The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-09-11
= Northwestern League, Van.
/ conver. Seattle and Portland
All Have Chance
CRITICS PICK CANADIANS
~ 10 LAND AT THE FRONT
Few p. G. League Players Sold
During Year, But Heavy
Drafting is Expected
~ HAL SHERIDAN.
fSvrltton for the United Press.

N 0n0A9o4 ~ hau-paSt -FOUR, BOSS TOOK
4 n1m oAat through an open door. Wires
nA : story at half.past FIVE; finding
inow manager much alive. At half
n po0 Nh denial came; Boss had q
8Unannger, but not that name. What
n ~ he name, somebody crones. The
Il oG1w0r II easy--it was Fielder Jones,
II 81 Tnere you have It. la Landing
4 upon the Pacific Coast during our
n 1tnor league rambles, one OF the big
xpoD1o found out there 10 Casey
N8GG1or Jones, One-time-~~White Sox
81tonnitr and now president OF the
\ lGopt1WOutsrn league. Any time a
4 1onnoBor gots fred In one OF the big
\ tGnUnoo : story IL sure to come from
fEo11nnd stating that the job. has been
1G4oe0d 20 Fielder jones. And then
A3onoo comes forth with an explana-
{t1un u his business interests in Port.
~ One Of the big sources Of rev.
4~uuo for the newspaper 'correspon-
loo1o = sending out reports assign
nx yOnoo to new berths In the ma
16R And In these fervid days, it's .
Um tlms during which rlmoss Of
00u1o managerial head about to drop
f6ro ~ n circulation.
- sllns along the ss9sS2l lines
q, y -. s,s,, : pelulss! ess'e
l11 Wblch nay be untangIed before
~ Innr rolls around. There ara
&nD 16onns ID Portland, Ore, both
1~n1 ~ farmer Congressman w. w.
gU1eo. One II In the Pacific
r(ok le4eue and the other In the
(1westsgu., The Pacific Coast
I~oo has q class "A ranking and
GIGP McCredie recently put one
5N~R a the scouts from the big
noo BY selling himself several
81 from the Portland Northwest
xGam and putting them in the Pa
Coost Portland team lineup, thus
lnG the drafting process.
~ F1c16c Coast League directors,
CoRlr. have voted In favor Of
1lnx up this combination by
IN McCrodie ID tn q position to
- hls Pacific Coast league
n NJ grabbing on players from his
Il &nWootofn League team and draw
hoGh ways on the attendance.
~ The Northwestern people be
~ switch the Portland fran
~ nome other town, as now ap-
1kely, Fielder Jones win have
Eoon1o the1n 70 name . non-res-
n rtoo3d6nk, because. tits said,
~ fno1n6es interests would pre-
M IRON lenving Portland.
u up In the Northwestern
4 ~ ~ s.Ircn Man Joe McGinnity,
4 - New York Giant pitcher. Nc
Nv u handling the Tacoma team
- a6dltt0n n taking his regular
a 5n - ne box. The team In In the
QnA division, but Joe 10 right up
- - IeaderS when II comes to
"A ltcAing business.
~ poauant rAce In the Northwest
3lo0Gne ms narrowed down to
W Gibbs Seattle and
3flon1. Vancouver 10 the favortte.
lrnn, Victoria and Spokane are
001l1fU. Three big sales already
Doon made BY Northwestern
~ clubo. Scout Mcclure bought
V 1Hor ~T0otss 0chults from Van
& NJ. tur Detroit, putting up $4,000
kr E1M Vancouver also sold Pitch
y ~ DehIutx 10 Brooklyn, but the pur-
0No pgtc0 w1o not announced. VIC
~ o01d Pitcher KAntlehner to the
N RhurGh Pirates for $4,000. Out
~ ~ P1pc1. Of SPOKANE, also was
IT, 9 - ~ the Pirates. Seattle has
IN opGthpaw from the same town IN
49, that produced Walter Johnson.
l. ~ e 'sWeiser" Dell. and 10 expected
~ ~ 6rnftod. Pitcher Alvin Gipe. OF
ltlo; Charlie Fullerton. spitbal-
s. 8 uuzi 0tunewzif jackson, Seat
X NJ nrut baseman. and Pitcher Lou
a ndlng. q Portland. also are ex.
ut6d - % to the big leagues by
~ lra1t route.
I&o Pacific Coast league Is all tan
~ up In one OF the tightest fights
No history. As the season is not
no6ulod to close until Oct 26. they
~ plenty Of time to tight 1t out
oe the six teams have q chance