Show I AN EAR TO THE GROUND Walter Leverenz and Byron Houck today C C Portland has a great outfield their name is Williams C Old Tom Hughes all in C C S The Bees' Bees one error is charged to Hannah Truck let an easy pop foul by Farmer get away from him Must have been awful e easy sy Good bo boy Howard do it again to today to- to day S S S According to Darmody the Vernon club will not put in a requisition for Cor any minors He thinks all the good ones have been sold and so what's I the use At the same time Darmody I says his club will wilt he be strengthened I by several major leaguers should It I again be attacked by bv the sleeping sickness Treasurer Ward of the Red Sox according to Darmody Darmody- has promised him hInt reinforcements In case of need S S S Young Baldwin an Oakland boy now catching for Portland Is getting alon along all right rl He is a sturdy youth with big hands and h he throws well He has the knack of getting the ball away fast an and that helps him Also Iso he has that young flea Hollocher there to take the throws and that's another bl big boost S S S Justin Fitzgerald will go to the tile big brush a again aln Ira Thomas scout Corthe for Cor forthe forthe the Athletics AthletiC's has wired Connie Mack that Fits is ready for a tryan try an and what Thomas says comes pretty close to going when it comes to picking up material In the bushes Fits has been troubled by a bad arm armIn armin armin in former years years that that has been about all that has kept him down This year his work has shown his arm to tobe tobe tobe be in shape and his hitting and running run run- run run-c ning are all that could be asked a s Herbie Hunter of Portland is said to be a a. different rl Hunter from the theone theone theone one that played with Vernon Change of conditions and a chance to play his game Jame has peppered up the young fellow fellow fellow fel fel- fel- fel low to such an extent that he is a areal areal areal real ball player now S S S Following his showing at Oakland Sunday morning John Red Oldham Oldham Oldham Old- Old ham of the Seals' Seals pitching staff was indefinitely suspended by Manager Jerry Downs Oldhams work has been very unsatisfactory unsatisfactory un un- satisfactory to the team and he has constantly broken the training rules said Downs and I concluded to ret pet him down until he lie can mend his wa ways San San s San Fran Francsco Call S S S Bobby Vaughn of the Vernon club has few Cew If any equals eq in the le league gue when It comes to advancing a runner He is an ideal man for second place In the batting order He can lay em down or pole one out on the hit and run with equal facility It seems impossible for the opposing infield to to guess him Bobby is puzzle and a pitchers perpetual i s l annoyance annoyance to visiting S S S Pittsburg Pa Au Aug 9 Pitcher Pilcher Pitcher Bowman of the Mason City Ia la team of the disbanded Central association has been secured by the Pirates it wa was announced today He will report on August 30 Ralph Palph the Injured Beaver Infielder received orders today to report for examination In the national draft arm army was registered in California but will likely ask exemption exemption ex ex- ex- ex I emption In view Of or the fact that he has dependents Fincher Williams lams and Trainer Wells Veils are the other I I Continued on page a 4 I I EAR TO THE GROUND Continued from page 2 members of the Portland club caught in the draft I C S C CLos Los Angeles Au Aug 9 Manager Downs of ot the Seals is seeking the services services services ser ser- ser ser- vices of Frank Decanniere and it is la I fifty fifty-fifty that the Tiger southpaw soon will appear appear in the livery of the San Francisco team Late Lately the tho pitcher has been a victim of the epi epidemic epidemic epi- epi demic known as lack of ot control and I it is intimated that Stovall thinks he heIs heis heis is incurable Downs is considerably perturbed at the prospects of his league leaders it is said In n the first place Oldham Is under suspension ion aba and at the same time Is a very promising candidate to help democracy democracy democracy racy in Germany via the trenches Hence the bid for Decanniere Again the Seals stand to be hit hard when Detroit comes to exercising options Downs is afraid he lie will lose Erickson Erickson Erickson Erick- Erick son Maisel and Hollywood to the Tigers |