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Show , The players who will go into the "junior Oaks' " training camp with Speed Martin are, so far as have been signed up already: Codington, third baseman, playing with Oakland .Native Sons, formerly with Modern Mod-ern Woodmen team. Starasinich, first baseman, formerls with Ambrose Tailors, now with Oakland Oak-land Native Sons. Hawks, former Oakland high school rugby star, placed with Santa Clara, now with Oakland Native Sons, outfielder. Very fast runner, 10.1 man. Shader. former Sacramento star in Trol-lev Trol-lev league, once touted king of the California Cali-fornia bushes, known as "Mickey" Shader, pitcher, now with Maryland Bowlers. FTeddie Maas, now with Crockett, former for-mer Commercial olub player and Richmond Rich-mond Independent; very fast outfielder; should he fair hitter. Drolletta; had tryout with Oaks last year; has played . in Arizona Copper league and now with Maryland Bowlers; good last vear, but seemed to be a slow thinker then; may have been lack of experience ex-perience uVst vear; will get another try-out. try-out. He played In Cub games with Oaks last spring. Ralph Croll; was with the Oaks In tail-end tail-end of last season, but never got into action: former St. Mary's college Player; finished infielder for bushes and good hitter. L,e Bourvenu, Santa Clara rugby star, nicknamed "Liver"; don't know much about him, except that he played a .star role in the Santa Clara Valley league and with Santa Clara baseball team. Martin will prohably have several other youngsters, as Cal is willing to take them all in. with no train fare and food to pay. The bunch will gel together several weeks before the training season and play asainst the soldiers and independent teams around here. San Francisco Chronicle. Chron-icle. SAN FRAXCISCO, Jan. 30. Justin Fitzgerald got his contract from the Philadelphia National league team and he fired it right, back at them. He says the salary offered him is not worth bothering both-ering about and until a better one comes he will not think of going east. He is working at his trade as a carpenter, and. if no more money is to be made playing ball in the National league than is offered of-fered him, he will keep right on sawing woo:i and pounding nails. Fitz would like a chance 1n the big show, all right, for he feels that he can make good, but he does not propose to leave his happy home unless there is some money in sight. Mechanics have plenty of work now and at good wages, so he -is not worrying much about the Phillies. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30. "Pep" Mc-Nulty, Mc-Nulty, the slugging right fielder of the Crockett team, has been offered a contract con-tract by Manager Bill Rodgers of the Sacramento club. McNulty has been highly recommended to the Capital 'City manager and he Is willing to give him the opportunity to make good when the team goes into spring training. Coast leagued playing in the league in the bay cities see a bright future for the lad and have given their o. k. on him to several managers. Phil Koerner is highly Impressed with the youngster's work, both in the field and with the willow. McNulty laced out three hits off "Babe" Hollis in a recent game and seldom goes hitless against classy pitching, and has won many a game with his long drives. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30. Not until Uncle Sam takes his pick "sometime in February" will Bill Esslck, manager of the Vernon Tigers, know just what players play-ers he will secure from the majors. Es-sick Es-sick has been promised five or six players play-ers by major league bosses, but will have to wait until the second selective draft before he is offered any men. "One thing is certain," Esslck said yesterday, "we're going to get strength from tite majors. I have been promised five or six men and they will be good ones. Those, along with my youngsters and veterans, will give Vernon a. club that will be a contender for the gonfalon-" Esslck added a quartette of players to the Vernon pyroll yesterday. The players play-ers were in the Central league last fall and made good. With the explosion of that circuit In sight, Bsslck grabbed the cream of the Grand Piplds club. Slattery and McArthur, left and ritrht-handed ritrht-handed pitchers, respectively; Vomer, catcher, and Alcock, utility man, are the players secured. Len Hollywood, Seal third baseman, is now in Fiance, according to word received re-ceived by his parents in Alameda. Holiv-wood Holiv-wood was drafted, but stayed at American Ameri-can Lake only a few days, when he was sent to France. Sacramento has signed up Kettle Wlrtz a San Francisco "bush" catcher, for a trial with the Senators this spring. Jerry' Downs was an interested spectator spec-tator at yesterday's Midwinter league same, Jerry has signed up Catchers Kltchie and Lewellyn from the league and has his eyes on several other voung-sters voung-sters who look like good prospects. According Ac-cording to Jerry, there is nothing in the report that he is dickering with Philadelphia Phila-delphia for Frank Schulte and Jimmy Lavender. Right now he Is chieflv engaged en-gaged in figuring out next season's' contracts con-tracts and. convincing the plavers that they shouid sign. Casey Smith, the Seal's Indian pitcher was also present to watch the amateurs yesterday. Smith has been resting nearly all winter, having spent most of his timn at 'Healnsburg. He looks heavier than at any time last season. He has not received re-ceived his contract with the Seals vet but expects to get it in a few davs Also' says Casey, he wishes April ' was at hand right now and the season was under way. San Francisco Chronicle. Scotly Alcock. who performed for the Oaks a few years hack, is on Bill Fs-sick's Fs-sick's payroll for the coming season Last year Alcock played every posslb'e position on the Grand Rapids team i, which Essick was the manager. Alcock looked like a comer when the White ox had lum a few years back. ' |