Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-03-06 | Page 4 | Angels' President Hopes Fournier Will Sign

ANGElS ANGElS' PRESIDENT HOPES FOURNIER Will SIGN Powers Tires of Waiting for Commission Riling Riding on First Sacker By C. C A. A Bruckman I OS ANGELES l I March So far farL faras LOS as John F. F Powers is con concerned L the national commission can take its its' ruling on the l Fournier case and eat it with chili sauce or such Ten days ago the owner of the Los Angeles club wired the national commission commission com com- mission asking for a ruling on the Fournier case He was notified that I such a ruling would be made not later than one week from that date dato The Theone Theone one week and then some has gone by without word from the tottering trio Now Powers means to tale take the mattea matter mat mat- tea ter in hand and handle it in his own way Fournier has been sent a con con- tract If he signs he will report for spring training work and will belong to the Angels was sent to the Angels by bythe bythe the White Sox Last summer when the season closed in an extemporaneous manner Fournier went to the New NewYork NewYork York Americans t to finish the season Ifo He wont went so we well the White Sox raised a howl and claimed him as their personal personal per per- property Later claims came in from all points between and I Hoboken n. n In the jumble Powers stood firm on his claim that Fournier belonged beto be- be longed to the Angels and not having heard otherwise from the national he will proceed as though the Frog had never been the I subject of so much debate I Powers arrived from Palm Springs late In the afternoon and did not have time timo to take up baseball business He HeI I and Manager Killefer will wili take up the matter of trades and clean up accumulated I I business I It is understood that the Angels areto are I to receive a pitcher and an infielder from the Chicago Cubs before the P. P I c. c L. L opens Powers has talked terms with Mitchell Mitche of the Cubs and will get the men as soon as Mitchell has time timeto to pick out the athletes he will let go goto goto to the Angels I Power is chiefly concerned right now with securing a third sacker a shortstop and a good right hand heaver for his club and Crandall Cranda are the right handers of class on hand Fittery Brown and Valencia give the club a wholesale supply of sterling crooked arms A herd of athletes wandered around Washington park yesterday staking themselves to a premature bit of spring training Red the Angel pilot pi- pi lot was among those who heaved the apple around the lot and took batting practice Walter Valter Boles was out Ralph I Valencia and Dill Bill Piercy chucked a few