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TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, APRIL 2, 1916. BEAVERS WIN WITH TWO BEST PITCHERS BATTING PRACTICE FEATURES THE MORNING WORKOUTS AT SACRAMENTO THREE PITCHERS ROUNDING INTO SHAPE AND CATCHERS WHO WILL START THE SEASON BEES RATED HIGHER -TUMI AT 1915 START WITH BEAVERS. Mackmen Take Game From Negroes, 8-4, but Fail at -' Bat and in Field. ' Cub Appears to Be in Need of Strengthening at Second, Says Harry Smith. NOYES AND HARSTAD FLING INFIELD DECLARED GOOD AVlIdness Puts Portland Men on Tlases and Runs Then Come on Plnc-li Swats Blacks Held to 4 Hits and 1 3 Are Fanned. 4 WHERE THE PACIFIC COAST J LBAGIK TEAMS OPES 4 1916 SEASON. - April t Portland at San Francisco, sev- I en gamea. i Oakland .at Salt Lake City, six 4 games. Vernon at Los Angeles, seven - 4 . . . BY ROSCOE FAWCETT. PORTLAND TRAINING CAMP, Sac ramento, Cal., April 1. (Special.) April Fool is past and the Portland Beavers won at last. Walt McCredie set-the stage for the above paraphrase by starting bis two best pitching bets, Harstad and Noyes, against the Chi cago Negro Giants this afternoon. Lucky it was, for, though these f lingers held the Madagascar maulers to four scattered hits, the Beavers garnered only five themselves. Score, Portland 8, Giants 4. Louis Guisto's two-bagger against the fence with the bases full and sen sational catches by Billy Southworth, of Portland, and Telegram Ganz, of the Giants, furnished about 99 per cent of the thrills. If Mistah "Wood, a right-hand pitcher for the Giants, had not been wilder than the wildest Mlndiano datto chief tain perhaps there wouldn't have been even a 1 per cent solution of the thrill stuff. Beavers Benefit by Wildnesa. Wood walked two and hit one man in both the first and the second In nings before 39-year-old "Rube" Fos ter, the boss of the road show, could warm himself up and sally forth on the firing line. "Rube" came too late. Guisto's two-base swat against the right-field fence had cleared the bases in the first inning, and another run in the second n Vaughn's sacrifice fly had given Portland a four-run lead and cinched the game. Foster . twirled excellent ball for an old fat boy after relieving Wood in the second inning. Had he begun the game it would have been somewhat of a battle, for the Beavers looked anything but good out there in the field behind Noyes and Harstad. The only earned run the negroes produced was a homer over the rightficld fence by Hill in the eighth, o-ff Oscar Harstad. The other three were donated in the fifth inning ' by errors on the part of Vaughn, Stumpf and Noyes. Later in the game Vaughn forgot to take a throw at second on Francis' steal. Batting Weakness Apparent. Vaughn is noted as a corking fielder, however, so that is not worrying Man ager McCredie so much as the Beav ers' inability to hit the ball. "Rube" Koster, the black Mathewson of former days, had nothing save a golden smile and a trajectory some 50 feet in length, yet the Beavers could not find him. "Rube" tipped his own weak ness by deliberately walking Guisto in the seventh with runners on second and third. Never again, though, to get at Bill Stumpf. Bill laced a line drive into centerfield and scored both run ners'. Noyes and Harstad twirled excellent ball, with the edge slightly in favor of the veterans. Noyes yielded two hits in five inni-ngs and Harstad two hits in four innings, one a home run. Noyes fanned six and Harstad seven and each walked one batsman. The score: Chicago Olontu I Portland BHOAEl BHOAE T'etway.c. R 0 3 2 OJWllle.m. .. 3 0 2 00 Jlill.m... a 1 2 0 0 VauKhn,2.. 2 10 22 l'uncan.r. 4 11 0 liNixon.r. . . 8 1 0 00 ;rant.X 4 0 8 0 OjSouthw'th.l 1 0 2 00 J.oyd.s... 4 O 4 2 OiOulsto.l. . . 3 18 20 Oanz.l 4 12 1 lStumpf,3.-. 4 10 01 Kruncls.3.. 1 0 2 2 OIHaworth.c. 3 111 2 0 iauch'n,2. 8 0 2 2 OiWard.s 3 0 8 30 Wood, p.. . 0 0 0 0 OINoves.p. . . 10 0 21 FoBter.p.. 4 10 2 OIHarstad.p. 2 0 1 00 Totals. 50 4 24 11 2 Totals. 25 5 27 11 4 Giants 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 04 Hits 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 4 Portland 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 x 8 Hits 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 x 5 Huns, Hill. Ganz, Francis, Porter, Wilie, Vaughn, Nixon 2, Southworth, Guisto, Stumpf, Ward. Stolen bases. Southworth, "Wille. Guisto. Francis. Home run Hill, Two-base hit, Guisto. Sacrifice hits. Vaughn 2. Bauchman, Petway, mil. Francis, South "worth. Bases on balls. Wood 4 Xoves 1 Foster 3. Harstad 1. Struck out, Noyes 8. Harstad 7, Foster 3. Hit by pitcher Wille ixon. by Wood. Double play, Ganz to Bauchman. Innings pitched. Wood 1 1-3 Noyes r.. Credit victory to Noyes. Wild pitch. Foster. Time of game. 1:45. Um pire. Adams. AXGELS FACE REAL. PITCIIIXG Iicsnlars and Yannigans Play 1-to-l Tie, Witli Stars on Slab. LOS ANGELES, Cal.. April 1. (Spe cial.) Facing high-class pitching, the Angel regulars and yannigans played a nine-inning tie game today, the score being 1 to 1. Pete Standridge started the game for the yannigans and the regulars made one unearned run In the second. Works relieved him. Wares pitched the first part of the game for the regulars and Brant fin ished. Phil Koerner, the f irst-sacker, has riot signed his Angel contract. Unless he signs by Tuesday he will not be eligible to play in the game. Koerner has had several talks with Owner Powers and he believes every thing will be settled by the opening of the season. Chance worked Ralph Works today to see how his arm was getting along. He is planning to drop one or two pitchers. Chance'also said that he was seeking a right-hand outfielder from the Cubs, and that means Jackson may be dropped. The Vernon regulars and yannigans jilayed a 1-to-l tie at Washington Park. Manager Patterson was well pleased with the way his -erformers showed and is of the opinion that all his fling, ers are in the best of condition. EEALS WIN IN' 11 IXXIXGS Condi Holds Santa Clara Without Earned Eon In 1 0 Frames. SAN JOSE, Cal., April 1. (Special.) After being out in front with a com fortable margin today, Santa Clara per- Tnltted the Coast League champions to tie the score and win, 4 to 3. Even so, on error permitted Jerry Downs to put the winning run across the plate in the last of an 11-inning struggle, Benzberg dropping a throw from IIir:key that '. - " . . - - , -' -- tii would have retired one runner and un questionably have caught Jerry at the rubber for the second down. Johnny Couch went 30 innings In nice fashion. He had q lite a bit of speed and better than ordinary control, and didn't give the Santa Clarans an earned run. Sammy Bohne and Frank Gay did the fielding of the afternoon and each seemed to be a mighty sweet ball play er in that department of the same. Wolverton decided today to turn back Pitcher Lefty Robinson to the St. Louis Cardinals and take his chances of se curing some other talent in exchange ror torhan. Kobinson absolutely re fused to come to the coast. BEES EXPECT RECORD CROWD Deal for Ratli Again Tied Up by Kansas City Appeal. SALT LAKE, Utah, April 1. (Spe cial.) Salt Lake is "all het up" over the opening ot the baseball season next Tuesday. This is true in a double sense for today was almost an August day for warmth and the excitement among the fans is away up In the tube. Every box seat was sold out Thurs day and'the business end of the club reports indications of a 10,000 crowd. Kowdy Elliott and his Oaklets will be here tomorrow morning. They will have an opportunity to work out a bit on the old Union Association tomor row afternoon and Monday sandwich ing in with the Salt Lakers. Tomor row afternoon the Saints and Sinners will stage a real game. The Sinners will have some of the regular Ditchers. the fielders not used by the regulars and a complement of town players. In that way Blankenship will be able to give his heavers a chance without using any of them as fielders. The entire squad went out to the State Prison this afternoon, where they played the penitentiary nine, a fast aggregation of prison inmates. The leaguers won 11 to 2. A telegram from Garry Herrmann. chairman of the National commission. today announced that Kansas City had appealed from the ruling of Secre tary Farrell In the Rath case and that ties up the deal for another indefinite period. OAKS START FOR SALT LAKE Surprise Sprung When Danzig, Slat ed for Release, Is Taken. " SAN FRANCISCO. April 1. (Spe cial.) Twenty-two players, the hopes of Oakland in the opening series with Salt Lake, departed for the camp of tne enemy last night. Manager Rowdy Elliott sprang some surprise, in takine along Babe Danzig, the f irst-sacker who was slated for his release. This nay or may not mean that Mai. Barry s not delivering. The other infielders on the trlD are Kenworthy. Burg, Barbeau and Davis. The catchers will be Harold Elliott. Griffith and F. Elliott; outfielders, Mid dletoh, Zimmerman, Randall and Gardner,, and pitchers Boyd, Klawitter, Beer, K-lein, Manser, Chabek, Prough and Martin. Kuhn, Hosp and Drollette were formally released and Kallio and White leave today to join Great Falls There was a spirited practice game yesterday afternoon in which the regs beat the yannigans, 3 to 2. Ray Boyd showed so much form on the mound for the regs that Rowdy says he is seriously thinking of starting the epit baller on Tuesday instead of Beer or Klawitter. Cardinals Blank Browns. ST. LOUIS. April 1. A batting rally by the St. Louis Nationals with two outs in the ninth, enabled them to de feat the St. Louis Americans in the second game of the Spring series, 4 to 0. In eight innings Meadows al lowed but two hits. He was taken out for Butler, a pinch hitter, who started the scoring. Score: R. II. E. R. II. E. Nationals.. 4 11 lAmericans. 0 4 2 Batteries Meadows, Sallee and Gon zales; Weilman and Severeid. Gregg Helps Red Sox Win. MEMPHIS. Tenn., April 1. The Bos ton Americans- defeated the Memphis Southern Association team 7 to 2 here today. Score. R. H. E. R. II. E. Boston 7 14 OjMemphis . . . 2 5 1 Batteries Foster. Gregg and Thomas, Haley; Wheeler and Clark. Player and Position. C. D. Blankenship (Mgr.), catcher. . Harry Hannah, catcher John Vann, catcher Henry Peterson, pitcher Emmet Munsell, pitcher Paul Fittery, pitcher Bert Hall, pitcher Ovid Mullins, pitcher John Reisigl, pitcher Sherman Jones, pitcher Thomas Averill, pitcher Jacob May, pitcher Elmer Owen, pitcher , Elmer Olsen, pitcher Harry B. Koch, pitcher Thomas Hughes, pitcher jGeorge Shader, pitcher Bunny Brief, first base. William Orr. shortstop Edward Hallinan, third base James Breton, third base R. C. Eldred, Infield Earl F. Thompson, infield. , Herbert C. Murphy, infield Thomas Qulnlan, outfield James Shlnn, outfield John B. Ryan, outfield John Nutt, outfield Walter Reuther, outfield t' v U rll r lr i i a t WHAT COAST BY CLIFF BLANKENSHIP. JUST a year ago the wiseacres were predicting that Salt Lake would be a bad sixth in the race. No one could see our club as a contender; but the fans know best what happened. We were going so fast at the end that, given another month, I am sure we would have bowled over the Seals. We had to be contented with second place not bad for a club that was making its first fight in the Coast League. We started under many handi caps that are not apparent this Spring. It is true that we are shy Lefty Wil liams and Joe Gedeon. but otherwise there are no gaps to fill. Mark my words, Paul Fittery will make a better southpaw than did Wil liams. Salt Lake demands and is en titled to be figured as a contender, and, barring accidents, we propose to be right up there. BY HAM PATTERSON. -It has never been my pleasure to see a better minor league club than the Tigers. We have the pitchers the best bunch in the league. Of that I'm firmly convinced. My outfield can not be beaten. The infield is the best that ever played for Vernon. And as to catchers, who has any edge on the Tigers? But you know us well as I do that it's a long way to the finish, and many things can happen before then. But just give us an even break not a whit more and I'll be right up there or thereabouts when the bell rings next Fall. It is hard for a new manager to break in,, but I have played in the WALTER M'CREDIE SAYS 191$ TEAM STARTS STRONGER THAN ANY SINCE 1910. BY WALTER M'CREDIE. " Manager Portland Coast League Team. PORTLAND TRAINING CAMP. Sacramento, Cal., April 1. (Spe cial.) My team as it shapes up now pleases me very much and I think the fans in Portland will like it. If we don't finish very close to the top it will surprise me. Give us our share of the luck and the breaks and, barring unforeseen accidents, we will be in the race from start to finish. Only four or five of the 1916 Beavers are past the 25-year mark. Most of the boys range from 22 to 25 years, which Is exceptionally young for a Coast League team. They are all fast on their feet Just the type I like and moreover, I have made special efforts to gather together a bunch of gentlemanly, well-behaved fellows. Several of them are college graduates. As it stands today my 1916 team is stronger than any with which I have started since 1910. It is 60 per cent stronger than it was at any time last season and last year I believe we would have landed the pennant but for Bobby Davis' injury at a critical time In the race. Wo had worked up to within a game or two of the top when . he injured his leg sliding into the plate. Later in the year we got going again and this time Billy Southworth sprung a Charley horse "In his leg and had to be sent home for the season. If we do not have any such tough luck this year I think we will be within hailing distance of first place a good deal of the time. Tfy team, too, should be an easy one to strengthen. One or two men, pessibly a couple of pitchers, and I think I can turn even a loser Into a winner. That is something I couldn't do last season when the club started losing. Los Angeles, Portland and San Francisco look the best to me. Nickname. Bats. Throws. Began Playing at Blank. . . Truck... Jack.... Hans Judge.., Fit Bert Bugs... Sherm.. Tom.... Jake.... Lefty... Ole Tom,... Mickey. Bill Eddie. . . Jimmy.. Brick... Tommy. Herb Tommy. Jimmy.. Buddy.. Jack.... Dutch . . R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. L.-R. L R. R. R. L. R. R. R. R. R. R. L. L. L. L. L. L. R. L. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. rc R. R. R. R- R. R. R. R. R. L. L. R. R. L. R. I- R. L. ColumbuaKu Butte, Mont Hartford. Conn Seattle, Wash Dallas, Texas Shomlken, Pa Tacoma, Wash. ...... Wichita Falls. Tex. . . New Haven, Conn. ... Salt Lake City Prlee. Utah Wendell. N. C Hughson, Cai Franklin. Idaho Pittsburg.Pa Chicago, 111. .". Petaluma Traverse City, Mich. . Monterey, Cal Stockton, Cal Rookford, 111 Sacramento, Cal Visalia, Cal Greenwood. Miss Scranton, Pa Portland, Or Grand Island, Neb Phoenix, Art Vancouver, B. C LEAGUE MANAGERS SAY Coast League and think that I fairly well posted on the players. BY FRANK CHANCE. Our players are in the best kind of shape, optimistic and ready for the fray. But, however good we look, 1 am not fool enough to. claim everything in sight. The Angels are all right; they are plenty good enough to win the pen nant: but there are too many things to consider and too many "its" to make the broad claim that we will win. I be lieve we will, but that's as far as I will go. We are certainly going to in troduce a lot of new talent to the fans and I am satisfied that they will de liver. We are going to have practically a new infield, and the old outfield trio was rated as good as any in the league. Our strength, however, will be shown in the pitching department. BY ROWDY ELLIOTT. Oakjand is going to be heard from this season. You can paste that in your hat, and remember my prediction when the pennant race grows hotter. Last year we were at sixes and sev ens, and hardly knew where we stood. I am willing to stand or fall on the men I have gathered, and don't want to offer any excuses. From my way of thinking, it Is a well-balanced team. We have speed as well as hitting strength. The infield looks great to me. That was our weak point a year ago. but it will be a different story from now-until the finish. The fans are not STATISTICAL ROSTER SALT LAKE CLUB Home Town. Married or Single. Salt Lake City Married Seattle Married Fairfield. Okla Single Port Blakely. Wash. . . Single Salt Lake City Married Lebanon, Pa. Single. Tacoma Married. Denlson, Tex Married. San Francisco Married. Salt Lake City Single.. Price. Utah Single. Wendell. N. C. . . Hughson, Cal . . . Single. Single. Franklin. Idaho Single Sacramento Single Chicago Married Petaluma Married Traverse City, Mich. . . Married San Francisco r Married San Francisco Single Chicago Single Sacramento Married .. .-. Los Angeles Single Indianapolis Married Scranton. Pa Single Stockton Married Salt Lake City Married Waverly, Kan. . . Single. San Francisco Single. going to miss Jimmy Johnston when they see Bill Zimmerman. BY HARRY WOLVERTON. Long before the season started I said that San Francisco would be repre sented this year by a club that will make a fight for the pennant and, con sidering our showing in 1915. I think I am entitled to the confidence of the fans. Our club looks good just as it stands, but if there are any slip-ups or any breakdowns, 1 want San Francisco people to know thRt we are amply pro tected and in a position to strength en. We have the same pitching staff with which we finished the season, and in many ways it is stronger. There is the best outfield in the league, and I don't believe we will have any regrets so far as the infield is concerned. With close to the same club that won the pennant in 1915, better, if you please, we certainly figure. Coast League Gossip. WHEN the Angels are playing Coast League fans will witness a fascinating brand of baseball. The game will be distinctly Chancesque. True to his name, the Peerless leader regards baseball as mainly a game of chance and because of this believes in playing for the big things. Chanco regards a single run aa of little value because in order to win with one run his pitcner must shut out the other side, and that is something which doesn't happen every day in the week. ... No word has come from "Lefty" Robinson, who was billed to Join the Seals. He will likely be turned back to St. Louis, as the Corhan deal ex pressly stipulates that the Cardinals must give the Seals two players who are willing to come to the Coast. It is being freely predicted -over Salt Lake way that "Dutch" Reuther will land In the big brush within a season or two because of his ability to clout the pellet for a long distance. He pitched during the first part of last year with only fair success. Fittery and Mullen, Salt Lake pitchers, ap pear to be in good form. Another thing that Frank Chance doesn't believe In is drawing his In field In early in a game. Chance doesn't object io the first and third basemen moving in a few feet on dif ferent situations during the early part of a contest, but he does insist on the shortstop and second baseman stay ing back where they can play for pos sible doubles and force outs. The Angela have six pitchers who are putting something on the ball. They are Ehmke, Brant, Hogg, Ware, Works and Zabel. Ehmke, who seems glad to get back in organized ball, has con trol and looks good. Those who have FOR 1916. Last Tear With Age. Salt Lake 35 Salt Lake 25 Terre Haute 24 Salt Lake 22 San Antonio. Salt Lake 27 Salt Lake 26 Salt Lake 27 San Antonio 22 San Francisco 26 Independent 21 Independent..: 21 Macon 21 Independent 22 Independent 23 Independent 22 Los Angeles 37 Independent 24 White Sox. Salt Lake. .' 23 Salt Lake 24 Salt Lake 25 White Sox, Salt Lake. . '24 Independent .... 23 Independent 22 Spokane 26 White Sox. Salt Lake. . 23 Salt Lake . .. 29 Salt Lake 30 Phoenix, Salt Lake . 23 Vancouver, Salt Lake. 22 seen the Angels in their daily work outs believe this young fellow is a cinch to stick on the club. The in field is steadily improving and looks fit for the opening game Tuesday. Base hits are what the Seals need, and if there is any magician who can tell Harry Wolverton how to land the necessary swats, aforesaid conjurer can obtain free board and lodging at the Hotel Montgomery for tlie balance of the time the champions are to re main in camp. Go bacic over the games the Seals have played with outside teams and the champions have averaged little better than six hits per day, which is no shooting at all when you stop to consider that it has been a case of professional talent against inexperi enced pitching. What hurts more than anything alse Is the fact that the "Big Four," the lead-off men. consisting of Fitzgerald. Schaller, Bodie and Downs, usually so hard to get by where the twirling is concerned, have been less fortunate than the rest of the crew. To be brutally frank, the record shows that in the games against Santa Clara, the San Franciscans have been let down with a total of 20 hits. The Stanford f linger. Hoever, got away with a six-hit game and it has been the same old story frequently. Pol Perritt, the new Seal pitcher, looks good only in spots. Frank Gay, unexpectedly thrown Into the third base job by reason of the sickness in the family of Bobby Jones, is putting up a surprisingly good account of him self. He is handling ground balls at the difficult corner nicely. ... Walter Schmidt has written his wife In San Francisco that the prospects are bright for him to stick with the Pittsburg Pirates. Mrs. Schmidt is planning to join her husband and ex Seal backstop about May 1. Harry Wolverton dropped the hint the other day that Magglnl is a good prospect for some minor league club. Harry believes that Maggini would make a better outfielder than infielder, and suggests that he ought to be used as a lead-off man because he is small and hard to pitch to. There are three Toms on the Salt Lake squad: Tom Hughes, Tom Quin lan and Tom Thompson. There are four "Bills" on the Port land club: Bill Southworth. Bill Speas, Bill Stumpf and Bill Nixon. The three "Bills" in Portland's outfield this sea son is as bad as Portland's "Bill" in field of two or three seasons ago, when there was: Bill Rapps, Bill Rodgers and Bill Llndsey. Oaks' Butting Order Is Chosen. Here's how the Oaks will go to bat against Salt Lake Tuesday at Salt Lake. The new players have been placed in their positions by Manager Rowdy El liott: Third base Jap Barbeau l,eft field Poxy Mlddleton Center tleld... Willie Zimmerman Second base Hill Kenworthy RiKht field Kube Gardner First base. Mai Barry Shortstop. .....................Bobby Davis Catcher Rowdy Ellict Pitcher Klawitter or Beer Bat's. FUd'g. H'ght. 1915. 1915. S.B. 6.10H .143 6.1 .276 .967 6 6 .300 .989 5 6.11 ... 1.000 6.1 .273 .958 6.8 .167 .957 6.10 .229 .977 1 6 .243 .905 0 6.9 .167 .980 6.1 4 6. .247 .941 10 5.10 6.3 rfc a 6.194 6.2 .141 .888 0 5.11 6 .363 .978 16 6 .280 - .926 26 6.8 .277 .941 4 5.11 .315 .930 3 S. 6 5.11 5.10 .276 .929 30 5.9 .306 .962 13 5.8 .312 .949 47 5.9 .340 .968 21 5.11 6.1 .310 1.000 0 m - W'ght. 165 195 190 175 178 160 178 174 167 161 154 188 176 190 ' 195 175 152 190 175 170 170 163 163 165 165 151) 170 175 175 Qulnlan, Jimmy Shlnn and Buddy Ryan Will Cavort In Outfield. Eldred Promises to Hold Down Vtllity Job. BY HARRY B. SMITH. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 1. (Special.) Salt Lake City the runner up ir the 1915 pennant race of the Pacific Coast League received the once-over the latter part of the week before Blankenship and his men left for their home territory. While there are some weak spots that need plug ging, I am inclined to asrree with Clirt that, while he may not have a pennant winner. Just as his team stands, he ha a far better-looking lineup than tho Bees presented last ijprins. That isn't saying so very much, how ever, for while the Salt Lakers started the season with a rush, those same players slowed down to a halt before UMPIRES ASSIGNED FOR FIRST COAST LEAGUE SERIES. SAN FRANCISCO. April 1 Umpires who will preside at the opening games of the Pacific Coast League next Tuesday were announced today by Allan T. Baum, president of the league. They are: Portland-San Francisco game, at San Francisco, I'hyle and Doyle. Vernon-Los Angeles game, at Los Angeles. Held and Brashear. Oakland-Salt Lake City game, at Salt Lake City, GuLhrie and Finney. All but Doyle are veterans in the league. He came from the American Association. they had gone any considerable dls tance, and the magnates were forceil to brace the personnel before the home Xiniuh could be made. Speaking offhand, the club would ap pear to be in need, chiefly, of strength ening at second base. Outside of that point Blankenship has a good infield. He has Bunny Brief as a regular at tirst. Billy Orr at short and Eddie Hal linan at second. Herb Murphy Trying Out. Herb Murphy, of Spokane, has been trying out for second, but every time that the manager forgets himself he sighs because he can't have Morris Rath or some other good man for that same berth, which shows how ho feels about the matter. In the outfield, assuming that Buddy Ryan will be able to get back into the game as good a man as he was before the operation for appendicitis, there should be no regrets. Quinlan and Jimmy Shinn will round out that department of the team and do it nicely, unless they fall down on their last year's performances. "Mark" Hannah will be the first string catcher, while It looks as though Vann will be his assistant. Vann is hardly as good a backstop as Bert Lynn, and therein the club will likely show weakness for the time being. All the same. Vann looks like a comer and may develop the right sort of talent. Lefty Williams will be missed in the pitching end of the club, although Blankenship insists that Paul Fittery will bo a better southpaw than was Williams, who rather fell down at the close. Munsell, the big right-hander, ought to be going well, and Bert Hall looks considerably better than he did a year ago. On the whole tho flingers appear to be able to bear up their share of the burden. Blank could have used Lefty Owen, the portsider who was forced to Join the Beavers. Owen, is a kid with considerable experience, and figures to be a comer before the season is closed. And I mustn't forget Eldred. the no vice from Sacramento, who promises to nold down the utility role during the season. Eldred is not only an infielder of renown, but he can play any one of the outer gardens at a pinch and play it well. Eldred Held for Utility. In fact, he seems to fit in so nicely as a utility man that Blankenship re fuses to consider him as a regular for even the second base job, where he would seem to be needed. Eldred is rather of a stocky build, resembling Bill Kenworthy somewhat in appearance and Hoy Corhan in the way he handles grounders. He is fast as chain lightning, and the Salt Lake leader is confident that before the sea son is completed his find will develop into one of the valuable bits of mate rial on the team. As a matter of fact, you can look for some new faces on the Sale Lake club before the first month is over. Cll Una evr Lines Out for Talent. Cllflf has his lines out for talent that he believes will be required, but he will have to wait until the major league clubs know just what men they are willing to turn back to the minors. Then he can make his selections and strengthen up the weak spots. "We are going to be in the running." said Blankenship in positive manner when the writer saw him. "Last year at this time the baseball experts were predicting that we would finish down In the rack. We fooled them. I am glad to say, and we are going to fool them again, if they figure we haven't a chance. "I am just waiting for the majors to close their Spring training trips before getting hold of some talent that will help us on the baseball map this year." GILIIOOLKY IS BATED HIGH Joe Kelley Says riajer Will Stick With Yanks as Kegular. Joe Kelley, scout of the Yankees and assistant to Bill Donovan during the training Beason at Macon, sees much in Frank Gilhooley that recalls Willie Kceler, for many years a team-mate and pal of Kelley at Baltimore. Joe predicts that Gilhooley will surely stick as a regular member of the Yanks outfield through his ability to hit. field and play heady baseball all the time. "Gil is as clever at laying down a bunt ns any player in the game." says Kelley. "and opposing infielders will never know how to figure him. He can cut one through the infield when they play close and he can hit to any field, too. He probably won't break down any fences, but he will get on as often as any of 'em. But better than all these things, Gilhooley always has his head up, whether buitins. in the field or running bases. He can't help beinf a star with the Yanks. He has beeu disproving that story about a bad arm ever since he Joined the team. Keep an eye on Mr. Gilhooley."