Show SIGNS SIGN'S WITH PIRATES I OAKS OAS LOSE OUT Siglin Matter l Unsettled Billy Bily Speas May l Become Portland Manager Republican Herald 1 Special al I P PORTLAND ORTI AND Feb 5 Bill Bi Bill Stumpf I announced today that he lie ha hind had signed hii hi hia contract with Pittsburgh and had been ordered to report at ut the training camp amp in ill Jacksonville ilIe Fin Fla on March I 15 Stumpf has been holding out for fOl three weeks in au an effort to get Het a better better better bet bet- ter contract and the one h he ho received I today contract was wa satisfactory In every overy way he says Evidently Pittsburg officials are satisfied that the claim o of the Spokane Spokane kane kanc club to tn Stumpf was good or the they wouldn't have havo offered him hUn a contract Oakland seems to be be left lef out in the col cold Stumpf always seems to locate at the wrong end of nt the country Last basiL winter no one could locate him when It I was de decided decided de- de to train at Honolulu He lie was fi finally finally fi- fi t- t nally found Cound at Baltimore and just had tiThe to set get et to Victoria IJ B. C. C to Join the rest of the squad In fact he traveled traveled trav tray nearly untIes miles mies to reach tho the training grounds This year ear he Is wintering win will In In Portland and must go from Crom the extreme northwest part of oC the country to the southeast Judge l le received a wire lre from Crom Pa Paddy d SI Siglin ln today stating slating that he lie had hadS S written two weeks ago about his status as far tar as the next arm army draft was concerned but was writing again today The first totter letter loter must have havo miscarried mis mis- carried Judge has ma made e no move mo yet to appoint another manager and will wi probably wait walt until he hears definitely def def- from tom However 1 ho lie had aletter aletter a aletter letter from Crom Bi Billy Speas tod today In Iii answer answer answer ans ans- to one sent Bill Bil SJ Speas as is a 1 free tree agent and md likes the coast but says sal's that unless he can mana manage e the club there wouldn't be mone money enough In it I to In Induce Induce Induce In- In duce him to make the long trip here Judge McCredie Is seriously considerIng considering consider consider- ing Ing him in case Siglin falls CalM down and wrote tora today asking what hat his terms would be Higginbotham Is another who I wants to lo como come back to Portland AsI As I soon as he had received an answer from Jud Judge c McCredie which was veryn very Yen n noncommittal o neom m i t t ai H Higginbotham I gg I n b 0 t ha in w wired I red that he ho was willing to come lome to Portland Portland Port Port- land lane and pIa play for tor any salary the Judge could afford to pa pay him |