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Show TO MFFT RFFS1 Hi Fromme and Callahan, Crip- M pled Are Left Behind Fif- M teen to Clash With Bees. H LOS ANGELES, May 21. George M Stovall and Ills Tigers departed toda- B for Salt Lake for a six-game series ( H -with the Bees. The Firebrand left two M cripples at home Fromme and Calla- H Stovall took only fifteen players H with him. Inflelder Hunter did not ar-1 M rive to join the club, and it is e M pected that Stovall will suspend the m ex-Cub for failure to report. Presi- dent Tom Darmody received word o- H day that Hunter was on his way. Dar- V mody did not make the trip with the H The Firebrand did not foel gloomy B over recent defeats. H "We'll be all right." said tho Tiger H boss as he boarded the train. "We're m having bad luck now, but it's a long M race and there's plenty of time. The M failure of Hunter to report will hurt m us. I was banking on him to be in H the game this week. My pitchers are M going pretty good now, and they'll go fl better in the future." HL Stovall said he would get back in Hh the game the latter part of this week. M He said his injured hand was coming H along nicely. . Hj) Frank Chance, third owner of tho H Los Angeles club, denies reports that , the Pacific Coast league is to be cut M to sixteen players. B "I guess that story started because V some of the other minor leagues in H the country are retrenching," said B Chance. "The attendance in Los An- M geles has not been quite as good this M season as last year, but that is easily H explained. Neither tho Vernon nor , i the Los Angeles clubs have played H the same caliber of ball to date that H they showed last year." |