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Show , According to the reports of the baseball base-ball happenings. Manager Bill Rodgers in yet in San Francisco directing his efforts in signing material for the local team. The reports verify the fact, that Rodgers is seriously considering Joe Rodgers. the former Seal and major league recruit, for shortstop position of the Senators. It Is also rumored that Rodgers has given Ted Brandon and Mcdlin. both of the St. Mary s college team, until next W ednesday to sign with the Sacramento club. The gossip has it that the indications indica-tions are that Brandon will not sign, as he Is dickering with the Philadelphia National Na-tional league team. Medlin may consent to a tryout. Sporting writers of the bay region have somo complimentary words to pen about the s-trning of "Spike" Hennessv bv Rodgers in the occupation of trainer for the club. They claim that "Spike" knows the game from trick to rule and that he should be a valuable man to the team both In keeping the Senators In condition and in tips on the national pastime. A letter today was receive! from Tom Tennant, who once held down first base for Sacramento and San Francisco In tho Coast le;igue for many seasons In the past. Tennant has requested that he he given a tryout, as he feels that he can yet cavort in worthy fashion around the initial sack. Tennant stated In his letter that he played "banged up" ball in Chicago last reason with a semi-pro team. It is taken for granted that he meant "bang-up" ball. The sale of the stock of the local base-hall base-hall corporation assumed a noticeable advance ad-vance in sales yesterday and many of the supposedly big buyers have not Vrfen solicited as yet. It Is expected that the 51.')i'0 mark will be easily reached before be-fore the end of next week. Sacramento Bee. Blilv Sr-oas. former outfielder of the Portland r.eavers, has put in a bid for t!:e position a playing manager of the Vancouver team. Spas was considered as leader nf the Portland team by Judge McCredie In- a short time. Bili Goodman, Good-man, who tomierly played with Vancouver, Van-couver, and Joe I.ianu. who was In the Central I. -ague last year, are also applicants appli-cants lor the position. Applications for the position wl r,e oonsi'lTed when the Vancouver basehall syndicate Is formed. Portland Journal. A first basman has been added to the submarine base. "Spot" McMurdo. manager man-ager of the Butre cluh when it was In th" T'nlon association and who has managed man-aged olber cluhs. has enllsled at the base. He will cover first bate Jerry Downs would he fllle.l with rejoicing re-joicing If he could land Just one outfielder out-fielder and a pitcher. In other words, Jerry believes he has another pennnnteer If be can add two satisfactory men. The Seals' Infield remains Intact. Kcrner will be back nt first, Oowns at second, Pick at third and Corhan at short, with Herhle Hunter ready for utility work. And that is no slouch'of an infield. Behind the bat will be "Red" McKee. and It is hr.tli.ved "Red" will be a satisfactory- first-string man. to take the pl.ice of Del Baker. McKee is a smarter catcher than Baker and figures to bo a better hitter. His chief fault last sen-r-on was bis weak throwing, hut nt that he was not responsible for the less of I many games. 1 Downs expects Frank O'Doul to make poo l with I lie pitching staff, in which case he will have four good men to start nut wllh Bnuni, Johnson, Casev Smith and O'Doul. One more good pltelier, and a promt-dug youngster to round out 'with, should solve the problem of the heaving I tli .a r' men t . And this brings u down to outfield, In which there remains but one of last vi-af's players. Sennr Jacinto del Cnlvn Tin- Cuban Is nnt the greatest outflelder In the world, and Is scarcely to be ranked with I'ltzgerald. Malsel or S.-haller In nhy department. But he plays good ball and should tie satisfactory as a regular. One outfielder of class Is therefore being .ought. Hut what of the third place? Well. Jerry has a youngster In view who he believes will be something of a sensation. sensa-tion. Several "huMi" candidates for the outlield are to be I ried out. and the one who can show the most hilling class will proiiablv land the .1ob. San PYanclsco Examiner. ' Walter Dnane. known ns Swtlmproot. the long, lean, silent fellow who playeii for Vernon lat year, has announced bis i-ft Ireinent. He says he ts going to take charge of his father's ranch nt Coales-vllle. Coales-vllle. Pn.. and rive basehHll the go-hy. 'Mad Doane stayed In the game be might have been a. regular pitcher this year, t'nr v hiui he rlld relief work last sea-si. sea-si. 11 he showed more than some of the alleged pitchers on the Vernon club .l.u-iy Downs yesterday signed "Pod-der" "Pod-der" bolan. the pilchcr who has been pitching in the hush about, as long as Spider I'.anm has been In the Coast league, a nil t'mt in quite n period. "Pod-dct" "Pod-dct" had great micc.hu In the Winter league this year, and he was luute.l as a j ma lor league iir.ispe.-t. There was 110 . . senft in such stuff as that, but- b Is a1 pretty foxy boxman and he might jeet bv in the Coast lensuu if he has a good club behind him. The l;lds in the inter in-ter league hit tho votcnm quite freely, tint he h I ways finished on the long eiid of the Fcorc. Some nf the younssters accuse hint nf usine the etnerv ball, nnd if be hns been getting by with t hfit he I wilt have his troubles in the ('oast league for be will not h allowed to use it, Saii Fia nidfro chronicle. Tom pannody today received n telegram tele-gram from the Knun-is City club offering 111 in George McConnell nnd George Fierce He will wn It tint d FssieU reinrn froni his trip fast. As has been snld m.inv tunes before, Fssick bus n free rein with the hall club. Los Angeles Herald, Carl Sawyer, Minneapolis third baseman, base-man, who Is trying to land a 1oh In ihe Pnrlflc Const league, ban been' nsUed to form a Sunday baseball leamie w hleh will pla v through the summer niont hs The i i rruit would he com prise,! of a squad frni 1 1 the na cat reser e:t, t he shlp-ards. shlp-ards. the subinarlno base and' the SI a mli rd - M nrpbys. How.-vei', Sawyer Is nnxlnti to ,,ln Koine Coast league club, and IT h. ,,,,. s he will lud form the lea g tie. IT (lie plan doe bernnie a rcalllv. It Im prnhjihU lA inn n v eon d mm will worl; in the -tin p. niflM and piny Sun. lay ball.- Los Ani-eles Ti Ihuno. |