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Show file se , sex fielits jes"li'Ke" B Report has it that another California league is in contemplation, with the circuit cir-cuit made up of San Jose, Fresno, Stockton Stock-ton and Sacramento. Tom Stephens is said to be interested, but it is not likely that Tom. who sank a lot of money in tiie last San Jose clubt could be coaxed into any financial responsibility. It Is thought, however, that with Sacramento in the league, this circuit should be able to support a good minor league. Players Play-ers are going to be plentiful, now that the pace pact has been made with the Federals, and it may be that enough good men can be found for the league who will take a chance on a split of the gate. If this can be done until interest is worked, up among the fans, the league should' be able to get through a six month's season. Charles Chech, vetrean pitcher of the local Coast league clubs, may be with the San Francisco club next season. Checli has been granted his unconditional release re-lease by the Vernon club. Hen Berry may give Chech a chance next spring. Chech is noted as a cold weather pitcher. In the San Francisco climate he would be a big winner, according to the opinions opin-ions of several Coast league players. Chech is in the insurance business at present, and he is doing so well it Is doubtful if he will give up his place to plav ball. j Ham Patterson has come out with an announcement that when the bugle sounds for the training season every last Tiger will be expected to report. "No stalling this time," is his warning. "In the past it has been the custom for three or four of the boys to be late in reporting. Most every club is bothered with this sort of tardiness. But we will not have any of it with Vernon. I am letting all the players understand they are expected on the opening day for training. It is a big handicap when a few men report late, for they are slow in getting into shape, and it holds back the entire club." Manager Rowdy Elliott " made announcement an-nouncement last night of the purchase of First Baseman Barry from Jersey City. This gives the Oaks four men Absteln, 1 Danzig, Eley and Barry to try' for the position vacated by Jack Xess. The latest acquisition was recommended by Clyde Wares, the former Oak shortstop, as the best first baseman in the International Inter-national league last season. Barry hit for .289 and ranked as the third best fielder in the league. His record was: G. R. H. 2b. 3b. B.B. S.O. Pet. 129 62 13? 14 3 27 2S .289 Barry' is not what you might call a slugger or speed merchant from his record, rec-ord, for he totaled but 15S bases and stole only sixteen sacks. A dispatch from Milwaukee says that Tom Dougherty, the veteran pitcher purchased pur-chased by the Oaks along with Berg, Rand ell and Barbour, will fail to report. U is said that he intends retiring from baseball. The other three men are quoted as saying that they will sign their contracts. con-tracts. Manager Elliott snys he is not worrying about whether Dougherty reports re-ports or not. EE PASO. Jan. 6. Juarez promises to become a fight center for the southwest. A, $20,000 syndicate lifts been organized among prominent sporting men here and men who have influence with the Car-ran Car-ran za government. A concession for holding finish lights in Juarez has been promised the syndicate by Carranza and an effort is now being made to have the Willard-Fulton fight switched to Juarez i in order that it may be to a finish for : the championsiiip. A fight is also being arranged with Mike Gibbons and some other fast boy for tlie opening date, later in the month. The syndicate is in correspondence with Tom Andrews, Tommy Burns and Tom Jones regarding the vi'illard fight and is ready to post a big bonus to bring the match her.;. Rush Meadows, deemed by many as being one of the best all-around athletes ever developed in Los Angeles, has signed a contract with the Portland Beavers for the 116 season. Last summer McCredie tired of the exhibition of baseball being displayed by his outfielders and started a hunt for new recruits. While at Fullerton one day he happened to notice the flashy work of Meadows and gave him a trial toward the latter part of tlie season. Since that time McCredie has kept in touch with Meadows, all of which culminated in the signing of the papers. SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 6. Johnny O'Leary, the Seattle boy who holds the lightweight championship of Canada, is not going to fight in the trenches. He will stick to the squared circle, where battles are more remunerative and less dangerous. A few weeks ago word came that O'Leary and his manager, Jockey Madden, Mad-den, had enlisted in a Canadian regiment. It now appears, according to word received re-ceived here, that the enlistment was one ', of those conditional affairs and the conditions con-ditions finally interfered with the programme. pro-gramme. ' O'Leary was willing to enlist, but insisted in-sisted that he be allowed to fulfill all of his present boxing engagements. He declared de-clared that he was the sole support of his parents, and must fight a few more ring battles In order adequately to provide pro-vide for them in case he failed to come back from the trendies. The military authorities au-thorities decided that these conditions were not conducive to military discipline, and declined to accept them. SAX FRANCISCO, Jan. 6. Local fans were treated to a huge surprise when it was learned that Jack Kearns, former manager of "Fighting" Billy Murray, had returned from Australia on the steamer Sonoma yesterday without Les Darcy, the great Australian middleweight, middle-weight, who startled the fistic world by beating Jimmy Clabby and Eddie Mc-Goorty. Mc-Goorty. According to Kearns, every effort ef-fort waa made to bring Darcy, but the officials of the Australian government were very strict and wouldn't permit him to leave the country because he was eligible eli-gible to military service. "Australia is all upset over the war." states Kearns. "Darcy Is eligible for military service, and anyone competent to carry arms cannot leave the country. When I left, Snowy Baker, the promoter, was leaving for the front." Kearns also let out the information that Jimmy Clabby has three more fights under contract and "Red" Watson stayed over to help train a few of the American boys. |