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Show Wild Heavesand Such 4- The following appears in tho San Francisco Fran-cisco Bulletin and is reproduced for what the reader thinks it is worth: The Salt Lake club will be minus four men In a short while and the United Stales navy will be stronger by just four men. Jean Dehuc, Lefty Loveren Paddy Siglln and Larry (..happen were interviewed by Duffy J-"'1?, " the ball game yesterday and Dutlj s recruiting plea must have waxed eloquent Indeed, lor all four agreed that the navy was the organization for them. Dubuc, who is of French parentage, and who has spent enough lime m Paris to acquire a real Parisian accent ac-cent to his French, will take examinations ex-aminations immediately for I'rencli instructor. Dubuc was placed in the deferred classification because of a , defect in his auditory nerve. He ' would not be called in the draft in all probability, as he was rejected by the board. But he is anxious to do his bit and if he can be enlisted in the navy as a French Instructor at Mare island, he will leave the Salt Lake club at once. Chapoell, Siglln and LevdrerE have for some time determined to enter the service and were debating which branch to select when Duffy Lewis appeared on the scene and won them lor the navy. , The four Salt Lake players Will be. sent to Mare island for training and while preparing for overseas Service will play ball on the Mare island team. , fa With Rowdy Elliott, Pete Kilduff and Weaver, the Cub pitcher, expected ex-pected at Mare island in a short while, the navy will boast the strongest strong-est club on the Pacific coast. The sailors at Marc Island should not worry about time hanging heavy on their hands with that bunch of baseball stars hitting them out in off hours- - Charley Graham says there Is no truth in the story that he has signed Ted Brandon, the hard-hitting piicher of St. Mary's. He says he has never talked baseball with the young man. Tod has been devoting most of his time to pitching, pitch-ing, but those who have seen him crash the agate - think he should turn outfielder. out-fielder. Jimmy Shinn. well known In the Coast league, is to join Dick Egan's Aberdeen team. Dick was handicapped In getting a team together, for ho took the job as manager only a couple of weeks before the season started, and 'had to build up an entirely new club, but he hopes to get going soon. San Francisco Chronicle. SAN' FRANCISCO, May 11. Dr. Strub, president of the Seals, is back from Los Angeles. He had a talk with Johnny Powers of the Angels about Claude Coooer, the last fly-chaser, but no deal was made. Cooper 13 liable to be called in llic draft soon. As soon as he gets a second baseman. Red Killefer figures on going back to the outfield, and then ho will be ready to let Cooper go. Cooper looked like a fleet man here, hut' did not do much hitting, and what the Seals need mere than anything else just now Is hitters who can hit. Tom Darroody of the Vernon club wired Dr., Strub yesterday that he had changed his mind about selling tho Tigers, and would stick with the ship. He has a real ball club and a sure enough manager this year, and his team will get somewhere. Del Crespi, the local boy who has made a name for himself pitching for the quartermaster team at the Presidio, will pitch for the Seals against the Saints next Sunday. As Walt MoCr.edie has a hunch of hard-hitters, this game will give a real line on the young fellow. Crespi will pitch for the Seals when they are at home, and if he goes as well as expected, he will be quite a help. San Francisco Chronicle, The Seals have another disappointment coming in their outfield problem! Ward Miller, the former St. T.yuis American league star, who has been adorning the bench for the "Bees, will not come to the Seals. Strub entertained the thought that MeCredio might release Miller to the Seals as he had no use for him with Ryan. Farmer and Chappell going the way they were. Miller is too valuable a hail player to be sitting on the bench in these times with the Seais and other clubs ready to give a fortune for outfielders. But Larry Chappell will be in (he navy shortly arid that leaves room tor Miller and incidentally leaves no hope for Strcb. Doc Strub said today that he will settle set-tle the traffic probl:-m on Market street for the supervisors if they will settle his outfield problem. It looks as if neither one is going to be settled. San Francisco Fran-cisco Bulletin. Gus Gleichmann. former Coast leaguer pulled a curious one on the Tacoma club when he submitted terms to tlmt team, received and accepted then- offer, and then departed without another word for St. Paul, and signed with that club. Gus ! was expected at Tacoma and knowledge I of his whereabouts was learned by the Tacoma manager through the St." Paul box scores in the paper. |