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Show II 1TGIRS f OR SIT LAKE, SH5JWDE Pilot Withholds Names Un- til Deals Are Closed; Will Retain Farmer if He's Needed. ;! Tiie catching problem, which has been worrying the officials of the Bees until added streaks of gray have shown on i their hair, seems to be in a fair way of ; settlement. Manager Walter McCredie j has his eye- on two catchers and almost i j his hanos on them, too. Walter made j u -is known in a telegram received by ' ! Business Manager Jack Cook, yesterday forenoon. T'.iQ telegram read: Have two catchers in sight, both ; i saLi.-fart jry. Think will close within a few days, but will withhold names ur.iil deals are put through, Since training work is scheduled to be- f-:n next week, the news from McCredie J will be welcome to local fans. ' Catchers are mutii needed during the training sea-i sea-i .si.-!- to hA the piduhers get the winter kinks out of t heir arms. With two re-stivers re-stivers to start of' at Portei"ville, Mc- Cre.lie'd lieaei'S will be able to fling as j r.. u c h and as ha rd as t hey like. '. Indications at e that George Hale. St. I Louis catcher wil join the Bees about ', tv. o weeks al ter the opening of the sea-; sea-; son. M'.Credi?, then-fore, will be in shape i to f a : e any and all o p p o s i t ijo n . 1 j MeCrerlie -sent another telegram, in - whieh he said that there would be no 1 "'har.ee for Cleveland to get Jack Farmer J ' until the Bee pilot had an opportunity to s-.-e how his outrleld lined up. , "If we ii'-ed Farmer." wired McCredie, 1 "jve wiil keep him. K our outlield shapes v i '".p so as to warrant us in making a deal : or Ka r rn e r, CI e veland might get him." 1 Cook vesierday wired transportation to j: Jack Farmer, A.hbyville. Mo.; Paddy Sig-j Sig-j in, Auv-lia, Iowa: Bill Feuerborn, St, j Lou's. Mo-, and Ivarry Chappell, Jersey-I Jersey-I : viiie. III. (''hanpell sent in a letter ask- ing for a little more money. Cook thinks r a -satisfactory adjustment will be arrived : : at when "Larry shows up. E2arl Sheely has accepted his contract ard will o on iiand. It is expected that the Bees who are ,j wintering in California will drift into training camp gradually and that all of (hem will be there by the latter part of next week. While the season "ofiicial-ly "ofiicial-ly ' opens next Monday, .there never yet - was a training season that started on i' time, and the real work wiil not be fuliy ur.der way until a week from Sunday, j Trainer Billv Burke is expected to ' reach Porterville tomorrow or Friday to A' i get things in shape for the coming of the ; a t hlit pp. I By all these signs and tokens it will be 1- , seen that tho baseball season of ap-A ap-A proacheth a pare. |