The San Francisco call., 1913-11-22
OAKS WON 7
LOSE NEW
MANAGER
Arthur DevIin Satisfied With
His lob and Will Return
on February Is
By JOE MURPHY


Many a weird baseball yarn breaks
into print during the winter months.
1t is hard to figure where they get
their foundations. They are published
and cause some talk, and then comes
a denial and they go to their death.
but they keep bobbing up, one after
another. One of the recent stories in
circulation was that Arthur Devlin.
manager of the Oaks. was dissatisfied
with his job, and that he would not
return to the transbay club. The
news excited the fans of Oakland, but
since they have been reassured by
Devlin that he is satisfied with his
job and will be back in time to join
the members of the team on the
spring training trip.
Whether these stories are Matched
in newspaper offices or they get life
on the outside it is hard to find out
Locating the author of them is just
as easy as finding pearls along the
Cliff House beach.
When the story was cracked that
Devlin did not like the Oakland lay
out and that the club magnates would
have to look for another man. il
meant that Messrs. Leavitt and Cook
of the transbay club were forced 10
answer many queries.
Leavitt- declares that there was no
occasion for such story gaining cir
culation, as Devlin is perfectly sat
isfied with his job. He claims that
Devlin viii be back here by February
I 5. Is days in advance of the training
season.
Leavitt says that Devlin is very
busy in the east getting players. and
that if he lands the men he has in
view the Oakland club will have a
good chance to win the pennant
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President AL Baum is still in the
south awaiting the pleasure of Ed
Maier, who is sojourning at his ranch
in the country, but who is expected
back in the Angel town on Sunday
night. In the meantime the league
president can afford short vacation
and enjoy the balmy southern climate.
Yesterdays developments in the
Overall case did not have a tendency
TO straighten out the matter. OWE
still stood pat and continued his dec
laration that it was entirely up to
Ed Maier whether he would play with
the Seals or not. He has asserted his
preference to selling beer for Maier
than pitching baseball for the San
Francisco club.
Overall is passing the buck to
Maier and the latter is slipping it
right back TO OWE. OWE says it is
up to Maier whether he will go back
to the game, while Maier says OWE
can go back TO the Seals without get
ting him sore Maier made a very
liberal statement yesterday when he
announced that he would keep Over
airs Job open and he could play ball
as long as he cared to. and when he
was finished he could go TO work for
the brewery.
J. Cal Ewing is still confined to his
home with heavy cold and he mas
retired temporarily from the discus
sion. However, Cal can be expected
TO get on the job as soon as he re-
gains his health and he may have
something to say that will be good
reading.
Ewing believes that he has been
unfairly dealt with in the matter. and
he is not a fellow who will stand for
having one put over on him
The latest is that fourth big
league will be put in the field to fight
rhe outlaws. The major league mo-
guls are planning to battle the Fed
sral league in the latter's territory.
so the story goes. The new circuit
will include Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Co
luulbus. indianapolis. Detroit, Cleve-
alnd. Milwaukee and Chicago. which
is practically the same circuit as the
Federal league covers. George Tebeau
of the Kansas City club of the Amer
lean association is named as the one
who has planned the new circuit.
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Han Hogan is not going to release
Roy Brashear, as some papers have
nrinted. Hap will endeavor to get
Brash a managerial berth, and II un-
successful he will use him in the role
Of utility infielder and pinch hitter
X
Hogan does not think the outlaw
league will have a look in. II will not
take long to eat into the war fund OF
the new organization is the belief OF
the Tiger leader. 1t is said that the
major lea agues have s2,000,000 to bat
tie the opposition.
x X
It is expected that Del Howard VIII
curtain his eastern trip as a result OF
the overall matter. Ewing has wired
Del about 1t, and as the Seal leader
Is very friendly with Overall, he VIII
undoubtedly jump on the train at
near date to come out here and try 10
etraighten out the matter.