| Show COAST PLAY ERS WITH OUTLAW I I I I FEDERAL LEAGUE SCOUT IS KEEN TO LAND JOE GEDEON f rom Tom Seaton Says He Will Give Coast League Something to Talk About Dope Has It That He Has Signed Gedeon and Bates and Expects Ex- Ex J peets to Get Stumpf Johnson Terry t and McMullen Coast league fans something to think I Im going to give you about and you fellows something to write about this winter I said ad Tom Seaton former Beaver pitcher and present Federal league scout when he ended his visit here yesterday and boarded a atrain tr train in for San Francisco 1 If there is any truth in the gossip which is is going the rounds h he probably will give us something to talk at that Joe Gedeon will not affirm or deny that he has signed with the outlaws for next season Ray Bates Portland's great infielder and hitter bitter told friends in Salt Lake Sunday that he had signed with Seaton and Bill Stumpf of the same seine team does Snot not make any bones about declaring that if the Gilmore league accepts his I price he will join them in a minute Before leaving here Seaton laid aid that he is going to San Francisco right now expressly for the purpose of signing Jimmy Johnston of the Oaks and that he has instructions to togo togo togo go to Los Angeles after that and g grab ab Zeb Terry and Fred McMullen McMullen McMullen Mc Mc- Mullen of the Angels It Is well known that Bates and Stumpf are sore on Portland and that they have hav been dick dickering dickering dicker dicker- ring r- r ing with the Feds for some time Both say that they ar arnot ars not treated right in Portland and that their arrest there recently for keeping late hours was entirely uncalled for Joe Gedeon Godson when asked about the Federal league rumors saidi saida I am going to join th the Feds surely if Washington does not treat me right The money Griffith offered me ma is a joke and now I understand he has farmed me out to Minneapolis for next year I haven't anything against Minneapolis or the club owners owner there thue but if I am not going to get a trial tria in the big show against some of those infielders infielder there who are aro not fielding a bit better than I am and hitting only about on to top of it it I am either going to stay in Salt Lake where I want to play and where I Iam Iam Iam am treated right or I am am going to the F Feds d where re I can get t the tho money rI r. r I believe i I am entitled to at least I 1 dislike to see eee Joe leave organized baseball said Manager Blankenship today and I have bare advised him against it Joe belongs to Washington Washing Washing- ton though and not to us so It is none of or m my say MY where he ha should go o or what he should do I 1 believe Griffith and Joe will get together all 11 allright allright right before next season rolls around Scout Seaton would not talk for publication while here but he had one of those cockey airs about him which v Indicated that he had something some thing up his sleeve all right or merely meret talked to hear himself Several Sev Se eral of oC the Salt Lake players who are close cloe to S Seaton aton say that th they y yf f feet t sure that Seaton already has baa several sev sey- eral rat contracts from Coast Cout league players in his pockets and that he has promises from several oth others rs L COAST TO HAVE SIGNED WITH FEDS I f 4 Ji t t r ry y 2 r F f l |
