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Show GREGORY 10 mm mi FREEAGENTS Will Not Be Among Those Present in 1916; Vann and Killilay Sign Contracts. Two of the athletes who graced the Salt Lake baseball park last year will not bo among those present during the 1916 season. The gentlemen, whose smiling smil-ing faces will no longer be with us are Pitcher Howard Grogory and Outfielder Elmer Zacher. Skipper Blaukcnship announced last night that he had asKed waivers on Howard and Elmer a week ago and that none of the other clubs had come forward for-ward with an offer. The men are therefore there-fore free agents, so far as baseball is concerned. It is probable that Zacher will get on ; with soma chib in the American associa- tion or the International league. There ! is a lot of good baseball left in Elmer, ; but he is undoubtedly slowing up. The main reason for Blank's release of ' Zacher, however, is his determination to ; I cut tiie roster to sixteen men. Among ' these will be a utility man who can plav I both infield and outfield. While Zacher ; could get along fairlv well in the out- field, he is not an infielder. I Gregory, it is understood, will lay ; aside the curve and the spitball for the I hoe and the grasshook. Howard has ac- quired a bit" of land in California and ; will devote his attention and his ener- gics to making two onions grow where I only one jimpson weed grew before. ; The'signed contracts of Catcher Jack ! Vann and Pitcher Jack Killilay were re-; re-; ccived ycsterdnv. Vann is the young ; catcher from Tcrre Haute who will help ! Truck llann.tli in the backstopping department. de-partment. Killilay is one of tiie pitchers pitch-ers who was with the club last season. ART GRIGGS SIGNS TO PLAY FOR TIGERS Art Gncq?. ft.r first fak-jr nf t!ip BrooMvn Fdm! lnainic Insr ynar, siHfl a i-onrrr tn piay w i I h t hp Xor- non this si.nn, p. , : tn ;in aiiiiuun',',iri''!H ty M ;ni;i r ll.'fni l-'.-i ; t e-y- r.'tt!ri.-nn h;if- H-'.-n Iryinc: to pi'puh'Ip ' I'irics m 5i'!i with thf 'Ticrs fnr snmr time anrl n short time hl'o nht;iined Gritrcs's ronsenr. The only hitch in the : (Continued on Tollowlng PaficJ GREGORY 10 ZiCIEfi MM FREE OTS (Continued from Preceding Page.) deal was the arranging for Griggs to play out here, as lie believed the Feds still had some claim on his services. As soon as it whs learned that Griggs was a free agent Patterson hastened to sign him before be-fore some other Coast league magnate could beat him to it. Asked whether the signing of Griggs would mean the release of Gletchmann, Patterson said he could not tell at this time. He added that if Gletchmann goes good in the spring training season he will be awarded the first-bag job and Griggs placed at the keystone sack, aa the former for-mer Fed puts Up a classy game at the seeoUd cushion as well as being a star initial bagger, Griggs is a heavy slugger and a nifty fielder and hie addition to the Vernon club boosts the pennant hopes of Patterson's Pat-terson's tribe more than a. little. |