Show 1 I i j STOVE L' L AGUE Nov No 25 Tho signed con con- C CHir tract of oC Inte Johnson manager conS of ot S the Salt Lake team tean of or the Pacific Coast t league was received here r to to I bi cl Ii the day by Chicago c an Ameri-an ri league g man man- n Johnson will fill Ill the shoes ot or Swede Risberg as shortstop Risberg Is 13 among the eight players Indicted by the Cook county grand Jury for Cor complicity complicity com corn In the tue scandal of oC the 1919 1910 worlds world's series Johnson has been a member of oC Charles Comiskey's White Sox beC before re havIng hav hay haying ing been purchased from Crom the Dubuque In l. club In the fall of oC 1913 1912 lie He made matte the sprin straining trip with the White Sox ox the following year ear but was shipped to the the Pacific coast for Cor more moro seasoning I Ernie needs no Introduction In these parts It is I. expected that Earl Sheely will follow Collow although several other major league clubs are bidding with ComIskey for tor the star Bee first sackers Backers services I WIs Nov 25 Hippo Vaughn star Chicago club pitcher will not find hl his pitching affected by the stab wound alleged to have been inflicted during a a. family quarrel physicians at Kenosha hospItal hospital hospital hos hos- pital said today Vaughn Vaugn was wounded by his law in Harry do Bolt 5 I 1 Auburn N. N Y Nov 25 Announcing Announcing that the St. St l Petersburg eter burg club chub had released Joe Jackson and Lefty Letty Williams previously expelled ex ex- from the Chicago White Sox th the Florida Vest West Coast league today applied to Secretary J. J II It Farrell of oC the National Association ot of Professional Baseball Leagues League for protection under a II special dispensa dispensa- tion Jackson and Williams were involved L In the 1911 1910 world series scandal and now are under indictment The league opened November 11 and will continue until I Fob Feb eb- eb 22 Mr Farrell withheld decision on the application asking for Cor further Information tion regarding tho the league and its players St. St Petersburg Fla Fia Nov No hoe Jjoe Jackson Jack Jack- son and Lefty Williams indicted Chicago ago White Sox ox players had agreed to terms term with willi the St. St Petersburg club of oC the Florida West est Coast Winter league before the world series scandal was revealed according to President J. J N. N Morefield of oC the club They were notified not to report after their ImplicatIon Im mo- Iff 16 the scandal was announce announced Dr Morefield More said last night nigh t that the applicatIon cation catlon to Secretary Farrell for Cor protection had been made by Ret manager of oC the tho local club He agreed reed that any protection granted by the national authoritIes authorities au au- au- au would be bo of oC a special character since the th league is made up of players who are the of ot members of oC other leagues and who are playing here during the- the winter vacation period i I. I t I George Stalling deposed lead leader r of ot the Boston Nationals NatIonal had been receiving a salary salary sal- sal ary ot df t a year pear a s stipend that was I out oC of proportion to the results he obtained ob ob- ob- ob I Owner Grant of oC the Braves was willing to continue the regime but not under the same salary conditions I Stallings did not care to return for tor less money so he will retire to his Georgia plantation The collapse of oC Alan Sothoron this Georgia year Is one of oC the strange things in baseball In 1919 he was the fit Jt l. l Louis Browns Browns' leadIng leadIng lead- lead Ing log pitcher and ranked fifth Cirth in efficiency in the league This year he was a miserable miser miser- able failure At the start he said It was va- due to his being denied the use ulle of ot the thi so the rule licensing pitchers pitch pitch- ers era was cracked to restore his favorite de de- livery ry to him but he had load no more success suc suc- cess with it than without It The conclusion con cnn elusIon is that Sothoron had some trick trici t 0 of oC delivery el very he e could not make use of at |