Show EXPECTS TO WIN IN flAG AGAIN NEXT YEAR YEA R tP J ILIR I By LOU KENNEDY PORTLAND PORTLAND- Ore S Sept pt 4 The The Portland Beavers In the second divisIon division divis is ion at nt th the end of ot August means that w Walter lle McCredie's dle's dream of or an another lh r pennant la one and his efforts from Crom this on will be he devoted largely to up his 1916 team I After his team had dropped series to the Vernon Ti Tigers and the Salt Sail Ial Lake e Bees announced that he ho did not see ace e an any chance of ot th the Beavers winning the championship This was followed by the announcement announcement announce announce- ment that he had signed a n trio of col college eol col lege stars and and that two Los A Angeles would be signed On One of or th the tue first things R will do is JB to arrange for the return of ot Brenegan Murphy Murph and Coltrin from the Spokane club of or the Northwestern It league agut Byler a college catcher who was as sent to the Aberdeen club also will wil be given another trial b by the theP P Portland boss buss One of ot the tho college collego stars signed h by McCredie Is H Hartman a southpaw twirler o of the Washington State Slat Col College c l l- l lege team winners o of the Northwest Intercollegiate late title Hartman during luring his year three-year college career has won more than twenty games game and lost but two o 0 three He Ic is a strikeout artist The oth other r players' players are believed to b be Pitcher William Williams of or OregOn Agricultural college a arid d Infielder Atle of the sam same club McCredie also alio announced that thal he would put In a draft for tor Shortstop Ward Vard of the Aberdeen team tram who wh Is IsnoW noW playing with the Tac Tacoma ma club l Iu Much I Is expect l of Herb Murphy t who was sent to to Spokane last Jast spring H He has Jias been hitting the ball in the class all season season and h has s been ti fielding In lit great re l st style Je n has hag slowed up Pl on acco account nl of or a brol broken en leg leE but still sUII Is Is' Isa a good man t Cat Catcher her Brenegan has wen been doing good work for tot the Indians b both th In the field and at the bat and arid will be he pretty sure to make good with the tho Beavers McCredie had expected that Southpaw Southpaw Southpaw South South- paw paw Pat Fat Callahan would r return turn to him tr front from m Spokane but his calculations were upset unset when hen a 11 deal was mad mado for I Callahan Callanan to go to Cincinnati if- if TI The Portland ortland manager expects to send Stanley to Cleveland and ho had figured on Callahan to replace him Less dependence e will be he put lUt on players who are re classed as veterans for tor ne next t year le announcing he ho means to build up from new hew and hitherto untried material ml as much much much-as ris as possible |