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Show What Coasters Are Gossiping About in Off-Season i Special to The Tribune. PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. Manager McCredie of the Beavers announced to-I to-I day that he was dickering for two right hand twiilers, one of whom played with a New York State league club which finished near the bottom in the 1916 pennant pen-nant race. The other twirler was a member mem-ber of a Southern league team. Mac refused to give out any names, fear- : ing that the deals might he side-tracked, i It is thought that the New York stater the Portland boss is seeking is Helfrichi of tho trailing Harrisburg club, who fin- 1 isherl the season with twenty-one victories vic-tories and twelve defeats. News came from Los Angeles today that Owner Powers of the Los Angeles' club would like in trade Portland on t of Pitcher Herb Kelly. McCredie stated that left banders were mighty hard to get and he would be satisfied if he could land a left haiider like Lynn Scoggins. "Teach Scoggins a change of pace or a curve to go with his fast ball and he would be a mightv valuable man," said Mac. The agreements arrived from Cleveland today on Pitchers Beebe and Penner, which assures local fans that they will be members of the Portland club next year. McCredie also received a wire from Manager Rav Ryan of the Rocky Mount club of the Virginia league, who is wintering win-tering in Cincinnati, saying that all that remains for Pitcher Leake to be turned over to Portland is the signature of the president of the Rockv Mount club. Tf you want to know the reason why Salt Lake is rated as one of "the" successful suc-cessful cities in the Pacific Coast league ask Danny Iong for the reason. Long before the Salt Lakers were more than remotely figured as Coast league company the White Sox were coming to California for the spring training season and Long, as Comiskey's western representative, repre-sentative, was scheduling the games. On the homeward trip the White Fox were up against the necessity of play-lug play-lug Salt Lake. "It snowed Tip there in March as only it can snow in Utah." explained Long. "There was a two-foot snowfall the day the Chicago Americans were supnosed to nlav and in spite of that some 2.'.on fans turned out. Comiskey's folks were trying try-ing to call the game off. a nd. would you believe it, those fans hollered! They said they had paid their coin to sec a ball g;tme and that was what they wanted. So we !".ad to go ahead and shovel two feet of snow off the diamond so the tenuis could go through the pretences of playing ball." San Francisco Chronicle. Better qualified by nature to n'ay first hnse than any other position. Polly Mc-Larrv Mc-Larrv has ben kept off that base thro null peculiar conditions. On every club on which he has played, he has had a friend on first, and for t-'at reason did not even try out for the place. because of this h probably has retarded his advancement. Ch : nee plans to use McT.arry in that position next season, and if he lands 'he iob it may mean thf1 passing of Beef Knf-ner from the T.n; Angeles club. "I don't want it said of me t hr t T ever tried tn hat Koorner nut of a .lob." de-'arert de-'arert McLirrv vesrerdav. "Beef Is certain! cer-tain! v a fine fellow, and one of mv best frlerdsl Tf I go over to first base It will iimnly be on Change's orders. At that. I think that KoernAr will stick hi diss A A company if not in Ang1, with "o're nt'-T Hub. In addition to being a good tl rst ha sema n be run 71! a v the ontcld or catch, while Ids hitting make." him verv valuaM." T.-oi Angeles Times Swede nisbcrg. Into of te Vernon Tl-c""s Tl-c""s and inst n.m- pnr-pimllv fbe pronrtv cf th Cbic'igo wNto sov. is ono' holdout who savs b t intends to s t a v n i t . Ynp'r coinc to roTi:i r' in a whinner "That's what tbev all S'.y." But the important fhr.se Is that no : matter whether he stays firm or falters the Coast league infielder is just at present pres-ent in a frame of mind to refuse all overtures over-tures from the middle west. "Honestly," he said recently, "T'd be ashamed to tell you what Comlskey offered of-fered me. Why, it's no more than tip money. It's not anywhere near what the Vernon club has been paying me. and T can give it to you straight that Ping Bodle wouldn't have any reason to kick at SoOo a year if he'd read over my contract. "It came to me before our own season closed: and I just naturally threw it in the waste basket and forgot all about It. "I could tell from the tone of the letter and the money offered me that Comlskey isn't particularly impressed with my ability abil-ity as a baseball player. Also it hasn't bothered him, apparently, because the contract has not been returned. T didn't bother to answer such an offer as came to me, and I will let it go for a long; time. "What'll T do? There are other wavs of earning a living than playing baseball. Say, I can play in the bushes on Sundays and holidays and pick up ae much money as Comlskey offered trie. "I wish there was a Federal league running. run-ning. You couldn't see me jump for the dust T would make. T was foolish not to have gnne to the Federals when the chance c.nne more than a year ago. One year under the old Feds would have been better than three years with the White Sox at Comiskev's starvation wages." , Four games are to be played between the Oaks and the Chicago Cubs during the spring training season. Dan W. Long, who is looking after the interests of the Cubs during their central California tour, made arrangements for these games with John P. Cook, who is still on the job for the Oaklanders. The first game is to be played on Thurs-dav, Thurs-dav, March 15, and the second on Sunday morning. March IS- The third game is set for Thursday March 22. and the fourth game for Sunday morning. March It is planned fr the Oaks to jour-nev jour-nev in from Boyes Springs for each game. Between these games the Cubs will make trips to interior cities. Joe Tobin. former Seal outfielder, who was the pro; ertv of the Cedar Rapids club last season, but was put on the ineligible list when he jumped to the Copper league, is to lie married within the next month. .Te has ben spending the winter working work-ing in a hat stre. and plans to return to the Copper league again this coming season. Million-dollar Golf Course. NF.W YORK. Dec. 27. One of the finest golf courses in the countrv. with :uUkil expenditures amounting to mor br-n $l.nnn "i'.1. is to be laid out on l-iO1 acres of ground near Somcrviile. X. J. :'ov the ben -fit of wealthy Canadians residing re-siding In New York and Philadelphia, it ws announced here today. The Cn-rradi Cn-rradi uis will organize a goif c'ub. it was stated, and manv of thm plan to establish estab-lish homes on the property |