Show STOVE I J LAGUE lEAGUE CHATTER Tho Brooklyn Nationals today announced announced announced an an- I officially that waivers v.-alvers have havo been secured on Shor Shortstop top Ollie OMara and Infielder Mike Mowrey O OMara will win go goto goto to to tho Oakland club at once and Mowrey has bas been placed on the market OMara Is the boy who tried to break breaH in with Bill Joyces Joyce's Missoula club in 1911 but was released Outright after a a. short tr tryout out Catcher Cress Is duo due to join the Bees at today Cress had his fl first t tryout with Cliff Blankenship at Rt MIssoula Missoula MIs- MIs soula in 1912 He hAS lias been bean bushing It Ite e ever e er since Last season he caught Sherman Sherman Sherman Sher Sher- man Jones on Eddie Eddlo Hammonds Hammond's Hamilton Hamilton Hamil Hamil- ton club dub In the Montana State league He Is 3 bl big fellow tellow and a very ver very fair re receiver re- re so that If It he hasn't too too much experience In the bushes may make matte good Jim Galloway Calloway has hau haK signed his Vernon contract and George Stovall announces therefore that his Vernon club Is com com- Frank Chanco still has two holdouts In Vaughn and Jackson By Special News Service Sacramento March S. S Harry S.-Harry Harry W Wolverton's Wolver- Wolver lver- lver tons ton's chances of lauding Bill James for tor forthe forthe the Seals ar are arc supposed to be very slim sUm The Boston pitchers' pitchers contract has the reserve and the ten d da days das ys' ys s' s clause use canceled canceled can can- but the cancellations are arc neither signed nor initialed d. d Inasmuch as It Is upon the omission of these clau clauses es as aswell aswell well a as a n written In mutual a agreement clause relative to salary for tor 1917 that James Jl bases his his' claim to bo be a free a agent ent Wolverton olver ton IH is not inclined to be bo sanguine e. over securing James for tor tho the Scats Heals The Tho mutual agreement clause according to James wa waS violated when the Braves submitted him a contract calling for Cor a n cut without without first first consulting him George Gcorge StoVall's entry Into the Coast Const league comes In for a lot of or comment from the players Maisel Maisel- cites the case of ot John Ganzel now In the American association as os similar to that of Stovall whose whoso entry Into InLo the Coast league Is Js supposed sup- sup posed pos d. d to have been opposed by McCredie i Ganzel was with Roche Rochester tel In the International International Inter Inter- national when tho the Feds o opined opened up and I ho hopped bopped to the taking many of tho the Rochester club with him The Rochester fans tans who had been In the habit of or seeing a pennant lennant winner almost eer every veer vear ar ero sore ore at Ganzel Ganz l anti and after the Feds beds cracked cracked- re repeated efforts on the part of or Ganzel to get sel back into tho the International International wore were frowned upon San San Francisco Francisco Francl Fran Fran- cl cisco co Bulletin t So far tar the Indications are that Manager Iana er Howard has not profited greatly by this this years year's ea 8 crop despite Its Its' generous proportions writes Billy Fitz In the tho Oakland Oakland Oakland Oak Oak- land Tribune There does docs oes not seem to be bean beany beany an any room for such youngsters youngster oun as look to tobe tobe tobe be of promise but hut perhaps the tho Oakland mana management Is IR looking to 10 next year and of farming out about a u dozen don acres As AH well veil U as can be he given at this writing here Is 18 the tho wn way tho the correspondents correspond correspond- have vc the tho team doped out Pitchers Arlett Beer Burns Burna Colwell Goodbrod Kinney Kinne Krause Irn Kramer r. r l rough three to be dropped by May fay 15 Catchers Catchers Callan Murray or Priest First base Warren base Warren Adams or Carl earl Second base base Jack Sheo- Sheo han ban or Eddie Men Monsor or Shortstop Shortstop Ollie O OMara larn Third base Rod base Rod Murphy Left Leftfield ff field Middleton MIddleton ld or Chad Chadbourne bourn co Cent Center Centerfield r fie field field L. I Lane Right field field Miller If Adams IB is 8 secured eurt from Pittsburg ho will pIa play first and be retained as utility man and pinch hitter If It Sheehan Sheehan Sheehan Shee- Shee han plays too the keystone Mensor will be kept also for utility Howard figures on carrying six pitchers through h tho the season on The men whom the others othere will have to tob tob b beat at out of ot jobs Joba will be he Burns Coton Col Cot Continued on page 3 STOVE LEAGUE LEAGUEr r Continued from pago o 2 tigh Krause and the has signed signet Rube Huhe Gardner for for- ak Ilc lc By Bt Special News Service P Paul ul Minn March 8 Rip 8 Rip m n the pitcher traded tradell to St. St Paul atcher Bob nob Marshall by hy Portland terms with the 10 local 1 club will Join the team at Beaumont Because he want wanted to stay on the Hagerman w was aa given Iven permission k ko a trade for himself but hut toda today he fie from Los Loa Angeles eles that ho he would i J. St sq Paul contract on rat w wants want's another t try try- ith tho the Beavers neaver Portland club expects to leave c lulu for home homo a week Jele from Crom today iBy y i yBy By Special News Service Angeles March S Manager S o e of oC f the he Angels and President hman of or the Chicago Cubs arc aro to h here rl today to close a 11 deal whereby Fielder Harry Wolter olter of ot tho the ha hs will go so to Chicago in exchange o Shortstop 1 01 Co and Outfielder It It k 1 Manager Manac-er Mitchell of ot the Cuba Cubs this afternoon h he would not sign r until an m X-ray X of or tho outfielders outfielder's I Is taken to determine whether a several years rears ago has entirely I 1 Wolo and Outfielder Mann Iann left toda today to play with tho the Cubs' Cubs ds for a few tew days |