Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-05-16 | Page 15 | Portland Asks Waivers on Entire Team

AND ASKS W WAIVERS ON ENTIRE TEAM Club J J Wearied by byJ byI J I Many Losses r Doss Boss of Cellar Team Fears Hes He's Got Cot Flock of Men Nobody Wants OAKLAND Cat Cal May Mar 16 UP- UP Torn Tom Turner president of the Port land club turned his thumbs down cn his entire baseball club Wednesday t by asking for waivers on each and et d' ery man on the team now occupying l st place in the Pacific C Coast ast league race and by trading the player supposed sup posed to be his best Angered by the m miserable erable showing howin of at the Beavers in this years year's race Turner went into actIon vigorously vigorous on his arrival here from Portland His first move was to announce the transfer r of Henry Oana Hawaiian born outfielder to Atlanta ot oi the Southern association Oana o only l recently re returned to the Beavers from Philadelphia but Turner sent the star back east again in exchange for a pl player yer named John Claybaugh Long Lone Distance hitter Perusal of Claybaugh's record him to be a left handed hitting hit hit- ting outfielder who in 1932 led lcd the Southern association in batting and hit 32 home borne runs to boot bool Then Turner sent wires posthaste to Portland ordering Monroe Dean Infielder and Bob Loane an outfielder out out- fielder to report here They had been left behind when the Beavers went wenton on em the road His next move was to announce that waivers had been sought on the remaining players and wholesale changes in the l lineup could be ex cx Through It all Turner did not dis for the time being the man post held by Walter McCredie But many observers expect the Portland Port land president to sidetrack McCredie whom he called from retirement to replace Spencer Abbott McCredie itero u ro of some of Portland's greatest baseball triumphs hs been bec handicapped handi handi- capped by rheumatism this year Wants a a. Change Chane Turner is on a hunt for players players- good ones He isn't certain where he is going to get them but he is cera tain he doesn't like the ones he has now He wants more left handed hitS hit rs arid and a stronger infield The club 20 games behind the league leading Los Angeles club hit the skids fast last Jast week when hen it dropped seven straight to the l Reds Turner was present yesterday when the Beavers bowed before Oakland Oak Oak- land 4 to 3 The team has won only 11 of 39 cam games