Show CATCHING STAFF it PROBLEM IS TH UNSOLVED I Gardners Gardner's Merced All Stars r Invade B eville for Game ir This Afternoon Afternoon- it t. t r f By Steve 4 AT AT A T TIrE TIlE BEES BEES' TRAI TRAINING CAMP IP Modesto Ca Cal March 22 T The e Salt Lake LakeI I catching problems haven't yet been I. I solved This was shown this morning when Chet Thomas for ten years a a. major league catcher left camp for his ms home thome In Los Angeles It Thomas was supposed to have nave come cometo cometo to to Modesto as a signed member of or the Dee Bee staff He went to work almost Im Immediately Im- Im mediately upon his arrival here He wasn't signed however and had merely come me to Modesto to talk over terms for signing a contract for the 1922 season THOMAS JUST TALKS arrived Thomas Thomes Thom- Thom When Proxy Bill Lane Lape as ns went Into conference with him he conference was not successful As a result he left this morning morning- He Is hoping to line u up Ul with some other Pa- Pa eWe Coast league eague club t Meanwhile the Bees have Joe Jenkins p and Frisco Edwards who are listed and experienced men Undoubtedly ly they will be called upon to handle a great deal dal of ot the work But they cannot do It all and it is possible that Lewis una may get another experienced catch or carry one of his present youngsters He now has Joe Kaney and George Georg Hoffner Hortner Hoff- Hoff ner both of whom are doing good work Rube Gardner former first baseman for Oakland invaded the Bee camp here today with a flock of ball known to all the sundry as Rube Gardner's Gardners Gardners Gardner's Gard Gard- ners ner's Merced all stars The idea of ot the Invasion Is to show Duffy Dutty Lewis and his Salt Lake Bees Dees up In a game to be staged this afternoon at the municipal al aI alfield field Rube brought with him a mighty classy gang gangS which measures up to most of the semipro teams scattered about San Joaquin valley and the Bees will get their first real workout of the sea sea- son As Rube himself says the valley teams are not to be sneezed at That was very ery plainly shown on last Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day and Sunday when the Bees had a mighty tough time defeating Selma in ina a 1 paIr a-paIr pair of ot games v D ES LIKE LutE EM EJI HARD A game with a team of the class of MercedS Merced'S is just what the Bees have been hankering for and most of ot the squad has been threatening to bear down In this afternoons afternoon's contest and make it a real game Bromley and Gould Goul l have been picked to work In the affray with Blaeholder to be held In reserve Jenkins and Edwards will do dothe dothe the catching In the absence of Paddy Siglin who Is In San Francisco getting a a sore arm mended Pery Chavez will willbe willbe be t be be b at on r first deck with at second Vitt li d and nl Thompson Sand J at th third will and ind short Fouts Pouts and Stillman Light LightS or both will sub for Skipper Lewis In field HOTTEST DAY OF OP SEASON Yesterday was the hottest day of the training season It augured well for forthe forthe forthe the rest of the season as it was the first of spring The gang under the direction of Boss Lewis who was Inthe in inthe inthe the stands nursing his sore hand and of Captain Oscar Vitt were sent through another hard routine yester yester- day It was made doubly hard by the heat which prevailed President Lane watched the workout from the stands and tand while he was pleased with his aggregation ag- ag I gr gatlon of ball players he wasn't especially pleased with the amount of pep shown SULL PRACTICE Lewis again put the men through a hard ard session at skull practice and initiated mit- mit the squad Into the Idea of winning baseball games by preventing runs as aswell well as by making runs He drilled the hard in the art of cutting runners off In an attempt to get extra bases on a short hit worked pitchers hard on catching men off bases showed the method of anticipating every move on the part of the base runners and kept them working on every conceivable conceivable able play In the Infield The skipper l is set upon having a team that hat will have something beside just Brute hitting hitting hitting hit hit- ting strength The club already has a a full lineup of three hundred hitters he Claims and with a good defensive or or- or which is possible with the material with which he has to work he believes that his gang will win a great many baseball games the great beheading beheading behead behead- ing spree which took place yesterday will not continue this week with possibly possibly possibly pos pos- sibly a a few a-few few exceptions Lewis figures on cutting his squad to opening day strength about next Monday and centralize centralize cen cen- his efforts upon the regulars at that time The squad will most likely J be over the limit when It hits Salt Lake but will be cut when the league rules demand TEN Ei HEATERS NOW KOW I With the release of two heavers yesterday he be pitching staff was wa cut to ten men Lewis Lewie Is 18 going to lop off ott two more before the team starts start for home and one more before the season i Is under way a great distance The staff that will no doubt take Ti fling on the opening days daTs at Bonneville park will be composed of Sam Lewis A At AL Gould Rudy Budy Thurston Elmer RIeger Bieger Harry Jack Bromley and either Poison Polson Owens or Ernie Thon- Thon t 4 Pat Kilhullen a a. catcher formerly with Oakland breezed into camp for a 3 hort workout ye yesterday but has not yet shown enough stuff to warrant signing The sick list ha has not been shortened Lewis is ia still favoring his hta hand and Siglin Is la still sUIl In San Francisco Francico doctorin- doctorin Yean Vean Gregg Shows P Power as Pitcher STOCKTON Cal March 22 Manager Manager Manage started Veen Vean Gregg Gre yesterday against the colored all stars and the veteran vet vet- iran cran southpaw performed brilliantly Gregg held the visitors to two hits during th the Jive live innings he worked struck out five an and excellent control A Seattle won the game In the fourth when he Indians bunched nine hits bits off orf McNair and nd scored nine e runs ns Elmer I Jacobs c re relieved relieved re- re f Gregg e In t the sixth and he pitched perfect ball Only one hit was made of off offis Jala is delivery delhery Bill Bm was the hitting star tar with two doubles and a 3 single while I well at t nn l h bage n n n Beal Selections i Believed Complete j z- z SAN FRA FRANCISCO CISCO March 22 Jack has his mind pretty well made up as as' as to what players he means meaDS to keep so Charley Chancy Graham Is Is busy bUllY now finding places for the young fellows the Seals want to to keep strings on He hopes bopes to place eight or ten of them before the end of the week Joe Bailey will be one of them Blossom and Doyle and Valla Vaila are others and Wells Vens of DunsmuIr Is picking up the points of oJe pitching so fast that h t the owners he f g oll the Seals would lc like to get t him bIn after be ibe has had a a. year of steady work t The Seals had bad a bunting and hitting u c 1 ice at Boyes e Springs today d but no game was played From now on Manager Miller will try to polish up the machine and drill ibe regulars in fine points of play It Is practically settled that thet Bert Ellison will tart start at t shortstop and the owners ot of the Seals beats would not trade Bert for any other in the league so they say T The hf Seals Seal will break camp at Boyes Bayes I Springs Th Thursday afternoon and will hold holdI their first practice at Recreation park I Friday Whites Victors At Camp of Oaks SPRINGS March 22 The Whites defeated the Grays Gray in iii the Oaks Oaks' training camp yesterday 2 I to 1 J. The feature was the tUe pitching Some of the best looking of ot the youngsters youngsters young young- will be besent sent away to other clubs for seasoning Score R- R If E. E w Whites 2 S k 1 7 13 73 3 i 1 i 7 2 Grays r i. i Batteries Batteries terIs s h ii i w-f w Arlett and Read Read- y- y i |