Show V piam r NOTICE E TO AMATEURS This department be bC glad to V publish h scores of pf amateur games gaules meetings meeting and items V pertain pertain- pertaining V ing to their welfares S In general Send them to the sporting editor or call him over either phone This column will wilt be e open to them the season as of yore yoro In order to insure their getting into the early V editions however be sure to send them in before noon 4 C 4 Len Scott one of ot the most like likely ball ban ballplayers ballplayers players ever developed de In this neck of the woods announced this morning that he had definitely decided to turn down downan an offer which he lie received from Doc Doe 8 new new Southwestern league and that he lie would toda today sign a contract to try tn- out with Dick Coole s 's s 's skyscrapers aper L Len en n is H It good catcher better bett I than the average s hitter r and can 1111 play rings s around at least half of oC the outfielders ho who held down regular positions in th the Union as association association as as- socia last lut season seaton 4 4 4 Har larry Harry Killilay last Jut years year's Boise Hoise pitcher piLcher pitch pitch- er has evidently not kept abreast with the thc many happenings In the Union association asso asso- elation during the winter Read this from the Los Angel J Examiner Harry was not noL In a Los Lo Angeles unIform uniform uniform uni unI- form yesterday and It now seems stems that he J is not a a. fr free agent after all IA lay belonged to Boise in the Union association asso elation explains Henry Henr Berry and when that clubs club's franchise was transferred t to Ogden O and he received no contract ho lie thought he was waa a free lance and as such came to us We Ve now find that he still belongs to that league As s a result of the dIsfranchIsement of ot Boise belongs to the Union association and he hI will no doubt have to report to the club lub lubIn In that league lealue to which the directors might determine to send him 4 5 5 Clarence Brooks with Boise Bobe last lant sea ea- eafton lion eon Is again ln one of the regular catchers on the Los Angeles An dub club 5 4 Steve Ste Brewer A a. first Ont who hI last season played ed with th the Gr Grand nd Island club of tho he State tate has been signed b by Manager Mc- Mc for Butte Brewer Brewr accepted 10 1 chance chalice at season arid and n hit SOI Sandy and Griswold the Omaha sporting writer picked him for the bag b on his state nil team KY this beautiful snow stuff Muff has hu worn out It Iti welcome Dick Pick Cool Cooley Cooler h has decided to I I postpone his first tir t g games ganies to a J. J pek week from Sunday as A. aa a a. result 0 of It It C 11 C C fun Omaha dub hati grabbed rl a young young- youngster ster named Tack Jack Zimmerman right under under un un- der Charley Chancy Irby's Io nose flose e at H Helena HeIs lie He lieis lieis is A pitcher a 0 BlAIne SmoVe Thonia Thomas the tIle hu husky ky pitcher with Ith Salt Lek Lake In and with Victoria U lest Jut t season is I being el m- m hl highly touted ho hy by the sport writes writers on th the coast t Thomas Thoma In Is trying out with Ith Sacramento nto Bert Beit M in is bu busily lly r. r engaged a ed In rounding up tip the members of or hi hl hiL team and experts expects to tn get t out for rot practice as all soon loon ns as th the e weather r will D permit H He lie pot Jot Into touch thi mornIng morn- morn lug Ing with 1 Arthur ruch I the Ulf former EI Ely Nev catchier catcher who I Is now working at Gai Garfield field U Utah h. h l Mitchell fid fi f d Walker and J C Cy P Perkins ar iii doing th the batt bat- bat t tl tei iy work worl for th the BArn Barne Rl v Frankele a Hub dub of or San Francl Francisco co V Owner t loe Io Coh Cohen Cohn n of the Spokane to dub lub ha has turned over oer Inn Infielder ld r Ja Jack k k Taucher to th lb Butte team turn of or the Union tion C 4 4 This Thin hl tile the Detroit News about Carl irl Flick th ibm th- Poise Iise second hal r j m Tj purchased pur chased chaPM h hy L Lowe wei last lut season Beacon T The third ba base e Is Bill drafted from front Newark ark B Besides the these Jennings has An n 1 Carl Flick Second Basemen D Bauman n wa waa with the tl tIgers r lat late lat la last lut t fall tall falland falland talland and didn't look hook good enough to lat lut nd Flick nick who nho was as purchased d d fr from rn Boise Bolee show ChOW much on ort his record Walker former of or orthIs thIs thle pal paper r. r Mil lyle become a I baseball writer writer- Walker r. r who 1 Is fa now non the cartoonist of ot th the Portland EvenIng Telegram n Is at Santa Mayia eel fal with the th two lo Portland club clubs and sends his hix paper dally aIly cartoons and stories of or th H the tryouts tryout Walker l 1 in Is ta fa hh impressed tJ with IUt Pitcher Pave f Byrd Happy tapp and InrI Joe To Mothe Motha th J all aU Union association i plA player i u. u who nho ho are ar trying ln out with dica teams Soldier Byrd th the Union league pitching addition I Is a rt resolute square young oun man who might bo bl either a hall ball player or a buccan buccaneer er But uL both he lie and Hintch HInch should get berths bertha at l least in the Po Pont Pont- tl t- t l land kind nd Northwestern l team am Mashes Mathes Is another an au- oth other r boy hoy who ho looks more than good and If It 1 I 1 were ere pre not for rOl the showing flinde b by Do Doane nt he lle would have liac a chance to be become become become be- be come a regular re ulal Mathes may stick slick Ith tile this turn team In a utility capacity at J least ut until Strait shows up has h had td a thorough tryout tu 1 tit this former Union a association infielder Is Js showing up fast fut and while h he nUl may not land hand the le Job at short It IL Is b practically 11 assured that he lie will win he let retained ln t for th the utility lole ohe lie He 1 It is a n. model young fellow along the lines of Bill Sweeney in that th he neither nt smokes nor and arid he lie keeps keep good hours hourI lie He has an Rn unusual lot hot of rl determination and if Ir this counts for fot an any any- thing he has a Job Jol cinched rt i of he Ii Manhattan i all h l ha league u win will m meet ot t at 7 0 o'clock tonight atthe nt n I the tile Salt Lake Litke U rd company compin CHt Va March H. H The Th a Washington baseball H team which has hu spring training quarters here her was defeated 5 to 3 i b by th the University of or Vir Vir- ginia It was the tho bl big bis teams team's first da day In the open Score R. R If IJ E. E Washington n V A 7 j 1 j Virginia hi 5 5 7 j 0 Cathion Allen hUen Walker r and Henry G r Rixey and V 5 4 C CSAN SAN SA- A ANTONIO Tex March The r Philadelphia Americans American regular rc piled pUt d i MU hits In In V today's today game against the San Antonio e Tex fex un team and won n 1 12 to tot X t. Bakers Baker's fielding was wa tho the feature V V 4 5 4 EI EW ORI ORLEANS March TIne The New ew Orleans Orle league chith administered adminis another def defeat t to SQ the Chicago Na a. here hete today 5 S to 10 1 I. Chicago Chicago's only double steal run being scored 1 on a- a C 5 uJ l to N Newt wt Colver th the ba baseball sharp It H l is 18 not dt that th Tacoma will be in tn the tine r league this year ar Colver figures that dubs dub of ot the Tacoma H is chance there a S n switching the franchise to tn 11 new A Pr president I Walla if It he hJ cannot dispose os of ot sonic or of ort the elt of ot city j tock stock to tho the men ha bc t destiny t Says tays ys Colver Cher As As Tacoma ar In end and year er out a be ben been n con consistently year losing proposition propos financially whether the tine club had a. a winning lineup linkup or not It quit quilts naturally doe doesn't nl appeal to the hard headed headed headd head head- men there from the thi standpoint und stand business n ed d PoInt of a l stock canvaSs can George r figured the th ball club as is an advertisement ol nt for his Olympic club chub ana anO always aya ex expects ox- ox r peeled to lose an anywhere ht from 2000 00 to q 00 00 on op the Jat gate receipts to tomake the In Increased Increased In- In make mak- maka a fI lot of or money hack back by creased cr ns d business he sot got from having bin place the th baseball as headquarterS of or th the town Georgo Gt had a bar a n. barber buber shop hop restaurant parlors etc and he h. Ua used d to J let Jet t hi bin hi players player sign I n tabs Result n 1 n lot of ot th thorn nt Jut just about p spent nt b their r in hl his hI place The noise nolt that thelt the th II IK club president Is IK making about his hIli Inability to sell lien stock clock would also era erv nA to set ret at v r j st t tine he lIe doubts doubt In lii th the mint mimi of many that t. lied had really d hlll hIs d claim on nn Ih the thi Tacoma f fran finn an- an |