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Show ' sr If Eddie Maier and Ham Patterson find a way in which to trasnact the business they will secure the services of either Dutch AI Klawltter, Clinton Prouph or Charley Fruiett of the Oakland club for the Vernon team at the Pacific Coast league meeting. Maier has named the only proposition that he will consider, that is, that one of the three Oak pitchers already mentioned will be transferred to Vernon. Both Joe Berber and Dick Bayless arc wanted by the Oakland club. While in the north President Maier will attempt to put over several deals. Talking of good ones you hear on the turf, Dick MeMahon takes pride in telling tell-ing this one which happened the other day at the fair. McMahon e groom was taking San Felipe out for the $20,000 frot. "How is he?" asked MeMahon of the groom. "Dick. I don't believe there is a horse living that could beat this fellow in the fog,' returned the groom. Dick MeMahon has heard of ice horses, mud horses, slush horses and horses that favor a dry track in his time, but never did he hear of a fog horse. Hen Ferry made one speech at the beefsteak beef-steak dinner for the Seals last week that was somewhat Impressive. He said tiiat just as long- as he is in baseball Harry Wolverton will be his manager. Joe Wilhoit. manager of the Calexico club of the Imperial Valley league has signed George Kahler, the Beaver twlrl-er. twlrl-er. to pitch for his team. The Duck mound artist has been dickering with the Calexico club for some time, but no terms could be reached until recently. Cal Ewing's troubles with Ewing Field, the white elephant that was responsible for his retiring from baseball in the Coast league and the deal that cost him and his associates a pretty penny, are at an end. Through the generosity of Archbishop Edward J. Ha una. who controls the property prop-erty for the Ca tholic diocese, the lease that had over eighteen years more lo run, has been cancelled, taking effect February Febru-ary 1. 1016. and ibg cash deposit of $10,000 that was made by Ewing lias been returned re-turned to him. This is the finale of one of the most disastrous baseball deals ever consummated consum-mated in the history of minor lengue clubs. T.ess than two years ago, Ewing. Frank M. Tsh and the minor stockholders stockhold-ers in the San Francisco club, decided that the city was deserving of a rtiore commodious park with a larger field than the Valencia street grounds. They finally leased from the Archbishop the vara nt property on Masonic avenue that was later known as Ewing field. Tt cost the bait magnates $101,000 to grade the property, put the field In shape for baseball and erect the necessary stands and office conveniences. From tho day of the opening. when the park was jammed, misfortune a tt ended (heir footsteps. foot-steps. The weather was unusually bad and the fog that rolled in from the Golden Ga te kept away the fans. Tt was a losing year for th4 Seals the first, in many a day. JVben Henry Berry took over the club he announced his determination de-termination to return to Recreation park and Ewing field was left on the hands of J. Cal. with a lease that required him to pay a high rental for twenty years. . There whs. however, no desire to make it hard for Ewing. as the negotiat Ions that have absolved htm from the lease are the best proof. The archbishop naturally natu-rally will have the stands and thp field as they were originally eons true tpd. Tt is understood that a new contract will hp drawn up with the Olymnie club', which at present has the grounds, so that thp Winged O will continue to bold the park for an outdoor annex to the club. San Francisco Chronicle. Ping Podie wvs he has bad offers from four different Federal league clubs for next season. Put Ping has signed a San Francisco contract and says there isn't money enough to make him break his word. Ho is sa tisfied a nd he is going to stick in his home town. Ethel M. At tell was cran'ed an interlocutory inter-locutory decrep of A i voi ce in Sa n FYa n-eisco n-eisco last week by Superior Judge Trout i from A bp AMpII, (he boxer. According to her testimony, the lit He fighter told her in A ugust of last yea r that he had experienced enough of married life. Tie left her and they have- not lived together since. Thev were ma ri led at Fa ma na March 14, 1?07. She. asked for no alimony. ali-mony. T. Lynn Scoggins. Los A ngele pout b-paw. b-paw. has signed to pitch for Beef Kot-ner, Kot-ner, manager of the Imperial team PEXDHFTf'iN", Ore.. Nov. 9. When the National and American leacrue baseball stars play in Pendleton on November 13 they will he given an enterta inment In return for the. entertainment which they w ill provide. The . 'ommer'-thl and Kound-fp Kound-fp associations are planning to stnqe n baby round-up al the park immediately afrer the hall came In order to give the ball players an idea, of the frontier sports of in wejt. They will also be guests at a covbov dinner. Roy Middleton left for the east Monday. Mon-day. Koy has no Intention of returning. He has been offered a contract by the. Oakland manacment calling for j;o less than his last season's salarv. RoXy says if he had boon nil $70 he wouldn't have felt as badly over it. Chick Autrey Is g.ing to he a 1 n 1 Seal ile lias signer a contra- t with Wolverton ' hi'-k has Mie distinction of having h-cn a member oi two pciiuanl wiuncia in o single season. He was with the Minneapolis Minne-apolis club In the American association and after that season had closed and he had been released outright, he signed up with San Francisco and helped the club to a pennant. Chick is a classy fielder and has hit well in his brief term with the Seals, and there is big expectations for him next season. Johnny Basstcr, Los A ngeles catcher, while not a pronounced holdout, does not seem particular about playing in his own home town in - case the Federals offer him more money. When he joined the Angels Johnny didn't show much, owing to ill health, but toward the finish he was going good. At last we have him the discoverer of Harry Wolverton. He is Bob Allen, Southern South-ern league magnate and star shortstop of the country twenty-five years ago. Allen Al-len is here to attend the minor league convention and incidentally lo get a couple of eyefuls of the exposition. "Yes. sir. I'll be darned if I don't think I'm the man that gave Harry Wolverton Wol-verton to the baseball world," he said today. to-day. "Twenty years ago or thereabouts Harry was a young busher playing around Mount Vernon, Ohio. I knew him rather well and when he came to me and asked me to fix things up for him so he could take a fling at the professional stuff, T simply had to do it. 1 went to my old friend. Tom Loft us, who was ma naging Columbus, and eventually I got him a berth. "Harry, as I remember him, was an all-around all-around player as a busher. He pitched, i played the outfield and filled a couple ! of other positions, but if I remember ; rightly it was as an infielder be broke '. into professional ball. And how that old j boy could hit Oh, my!" San Francisco , Bulletin. i j Wallace Hood, former Whit tier high school. Los Angeles, pitcher, who is doing do-ing the heaving for Fullerton. is highly rated by MrCredie and ma y he given a tryout with the Beavers in case he cares to accept. Mac went down to look over a bunch of semi-pros in a game at Fullerton Ful-lerton recently, and has since been high in his praise of Hood. A telegram from H. A, Houser, promoter of the Tin Juana racetrack, convoys the news that both George Wingfield and Charles W. Clark have become interested in the racing project of Lower California. Houser further sta tes that work on the track is progressing rapidly and a meeting meet-ing will surely be held this winter. He advises horsemen to be ready to ship to Tia Juana within a few days, as stall accommodations arc rapidly being completed com-pleted for hundreds of horses. Houser will arrive in San Francisco on Sunday and then the election of officers and the new organisation of the Jockey club will be formally consummated. |
