| Show STOVE LEAGUE CHATTER q I Charley Doyle and Cy are laying their plans Jor for a a. California state league with Sacramento as a nucleus S C CIt It seemed like olden times to me at Point Richmond near Oakland last Sunday afternoon when I 1 saw the theSal Sal Salt Lake team In action against the strong semipro club of Richmond Billy Orrs Orr's aggregation won the game hands down The Richmond club which Is managed b by our old friend Brick Devereaux has several big leaguers on Its roster and really e eXpected expected ex to clean the Coast leaguers as asIt asit asit it had Oakland two weeks prior With Dutch Klawitter on the mound and Shinn Orr Bodie Bodle and Hallinan hitting hitting hitting hit hit- hit hit- ting like demons however the Richmond Richmond Richmond Rich Rich- mond bunch did not have a chance S S C CAfter After Atter the game I happened to see seethe seethe seethe the boys getting their cut of a few fes cents oV over r 10 Among the players who drew down a ten spot were two Bees who if we remember correctly yelled their heads off because the Bee day game here at the close of ot the season season season sea sea- son netted them only 33 C C C Friends of ot Lefty Williams on the coast are all advising the Bee southpaw southpaw southpaw south south- paw against even touching a ball at Calexico this winter as they all be believe believe believe be- be lieve that he needs nep-ds a rest and that pitching r during the the wint winter r. r will work greatly against his chances of makIng making making mak mak- ing good with the White Sox n the spring C C C you It-you doubt whether the advertising advertising advertis advertis- ing that AA baseball gave us has don doni any good take a little trip up up or down the coast Without exaggeration 60 per cent of the persons persons I was Introduced Introduced introduced Intro Intro- to in California and nd I met hundreds of or them mentioned Salt Lakes Lake's Bees in some sonic form or other I no matter how brief our meeting might have been Most of them asked questions galore about S Salt lt Lake City Salt SaU Lake Is known as as the dividend town all an over the coast C C S Brick Devereaux has a young youn pitcher whom he ea says sas he has been for Cliff Curt Blankenship and who will wilt be Walter Valter another another- Johnson Johnson John John- son son sure S S SAl Al Baum Henry Berr Berry Cal Ewing and the other baseball men of ot San Francisco su surely ely did things right during during during dur dur- ing the the- convention What that gang didn't have nave framed up In way the of entertainment for tor the visitors during spare hours Isn't worth mentioning I The old ola mans man's home brigade of at the Pacific Coast league will be a I orry sorry looking lot lot when the retrenchment retrenchment retrenchment retrench retrench- ment poll policy C takes hold in earnest The other double A AA leagues have gotten rid of most of ot their high salaried salaried sal sal- aried old timers already and those who still remain are being sold or traded as as' rapidly as s possible S C S With all of the clubs agreed upon the cutting down s scheme heme It will be a case of accept or find a new Job for tor forthe forthe the player New Jobs will be hard to find S C C C The retrenchment wave has hit all classifications alike and and- 1 because lecause of the splendid organization perfected at San l Francisco every league in the country will have to observe It C C C I Charley Chancy Ebbetts' Ebbetts lItt little e vi visit it to the convention did a whole lot toward bringing major and minor leagues loser Closer together S SC C S C CRamey Ramey Rame the left handed pitcher tried out b by Herbert Hester lester here In 1914 Is pitch pitching ng high class ball in the California Call Call- fornia winter league S C S Since the he Frisco meetings tings manya many a a threatening contract Jumper Juniper is going to be told All right right- gO go ahead and jump to the the Feds ed I C C C CEd Ed Barrow Barrow- president of the In International In- In and close friend of Captain Cap Cap- tam tain Huston of at the Yankees told me the other day that he had al already at- at read ready advised the New York AmerIcans Amer Amer- leans to refuse to waive on Joe Gedeon It if Washington should try to send the former Bee to Minne Minne- apolis apo C S S Dont Don't be surprised If Ju Judge ge McCredie McCredie McCredie Mc- Mc Credie sells his Portland holdings to toa toa toa a local stock com company pan The dope from the north has It that the Portland Portland Portland Port Port- land fans do not want to be left out of the Coast S S S The Northwestern league has taken ta taken ta- ta ken ken cen up with the people of Butte and Helena the scheme of annexing that territory for 1916 C S S The Oaks have bought Infielder Bobby Davis from Portland Brawley Cal Cat Nov 18 When When President Baum Daum of ot the Pacific Coast league took tool it upon his shoulders to wire Umpires Finney and shortly before the opening of the winter league yesterday that all or organized organized organized or- or i ball players who participated ed in a game with Federal le league gue men would be liable Hable to a heavy fine he stepped into deep water As a a result of his wire Kenworthy of Brawley Brawle and Johnson of El Centro were chased to the clubhouse much to the disgust of the fans At the close of the game here Jack Bliss I backstop for tor the local club wired David Fultz president of the players players' players players' play play- ers ers' fraternity at New York City as follows Has President Baum of the Pacific Coast league the authority authority authority author author- ity of keeping us from playing winter winter win win- winter ter baseball in the Imperial Valley league with Federal jumpers Please advise me as soon as possible And this morning came the wire from Full Fult Fulty Unless contract so states he has no such right Which means that in spite of President Baum will hold down the second sack for tor the Brawley Pirates Pirate ts winter vinter S C S SSan San Francisco Nov 18 Jack Jack JackNess Ness first baseman of the Oakland I I I Coast league club and holder bolder of the I worlds world's record for tor hits mad In made J consecutive consecutive con con- games has signed a contract contract contract con con- tract for tor next year ear with the Chicago American league club according to a statement t of Danny Long representing represent represent- ing the Chicago club made pu public lic here today |
