Show STOVE LEAGUE OSSI I. I Now or some baseball chatter John P. P Cook more known I to us as Jack Cook business manager of the Bees i II back from his winters winter's hi at Oakland Jack drifted hl In Inon inon on the end fag of the blizzard Thursday night and a liS soon as he can locate a club office will be back very much on I the job Cook t tells u ULl that everybody Is talking baseball hn the coast and that the dope dope- I are predicting the biggest year ear ever for the Pacific Coast league Jack also tells us UH that the Deell pulled a tenstrike tenstrike ten ten- strike when they secured Pittsburg as a I training camp camI Regarding the proposed trade for I Pitcher Clint ot of the Oaks the Dee Bee secretary says saya There is still a good chance I President Bill Lane is in receipt of a wire from rom Manager Eddie Herr In which the latter states that he will not be able to leave St 81 Louis until Saturday as he still has several deals deals'S which he does not Intend to desert until the they are finally clo pd Eddie did not even hit as to the nature ot of the deals C Upon request ot of Manager Herr President President dent Lane has wired transportation to Outfielders Emmett Mulvey and Bill DIU Rumler Bumler The two sluggers therefore will probably be among the first to report re- re port at the training quarter quarte S S S SA A cheering bit of oC news for or baseball club owners was brought to Salt Lake Thurs Thurs- cIa day by a a. returning representative tive who has been attending the conference confert confer confer- t ence of passenger men at ChIcago Ills Hie I report is to the et affect that the thO passenger traffic have recommended to th the United States railroad administration the Inauguration of rates The returned re- re turned delegate expresses express's the tte opinion that the recommendation will be a ap- ap proved It ii excursion rates are It wm mean a big saving to Coast league I clubs Transportation charges charKes under ox- ox ares make the movement ot of clubs exceedingly costly and the reviving I eX-I ot of excursIon tickets ets will he 10 Welcome news to the magnates It Is that the official ot of a resumption of party rates will be marie made from Washington Washing Washing- I ton without much delay Welser Dell and Johnny Mitchell I hive returned their I contracts to the Vernon ernon clu club S 5 Detroit has tUn over Pitcher Red fled OW Oldham ham to Portland Bill is In au an Oakland e as being p anxious to l for or Sat Salt S S Lake a S Spike Hennessey Sacramento scout has signed up Corrigan a bush second baseman 5 They are peddling a story In Oakland to the effect ct that Salt Lake intends to trade Walter Valter Le to the Oaks for I I Bill and to secure Dutch DOtch Reuther to do the In place of Leveren Lev Lev- eren erenz Seattle is also trying to get Pitcher Ray Keating from the Yankees Yankee S S S Dutch Reuther has turned down another another an- an other Cincinnati contract Karl Crandall has started tart d hIs annual I campaign for more salary according to Los Angeles exchanges Karl ha has al ready let It be known that he will reUa remain re- re main Ua t h ha his l very lucrative job b as guard d for a an oil company if Salt Lake does not make It worth while The next thing now nov be another offer from Johnny Powers New York Feb Slim 28 Love is through wit baseball The lanky hurler who was recently traded to the Red fled Sox In the deal which brought Leonard and Shore to the Yankees an later to Detroit by the Red fled Sox for Oscar Ocar Vitt said today that ho he has written President Navin Of the Tigers announcing hIs re- re The contract offered the i club for lO less s me than by I ol received when I first t broke into mt major league t ball l et three years da ago Ft I s said Love and I have decided to 1 am workIng work work- g Ing In the Westinghouse plant pla-nt at Newark New New- ark making 78 cent an hour In the auto starter department and I cant can't see pj- pj baseball thIs year not for or the money that was offered me In addition to a good job In Newark I have a flattering flat flat- offer to play pia independent ball Ill I'll tell the world Im I'm through Paul Fittery has signed hi his Los Angeles An An- geles contract 5 S S SRoy Roy Corhan has also pu pur his lis name to a a. contract The Seal shortstop says he Is going to have his best season S S S The Oaks Oak have signed Hap Morse the former Union association and North North- league shortstop S S S Bill Essick ha has signed Lester Cooke the young Southern league catcher who caught such good semipro ball bail at Los Angeles last laRt winter that Walter McCredie Mc Mc- Credie tried hard to land him Mike Kelly the St. St Paul manager happened to be on the coast at the time and beat McCredie i dl to the young catcher Kelly oJ handed e Cooke e a release h however Sh shortly lI before the American association had gotten gotten got got- ten well under way S S S Bradley Hogg former Angel pitcher who went to the Phillies pulled his old old- time stunt about retiring When hen he reI received re- re his contract he found that he had I drawn a raise In salary so 50 he decided to stick to baseball S S S Outfielder Miller who was with the the Oaks last year and finished the eason ceason with the Red Sox has been turned back ck to Oakland by Manager Barrows Jack Coffey CoUey t former Coaster and manager or of the Des Moines s club who finished the season with the Red Sox has been lurn turned 11 back to Des Moines I Big HI Bill James the sel atc n of the Boston Braves during the lOll 1911 saon aon II I- I I I when the BOston club won the worlds world's championship will again wear a Seattle SeattIe uniform If Boston Roston vill agree to let James sign with the tho Puget sound club James was sold to Boston by Dugdale of a following l t the e 1913 3 season s James im ima made good o 1 e a ehO hO house afire but i when the 1916 1015 season eason rolled around James Jamell found his arm gone lie He has not played professional ball since 1914 but has ta con treatments which he bel believes eves have restored restored re- re stored his arm to pitching form In a aletter aletter letter to the manager ot of the Seattle club James asked for tor a 1919 contract and was Informed that he would be mailed one just as soon as Boston would agree to tor big Seattle r t ftc opening re gp po UI a ane negotiations g Chronicle h rc e with tM thO S S S The legal tight fight for the services of Catcher Cady Is under way Graham had a wire rom J. J H H. Farrell factotum ot of the minor leaguers yesterday esterday asking that all correspondence concerning Cady be forwarded to Secretary Bruce of the I national commission Its It's altogether a question now a to which club the San Francisco Seals or Philadelphia first filed notice ot of the acceptance of terms Graham Gra Gra- ham says he rushed a wire to Bruce the moment he learned Cady was dickering with San Philadelphia Francisco ex- ex change S S S fled Oldham former Seal pitcher who was recalled by the Detroit Tigers In 1917 claims claim he Is a free agent According According Ac- Ac cording to the rules of the major leagues a contract should have been mailed to tog Oldham a by February 1 lIe says the Dc- Dc JI g troit management a rg ta knows lis R a dress s and It contract had been mailed he would a have received It Oldham adds that he hern may r remain with oth the Standard an baW Murphy f team rn and play no more o os Angeles exchange S S S SOne good shortstop and Bill One more nore Sacramento club will be In fine finex shape for the nl camp J a Los Angeles exchange x ha B 11 has ma a a t tour lined several I of the south and has up youngsters who might make good In the Infield However he e will do no signing club with I until he hears from an Eastern which he has op opened ned negotiations for a I MY pitching staff needs a litt little e strengthening said Rodgers Rodg- Rodg I when he arrived here from the sout south ers I left left-hander showed Jack Bromley the I If enough O stuff in the box x for l f us last t year I f i eS me believe he will be t the I leading lead lead- to make ing est st southpaw and t Leake k this h all fl pitched season fine bail dur- dur I one or two more and by adding log Ing 1918 twirlers to the start staff I should beable he be I good pick out five fl men to ca y the able to through the season In stYle club what I can learn this From Benn played good ball oung In San Eddie last year therefore I feel that Francl Francisco co sack will be well taken care the third I of |