Saturday but believes ho he will have no trouble as soon a as he hc can talk with Jones Jonc Judge Jud McCredie has received a l let letter lct- lct t- t Dalle Portland ter from fl-am Joe Dalley Dailey young pitcher who enlisted tOlla today Joo Joe had hod hada hoda a hard time breaking Into the arm army but finally succeeded and is now lo located Jo- Jo o at camp Joseph JoSoph E. E Johnston at Jacksonville Fla Fin The cantonment Is getting to together ether a a. team to pla play the majors In training and Dolle Dalley Dailey is the theon on only twirler with professional experience there Judge returning from tho Pacific Coast International meeting at Seattle smiled broadly when ho lie heard that president Baum of oC the coast circuit circuit circuit cir cir- Is going to protest the tho use of the changed name b by the former north north- western Tho The fine Italian Hallan hand of Judge c McCredie Mc Mc- Ic- Ic Credle Credie was seen in the change and he hc admitted when hen he returned that ho he had proposed It The Portland owner own own- er or sa says S 'S that there Is nothing in baseball baseball base baso- ball ban law law- which could keep the tho northwest northwest northwest north north- west from using any name the they see nt fit fit as lon long as a it doesn t coincide coincide coin coin- cide with that of one already In exist exist- ence He also points to tho the fact act that there has been nn n Eastern league and an Eastern association a Central lea league ue and a Central association a Western league and a Western estern association tion Here It looks as If U Baum Daum land had squealed before ho lie was hurt The jud Judge e had a letter from Walter alter today todar written from Clove Clove- land but said there was no ISO news of an any players In it 1 |