Show STRIKE WOULD NOT BREAK PORTLAND Appoint a Board of Judges to Settle the Quarrel Suggests McCredie I Bv Ity Th r Spec Ne NeP St ORTLAND Ore Jan 13 No No mat I PORTLAND P ter how the b ball bail players players' strike 1 comes the Portland club will not be In as bad shape as lS some of theother theother the lother other Coast lea league ue organizations organization To beI begin begin be- be gin with Gu Guc Fisher the veteran catcher catch catch- I er er Is I. not a member of the Players Players' fraI fraternity fraternity fra fra- fra- fra and Bill BUI Stumpf and Kenneth I Williams William other regulars of l last 1st year I have signed their contracts I Gus Helfrich the oun t twirler r pur pur- I cha d from rom rem tho the Harrisburg Pi Pa team has also aho returned his contract signed while Bigbee and OBrien O'Brien other members of or last years year's team are arc not members nor norare norare norare are Penner Penn r or all now new twIrlers recently purchased Then therIs there ther Is Hollocher t young oung Infielder who was farmed to the he Rock Island team who is counted on as one of or the Infield regulars and can get et who lio played a star game for la last latt t year clr If ho wants him My Iy idea of the whole hole strike situation I is this thIB said Walter alter McCredie toda today I Why not lay the whole proposition be beI before before be- be fore rore a board hoard of or judges to arbitrate I dont don't know what the ball ban players players' grievances I ances arc hut but they must have c something U up their sleeve Take Tako Judges Judg-es Davis and Gatens of Portland Judge Graham and of or San Francisco all of them good baseball fans aims v who ho understand the I condition and let both l cs put ut up their thell arguments to them an as if it the they were de deI deciding do- do a a. I. I case ca o in court It wouldn't take long to decide where the trouble lies arid and I It could coul he 15 rectified Carl Mays l one of or the star members of or orthe the tho Boston Red fled Sox pitching last laRt year rear said here litre this morning that he wouldn't sign a contract until notified to todo todo todo I do 50 so 0 by President Pre Fultz and and added that he lie expected to receive a substantial raise over hl hit his 1916 salary before he would consider con con- naturally natural thinks that tha t sider siller sl signing He the hall ball players will win In their tight fight Although h there are a n number of or Important important im Im- mi- I deals hanging fire none of ot them has lias yet et comp come through h. h If It J the I I can get Jet the men they want from I burg Iburg they will send Chuck Chuek Ward there thereIn fin In exchange c All AU of or the clubs haven't L- L Continued on page e 3 STRIKE WOULD Continued from pagel 1 I hance o of their doing so so the local own- own 1 a ale aze e afraid oaid th they wont won't bo lie ablo ahlo to get gel n 1 out of tIle the league leacue a d last night that ho he I ill lo 10 have all of the he rl who flake ti trip fr rein T l' l Ortland liana to the tho camp here on Fat Fat- ry r j bazi will Tim take the lart liy 11 boat Francisco that the tho would th beth Jn aU n. n lot hot u of 1 0 |