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Show Vagrant Items of Coast League Interest Special to The Tribune. PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. 28, Catcher QUI Fisher attached his name to a 1913 j Portland contract today, following a conference con-ference with Manager McCredlc. Fisher's j contract calls for a slight reduction In salary. Homer Haworth, vho was turned over to Portland last weak by Cleveland, will probably be Fisher's understudy this 1 season, which may mean t hat McCredlc will not ask Fish, who was acquired from Philadelphia, to report. Haworth played in the Northwestern league last season. Black and Bat hole my art i he recruit catchers IfoCradts will hav camp. . Ni'-k Williams will manage the Spokane Spo-kane Indians for the season of 1916. The long -delayed announcement was forth -comUig from President F. C. Parr's office lastweek and confirms earlier hints that the tall, blond leader of the Portland Northwestern league clubs of 1911. 19! 2. 1913 and ttl4, and Coast leasue umpire in 1915. would be at the helm of the redskins red-skins when the gong rang In April. President Farr has always been a great admirer of Williams and would almos' certainly have called him to take con- I trol of the team had not outside in-i fluences steered him. after a long midwinter mid-winter delay similar to the present prolonged pro-longed uncertaini y . to Bob Wicker, the old Chicago pitcher. Nick has had the Inside In-side track on the Job for 1916. although tor a time H looked as If Tealy Raymond Ray-mond might nose him out. But this time Farr refused to be shaken, although a lot of influences worked for the little Seattle Se-attle leader. Jack Qijmn. who comes to the Vernon rlub. is said to have had an ?S0fi con-j con-j tract with the Federals which could not I be busted. While he was not sold to Vr-j Vr-j non, he becomes the property of the Tigers Ti-gers through their willingness to assume a portion of the contract, it is assumed that he will receive anywhere from $2000 to 92500 from the Vernon club this season, sea-son, the same being a clear saving to the Feds. Regarding the remainder of the money due him under the contract, Quinn arranged a private settlement with the Feds. As the Tigers will not pay Quinn any more salary than any other : good man, he is a pick-up for the Tlzers. The Vernon club has been except ionaiiv fortunate in getting pitchers for practically prac-tically nothing. Men like Froinme, Mitchell. Deeannlere. and other's didn't cost the club a dime. Lor Angeles Times- Portland added a new player to its ! coiiertion of Coast, league ball "talent yesterday yes-terday when Cleveland notified Walter McCredie that he could have Homer Haworth. Ha-worth. the young catcher purchased from Victoria last fall. Haworth is a Portland boy. and tried out with the Beavers two years ago. He developed fast after heing "'farmed" to the Northwestern circuit, and McCredie believes that lie will he a star in the AA circuit. He will take him to Sacramento, with Fisher, Bartholemy and Black. Haworth is tickled at this opportunity. opportun-ity. His only drawback is that he hits from the left side of the plate, as does Fisher, the first-string receiver. At Vic-'; Vic-'; torla last year Haworth batted .327 before I being taken to Cleveland. Soon after joining Cleveland he sustained a broken leg in an exhibition series while sliding Into third base. Portland Oregunian. Ham Patterson, manager of Vrnon submits the following: Left field Italy. Right field-r-Poane. Center field Mattiek. First base Gleichmann, Second base Griggs. Third base Bates. S hort s top MeGa f f i ga n . Catchers Spencer. Whaling and Mltse. Utility Risberg and Rader. Pitchers Arrellanes. Deeannlere. Johnson, John-son, Fromme, Mitchell. Hitt, Hess, Gllll-gan Gllll-gan and Dunn. Dutch Reuther has received his Salt j Lake contract, but has not signed that document as yet. He denies, however; that there is any trouhlc with the Salt Lake management and intimates that he will await the arrival of Blanlcenship. who is due here about the first of the month, according to reports. "Plenty of time in which to sign my contract," said Reuther yesterdav. "I haVfl heard from Blankenship and have replied to him that I will see him when he comes to San Francisco.'' San Francisco Fran-cisco Chronicle. Icfty Robinson has wired Wolverton that he w-as not yet prepared to give an I answer as to whether he will sign his San ! pranefsco contract. i Robinson has promised to let me know ; definitely within three or four days," says 'Harry, "and that is good enough for me. : I am convinced- that he will sign up when ! the time comes, and that Bill Steen, as ; well, will be on the list. Naturally, thev want all the money they can get, but ! when they realize that we are a one- price house, there will be no more delay-I delay-I inS." The Vernon club is negotiating for the j purchase of Carl Flick, second baseman. Flick had tryouts with Detroit and the i Athletics. He is an exceptionally brilliant fielder. He hit .212 with Mobile in the j Southern association last season. |