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Show SPORT GOSSIP ffiSS Grover Cleveland Land, a bulky catcher of bl league experience, has been signed by Oakland to heip Honus MUze do the catcliing chore. Land was brought to the coast by Bill Ciynicr uf the Seattle club. Provided Goorge Cunningham, the Detroit De-troit pitcher, turned over to Portland, joins the Murknien next season. Manager MeCredie will use him in the outfield. The big fellow let this be known Monday, Mon-day, when he came to town to get the necessary parts to repair the damage done to his pump by the cold weather. "Cujimngham is a" wonderfully last man in the field and wuuld be piaylng in the Tiger outfield if Jennings did not have the greatest collection of outfielders any major league club ever had," said Mao. Cunningham is a good hittpr, although his average for tho 1917 and 1918 seasons sea-sons are not very good. He had a, wonderful won-derful year with tho stick in 1916, hitting hit-ting .2t'S. Portland Journal. ST. LOL'IS. Dec. 23. Harvey Thorpe, Kansas City lightweight, knocked out Bobby Anderson of Duquoin, III., in the third of a scheduled eight-round bout last night. SPRINGFIELD, Mo.. Dec. 23. Leo Witt, of St. Louis, won by a wide margin the newspaper verdict in a ten-round no-declsion no-declsion bout tonight with Ray Rivers, California lightweight- Rivers conceded several pounds weight at the ringside. ATLANTA, Ga Dec. 23. Benny Ion-ard, Ion-ard, lightweight champion of the world, gained a newspaper decision last night I over Jake Abel, local welterweight, in ten rounds of fast boxing. Leonard gave an exhibition of speed and cleverness that outdid anything Abel had to offer. ROCKFORD. 111.. Dec. 23. Marin Ples-tina, Ples-tina, Chicago, last night failed to throw John Freberg, Rock ford, and another grappler, In ninety minutes as agreed. Plestina threw Victor Soldat In twenty-seven- minutes, with a hammerlock and cross -bod y, but Freberg was impossible and carried Uio fight. PORTLAND, Dec. 23. Kenneth Pren-ner Pren-ner will be a regular on the Portland Beavers' pitching staff next season, according ac-cording to present plans of the McCredies. An offer of a southern club for the services of the right-hander was rejected by the Portland owners. The name of the club was not mentioned, but it is believed that either Los Angeles or Vernon Ver-non sought his services. Judge MeCredie believes that Penner will return to his old-time form next year 'and be a valuable pitcher of the Mackmen. Winter basobail, together with injuries sustained in tho auto accident during the spring traini ng season of the Salt Lake team of U18. greatly handicapped Penner Pen-ner during the past two seasons. He , has been laying off winter ball this year: and is Iklely to stage a comeback. If he does not show the goods he will probably prob-ably be traded or sold. PITTSBURG. Dec. 23. The 1920 football foot-ball schedule of the University of Pitta-burg Pitta-burg Includes the following games: October Octo-ber 19, West Virginia university, at Pittsburg; Pitts-burg; October 23, Georgia tech, at Pittsburg. Pitts-burg. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Dec. 23. R. G. Allen, president of the Little Rock club of the Southern association, last night announced the purchase of Outfielder Ed Miller, from Detroit. Miller played a few games with the Atlanta club last season, but was compelled to quit the game because of illness-. i SHERIDAN", Wyo., Dec. 23. Clarence I Kklund of Pcckvllle, W-o., claimant of the lightweight wrestling championship, and Helmer Meyer of Mason City. Iowa. I wrestled to a technical draw here last night. Although Meyer won the first fall in twenty-five anj a fraction minutes, min-utes, neither could get a fall in two hours, twenty-eight minutes and fifty seconds sec-onds of wrestling for the second fall, and both men consented to call it a draw. They were matched for a becond bout. TUCSON7. Ariz., Dec. L'3. Dick Benton of Los Angeles and Eddie Connell of iucson. boxed Fix rounds to a draw here last night. Kid Moreno of Tucson knocked out Gus Meza of Tucson In the second round of a scheduled four-round Preliminary. A Southern league fan. who read the story recently of peculiar plays made in the Dixie circuit, offers another which he thinks odd enough to get mention. It came up In a game at Nashville. With Lewis and Walsh of Memphis on second sec-ond and first and one out, Dehanev came to bat. He hit one through the pitcher's box a mile a minutes and it appeared to be good for a single at least. Then something happened. Tho ball scooted under the second baso cushion like a rahblt going into its hole and stuck there. Second Baseman Mvcrs of Nashville ran over, reached under the bag, cams up with the ball, touched second sec-ond base, thus forcing Walsh on ills way from first and threw to first, getting get-ting the ball there before Tenancy could make it a double play retiring the side. Bill Krennan was umpiring and as he called the two runners out he cried: "I've been umpiring for twenty years and that is the first time I ever saw the second base bag make an assist." Esslck, who only recently returned from an extended trip in the east, has it figured fig-ured that the help Detroit will come through with to Portland will have the tendency to put tho Beavers up in t ho front rank. While in the east iJssick had a talk with FYank Navln. president of the Detroit club, and got an Inright on what he might release to Portland. It was rumored that San Francisco was slated to get a chanco at tome of the talent that Navln and Upghio Jennings might see fit to let go. but the former toid Essick that Portland will get all the first choices, and that the other clubs would then come In fur some attention, if they were after it. In looking over the possihil'ties that might be sent to Portland. Essick had It doped that Kailio and Cunningham, pitchers; pitch-ers; Dyer. Inflelder. and Nirkolson, ln-flelder ln-flelder and outfielder, would he four men who might wear Beaver uniforms in K'JO. So far Esslck is right. Kalllo already has been turned over to MeCredie and Cunningham Cun-ningham practically so. Dyer played third base for Detroit last year and would fit In pretty at second for the Beavers next season. Walter MeCredie has not heard anything definite from Detroit as to I either Dyer or Nickoison and has not been promised either of them, but from the looks of the situation one or both of them will likely come. Dyer is said to be a "whiz" and it Is understood that Detroit would do something in the line of sending a player out to take tMglin e place. Nickoison plays either In the infield in-field or outfield and is a lormer mem'oer of M'.ke Kelly's St. Paid American association asso-ciation club. There is not much of a chance for Walter MeCredie obtaining Outfielder Duncan and Infielder Berghammer from St. Paul for Fred Walker and Jack Farmer. It is almost a certalntv that Walker will not report and If Farmer cared to play ball he would rather play in the Coast league than the American association. The offer has been made, however, but Mike Kelly is one smart manager and has plenty of strings to tie to any trade he might make. |