Show STOVE LEAGUE LAtiE CHATTER 7 8 r How many days Dont Don't rub it i in C C C Dont Don't be b surprised if it Blank prolongs his stay at Modesto if this sort of weather holds out here S 5 If If you desire to s see e a disappointed young young young- man today visit Bob Tennant at Majestic park C C C Lewiston is organizing a baseball team with George P Pope pe as manager S C C Lefty W Williams f I. I i not getting off any too oo well with the White Sox He pitched his first practice whirl whir against Fort Worth the other day and nd w was s clouted for seven hits in three rounds but good fielding b behind hind him kept the opposition to two runs C C C Manager Blankenship J has as registered a complaint against the sh oh short rt training season Blank says he needs more time to look over his youngsters S S C CLou Lou Barbour has refused to report to San Antonio having informed that club th that thit t he expects to enter into business business bustness busi bust ness at Chicago S Howard Gregory the former Oakland Oakland Oakland Oak Oak- land Los Angeles and Salt Lake pitcher is in San Francisco He has signed to play with Lincoln giving the Western league another Coast league player I. I C C C Jack Killilay another Coast pitcher Is dickering with the Lincoln club and expects to come come to terms within the next day or so GO I C C C It looks like Red Kuhn the will be the second string catcher for Oakland th this s year Kuhn got right down to business as soon as he landed in camp had hod a long talk with Elliott and the pair reached a mutually satisfactory satisfactory satisfactory satis satis- factory und understanding The Oaks will i use the new Great Falls Palls club in the Northwestern league as a farm fann for young players and will probably send their surplus talent to that organization C S C Elsinore l March h 24 Chance Chance has picked his infield to all Intents and purposes In the last fielding practice the only men used sed were Koerner at first base l at second Fisher at short and Galloway at third Johnny Johnny Johnny John John- ny Butler probably will be the utility infielder That will be the lineup of the Los Angeles infield this season Without making any predictions as asto asto asto to the strength of the present outfit in comparison with that of last year here is the way the backbone of the team compares with that which opened the season for tor forthe the Beavers last year says says the Portland Telegram Whether the 1916 aggregation is stronger nger or not notis notis notis is a question which any average fan can decide quickly At third last year there was Davis Bill BUl Stumpf covers the bag this season There is Chuck Ward at short where Herb Murphy was in harness last spring Vaughn at second Is regarded as as good a a. man manas manas manas as Stumpf in fielding but wont won't hit as aswell as aswell well Derrick played first last year I This season either Quinn or Guisto will start in the first game at t the initial sack The outfield is where whelo the greatest greatest greatest great great- est difference should be seen In left there is Southworth compared to Lober Lo Lo- her ber of last season Billy Nixon is slated for center which was held by difference ones last year yean In right there Is Denny Wille Wilie where Walter Vatter Doane started the season With Bill Speas also in harness it looks s as if the local outfield wont won't be weak either in hitting base running or fielding It now now looks as aJ though Chance will start the season with six right handera handers handers hand- hand ers era and one southpaw The field has now narrowed down to ten and It appears ap ap- ap pears that the staff will be selected from the following Ryan Zabel Standridge Johnny Williams Works Hogg Brant Schoor School Ehmke right banders handers and Scoggins southpaw Another Another Another An An- other southpaw may mai be added later as San Francisco especially Is weak against left handers banders The Cubs have offered him Pierce but Chance doesn't doesn't want him because of at his lack of control Pierce Is a and It is hard to imagine anything wilder than thana a pitcher throwing spitballs with his left hand Graham Arkenburg Arkenburg Arkenburg Ark- Ark enburg Horstman Wares Smith and Thompson have been practically elimInated eliminated elim dim mated from Chances Chance's pitching plans for the coming season it Is believed The White Sox have offered the Angels one ono southpaw later in the training season season sea son and this may be either cither Claude Williams or Danforth Los Danforth Los Angeles Angelel Times C C S Los An Angeles eles March l 24 A A working agreement has been hatched up between between be be- tween the Vernon Tigers and the Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver Van Van- couver club of the Northwestern league whereby the surplus local material materia can canI Continued on page e 6 I |