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L Tip ONeill O'Neill former president president dent of tho the Western league now In char charge o of or th the tho Cubs Cubs' training trip to tho the coast COlSt stopped off oft In the tho city for tor a few hours last l night en route to California Ho Ito was unable be to close an any dates for the man crowd In this city but hUl ho he was w I pleased to I learn arn that the Bees are to train In California and will therefore confine confine confine con con- I fine his efforts toward inward fixing up a ft ulo with Salt Sail alt Lake at I Tip made a a. short stay of at It but hut ho he crowded cro In more conversation than th an nn ordinary ordinary or or- dinar baseball man could rid hl his hla system of In a week His Ills topic Just now JOW Is la tho threatened baseball lI strike Ho Ile considers It a Joko Joke and can give you a n hundred reasons to substantiate tc hi his belief e Pr President Frank Murphy Murph and Manager faner fan er Dill Bill Bernhard have o engaged e railroad accommodations accommodations ac ac- to leave It-avo at this afternoon afternoon aft aU for tho the COR const coast st st. Thc They expect to spend Saturday Sl and part of Sunday Sunda In Porterville to close cloe for the Bees Bees' training trip Th They will go o to San Francisco SunIl Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day Il night for the bl big meeting Tue da Tuesday Efforts on the part of at coast coalt scribes to get It a statement from Dave Dare Fultz on the tho report that the Coast and Western leagues leagued i are to be exempt from the tho proposed fraternity fraternity fra fra- strike have hMO been of no avail FUltz has haa refused to answer telegrams directed to him on tho the subject Bill DIU Bernhard toda today received a n letter from Bill Billy Burke In which the latter put Jut the final O. O K on tho the agreement l which makes him the tho Bees Bees' trainer for another Continued on Ila Pane iago 3 3 STOVE LEAGUE Continued from page pao 2 year rear Burke Burko also expresses tho the hope that Bernhard will not let Spooks Carpenter get awn away from Crom him Carpenter is tho the oung young shortstop whom Cliff Bl picked up at Sacramento and according to Burke Is A t find S George Stovall Sto Is trying to dispose po c of one of his ills catchers catchers- catchers Whaling or Simmon Simmons There Is hI a rumor that will go Jo back to the Oaks i Fanning has finally landed a aJob ajob job for another tryout trout Frank Chance has his signed him hini to an nn Angel i contract Chance Is seeking to trade HI Jasper to toan toan toan an American association club for lor or a good goodleft goodleft goodleft left hand hander cr Walter Waller McCredie I will viII be the sole representative of oC the Portland club n at Tuesdays Tuesday's Tues da days day's s San Francisco Fr mr meeting S S Frank Chance has hag agreed to mako make the swap with George Stovall and Galloway for but but he wants tho the new Tiger r manager er to lo throw In a abood good bood Ie left fl handed 11 pitcher l Hr fRy y Tie It J S Se Portland Ore Feb 1 Paddy Padd Paddy r Rochester infielder who came to Portland from Crom Pittsburg In part payment p. for Shortstop Ward doesn't care to lo take tho the trip to Honolulu neither docs 1005 he care to join the Beavers Siglin does not think ho Is Is being treated right light In the first place b by being sent to Portland and he thinks think the tho Coasters should IJa pay him a big league lenue salar salary salary- Judge stated staled lO today la that Siglin could take or leave the offer made which according to tho the portly boss of the Is better belter than ho he re received received re- re e cel In the East last year ear Dennis Wilie sent notice that ho had sl signed ned his contract contract con con- tract and Bill ROdgers notified that the tho salar salary offered him for 1917 was I satisfactory I S S I II Ily The Tho lal cz Serice te Portland Feb 1 Rudolph Rudolph Seal Stal I pitcher who spent his younger days das ca cavorting ca ca- on the live lots lols of North Portland is back homo home after spending a few months In San S Francisco Kallio was vas secured by hy Manager Wolverton ol from tho the G Northwestern league team at nl the fag faS' end of last season He lie reports that work on tho the now San Francisco park I In is progressing progressing progress progress- ing rapidly r Kallio Is a member the of Baseball Players Players' fraternity Ho Ito sa says saya that most of the Seals ar are arr members and that they will undoubtedly all nit stick to Dave Full Fult If a strike Is declared Kallio has not nol yet ot signed a contract but hul will do so within a few days Tho The Seals als will report at Sacramento February 26 I S S S Leader Chance thre threw some pome light on the thc Crandall deal yesterday Doing what we did last year car In signing Crandall Is a common practice ho be he- he gan I have always alwa's done It when a pennant pen pen- nant race gets hot and I always will do it I had two r reasons In grabbing Crandall One was that that- I figured he would win Corus for Cor us The other was that tha t I J feared he would beat us If y we didn't get him Pitching for Oakland Crandall had been heen a hard man manfor manfor manfor for us to beat I knew know Han Sai Francisco was after him working through h Detroit We c had hall two more series serica with San Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cl cisco eo and I J hated haled to think of 01 the games Crandall probably would whip us us for ho seemed to o ha our number So I t talked It over o with wilh Powers lowers and we got Jot busy with the rc result that wo purchased d him from froni St Ix Louis ulf I J did the sam s sort oll of or a at aI t I stunt the first year car the Cubs won the tho I for m me mYo Wo Yo w were re fight 1 nc It out with the Giants for lor or the flag It happened that St. St Louis louls had a a. pitcher Jack pitcher Jack II who who beat us every time ho he started He a IL star tar Just a good pitcher but he ho certainly could tame us liS I happened to toI stumble onto some Information that the I Giants GUnts were bidding for tor him Two minutes min nun utes later I was In Murphys Murphy's office talkIng talking talk talk- Ing the matter over with him Wo 0 stepped In In beat tho Giants to Taylor Talor b by givin giving two good players and i OO In cash for him and didn't have ve to see ce e him him beat us nn more more-LoR more Ioa A Angeles n Tribune |