Show I KEN WILLIAMS IS SIGNED UP BY ST. ST LOUIS With Byron Houck buck He lIe Gets Orders to Report at Americans Americans' Americans Americans' Amer Amer- Shreveport Camp Special p D Feb 20 Ken Kenneth Williams illiams blew into Portland to today today tollo to- to llo day from his home in Grants Pass an and l announced that he had received jt J i new nc contract contrat from tire tim St. St Louis Americans yc yesterday which was entirely entirely entirely en en- satisfactory to him Ho He signed it nt at once which takes him out of the class duss of hol holdouts holdout Kenneth J and Byron Dron Houck have re- re calved orders to report at the the- Browns Browns' training camp at Shreveport la Ja March 10 which me meins that the they will leave lea for tor the south ono one week from to to to- morrow Curiously enough h Williams trained at this same lame park which Is IB Inside a n amile anub nub mile race track when he he- was with the Cincinnati club Fielder Jones manager manager man man- ager of or the lie Browns expects to lea leave leae e Portland tomorrow or Thun Thursday for tor St St. Louis The Ch Cleveland eland club In a letter to Garr Garry Carry Herrmann forwarded d to Judge e admits that Portland has ha the best claim to Cliff CUt Lee and Intimates that It I t will ho be right with tho Indian In lan management If Ir the national commission commission commission commis commis- sion decides It this wa way vay The final sentence of the letter le runs as S fol follows ws We e have reached the conclusion conclusion con con- elusion that the tho Portland club has probably established a stronger moral right to Player Lee than can be claimed either by hv Cle Cleveland or Marshalltown regardless 8 of or the legal phases of the theca ca case and It will bo be entirely satisfactory tory toty to the Cleveland club If It the commission com corn mi mission sees fit tit to recognize Portland's s 's claim In this case Earlier In iii this letter Cleveland ad admits admits ad- ad mits that It probably would not keep I Lee as he lacks major league exp rl- rl ence Thin ThIH Information was gained from Crom Walter alter McCredie on his recent I trip east cast an and 1 probably had something to do 10 with Cle cland s backing backing- down don donon on Its claim I |