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Show CHANCE CLOSES mm deal LOS ANGELES, March 26. -The Kil-lifer-Butler deal was officially closed today when Chance received a wire from Joe Tinker of Columbus accepting accept-ing the terms of the Los Angeles club. Harl Maggart did not work out to-day, to-day, as be is troubled with his eyes.! Two youngsters will be handed the i r unconditional releases tomorrow by Manager Stovall of the Tigers, it was learned today. The Firebrand said he had not decided which ones would be; handed the hardware, though he had made up his mind to cut the squad be-Fore be-Fore departing for San Francisco to ! open the season. Stoyall now has six raw recruits with 1 him. He probably will keep two all 'season. He likes Catcher Sullivan and ' Pitcher Valencia. Stovall sent his playen through one long practice to-1 day. He did not work the players hard, as they were Buffering from the: .effects of their game with Pasadena! I yesterday The Pasadena diamond is 'a little harder than what the Tigers are used to and the players' legs are: i sore. However, the club in general is in good shape, Earl Gardner, new second baseman of the Angels, reported to ( nance today to-day and worked out with the club. 11 looked good in his initial workout, despite de-spite the fact that be was on the tram five days Chance is still working on i he deal with the Cubs to get Outfield it Licobson. Tomorrow the Angels will meet the U AngetoB firemen The Vernon ch'b will have a team a erase of between 265 and .270 in hitting this year, according ac-cording to a prediction today by Sti vail., "Taking ray outfield and infield together, to-gether, the Vernon Tigers will clout 1 1 1 o ball around 266," said Stovall. "I lam well satisfied with my outfielders from a fielding standpoint, and believe I will have three arms as good as any in the league." Plump and rosy arter five months of good grazing. Umpires Brashear, Held and Phyle reported to Pre-ident Baum this afternoon for instructions. Baum told the umpires to be strict in the balk rule and also to be as strict with the players this year as they have been in the past Held and Brashear are slated slat-ed to draw the assignment here for the first few weeks of the season. oo |