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Show oo ! DIAMOND DUST j I PORTLAND, Ore.. March 2. ler McCredle of the Portland team of j the pacific I'oast Baseball league, left, here for Los Angeles today to confer With Manager John Kvera of the Chi-1 SCa go Cubs regarding several players Portland hopes to obtain. Three players are holdouts from the Portland team, he said They are! Marty Krug, inficlder obtained from j Salt lake; Dick Cox, outfielder, and Bam Hoss. pitcher. The Portland team leaos Sunday for Its California traln-im; traln-im; grounds. SAN FRANCISCO, March The retirement of Pvoy Corhan, veteran shortstop for the San l-Ynncisco club ,of tho Pacific Coast league, and for-1 mer major leaguer, from professional (baseball, was announced today. He said lie would devote his time to his business interests. LOB ANGELES. Cat., March 2. William Esslck, manager of the Vernon Ver-non team of the Pacific Coast ! igur, Tuesday night announced that Mob I'lsl.er, second baseman, had been , traded for Carl Sawyer of the Mlnne- i LpofTa team of the American asaoola- jtion, also a second baseman. EAST' IN, Md . March J. Krank-llin Krank-llin Baker, former ' home run king," announced Tuesday that he will sign With the New York American and Will go south for spring training. PITTSBURG, March 2. Announce-Imenl Announce-Imenl wus made here today by the ,1'lttsb.irx National league biuseball club that a lonlract had been signed With Ray RowhOT, last year's captain land outfielder of the University of California team. I'ierce Works, a promising first baseman of the same team, had already been signed by the inates. At the time of the Invasion of the eaat last year b the California Califor-nia players, the two stars made a brilliant bril-liant showing. Detroit! Mar Batten men or the Detroit Americans were to get in ' their first work at the San Antonio ! training camp today. Three Pat ifjlc COast recruits. Johnny Bossier. Bert Cole and Carl Holling, hae reached the camp. Manager Ty Cobb Is expected to reach San Antonio tomorrow. ST. LOUIS. Mo., March 2. Man-iri Man-iri i I. ranch P.lckev, of th St. Louis i Nationals, is Investigating Ihe absence Jof Pitcher Bill Pertlca, according to a dispatch from the Cardinals' training! o nip at I iraiiKe, 1 ex, Pertlca. who was ohtalneil from the IjOs Angeles club of the Pacific Coast I league in exchange for four players, I wax recently reported to have for-j warded his sinned Contract to the 1m-cals 1m-cals but nothing has been seen elrl of the p;iper or player, and Kicke be- lleVea he la a holdout. CLEVEL AN f , Mar. 2 With Catcher Catch-er Steve 'Ncili serving the ball in' batting practice. Manager Trla Speaker Speak-er of the Cleveland Indians, Inaugurated Inau-gurated the spring training season all Dallas by driving two balls oer the fence, according to advices received I here. SIOLX CITY, Mar. 2 All of the players on tho Sioux City Western league team roster base signed con-tract con-tract a except Charles Roth, catcher,' who is "holding out.'' Eugene tlaLut Brelmer. second baseman, lia b el) purchased from Detroit and Jack I Ooudle. fielder, has been secured froml the San franiisio c.lub. Phil Cooney 1 has been released. PITTSBI RC, Mar 2. Jbe Cantil-lon, Cantil-lon, manger of th; Minneapolis club of' the American association, announced' today that he had signed Bill M.--1 Kcchnie, Pirate , inflelder, who re-' eentlv was sold In Ihe M i n nca polls j club. McKechnle will report for duty at Oklahoma City March 15, he said,! and added that ho was pleased with I the transfer COLUMBUS, o, Mar. 2. Purchase of Catcher Art Wilson from the Boston Bos-ton Braves was announced today by Manager Clarence Rowland of the Oolumbua club of the American association. asso-ciation. NEW YORK, Mar. 2. Five New York American league players, who! have been ' holding out," have surrendered sur-rendered and will report to Manager Hugglns at Shreveport, La., next Wei . it was announced today. They are Wally Bchang, catcher. Bob Shawkc I ami Jack tjulnn. pitchers: Aaron1 Ward and Wallle Plpp, infielders j LOS ANGELES, Mar. 8. Spring training began yesterday for the mem- berx of the Los Angeles and Vernon I clubs of the Pacific i'oat baseball I league. Manager Wade Killifer and' the pitching and catching staffs of the Angels left for Elsinore, Riverside county, where they will he joined later! by the infield and outfield. BUI Es-' hick. Tlser manager called his forces! together at the home grounds it Ma lei park. Vernon. |