The San Francisco call., 1913-11-10
LARGE DEALS
EXPECTED
SHORTLY
Fans May Look for Many
Changes While Magnates
Are in Session
By JOE MURPHY

By JOE MURPHY
Now that the Coast league mag
mates are in eastern territory the fans
can expect to hear of some important
baseball deals at any time. 1t will
be while the magnates are assembled
at Columbus that most of these deals
viii be consummated, as this will be
the buying and trading ground for the
minor league magnates this year
one of the first items of news to be
waited over the wires is a dispatch
from Toledo saying that Happy Ho-
gan of the Venice Tigers is negotiat-
Ing for Catcher Grover Land of the
Toledo club. Land is a high class
man.
Hogan is going to have some trou-
bic in landing Land because Walter
MeCredie of the Beavers is also after
the Toledo man and the northern
leader has the inside run on this club.
owing to the triple alliance between
Cleveland, Toledo and Portland Hap
IS willing to buy Land and he may be
successful in landing him.
The Venice club is in for an over
hauling and according to reports from
the south there will be six or seven
new faces or the team next year. Ed
ole Maier of the Tigers has been sec
ond and third so often that he is
getting tired of it lie is after a pen
nant winner and he is going to make
q stab this season to land team that
VIII finish on top of the heap.
Many of the old boys will be miss
ing. Roy Brashear Will be out of the
lineup. He will likely be held as a
utility infielder. Hap is desirous of
getting new outfielder in place of
Carlisle. who is one of the oldest men
on the club. Dick Bayless. the lead
ing hitter Of the league, may be dis
posed of in a trade. Hap is trying to
land a couple of high class pitchers.
The fans are patiently awaiting
the arrival Of the big leaguers, who
will be in this vicinity this week.
They played a. Los Angeles yester-
day before a crowd of $4,000 fans,
and Leverenz, the former Angel
twirler. was knocked out of the box.
The stars viii play at Oakland on
Thursday and they will hold down
the boards on this side OF the bay on
Friday, Saturday and Sunday after
moons.
Orders already are coming in for
seats. and the teams are sure TO play
TO big houses while they are here.
In fact, the local baseball park will
hardly be able TO accommodate Sun
days crowd. which is sure to be
record breaker
The lineup as sent US includes
Weaver. Rath, Speaker, Crawford. Is
hell. Shafer, Nevins, DAILY. Schalk.
Benz. Faber, Scott and Russell for
NJ
gee. Doyle. Lobert. Donlin, Merkle.
Doolan. Thorpe. Wingo. Meyers. Tes-
reau, Mathewson and Fromme for the
Giants team.
Babe Reams. a baseball product
from Santa Clara. is player that
Walter McCredie of the Beavers has
been trying hard to land. and few
days ago IL looked as If he would be
successful. but now it looks as If he
viii not land the big infelder Nc
Credie made an offer for Reams to
the Boise club. but the publicity
given the deal caused the Boise man
agement to think that Reams was
worth more money. McCredie is will
ing to pay the same amount as he
paid for Infelder Davis of the Boise
club.
AIccredie is not worrying if he
loses Reams. He is well stocked with
infelders for next season, having
Rodgers, Kores, Davis. Lindsay and
Bancroft.
The fans in Portland are planning
to give the big leaguers a merry re-
cention prior to their departure to
the orient. The Portland Baseball
Boosters club is arranging banquet
for the baseball stars.
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According to a report published from
the south Poll Perritt. the clever
beaver of the Los Angeles club, has
Joined the ranks of the benedicks.. The
bride is Miss Clara Iveson of Los An
geles.
Buddy Ryan. who is spending the
winter at his home in Portland de-
cIares that the Cleveland club pulled
of one Of the biggest bone deals OF
the year when il traded Peckinpaugh
TO New York Buddy says Peck is sure
TO be one Of the star infielders of the
junior major league. He gave Bir-
mingham a rap, saying that he was
continually in hot water with the
members of the club. Ryan declares
he had run in with the Nap leader.
and he attributes this bit of friction
as the reason why Cleveland turned
him over TO Toledo.
It is said that Pep Young. who
was married recently, may not return
TO the coast. Mrs. Young does not
want her husband TO play here.
x X X
Rumor has it that Mike Fisher might
enter the baseball field again. The
fact that Jack Atkin is desirous of
selling his interest in the Sacramento
elub is responsible for the rumor. Up
to date there have been no purchasers
of the Wolves.
Harry Wolverton is looking for a
high class catcher next season. He
plans to dispose of Cheek, who is
considered too light for the backstop
position. The Sacs were rather weak
in the receiving end of the club last
season.