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Show n THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCII 31, 1020. Ma 8C wrH voy, m r r iT't jyr vjev bOOM d A S iv mv reav th .ATt TMBOUJ A Too Announcement Made by Salt Lake Manager After Telephone Conversation With Long-distan- ce Second Baseman; Rookies Released and, Personnel of Roster Determined; Maggert and Stroud 111. Gamp lrnie Cal.. D. joiinsu.v,' March that Marty Krug Boy 30. "I'll will be In opening game at Salt Lake next Tuesday," declared Manager Ernie Johnson of the Beea this evening "I feel It In my bone that Krug will be there, and If he Is our tlub will bs ready battle em right from the start. .Jo .' Ernies confidence In the landing of Krug was inspired 4iy a telephone convernanlon which he had uvith Marty at ban fMego this forenoon. Although Krug did not announce that he was ready to proceed to Halt I.ake, Johnson said Marty "was anxious to get In nil right." Krug told Ernie that he la good condition and prepared to step Into the game at any time. Players Pleased. The details of the conversation , bet ween the skipper and Krug are withheld, but enough Is admitted to Indicate that Krug and the rlub are closer together than they have been slme the season closed last year. I he other boys on the squad liave during the last few dars Increasingly expressed the earnest hope that Krug would come In. and when this attitude on the part of the players was made known to Krug, Marty felt that, after all. It would be pretty pleasant to be with a regular ball club again. Instead of wasting a yeg in independent bail. At any rats. Johnson ssys he Is ready to back his guess that Krug will be In uniform and on second base next Tuesday. and everyone who has the welfare of the club at heart will hope that Ernie a hunch is right. Releases Announced. this evening anManager Johnson nounced the unconditional release of Catcher Johnny McHenry and Pitcher Ed McFarland and the transfer to the Galggry club of the Western Canada league of Inflelder Ray Bush.- - Joe Devine, who played In the Inlon association, la manager of the Calgary club. Bush Is a promising young player and mav develop. McHenry Is a good little catcher for a semipro team, but he is not of Const league caliber. With these exceptions the squad will entrain for Salt Lake on Thursday. Hollis Thurston, Russell James and Max Rachac. young pitchers, will be taken to Balt Lake as members of the club. Thurs- ton probably will be carried by the bees for some time, and possibly all season. It Is Johnson's Intention to send Rachac and James to the Three-- I league, preferably to Joe Bunn's Bloomington ciub, for development. All three of these bos appear to have unusual promise. Roster Announced. Jimmy Fhaughnessv, another young pitcher, will be taken to Salt Lake, where he will be released "Shaughnessy has been suffering from a sore arm throughout the training season, arsi seems unable to shake off his trouble. The squad will face the Beavers next Tuesday as follows: Catchers. Jenkins and Byler; pitchers, Baum. Leverenz, Stroud, Kachac. Bromley, Matteson, Thurston, James and Keiger, first base, Sheely; second base. Mulligan or Krug, third base. Sands or Mulligan, shortstop, Johnson; left field, Reilly: center field. Maggert; right field, Rumlcr: utility. Worth. Young Peter Jackson, the club's trainer, wil also make the journey over the mountains. Charley Baum, fiscal agent for John on, left for San Francisco this afternoon f86 '-- sure-enoug- h OAKLAND VICTORIOUS OVER COLLEGE NINE Tribune. I ax good ax he ever wax. and aurely la mala event at Armory arena HANFORD, Gal, Man h 30 In proa-peiof a game Thuisday with the of California baseball team the were tonignt Seattle Coast leaguers packing the old suitcase." preparing to bid adieu to Camp Vares and Hanford, the little fruit and swine center wherein they have been so royally treated during the 1320 training seaon. Manager Chde Wares deelared todav that If be can arrange it, Hanford will become the permanent training quarters for the Rainlerx "The weather has been rather moist at times, but for the mo- -t part we hava done xery welj, and we understand has been an ifmtsually wet March. he aald "The boys like Hanford and It would make an Ideal place for the club to spend a month in exerv year" Late tonight Secretary Rjxera was Oakland awaiting an Hnawer fromto the see whether Coast league management it would he Interfering with Oakland's income exhibition game policy if the I'nl versitv of California cha'Icnge Ja ac repted. If a favorable reply Is received. The Seattle team will leave here Wednes day evening. If not. It will remain until Thursday night, from Vallejo, Nixon from Harrigan Sacramento and Sweeney from Pittsburg are the voung plavera on the Seattle club who stand an excellent chance of remaining after the bell rings, Wares told Abe Kemp of the San Francisco Bulletin. Wares Is particularly sweet on Nixon, who performed In the Sacramento Winter league alongside of Jimmy O'Connell. Sweeney Is a pitcher? stockily built, and appears to have an abundance of stuff. Quite a number of the other young sters on the club will be sent to the Northwestern and Canadian leagues for more aeasonlng. Francis, Cunningham. Wert and Braake will be sent out with strings. Wert.weIs just a kid. but he hanaround first base. dles himself "I've .a got three young catchers in Tobin. Ritchie and Lafayette," said Wares, "but a young calcher Is up a tough proposition breaking Into claes A league. You've got to have aagainst The man behind (be plate experience. has to know something or he will break of up the play your entire team. 'Tobin looks to me like he ie going to develop into a swell catcher. He hss nice arm. is a good receiver and takes good cut fit the ball. Wfth more experience I look for him to become star 'Til start off with Adams Rohrer and either one of the three youngsters. Rohrer t mc FooulM! j .., why j DitAiT you: ree CASEY AND DUTCH SEALS SHUT BUT rv N J 1 -p- - . S peeft I er .a4" LOS ANGELES. March 30. Manager Wade Kiilefer of the Angels returned horns today from lyemoore, the burg where Shortstop Jimmy McCauley is holding and hiding out. Little success rewarded the trip, as McCauley aald he wanted to think over a business deal further before giving his signed word to appear In the uniform of the this year Kiilefer professes to beAngels confident the player will come to terms tf within , seml-wlnd- - - three davs According to a telegram received today bv Manager Bill Essb k of the Tigers, Third Baseman "Red Smith finally is on his wav here from Atlanta. He Is due here Friday and expects to get Into action Immediately, In preparation for next Tuesday a opening. Illness of son delayed the players departure for the coast. Pitcher Mann, a Tiger recruit, has been two-o- Special te The Triban. hard-hittin- ' to The Tribune. Fon-se- c STOCKTON, March 30. Loul a, the bully baritone. Is sitting pretty SAN FRANCISCO, CaL. March 3u Ed R. Hughes, sporting Playing against the youngsters on the these days, saysHan Francisco Chronicle, of the Chicago Cub roster, San Francisco won editor who has been visiting here. He has in 0. 15 held the to Smith a his today, Casey contract to play with th pocket month, major league hopefuls to four bits and Kmlthfteld, Idaho, club at 350 Pf1150-pside at the Seals made but one error behind him with a Job on the three month for workln, days per week, In the meantime, Graham's men got to and it he fails to tek with the Heals aA country pretty Mitchells youths for eleven hits, while he will hike for Ixmie has ot been In baseball Chicago booted half a dozen chancea prontprx tuu he has level head for busl-h- e long, Carter and Newkirk did the pitching for ness, cannot make ths say the visitors and OFarrell was the grade Jn league he will go to the money, rather easy Idaho, cclimated. thyTdnT'of catcher. , leGraham farm him out to the Kid Dtjlch also appreciates the fact That other clubs in the Coast league than VS ester-rtNorthwestern, Canadian league that he la going to meet a much stronger are unwilling to deal with San Franr any other organisation where the tho alfalfa grows Both are confident. opponent. cisco, especially when It conies to loosen- brush is thuk an bountifully. The between Danny with material. Is the conclusion But he does not want to play IndepenO'Brien and Willie BL Claire also prom- ing up reached by Ed R. Hughes, baseball writer dent ball until he Is satisfied that he ises the fans real action. of the San Francisco Chronnle, who cannot .make good In professional ball. Johnny Fisk of Rock Island, who has ' . He realises that as a ball player lie been meeting the best little follows In writesIn Hie league would be lost to view playing In Idaho, a IS Hot tnanncer There Salt lake, and Jay Solomon are another to help the Han and there would be no chance for him Ills lilt who would hard to sure are who please. pair Dut'-Jamison and Bill Kstchell, a Francisco club. On the contrarv, some to advance In the business. That's why them sit nights figuring how they he Is here. It looks aa if he is practicouple of light heavies, will be next on of The Seals are cally sure to grab off a Job a a utility can damage the team. the hfh. pitcher man. even it he falls to make it as a badly in need of a Spud Murphy and Fred SolUs are a of use another regular this year, for his hitting is a could and alor they experience voungstera who ran willing pair ways be depended upon to do their best. catcher. The Los Angeles club has three big asset. He looks good anywhere In the Infield Jimmie Munsen and Charlie Nickson, a good port sulera C'urley Brown, and he is. no slouch as a fly chaser, so Flttery but Red to Kiilefer couple of new comers who have been Thomas and send Provione of them rather he is a handv man to have around. He showing class In the gym, will furnish would or Timbuctoo than to bell him to limped Ills way dence through the Wintor the opening bout. the Sea's. league with a very painful stone bruise on Bill Rodgers of Sacramento has three one heel and the story got around that DERN catcher, and be means to carry but he had a gimpy leg and would never be Doc Carroll has the stone two. but he will not even listen when fast. 1N LOGAN GO the Seals want to buy cither Hi hang or bruise But under control and Louie Is beCook. He needs pitchers and he hopes ginning to step lively. He says he used to get one for Schang. The owners of to do 100 yards In 11 seconds when he Special to The Trlbaae. the San Francisco club are willing to was In high school two years ago, and LOGAN, March SO. Ira Dern of Salt bid as high as anv other club for a that he will he able to do it again soon Lake met Harry Jones of Preston here and a catcher, hut they A .lot of ball plavers, drawing down good In a handicap match. Dern undertook to will not pitcher a suron bid to the .chance get-monev in select company,, cannot run throw Jones twice In ninety minutes. Fbr talent In this league. that fast. the first hour Jones kept Dern busy, but plusThat will not atop the Reals from getNo one Is going to buffalo Louie much. g thirty seconds later Dern pinned Jones ting a couple of men, however, for Man- He is one of thoBe quiet, squarely to the mat, wittf a body scissors. ager Oraham mean to keep on plugging birds who has unbounded confidence in In the second part ots the bout Jones until he does land a southpaw flinger, himself, and he Is shrewd enough to vainjyr tried to stay out the allotted time, and he will not overlook a chance to watch the fellows who know their way but Und g.fraixup Dern obtained a head a catcher to help Sam Agnew. The around In baseball, so that he Is catchlock 'aaq feqfly scissors, In one minute get men may be added to the team before ing on to new wrinkles all the time. It He pinned Jones to the seconds. amt TRwwn If Louie grabs season starts, but If not thev will will occasion no the f'nTTft-- r will Thornton of Halt Lake be purchased shortly after the starting himself off a Job surprise with the Seals, though wAs referpe. in can found If be when the much he was not talked of either they gong rings. of the major leagues. training season opened. Stamford Athletes Win. "Veteran players on the Seals do not Right now he looks a stronger player take It a bit kindly to be told that play- than Hami'ton. who was touted as a REpLANDS, Calif., March 30. The ers on other clubs do not figure the sure shot for the utility job because of Stanford varsity track and field team Seals as very dangerous this ear The his power with the old hickory. Any victorious here today over the Seals rather fancy themselves as a ball man who can wallop the ball haa the again was teams of Pomona college and club, and they han't understand why the call over the lad who can't, and that goes combined the land. the University of Redlands, which It de- other fellows dont see themwillthat way for every club In now with the Chicago at Palo Alto. Stanfords They argue that the Seals Speed Martin, compare feated recently score was 73. The combined score of very favorably with any other club In Cubs, came near going to Idaho himself. as was is surely good When laniie dickering with Rmlth-flelthe southerner was 49, of which 35 pitching; Sam Agnew Speed was also being considered. points were credited to Pomona and 4 as any other catcher In the league. Vie Infield Is one of the fastest and steadiest He asked for $1000 per month for five to Redlands. In the circuit and. If the outfielder hit. months, and he came within one vote the Seal boosters demand to he shown of getting it. The board of directors of the club took a vote on It. and Speed lost why they should not be figured as factors In the race. There were times last bv one vote. It is a cinch that Speed not getting that kind of money from year when the Seals looked as good as any of them. That was when they got the Chicago Cubs. Rock and Art Black, who played Dutch good pitching. In the Winter league, will likely go to Idaho and grab off a pair of those $300 IN fobs. Gene Caldera, the llttl southpaw now with the Seals, plaved In the TENNIS TOURNAMENT country last year and came back with enough monev to buv hlm-san NEW YORK. March 30 Eight sur- another automobile. He will probably take fling up there If he falls to stick vivors In the national indoor tennis cham- here. , pionship singles won places today in the round before the Vincent Richards, the young titlehobler, won eas- SOUTH CACHE ily by the speed of his vollevs from W. All of the other Rowe of Boston, l. l. TENNIS stars, William T. Tilden II, 8 Howard Voshell and Samuel Hardy, former CalHYRUM, 30 March The South Cache ifornian. won. The light was good and high school will encourage tennis this the play fast. In the start of the doubles Tilden and spring. This sport Is to be put upon a Richards, champions, easily outplaved the basis ranking with track and baseball. former titleholders. F. B. A'exander and According to Solon R Barber of the history department of the high school, who 3 Dr. William Rosenbaum. Scores of other Impoitant matches fol- will coach the sport, prospects are favorable for a good team. low: , ' Arrangements are nearing completion Singles ffourth round) George Carlton Shafer defeated James U Ewing. for a tournament to be held In the near future for a medal offered bv Coach 10-.Willard Botsford defeated Barber to the winner of the bovs' sinWilliam Stephen V. Brubans tournev. The following students T. Tilden, second, defeated Beniamin M gles have for the marches: Relwvn Letson, Perry L. Kvnaston de- Hulae, signed Russel Ferrand Archibald. Stuart, M William feated 6 Fischer, S. Howard Voehell dofeatM Frederick Wallace Blckmore, Clark Stephens, Par-le- v C. Anderson. Thompson, KenSamuel Hardy neth Maughan, Marlon Murray and H. R. Gardner. From defeated J. Brookes Fenno, Sammatches the team will be chosen uel R Macalllster defeated J. D. Keyss. these to represent th school In the games to this spring. Doubles (first round) James D. Ewing be A plaved tennis rlub with "pep as Its motto and Abraham Bassford, Jr , defeated has been formed, and already thirty-fiv- e C. B. Brewn and L Gvxynne French. 3 members have signed. The personnel of Samuel Hardy and S Hos-arclub Includes everybody from freshVoshell defeated Harrison R. Hathaway the men to faculty members Faculty mem-b?- r" and J. D. Keyes, J. Brookes seriously considering the ,?.r Wallace Rowe defeated Fenno 'and of a team of their own having . George A. Walker, Jr and H Clark- to meet tho tudenti In competition. Wvlie C. Grant and son, Q C. Shafer defeated C. A. Anderson and FTank T. Anderson, Harry Casar, the Tacoma cyclone, and g Kid Dutch, local middlehead-'linweight, will furnish the of Hardy K. Downing's weekly boxing show In the Armory arena tonight. The Tacoma boy has been training since the last meeting of these boxers two weeks ago and will be In much improved condition when he steps through the ropes tonight In their last meeting It was apparent that Casey had not been here long enough to become A- r d Ia-ft- v -- TWICE THROWS J0NES i w i Smith. Fisher, Borton, Eddington, Long brilliant in fielding and with diamond brains Thev are ready to working overtime open against the Seals today. De Vormer is back into Ills form of two seasons ago. As the. training season nears Its close all Killefi r s worries are concentrated on getting some placers who will speed up the Angels With such sluggers as rawford and Griggs. Kiilefer has pracno other want except tically Jimmy McCauley. Griggs gives promise of. playing this season so as to make Angel boosters forget Jack Fournier "Rube" Ellis, according to all indications. will be the Angel utility player this season. are a speedy bunch, : hard-hittin- g, -- v d, By GEORGE McMANUS I EIGHT QUALIFY inter-monnta- ln ef semi-final- s- HIGH WILL PLAY 8. 4; 4. 3. 2 1: 3. 6. 3; 3, 1. 4. 7; 6, IDAHO CLUBS PLAN ENTERING CIRCUIT good-looki- Nf AND .. .ST. FA c. MV AMfNC flL A nt rTzJ ne' Tacoma Middleweight Hat San Francisco Disconsolate Louie Fonseca Has Contract With Smithfielfl Club, Because Rivals Hold to Improved Condition for Coast Report Says. Contest Tonight. Battery Material. f V 4 BRINGING UP FATHER Special ta Tbc Tribune. j MAM FOR BOUT ANGELS AND TIGERS STILL NEED PLAYERS Es-slc- 1 who . vvOOUb - cally the game lines. Both are stocky devils and nestle close to the ground. Siebold hex only been with the club five days and la taking his time about getting Into condition, Geary Is right In the pink and looks to bo a wicked flinger. He la all overhand and follows through on each pitch. Geary will cause some of the batters a lot of trouble when the straw hat aeason commences. Slehold inoat of his games with Baltimore last after starting the season with the jear Athletics. Slehold by the wav. cornea to bat for Ray Jordan of the Seals s "Jordan Is a Is pitcher. all that Siebold said, but It was enough. s left-hand- CASEY of Tacoma, HARRY Kid Dutch of Salt Lake j If I wCAue r ) I 10 TOwfc LOQ twT .owl'. i uuI 0,xrr there lx nothing wrong with his xrm. He''l make a good understudy to Adams. Warex figures upon securing a substitute Inflclder uml outfielder equally, as good aa one of tho men playing regu-larly In either too infield or outfield. It will keep the boys on their toes. explained Clyde. "If one of them goes had. out he goes, and he won't get a chance to break In again until another one gets Into a long slump." Bob Geary and "Socks Hlehold are two pit- hers xntructed along practi- AAub i LigTM tr?' OAKLAND. Cal . March SO.Tbe Oak given his unconditional by Esslck. He did not have to extend themselves this will be tried again next vear, hut his afternoon to defeat the Ihoentx team of performance at Han Diego Sunday, when St. Mar college b. h 4 to I score. Harry I the Tter were defeated by a crack Krauae worked the first five innings for' amateur organization, was hla finish for the Oaks and displaed the old form 1320 as a Tiger. No further Immediate releases ,are In which made him a cons stent winner for the Oaks the season before last. He prospect, either from the Angels or the The recruits, howevep. In the used his south paw with a free, e&ay Tigers. severe workopts this week are straining alloued on! two hits motion, and nerve to avoid the ax IWty ' Russell pitched the last four everyw'eek from todav the Angels will go A Innings, but he will have to show Manhat against the Oaks and already the ager Del Howard better stuff than he to did today to hold his job Russell's mam f ana here are tearing the northerners to pieces In speculation about the ultimate lack seems to be a fast ball. On the nmund for the collegians was figures for the series. Esslck made the claim todav that his Mack, a husky" of San 'Stubby Diego, and he pitches a swell game of keystone sack combination, with Johnny ball. Manager Howard of the Oaks was Mitchell at short and Bobby Fisher on side of second. Is the etrong-es- t much Impressed bv him. But there is no the other In the league. Further, he chalchance to land him. as Joe Devine has lenges any club, bv Its performance, to signed hnn for the Calgary club of the prove I aist season was the Is not. it Pacific international league. Krause hit a double and single in two first these two play-er- Esslckworked In this savs. thev now, combination; times at bat. His single helped In the know what each other can do. They will first score Its In the stand tods upon league Tomorrow the Oaks will work out in opinion. the morning and will view the Seals In Hsaitk Miller says Manager action with the Chicago Cuts in the aft- of the New York Yankees has Huggins promised ernoon at San Francieco. The Oaks play him a pitcher to be delivered here April the Cubs Thursday. 6 heaver materializes the If he will n h. e take Ham Ross' place until the latter re1 3 6 St. Marv's a from covers will which leg Injury keep Oiliiand a 1 7 on the hospital list several weeks. him Batteries St. Marv's Mack and Keane; Johnny Mitchell. Chadbourne, High. Oakland. Krause. Russell and Mitse. SEATTLE CLUB READY TO PULL UP STAKES r ouYi HlM(M it'i high-clas- to arrange for tho rail trip to halt Iake, the transfer of baggage and for th performance of similar duties. A good many of the boy a ill leave here Thursday morning in prdcr to ree the game at Oakland on Thursday afternoon between the Pubs and the Acorn before leaWng lor rtali. Th camp developed two bed patients today. Sharker Maggert and Ralph Stroud took to their bunks early, suffering from severe colds. Maggert plainly is quite sick. Strouds attack Is loss serious. Otherwise the squad is In prstty good shape. Taken a a whole hall club, its condition can be called excellent There- were two workouts today, the afternoon session being devoted to about fifty rounds of bitting practice for the Kddie Matteson begun sfreed- regulars. ing up todav and he looked 'like a cflf- ferent flinger than the Matteson who! worked at Santa Rosa on Sunda.. Special to Tb i ADlste ... MV TAK (stc JOHNSON PREDICTS KRUG WILL APPEAR k IN OPENING GAME J. C. 6)0. 1 1 AwA 6'VC VP CiitMukiwti to By VC BfFper imH Maa MAkf? r B6T OF F ret AccevMuT. eo. Y0 e Mcewiw&-swe'ie- By BUD FISHER (Copyright, 1020, by H. C. Fisher. Trade Mark Keg, U. 8. Fat. Off.) Jeff Comes Right Back at Mutt With a Hot One MUTT AND JEFF tn Tbf Tr1bo. RT'PEBT, Idaho, Man h jw Nampa, Caldwell and Oakley are reported to be conaldering entering the Southern Idaho baaeball league. Kimberly has declined to enter unigas allowed to engage a purely borne talent team. It Is llkelv that Hugh McKenna, last year's shortstop, will be playing manager of th Rupert team. He I now attending Oregon Agricultural college and l'l try to get a battery from that .nfllbi-tloAneell, Johnson, Woodhave and Bianchard are likely again to Wear the) Rupert uniform. r DISTRIBUTOR Sale Executive , For Ford Power Attachment Salesman closod twenty-thrs- a counties In twenty-on-e days recently. 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