Show CLARKE CR LEASED WITH VIC WILLIS PITTSBURG Dec 31 That That Vie Vic Willis who 1 did so 80 mu much h to win the I Nat National onal league pennant pennant- for lor P Pittsburg last Jut season ea on will hardly be with Pittsburg Pittsburg Pitts Pitts- bur burg next season season- WAS was vas made mado known the theother oth other r day at the National l le league ue meeting meeting meet meet meet- in ing wh when n it leaked out ut that the pitcher had been offered d to Cincinnati for tor n a stated price and 2nd that Cincinnati tie de diner dined erl to pay ay the the price but butin instead t ad offered offered of fer d' d Pitcher Spade for Willis No secret is il made of th tb the fact and it it is openly printed here this ev evening in that Clarke is dissatisfied d with the way in which Willis flushed flashed last season season sea sea- son son that after the tbt penn pennant nt had been practically won he fell off in la his work and did not show how the spirit which is supposed to te be shown b by a pitcher on ona a champion team tel Willis' Willis failure to show form at nt the thc end of ot the season forced Clarke Into a 8 serious serious' predicament for in spite pite ot of the fact that Adams did such wonderful wonder wonder- ful work it is known that Clarke Wa was practically practical forced to put him into the first game rIme fir r the wo worlds world's champion champion- 8 ship Ip Of or course the form shown b bv by A Adams ims in that game entitled d him to the fr front ro row but the fact remains and still rankles in the bosom of Clarke that Willis vim the star pitcher in in sunning the championship did not Dot hold bold good was good was not in condition to do his best work for the championship of the world and so 80 it has been b cn decided that Willis will iII pit pitch h for sonic some other club than Pittsburg n next ext year ear providing the worth of f this great re t pitcher can a be got ot Also Abo Willis Willis' holdo and his refusal to sign n a contrast until mirtH after he had followed the r rest st of the team to Hot Springs last spring has not been forgotten for forgotten gotten by the Pittsburg club owners |