| Show I STOVE 7 Vi JACK COOK of the Bees is in receIpt of the highly SECRETARY gratifying news that Adolph the bIg rIght hander who saw more real action in the world war than any other Coast league player will be with the club In time to go into training at Pittsburg Before leaving California Cook visited sister and requested her to notify him of oC any information she might receive from Salt Lakes Lake's Hank Gowdy with the tho result that he received a letter from her Friday night stating that had arrived at Newport News a week ago and that he ay alx dy be on his way home me or or to o Salt al t Lake I I Cook believes it possible that the big pitcher has already been released and that he is on his way to Salt Lake was placed In the third Forty division one of the first to go over In 1917 S S S Jr If gets back In time to go Into training it Is z 0 safe bet that any fan In town can name the opening day pitcher The Seals are still hard after Rowdy Elliotts Elliott's release from the Cubs They have apparently given up hopes of oC getting Forset Cady Chet Chadbourne great center fielder of oC the Vernon Tigers has signed for 1919 S S S SOur Our old old friend Nick Demaggio former Butte left fielder Is to get a 11 thorough tryout with the Angels according to Wade Vade Killefer According to Del Howard a trade of I Clinton for Walter Valter Leverenz Is likely to be made with the Bees The I San Francsco Chronicle quotes the Oakland Oak Oal- land manager as follows I think the trade of Bill for Lefty Leverenz will vill go through and It looks like an even swap They are both high class box men that he has been at Oakland too long and that a change of clubs will do him good Perhaps it will Leverenz does not care where he plays so long as it it Is on the coast and the I fans all know that he Is a winning I pitcher r. r Secretary Jack Cool Cook and President Bill Lane Iane announce that they know nothing of such a deal except that Oakland would like to trade Pitcher Bill and Outfielder Billy Lane for Walter Leverenz and Buddy Ryan Hyan Both say however that Eddie Herr Is running the Salt Lake L-ake club and that It will be entirely entirely en- en up to him whether or not such a trade will be considered S S S Shan han Maggert Los Ios Angeles and San Francisco outfielder has informed Charley Char Char- Icy ley Graham that he Is through with baseball and that he Is going to stick to a good shipyards job S S S Valter Walter es Beavers Bavers now fashion tash- tash ion themselves thusly Catchers flaler KO and Pitchers Pitchers-Penner Pennington Lewis I Jones Lay Rapp James Schwartz artz and Shoup First Blue base and Walters Second base Shortstop Third base Coen Hitter flitter and C COx x Left Walker field Center Field Maisel Right field Daniels u fJ and Sullivan Sul- Sul II livan van S S S The San Francisco Bulletin tells us that Billy Lane and Clinton ot of the Oaks Oak are anxious for a change of scenery and that nothing would suit salt them better than an opportunity to play In Salt Lake S S S Stanley Dougan has returned his Bee Jack Cook Coo Informs us that Tommy Quinlan I is the property o of the Salt t Lake club and dISt that i r the little We war eh hero never belonged to Columbus It appears appears' that the trade of Quinlan for Chappell was made with the stipulation thaL If Chappell Chappen Chap Chap- pen pell reported to Salt Lake and and Quinlan Quinlan did not show up at Columbus Salt Lake Lakei i C was Chappell P to pay reported Columbus f d but f J Quinlan the sum joined of the O Oi i fighting forces of Uncle Sam and Joe Tinker was not slow In demanding the five hundred which we a promptly paid him by Salt Lake The reason for men men- h the above is s that we notice Columbus Co- Co gl 11 lumbus has Quinlan on Its honor hg roll I I S S S Weve We've noticed within the last day or orso orso so an Eastern scribes scribe's story of the passIng pass pass- Ing of Tub Spencer from the big league Says sas the San l Francisco Call Spencer the scribe has it retired from I baseball for the purpOse of taking up as his his his' favorite sport Just as the scribe missed the point In the passing lasSing of Spencer from the big league so and he-and for that matter every baseball writer back there booted the reason for Spencers Spencer's ever coming back to the big show Spencer himself tells by he w- w wt I back to the big league To use his own I terms he was run out ot of the league passed up ap aJ a bum and a hopeless case When ho he started his comeback it was with the purpose of showing up those harsh critics The one thing he asked Eddie Maier aler when he returned to professional baseball was that he b b sent to a big league club Not that Tub had any particular desire to play big league baseball One swing around the circuit and he wao wal ready to leave the big tent lie He had shown the doubting And that was all he came back for Bill Rodgers Hodgers Is to parry arr Cy Forsyth again this season The player limit is only fifteen men Rodgers believes be- be I that the comedian will help make his c club play y better r ball al Forsyth not 1 draw a l laugh I in Sacramento ac b iut I at Salt Lake and San Francisco they o AC kb of joy |
