| Show STOVE UA I I HE announcement from San Francisco that a dozen members 0 of the j T THE Seals had started for the sprIng training camp at San Jose Cal forcibly thrusts upon pon our knowledge the fact that the grand old national pastime is just about back with us in all its springtime glory With the vanguard of one club lub already in Its unies the members of the theother theother other clubs will soon be itching Most of the clubs will wait until next week but a great many of the players from every club in the league are already limbering up especially those who are fortunate enough to be in I California oaKland Sacramento Los Angeles and Vernon will train at home Salt Lakes Lake's Bees will go to Pittsburg Cal Portland to Crockett Cal and Seattle Seattle Seat Seat- tle to Taft Cat Cal i iDel Del Howard reports that he has a majority majority ma- ma of his men under contract Lucky manager Foghorn Murphy a popular character around the Seal and Oak parks known to the J players layers as an announcEr has applied apr ap- ap r plied league te teor for or a job as umpire In the Coast Coas Walter McCredie is now lamenting the fact that his ball players are scattered throughout almost every state of the Union Costs lots of transportation money and how such things do worry the sheriff President Lane and Secretary Cool Cook have chosen new downtown for the Bees The future baseball offices offices of- of of the club will be at Walker Bank building I. I Clarence U S. S Smith right hand pitcher has been added to the Portland clubs club's already formidable pitching staff Th The big twirler comes from New Orleans In a trade fOr OutfIelders John L L. L Sullivan Sullivan Sulli- Sulli van and Bill DanIels Smith pitched for New Orleans last year working in sixteen games winning eight and losing six for a percentage of He twirled ninety nine innings allowing allowing al- al lowing five eighty hits tits When the Southern South South- ern league went up In smoke last season Smith drifted out to Salt Lake Lale and pitched three games for the Bees winning winning win win- ning all of them A few Jays days before the Pacific Coast league suspended Smith got Into an argument with Umpire Frary and hit him In the nose with the ball spectators spec spec- at the game claim Smith came west with the Chicago Americans a number of years ago on a trip A few days before the White Sox were ready to start back east Smith pitched an exhibition game and was taken out of the box The fans started kidding him and he remarked Ill soon be starting back for the Untied States The day the Sox left for Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago Smith was turned over to Vernon and the fans nicknamed him United States Smith which has hung to him ever since McCredie thinks wen well of Smiths Smith's ability The Portland chief had other chances to trade Sullivan and Daniels but was anxIous anxious Ious to land Smith New Orleans needed two good outfielders hence the trade |
