Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-01-28 | Page 4 | Beavers Appear Anxious to Go on Spring Trip to Tropic Isle

iDEA BEAVERS VERS APPEAR ANXIOUS TO GO GOON GOON ON SPRING TRIP TO TROPIC WIC ISLE Portland Contracts Pouring In on McCredie as Time Nears for Departure IB B Br The Sp Special NeT Nm ORTLAND Ore Jan 27 JudgIng PORTLAND J from the reports report coming In there will be no trouble In getting all the Portland players to sign whether they are arc all alt so ao anxious to take the trip or for for- some other reason The letter lettera which have floated Into the office of the In the last two or 01 three days daya Indicate that while the Honolulu trip may not be all It Is la claimed from some standpoints standpoints stand stand- points It will certainly get the pl players plyers yen In line First Kenneth Williams the star alar center center center cen cen- ter fielder TV wrote rote from near Grants Grant's Pass Pas Ore stating that ho be would surely be on hand and that he ho would arrive arrive- in Portland Port Port- land nd about February 10 DInnie Wife VUle the worst holdout the Beavers had bath last year ear wrote from Los Eos Angeles where ho hoIs hois Is 13 wintering wintering- that he could b bp counted in Lyle Lle Bigbee who is at Waterloo Ore was th the next in line Yesterday Bill Rodgers Hodgers captain of ot the tho team who was Wa as regarded as one of ot the tho likely fraternity members wrote a lengthy length epistle Ho He hadn't received his contract yet but had seen dispatches that Portland was going to Honolulu and wrote Immediately informing in informing In- In forming the tho local officials that he would be on deck Frank OBrien O'Brien the young joung catcher who lives in San Francisco wrote today that he could bo be counted on n. n Kenneth Kenneth Konneth Ken Kon- neth Penner the tho pitcher secured from Cleveland on an optional n agreement sent entIn ent entIn In his 81 signed contract several days ago stating that he hc would like to como come to tho the coast He Me Is regarded as the best young twirler t that Cleveland has strings on Contracts to all the players were sent I out Ut on January IS 18 a a. short time after arter It was AS decided to train at Honolulu A As As' AsI I the majority of ot the players live in the East or middle West Vest Judge McCredie doesn't believe that ho will wilt begin to get the majority of ot contracts back until about t February 1 Ho Is entirely satisfied with the situation outside of or the fact that Bill Stumpf cant can't be located and may not mako make tho long Ions trip Stumpf left leCt last December to go go on a ranch with a a. friend stating that ho In Intended Intended In- In intended tended to remain there tho the rest of the winter believing he ho would woula recover more I rapidly from the tho severe attack of rheumatism rheumatism rheu rheu- which kept him out of ot the game the latter part of or last season No one here hay hau heard from Crom him since and al although at- at though the tho local officials have been calling call call- Ing up un all his friends here herc the last day 0 or two no information can be ne gained A AchaJ chaJ change chaJe e has been made male In the program program program pro pro- gram for tor starting Instead of r h leaving leaving- a Portland on February 1 12 as originally Intended and catching the Niagara at Vancouver B B. C C. the Portland players will be instructed to report here the day following February 13 13 leave lea In a special car for tor Seattle late that night take the boat from Seattle to Victoria and wait walt there for tor the Niagara which sails on the afternoon of the Who Vho will say that thata a baseball manager Is superstitious If Jt heIs heIs he heis is willing to take a chanco chance of or starting on such a Journey on the of oC the month A cablegram has hae been received recel from the Honolulu people who will look loot after arter the interests of tho the McCredie stating that hotel accommodations accommodation had been een reserved re reserved reserved re- re I served there which Is th the tho final preliminary prelim I Inar mary inary transaction This is no small undertaking un un- un- un as the midwinter carnival starts the day after arte the tho arrival of ot tim the Beavers and the city Is crowded with tourists The team will return to San Francisco on March 21 n and will proceed directly to Stockton to finish their preliminary training It is understood that Nick Wit Wil Withams Williams lIam hams Is planning on training his hia Spokane team somewhere in that vicinity and willbe willbe will willbe be In instructed to make inaKo the arrangements for Cor Portland accommodations at StocK- StocK ton It i he 14 also likely that at least two games will wilt be schedules between the heavers Beavers ers ea and Indians Although Rip Hagerman has been traded to St. St Paul and ami Herb Kelly Ketly and Bill Billy Nixon are rc to go to 10 New Orleans In exchange for tor Pitcher Brenton signed agreements on either cither of or the deals haven haven't t been recel received d here hero yet although It h IB is ei ex- ex that both of or them will wUl go through