The San Francisco call., 1913-12-06
WORK COMPILE
AND MAGNATES
SATISFIED
Hogan and McCredie Decline
Jobs as Big League
Managers
By JOE MURPHY

The magnates of the Pacific Coast
league finished their business yester-
day and adjourned. Last night at
Tait's banquet was held and the San
Francisco club was the host.
The session, which lasted three
days, was an important one. Several
big details came up before the mag
of allowing the Portland Northwest
ern league another year in that terri
tory was the leading topic of the
meeting. The splendid arguments
put up by the Northwestern league
moguls won out and the Portland
Glass B team was allowed to survive
for another year.
The schedule for next year was
fixed up. Only the opening and clos
ing dates and several important holi-
day dates were given out to the pub
lie. However, the magnates seemed
to be pleased at the arrangement.
Hap Hogan, accompanied by Roy
Brashear, departed for the south yes
terday afternoon. Hap has number
require his attention.
Before leaving Hap admitted that
he had been offered a job to manage
a team in the big brush, but declined
IL. He has stock in the Venice club
and is too deeply interested in affairs
in the south to think of departing
from that territory.
Walter McCredie of the Portland
club also went south. His mission in
that direction is for the purpose of
securing training grounds for his club
MaCradiQ fS
Coast league magnate who was
wanted by a major league club to act
as manager. Mac declined the offer.
Charley Graham of the Wolves de-
parted for home, while Manager VOL
verton and Magnate Jacobs remained
over.
Henry Berry Is not inclined to get
enthusiastic, but the pudgy little boss
of the Angels was fairly bubbling
over with the joyful spirit yesterday
afternoon at the st. Francis, and he
started to tell the baseball assem-
blage what his team was going to do
next season. Among the listeners
were some of the magnates of the
other teams, who listened in amaze
ment to Berry's yarn.
Henry declares that he is going to
have at least eight or ten new men
with him next year, along with his
present squad, which he declares the
equal of any club in the league.
Berry says that he win get an en-
tire new infield when the training sea-
son rolls around, and that he will
have some good pitchers to bolster up
his staff Henry is perfectly satisfied
with his catching department, which
he proclaims to be the best in the
league.
X x
Comebacks in baseball seem to be
more successful than comebacks In
other lines of sports. 1t is a rare
feat for boxer to do a comeback. but
in baseball there have been a number
of players who have been showed in
the discard and after a year or two
in the minor leagues were given a
second trial in the majors and made
good.
Willie Purteli, who the fans of the
coast will remember as the third base
man of the White Sox team when the
Chicago club was out here few sea-
sons ago Is going to re-enter the ma
jors again. PurtelI was turned over
to the minors. but showed surprising
ly good form and now the Detroit
team is going to give him a chance
next season to hold down third base.
X X
1t is hard to understand what a
major league requires of a player be-
fore they consider that he has made
good. 1t has been announced that the
Cleveland club will turn Buddy RYAN
over to the Toledo club of the Amer
ican association next season.
Now. just why Ryan is to be re-
leased it is hard to understand from
his record He batted well above the
$50 mark. rated very high as fielder
and was an average base stealer.