Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-09-13 | Page 9 | New York Wants Portland Players

NEW YORK WANTS PORTLAND PLAYERS Special to The Tribune. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12. The New York Giants v:int Oldham and Blue, southpaw- pitcher and first baseman, respectively, re-spectively, of the Portland team, when the season ends October 5. The Giants' offer will be In Walter MoCredle's hands. JtcC'orrnick, scout for the Giants, has closed negotiations with McCredie, it was renorted at Washington park today, but the final bargain will not be made until the league season ends. McCredie denied a story from the north that the offer was $15,000 for the two players. He Fays they will be handed over to the big league in exchange for i two of the Giants players. Tho confirmation of Oldham's and Blue's eastern exodus ends the story to the effect that Detroit had an option to pick any man from the Portland squad, but there Is a chance that Detroit may yet take one or two Portland players. The Tigers cannot use a first eacker, and Oldham has come out emphatically to tho effect that he will' not go back to that outfit. McCredie is building up a strong team for next season, and he has plans for a pennant-winning outfit. This season his Beavers lost more extra-inning contests than any other two clubs In the circuit. Finneran ia the premier pitcher of the Coast league. This is the way Walter McCredie sizes up the Vernon hurler. Finneran is leading all the pitchers of the league now, and McCredie says that is just as it should be. When Ross held Portland to one run in the eight and two-thirds innings of one side of Wednesday's double-header, he was pitching while one of his ribs was cracked. He did not discover It until the yame was over. Now he is probably out for the rest of the season, but Essick says a man who can do that well with a broken rib will be a wonder next year when the thing is well- again. Ki liefer has beep losing sleep trying to solve the problem of a pitcher's psychology. psy-chology. It Is Pertica who is a big worry now. Tho boy is off on a wild sort of rampage and has lost the word consistency consist-ency out of his dictionary. Rippy shows signs of promise. This youngster, just signed by the Angels, will undoubtedly develop into a real pitcher, but now the thing he needs to learn is how to field bunts. Essick is beaming. The victory of the Tigers over the Beavers made him good natured, and the news of the Angels' double defeat at the hands of the Oaks expanded his smile. He is sure now that when his outfit travels to Halt Lake it will be a few games in the lead.