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Show MM IB STELE ARE GIMLEASES "Blank" Begins Pruning, Ymghng Will Not Report, To Keep Three Catchers. pecla to The Tribune S JOSE Cal March 3 Manager (t B anfcfenshlp started pruning down he ra ntng squad oda when he re leated J A McAvo sometlmes cal ed Bob the infie der w o joined the lacramento club three mon s before the end of last season an 1 P cher Stee e the bush twirler w o was gt e a trv out at he equest o a an Fran s o ump e v, o be e e 1 ee e ooked pro sing Bo h p a e s P obablv be paced w h the No es em league Idea weather cond ons have pre led since Sunday and e squad was g e a prettv st ft workout oda During course of oda s p ac e a yo ng a from San rranc sco app ed for a chan e on e p tch ne s aff b was t it ed down will a b t of Inilj ad ice b Blankens p who infqrn ed 1 m ha e might be good but ha it would be merelv a waste of e as the e fa the keenest kind of compe t on now among experienced slabsters for regular ber hs with the Salt Lakers B ankensh p received word today ha Pitcher Earl Y ngllng would not report as Yingl ng s w fe refuses to eave he Ick mother in Ohio and he does not want to come out to the coast alone llnglng said he desired to report but under tl e circumstances e would place domestic happ ness ahead of his baseball ca eer B ankenship Is noncommittal concern ng his pans as jet but the impression be gins to pre ail in the training camp that he will carry a 1 of his three catchers BAN BOOSTS SEATTLE FOR COAST LEAGUE LOS ANGELES March 3 Seattle Is a class AA city It should be in the Coast league said Bjron Bancroft John son pres dent of the American league member of the national commiss on and one of the main p liars of organized base ba U before his departure v esterdav While in Seattle however I did sati fy mv se f that it Is a c ty which belongs in the Coast league and it would be a great mistake not to nc ude t, it seems to me Seatt e pairs oft perfectly with Portland -and these two cit es would give the circuit powerful representation at Us northern end It Is regarded here as almost certain that the Coast league will act on the suggestion of Pres dent Johnson and take Seattle unto Itself In 1916 when it is pre dieted the drcu t will be enlarged to eight club WHITE SOX WILL CLASH WITH OAKS By International News Service. OAKLAND Cal March 3 Sixteen members of the "White Sox squad No 2 arrived here at 9 o clock this morning ready for the opening game of the local exh oitlon series with the Oakland club of the Pacific Coast league The players are n charge of Ed Walsh and are Kuhn and Baldwin catchers Foum er first base Perger shortstop H. Baker third base Roth Dmmltt Daly out f elders W alsh Fiber Clcotte Lathrop W o fgang Scrogo ns, pitchers 'Sam Bohen infielder The lineup for the first game tomor row will likely be the ame as the one that opposed the San Francisco club at Watsonv 1 e on Sundaj bhortly after their arrival at the Hotel Oakland the members of the cox team roeed the bay and paid a v sit to the Panama Pacific exposition Before leav mg the bay cities the Sox wl 1 play two games with Oakland and three with the San Francisco club weather permitting RITCHIE PUTS IN FULL DAY'S WORK By International News Service NEW YORK, March 3 Wll le Ritchie s trainers are ha ng a hard time making him stop work for his ten round cham ship bout with Freddie 'Welsh at Mad son Square Garden a week from to night. Today he put in a strenuous aft ernoon and after he had polished off three sparring partners he called for an other one but Dr Jefferys who Is in eharge of his campaign, refused to let him met another lad. Pitchte boxed three rounds each witb TVUlle Jackson and Marty Farrell and tour rounds with Freddie Peese, alter three rounds with the punching bag ten minutes of shadow sparring and ten roln utes of floor exercising it was his first real workout since arriving In New York and a treat for the hundred or more onlookers circled around the gym caelum Freddie Welsh will not leave for Oceanport until Saturday having two benefits to attend this week, lie. Is working out at Cooper's gym Welsh has been taking excellent care of himself the past few months, fighting erv other week, and is hot far from being ready to enter the ring I UMPS PULLS BONER; DIDN'T KNOW EDDIE SAV JOSE "March 3 Foghorn Mur pay at least has it on Lirptre Bobble Eager the local official as an announcer of baseball celebrities The old Los An geles catcher attempted to pul some big league stuff In Sundays game by an pouncing the players as they came to b.at, la.K0 by Chappell and Schalk nicely but when the third batter stepped up he was forced to take off his mask and Inquire who that personage might 5. lSa.?.m,,eh Jt vat the famous Ed ale Collins known almost to every schoolboj and fan in the country as the pla-s er who was purchased by Comlskey for $ 0 000 and is rated as the greatest second baseman In the country every one gave the ump the big laugh RUBE GARDNER TO TRY FOR OUTFIELD Rube Gardner Is just like the prover blal cat says the Oakland Tribune He always comes home Rube was ons d erablv peeved this spring when le heard that es was bound for the first bag and he would not be carr ed on he c b but Instead of going off in a co ner and vorklng up a good big grou h Rube ius said 1 II show them So Gardner bought hlmse fag ove ys erday and tjok the tra n for P asan on Bet jou don t know what k nd of a glo e Rube p r hased r.o t wasn t one like he sported last yea I was Just a 1 ttle (Continued on Following Page ) MM AND STEELE ARE GIVEN RELEASES (Continued from Preceding Page ) fielders mlt wh ch would indicate that Rube is not go ng to try to squeeze Jack Ness off the .initial sack, but Is con templatlng a Aace in theo ter garden Kube bougl t a' good glove for on it will depend h s chances of making the Oak team If Gardner can co er an outer garden there is no question as to whether he can make the Oakland team for Rube can certainly hit ell enough to decorate an Oak uniform Gardenr is one of the hardest working and most conscientious men who ever p ayed with the Oaks and here s hoping he shows enough speed in the outf eld to induce Manager Christian to put him to work |