Show STOVE LEAGUE CHATTER C 1 r Walter McCredie will not nol sc send out his contracts until next Tuesday II He lie has as twenty men signed h weyer most of ot them youngsters The Beaver boss believes that by sending out his contracts contracts contracts con con- con con- tracts late the men will not have so much of ot ofa a 8 chance to write and argue I about their cuts in salary Frisco sporting wr writers dont don't take tak very kindly to Walter McCredie's prediction prediction prediction pre pre- diction that the Seals Seals' will finish be behind behind behind be- be hind Salt Lake Los Ang Angeles les and Port- Port land and r t t Chief Jo Johnson the husky Indian pitcher who jumped the Reds foe the Feds two years ago has applied 1 to both Chance and Patterson for a job Third Baseman Healy is said to 11 bo bothe t the infielder Oakland is trying to b get t from Connie Mark MaCk Ma fl 4 Roxy Boxy Middleton and Charl Charley y Piul- Piul ett are Oaklands Oakland's real holdouts C J e Clarence Clarence- Brooks is th trying hard d it to get his release from the Angela t to catch on with Harry Wolverton Says a Modesto excl Elmer Ulmer Owens l Iod Modesto sto Red fled pitcher has lad for forr Jr his first love McCredie of th the Portland I Beavers and is now flirting with Cliff Blankenship with an eye on ona ona ona a berth with the Salt Lake Bees Bech He was not cot satisfied with the terms teim proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed by Mack Macl and has received ived a much more pleasing offer from from th the Salt SaTt Lake manager which he ho will probably accept and will stay right here in Modesto for Cor his tr tryout out President Bobby Bluett of tho the Northwestern North North- western western league an and Joe owner of the Tacoma franchise are in Continued on page pago 4 4 STOVE LEAGUE I Continued ed cd from sport page fn Butte it to to close close- Up tip the deal by which th tb the latter city will take Tacoma's place 4 r r Ellis Johnson has signed his Vernon contract C S i Jude Moreland the Portland semipro semipro semipro semi- semi pro pitcher who is slated for a trial with the B Bees es has written Manager Blankenship that he weighs pounds pound now and is In Jn the condition of his life Ute When Blank saw and signed Moreland the tile latter weighed only pounds I and the skipper stated that his only objection to lo the boy was that he was ri j too light ight te r LS Portland Ore Feb 10 Claude Claude BerI Berry Ber- Ber vry I ry who Jumped from the Portland Beavers Davers to the Pittsburg Federals In 1914 may replace Fred Carisch on the t. t Portland catching staff to ii an intimation of Manager McCredie yesterday Berry has written for a j job b. b Mac figures that Berry will be beable beable able to take part in more games than 7 Carisch as Claude has never been lout ou on account of Injury T The Tle e Portland Port Port- t land boss is banking on Black a San Francisco busher who is highly touted and nd whom he believes may be developed devel devel- aped into a serviceable ser receiver I |