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Show SEVEN COASTERS l REPORTED TO BE s : READY TO JUMP 13 n d ; j.8 , 3eorge Stovali; Manager of Kawfeds, Declares " Independents Have Signed Johnston and J . That Gedeon Is Certain of Leaping; Bates Wants to Buy Release. n 1 Special to The Tribune. i ': f"1 AX FBA:s"c:rsc0- ov- 1 Jimmy e. Johnston, Oakland's mainstay in u ' ij the outfield, already signed to a 0 contract to play with the Xewark ;lnb in the Federal leagiie; Joe Gedeon ; of Salt Lake ready to accept an of- 1 fer with the same team, if, indeed, he bas not signed a contract; Roxy Mid- diet-on, outfielder, and Clinton Prough, : pitcher, both of the Oaks, on the verge 1 of jumping to the outlaw baseball or- on , ganization. 0 All this is said on good authority to u j be the result of the week-end visit that v was made to San Francisco by George ' Stovali, manager of the Kawfeds and ,r high in the councils of the independents. 0 Salary Cuts Cause. ; Salary cuts in the new contracts of-'i of-'i . t'ered by the "Oakland management are ai l to be the caupe of dissatisfaction 7 so far as players of that club are con-x con-x denied. e V"herj word came earlier in th? year - tliat the' T'ltbs had refused to exercise their option on Jobnston, Jimmy, so it is repoi te'l, was assured by M ;inag?r t ; Rowdy Elliott that he would be lmid- timely treated. : Ilis KMfi contract, recently submitted i o him, called for a cut of -oOO on the reason and this Johnston would not stand for. Gedeon Is Sore. (edcon is aggrieved because of the de-ire de-ire of the Washington club to send bim , to Minneapolis. The .Senators held an option on Joe and recalled him at the end of the year. He insists that the , , management is sore because he didn 't sign a contract calling for no more monev than he received with Salt. Lake and now wants to punish him by send-, send-, in e him to Minneapolis. Also he is open in the assertion that ; will not go to a minor league club. , bother he has signed as yet with the ' Feds he will not state, but a.n authentic : , report says he has reached a thorough understanding with Stovali. Middieton, - so the story goes, has a minor financial difference with the Oakland club and has threatened that unless he is prop- ; erly treated he will flock to the independents. inde-pendents. J Prougb wants more money than the , Oaks s?em desirous of giving him for - th? coming season. Manager Walter and write Bates at the latter 's home in Patcrson, X. J. Bates leaves Thursday for the east. Bates has received an offer of $3o00 a season for three years from Newark, it is said, but wants even more than that. ''We may reach an agreement with Bates as to his release," said Judge Mc-L'redie Mc-L'redie tonight. ' It is not our purpose to stand in the way of any of our plav-ers. plav-ers. Bates has done the fair thing in asking to purchase1 his release and we may sell it to him. However, organized baseball and the Federal league may reach a peace agreement this vear and then both Portland and Bates would be out bv a private sale,'r Bates says Ward will .in nip to the Brooklyn Federals and Stumpf to the Baltimore Federals. Some Coast League Stars Who Are Considering Federal League Offers JOE GEDEON. ROXY MIDDLETON. BELL STUMPF. IAZl I fK I 5 rt : Il ' V"'' if ww i I - X'J FTa .. . v' i JIMMY JOHNSTON. RAY BATES. CLINT PEOUGH. |