The San Francisco call., 1909-02-21
SEALS GET FIELDER
WILLIAMS FROM
COMISKEY
Heavy Siugger From the Texas
League VIII Play With
Local Organization

The Seals will line up with many
new players on the team this year. and,
if the new men live up 10 the reputa-
tions that precede them the San Fran
cisco club should prove a formidable
baseball organization this season and
be forward contender in the pennant
race of 1909.
The newest player to join the Seal
squad is jim Williams. formerly of the
Waco club of the Texas league. Will
liams was drafted by Charley Comis-
key of the White sox Yesterday
Danny Long of the Seals received word
from Comiskey that he would turn
Williams over TO him
Williams comes with the reputa-.
tion of being an excellent ball player.
He is giant in stature and was re-
garded as the slugger of the Texas
league He is an outfielder and is said
to be more than usually fast for big
man. Williams played in 139 games
with the Waco team and he was among
the front rank as hitter finishing the
season with a record of .2S9.
1t is beginning to look as if big Joe
Nealon will join the State league The
crack first baseman is under the fire
of two liberal offers on the part of the
Coast league and the outlaw organiza-
ton Charley Graham made Nealon an
offer TO play with the Sacramento team
and Moreing met his offer With
Stockton he viii not play near as many
games as IL he played with the Saera-
mento club and Joe looks upon More
ing's offer as being the best.
Mickey La Longe, who is expected
to be Oakland's mainstay behind the
bat this season, has sent his signed
contract to the secretary of the club
from Los Angeles. where he has been
passing the winter. Mickey" remarks
in his letter accompanying his contract
that the fact that Oakland has four
catchers on the list this season does
not worry him at all. Manager Nc
Credie of Portland has been trying
hard to get Oakland to trade La Longe
to him, but the Athenian mana cement
will not let Mickey go.
George W. Boice, the pitcher who
was drafted by the Oakland club from
the Reading club of the Tri-state
league, has notified the management of
the Oakland team that he Will come
out on the White Sox special
Boice was the leading pitcher of the
Reading team last season His record
shows that he won 16 games out of
the "a he pitched. Boice is but 10 years
old and is said to be built on the lines
of slim" Nelson, but he is a right
handler. Frank Chance of the Chicag go
Nationals tried to get Boice at one time
last season. but the Reading club
would not part with him.
Cal Ewing announced yesterday that
the league schedule OF games would be
given out for publication next Sunday.
Some of the Pacific Coast league
teams would like to get the services of
Pat Flaherty, who was released by the
Boston National league club, but the
play outlaw baseball IL he can not get
on with club in the big brush.
Several of the players of the San
Francisco team who have been piayins
during the winter in the Imperial VAL
ley league are expected to arrive here
during the week The Recreation park
ground is being put in shape for prac-
tice work.
Big Bill Heitmuller is still here
waiting to hear from the Boston club.
The big outfielder was not satisfied
with the contract he received from the
Boston club and sent word back that
he wanted more money or else he would
remain here