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Show EIGHTEEN MAN RULE TO STAND San Francisco, ' April 28 There is not much chance that the eighteen man limit rule put in vogue by Pacific Pa-cific Coast league directors last winter win-ter will be abolished. There are some managers, notably Wolverton, Blank-enshlp, Blank-enshlp, and Eiogan, who would like in cf the limit set over until June I in order to give them a better line on their pitchers who are slow to round into form. I 'i rectors, however, do not appear to favor such a scheme It has been reported that Ed Maier of Venice and Johnny Powers of Los Angeles are in favor of breaking the rule, but Berry 3uys he heard nothing of it. Further, tlie San Francisco owner, the Oakland Oak-land magnates and President F. S. Murphy of Salt Lake have expressed themselves as favoring holding fast to the regulations. MtCredle will un questionably stake the same stand "We can get along with eighteen men and will. ' said Berry today 'I talked the matter over with Jack Cook of Oakland and President Murphy of Salt Lake. Both seem to thnik It a good rule. Unquestionably it will work the greatest hardship on San Francisco, but we will have to stand for it." Los ngcles, April 28, The great problem of getting within the eightee.i limit set h the leacrne nmvers hns hit both the Ixis Angeles and Venice I teams hard, but it was announced today to-day that it had been partially solved1 by Managers Dillon and Hogan. Dil I Ion says he has released Outfielder Musel to the Flmira. N. V.. club, where he came from and that Pitch r-r Horstman will be farmed to som? Northwestern league club, with a striiiK on him. One more man must be cut loose, and it is said that either Chech or Perritt, pitchers, will hae to go, probably the former. Hogan must let four men loose, and as a starter will suspend Ry Mitchell, the former St Louis Browns pitcher, who is off duty with injuries. Aside from this, Hogan hasn't made up his mind BO he says. Pithcer Johnson, secured I from the White Sox, reported to Ho-I Ho-I gan today. |