Show I I STOVE I LAGUE CHATTER Jack Cook Cool brought another molher snowstorm with him Hart Harry Wolverton therefore has a no rival Bo no Boss w Harry never lands In town tow but what It rains cats and dogs dos S S Oakland paid to lo Clia Chattanooga for Outfielder lder Cha bourn Lefty Dougherty th the tho pitcher r purchased purchased pur pur- chased from by bt the Seals Sal ignot is ig not satisfied with v his Imis contract H list h has Li I II written that he be i is IJ not nol a n holdout but he lie I wants wanta snore moro money mone I I V Wrestling I. I H ls about to b become come an au open open- I air 81 sport ort Tim McGrath th backed by byI I I Maler Malor r I Is going to stage bouts In inthe tho the Vernon ball hall park PUy His first match If it ho can cart land It will have llao for principals Joo and Olin tho the Finn McGrath says sas that If Ie he cant can't get tho the best beat wrestlers wrest wrest- t- t JeTS bra In the tho world x he wont won't get any and andIs Is E showing that he he- m means n. n what he lie says by making arrangements to leave for San Francisco in a a. couple of ot days to meet Joo Joe and talk talle things over with him hum Tim proposes to erect a big bIt arena h in front on an elevated platform directly of tho the grandstand n at the ball park parI and im on ml this with with ml few choice and high priced pricel box hox J seats ats The remaining seats scaLa In the Ume grandstand tand and bleachers will trill he ho honold sold nold at popular prices s Los Angeles i Times s. s S S S Just imagine adding lay Hay Bates Bate to th the s club chub which I led d th the league In hitting and finished e second cond in fel fielding ln S S S Karl BarI Kl Crandall new second cond sacker backer has Imas ha written President Murphy that he 1 is satisfied satisfied sat sat- t- t with wit hi hla liLs contract and that h he will wl fire fre it along In a few daY days Th T same Mm sort Bort of Information com comes s from Bill 11 OCT Orr S S The Oa Oaks have finally given ven Rube Gardner an outright release so o that the outfielder will bo more mor able to sl sign n else ho- ho wh where re Del Howard had hoped to get e a apiece apiece pl piece C of or mon money out of Gardners Gardner's sin services H but hut none non of ot the other clubs s would bite bile Now Xo Jub Hub C can cati UI make mae any Kind hind of ot a deal dea he choo chooses 5 S S S Del De nI Io Howard ima has ordered hl his recruits to report at Bores Boyes Springs February 22 S S S SIke Ike Wolfer outfielder belonging to Van Van- Ya- Ya who accompanied tho the Beavers Heaven to Honolulu In lila may get et on OI steady If it 1 ho lie hI can pro produce proc c tho the goods os McCredie has announced announced an an- that he I Js is disgusted d with tho the acton actions of or Hilly Southworth in refusing to sll sign U and that he will wi surely buy huy Wolfer if It he can cnn deliver del S S a Jess Jes Garrett former foner Coaster and aull well en known here as ono one of ot the tho best b bets bet In i the Union association of 1913 is making good coodin goodin in the real rell e estate business ss at al Santa nt Anna Texas He lie I IB hJ tho the junior member o of the tho firm of or nancy Garrett Garret V Portland papers are considerably ly worried wor wor- nod ried over ove a little note which appeared In Inthis Inthis inthis this column a a. few days dars ago o tating that tho time Bees licca will wi rut put in a claim for Cor Ralph the tho young oun infielder who ho bids fair air to star etar with wih the Beavers Braer In Hono llono- Hono lulu signed a l 1917 contract contact with wih Cliff last wt fall all CU S a Roy Hoy Corhan ha has asked Boss Bs Wolverton for Cor a u weeks week's grace before r reporting prUn- prUn to the te spring camp All Al of ot which is Js not apt to tomake snake make much of a a hit with ih the the- strict Zeal Seal d dl vi S S S Some of ot the lie tle OOt papers are ar re panning George for tho the slam 1 he ho took at atWalter Walter Iter and add that the Beaver Beaver Beaver Bea Bea- ver lana manager r has hat but on one on way out to out to walk k up to the fr first t time they meet at a ball bail bal park and punch him In Inthe Inthe inthe the no nose e. e fhe They give e cr credit for Cor or having havin hi his hi little say a while both men were jn In San Sa Francisco but they accuse e Stovall Sto al of ot Honolulu waiting until McCredie had started lot for S S S Portland has r released Pitcher Bill Bi the University of ot Ore Oregon on boy Ho lie was as lot let go sO eo so that ho lie would be at liberty to sign B with lt whom he wed pleased at atthe atthe atthe the end of the school chool term ten Time The Mc- Mc have hae te BO 8 a m many ny young ou pitchers al already already already al- al ready th that t they tey were we for forced to cut someone someone some some- one ono loose S S S The B Beavers le vu Honolulu for tor home March tach 16 arriving l ar arlIn In C California lorla on March Mah 21 L S S S Johnn Johnny Williams the the- Honolulu pitcher picher who ho once drew salary sa from the Sacramento Sacra mento club Is through with wit baseball Inthe in th the tho Ve Western tern J league at Johnny pitched for forthe forthe forthe the St. St Joseph club cub last mst season eaon and led his clubs club's hurlers hurler finishing finishing- sixth aon among the pitchers of th the tho lea league e. e When his contract contract contrat con con- tract trat for tor tho the 1917 8 season aon arrived Johnny found he ime had had been given a a salary reduction ion tion of for the season and this In spite pite of the fact that bo he had pitched ret great ball bail bal all year yea Williams is 15 returning to Honolulu Honolulu where ho be wilt will wi hurl a few tew games n against the Tuv San rL-n rL San flu Bul Bu- Bu Ic letin I in- in S S S Pitcher Leak Leake Leke obtained from froU Rocky I Mount has baa h asked the Portland owners to arrange a a deal del to let him tt stay y In th the Est Last Kast He lIe le wanted anted more than tha the 30 SO which Portland gave him a as an increase over ove his hla 1316 contrast contract with Rocky Roky Mount C S S Tho The difference difference- between Infielder r Paddy and time the Portland club cub is a minor one and will wi be m met mt l lJ by the They will give Iv the time star infielder tho same contract that he had with Pt bur la last lat t season Ho lie II did not nOl want ant to make the tho trip tip to Honolulu and will wi report repot March 1 14 1 at Stockton San I Francisco today houses a b baseball record holder whoso whose mark m may never ne be equaled The notable person erson In question signs his liI hl name Walter Vater Schaller to his hi contracts and to other Important le legal al documents but bUl to tho thio patrons of the diamond hes he's known as Biff BUt and Duke and Dutch anti and as a n consistent consist consist- ent tnt to losser er he ho Dutch ranks In a l class all al by himself Tin a mat matter r of ot history that huller Sc-huller Shaller waded through three entire entre a- a eons pons an and took part In no le less lean than games without being being out of the time lineup on one single oc occasion slon but Lut did you CV over ever T stop slop to realize that the same Biff did dill not even e miss an Inning durn during that period Incidentally Inci hid dentally do you know that he lie w was s there ter denta for every round of oC every exhibition and charity game since Ince the spring of 1911 7 Harry Wolverton a very wise WiS and a n very cr well Informed student of merica Americas America a fa favorite favorite fa- fa wel pastime 1 la is authority for or the tho statement state state- ment meat that Schaller holds a worlds world's record Tho The Seal SC boss has ha looked up all the an ancient an- an cleat dope books and buzzed buzed the time ancient dope cent students student so ro o he appears to be well wel dop informed San n Francisco Call CaU S S S I Sine Since Sinet th the t- t managers have hav departed thero there have ha drifted ilon along the the b baseball little whispers whimpers of or th n thins things s done dOM at St t J vile the J litle meeting and It would would appear that tM the managers did hear a lot of f tin thing Hw the the-Ir ch ch chand i were instructed to take Into and keep with them always ahVaH They advised ed to bo be bl gentlemen n always and ana nd 10 to seo ceo to It that thal their players beh beha ed d ilk J gentlemen too to They also aleo discovered rea real l that Proxy Baum wants the tho spirit of ot r want strife to bo be underneath all this f genUe lente- lente manly conduct It I was as al Impressed upon is the tho manag managers r that clubhouse not to b be tolerated Players Plau ma may mar n nr J in th the as RS the they please when thc they are not In ball park hut once thc they reach the tM PJ pf bal to get get ready rul for or time the days day's game they w are expected to remember that th tho they aro StO ar enC enC- miami ralos and are arc ae not possible c go 0 goto has ha been a habit of or many players to 0 to the parks early In th the tho afternoon w was vak old ld 0 with to have a half hour chat as n cht a hl thiS in cronies playing plying on other cub clubS club te teV habit V Western stern league this became euch tich a bece that th the fans fang began to suspeCt tho the pU- pU pUera of favoring each other during R 5 ore ers th because becu of ot friendliness So t been t tho Western league have ester lehue ha Z at nl their Time The players dress now dres ash ach ah team tem goes to the ball bal park pk in i a bodY I Thus there ther Is no chance chanco for forBan San Ban Ba Francisco o Examiner t 5 |