Show DIAMOND DUST Manager Cliff CUff Blankenship yesterday yesterday yesterday yester yester- day closed a deal with President Garry Herrmann of the Cincinnati Nationals whereby the Bees come Into possession of Pitcher Stanley Dugan right hand hander r. r Herrmann started the negotiations with President Murphy of the local club but the latter turned the whole matter over to his manager yesterday and Blankenship closed the deal last night nightS S Dugan made a a. decided hit with the scribes and players alike during the spring training trip In the South and pitched some good ball baU for the Reds They are all censuring Herrmann for letting him go but Herrmann and Manager Herzog are Inclined to believe believe be be- lieve neve th that t Dugan needs a little more experience It has often been said that the Reds are a good club for a minor aggregation aggregation aggregation ag ag- ag- ag to tie to because they have havethe havethe havethe the reputation of at giving away all their best prospects If It that holds good perhaps we have a whole lot of reason reason rea rea- son to expect something from the latest acquisition from HerrmannS Herrmann S C The Reds bought Dugan from the Winnipeg club of the Northern league at the close of ot the 1914 season With Winnipeg he had the rather remarkable remarkable remark remark- able record of having won twenty and lost only four games Dugan took sick Just before reporting time last spring so remained out of ot baseball for the entire season He is said Baid to have shown more class than ever this spring S C Portland is having a a. little of the same kind of bad luck that befell Salt Lake last season when the Beavers the Bees In a wh whole le series here S C CLeslie Leslie Bush won a nice little ittle victory victory victory vic vic- vic vic- tory for himself against Washington yesterday letting the Senators down with six hits and beating them 3 to 2 C S S SHerb Herb Mur Murphy hy came Into his ow own with the stick stack yesterday and pilfered pil pu pilfered two bags besides Murphy would be one of the very best base basa runners in the league if it he could get geton geton geton on oftener C C C Blankenship is still looking for a. a big league pitcher or two He probably figures on adding three or four new faces to his lila staff and then selecting five of thet best looking boys in the lot S C C The dope also has it that Blankenship Blanken ship Is also scouring the big leagues for tor an all an around utility man who can clout S S C CHave Have you noticed how Pith Rath has he be been n ii cutting off oft the base hits hita and fielding his position generally The former fonner White Sox has handled three fifty chances in the eight games In which he has played on the Bee infield without without with with- out a sign of a a. boot Some little record record record rec rec- rec- rec ord In in Itself C C C Remember what we said regarding Rowdy Elliott about two two m months ago It Jt still goes Keep your lamps lampson on that p peppery little fighter this season In order to definitely answer queries which frequently come to this office thIs this department has secured from the Continued on page 4 DIAMOND DUST Continued from sport pate page coast cities the correct starting hours for tor lull for all ll league games Here Hero they are San Francisco Tuesday Wednesday and Friday at p. p m. m Thursday Play Thursday Play at Oakland time 3 15 p. p m. m Saturday Start Saturday Start at p. p m. m Sunday morning Play morning Play at Oakland Oakland Oak Oak- land time 1010 a a. a m. m Sunday afternoon afternoon Start at S p p. p m. m Los Angeles Every Angeles Every day start at atS j. j S p. p m. m f Sunday morning game played at Vernon 1030 a. a am m Portland Portland All All week day games start at 3 p. p m. m Sunday games start at p. p pm p.m. m. m i J Today's game Jane between Bees Bee and Seals will be played at Oakland C C C The above starting starling hours hold good for tor the present at least There m maybe may maybe y be a few changes later on In the sea sea- son C I I 1 cant can't see where Bees are so weak I this season wires wies one one San San Francisco newspaper man 5 5 I IThe S C The Th umpires had to c call c ll li ti nine se in the theS i S fourth Inning in order t to to chase Henry Berry off the Seals' Seals bench S SC C C C I Cincinnati in sp spite e of ot th the f fact ct that i it was reported to hav told Salt Lake that It could not get waivers on John Beall BeaU has sent the player to I Milwaukee Beall hasn't been showing I any too much class with the Reds but like many others he always always' makes good In fri AA He is a prime favorite In Milwaukee and Garry Herrmann was probably forced to play playa a little policy Iri lii sending him back to Milwaukee loc kee as the Brewers are in very bad shape and need the help Herrmann must have had a good reason for he Is pretty sweet swett on Cliff Blankenship and andI I 1 would 1 surely have given Blank the tho I preference If it possible wise The Salt Lake players went after Umpire Brashear like a bunch o of hornets in n the fifth protesting that Steen was out at second Sammy Bohne has signed with Ta- Ta coma C C C Tacoma has r released Pitcher Harry l. l Koch Kochi tried out by the Bees this spring S |