Show I I I ELLIOTT ELLIOIT WILL NILL RAVE HAVE I STIFF COMPETITION Rowdy Howdy Elliott the tha former Oak Oal manager manager manager man man- man man- ager will have to do some soma exceptionally fine fino work behind tho the bat for the Cubs in inthe inthe the tho spring to assure Joe Tinker that he heIs heis heis Is entitled to a a regular Job Tinker re regardless regardless re- re of 01 the fact that he ho has Jimmy Archer Wilson former Pirate and El Elliott Elliott Elliott El- El liott on hand has been signing up catchers catch catch- ers era as If he was was looking 6 for r an en entirely rIY ne new stiff staff Josh J. J Billings the youngster released from Cleveland whom Walt Valt McCredie was after for tor the Beavers has been se secured secured se se- cured by the Cubs Chicago refused e to waive on him r BO so he r reverted iO iOe t to that da ag aggregation ag- ag as as' as the tho league rules provide Now the latest reports from the Windy City have it that Tinker has bas signed a a. chap named William WilHam Pickles Dillhoefer Chicago scribes refer to him as the Ray Schalk of the National league was secured through the draft route from Milwaukee lie He is 21 years ears of ot age and bats and throws right ht handed He is built like Schalk and weighs pounds His ills height is 5 fi feet teet 8 inches Stories from scouts who have trailed the youngster old how his every move has been watched It Is understood that practically every club in the National and American leagues had a draft in for tor him He Is a heady catcher full of ot pep fast and has a strong whip Tinker in a recent story stated that It looks pretty hard for tor the other catchers on his team and that it will take some catcher to deprive the youngster of 01 a a. place as a aI re regular on the 1917 team Rowdy made a decided impression with tho the Cub fans fan In the few tew games in which he participated prior to the tho time when he busted the thumb of 01 his left hand Unless Uness Frank Franl Chance puts In a land del for tor Rowdy It Is almost certain that ho he will stick with the Cubs but he ho will have to fight tight his hardest to keep leep the tho job |