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Show PORTLAND TEAM I RETURNS HOME1 McCredie Says, "Best Train-j ing Trip I Ever Took" Bound for Stockton. SAN FRANCISCO, March 20. The Portland league is at home from the longest ocean-going training trip ever undertaken by a similar crew of athletes ath-letes Not tho whole team, for some of the veterans failed to report In time. But eighteen baseballers walked down the gangplank of the Great Northern when she docked this afternoon after-noon from her Honolulu voyage. On February 14, practically five weeks ago, the Oregonlans started their memorable cruise to Hawaii, steaming out ot Vancouver, B. C. There whs less than a raonih ol actual ac-tual training at Honolulu, but in that time the Bgavers took part in twelve games, closing their cruise with eight victories over the island teams. Judge W w. McCredie, president of the Portland outfit, and manager Waller Wal-ler both declare that from a training standpoint the Journey to Honolulu was niort- than a BUOQeSfl and they are prepared to repeat it in the spring of 191S. Tomorrow mornintr they will board uu nam iui nai jroTMio, wm.-it- uir-, will join forces with the remainder D the squad, which will be brought from Stockton and be whipped into shape, so far as teamwork was concerned. Both the MeCredlos will go to Marys-vllle. Marys-vllle. Here is the party as they retur&ed Judge and Mrs. McCredie, Walter, M Credie, Roscoe Fawcett, Oreonian: R A. Cronin, Portland Journal, and Lou: B. Kennedj. Evening Telegram-; pitch j -rs, Byron Houck, Ken Pinner. Lyle, Bigbee, Mark Higbee. George Helfrleh.l Herman Bohatlline, Al Zweifil and John Brandt, catchers. Gus Fisher, j Bob Marshall and Frank O'Brien; in-' Fielders, Bill stumpf. Bill Rodgen, Ralph Plnelli and Charles Hollochar; outfielders. Dennis Wilie, Hen Williams Wil-liams and like Wolfer. Manager "Mac" got down to bupiness even before the Great Northern steamed through the heads. Two releases re-leases were handed out. Pitching John Brandt, who Is promising but rather I green, and Bahe Plnelli, local semipro' lnfielder, were told their services would be dispensed with so far as the Beavers are concerned. McCredie will today ask Trexy Al Baum for waivers on five men. This does not necessarily mean they are to , be released, but he wants to be in a position to dicker. No formal announcement an-nouncement was made, but it is whispered whis-pered that four of them include Catch er Marshall and Pitchers Bigbee, Higbee Hig-bee and Halfrisch The games in Honolulu have con-j vinced McCredie that he has a real BhortfitOP In Charlie Hollocher. The outfield stacks up this way: Farmer, left field, Wilie, right field; Williams, center. Zweifel and Srhatzline. both pitch ers, are to be held as the novice heavers. heav-ers. Houck and Penner, who looks a sweet hurler, with Flncher of St Louis and Brenton of New Orleans yet to prove, will make up the backbone of the pitching department "Finest training camp I ever struck," said McCredie. |