Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-27
KEEPER HEADING
'bRAND-NEW' CLUB
Aims to Open Season With
Bang-Neis Gets Place
CaIIaghan Held.
John p Foster. on his s1rZ arourE
the circle Of Spring training camps. has
rcae We'd the pacffn @Ifnn
BY JOHN p. FOSTER,

BY JOHN p. FOSTER.
SEATTLE. February 2s.-Monty Cal
laghan has gone from the Seattle club
Of the Pacific Coast League t. Gin
cinnati: hence, Seattle is taking a more
than neighborly interest IN the Reds.
1t Is the belief of the fans here that
Callaghan will show the National
League more speed and safer pair Of
hands than any other young outfelder
who will try for a National League
job this year.
II saw Callaghan play occasionally
in 1927" said base ball man Of dis
cernment. who boarded the limited a.
Butte. He i8 faster than the weather
is cold outside"
It had been IL below in Butte TIE
preceding evening. and the morning
air was so crisp il froze the noses Of
tenderfeet who peeped outside 20 DELI
cate raspberry Butte Is a rare CITY
for sportsmen. Any one unaware ot
the deep-seated affection for BASKET
ball in that Montana town will gather
better knowledge OF its popularity b.
hearing that a district tournament =
first-page news. Teams think nothing
OF going a few hundred miles 20 p.ay
the hoop game.
Turnover at Seattle.
But returning TO Callagtian ard Seat
tie, this city has experienced general
turnover in base ball this year. Char
lev Lockhart has sold the club 20 Bill
Klepper. who was with organized base
ball out here. but was severely set
down for failure to observe the laT.
Lockhart was popular and had Wace
Killefer TO manage the team for hin.
Killeter vas so good that more than
one major league club thought about
hiring him. Killefer was not crazy 70
go East, however, and is 70 manage
one Of the San Francisco clubs this
year. He Is brother OF Bill Killefe-
of the Browns
Klepper wants TO open the Seattle
season with bang on April II. so ne
is making preparations for a record
breaking crowd to see MS all-neT team
in its first action. The game may be
played on the field Of the University
OF Washington. where there IS more
room than on the regular Seattle ball
ground. Hollywood plays Seattle on the
opening day.
One of the players engaged for KEEP
per's Seattle team is Bernie Neis. Who
knows every major league ball ground
inside and out and up and down. Ber-
ME Is pretty smart outAelder. Those
who have seen both young Cailaghan
and Neis play say that Callaghan will
soon be lot smarter than Neis. Il it
happens 10 come out that way, Jack
Hendricks. the Cincinnati manager,
should give an extra 10 cents 70 the
scout who got Callaghan for him. as
Cincinnati needs outheiders like a zoo.
ball pants for air
Battle to Be Watched.
There is younger player 70 make
his appearance in Seattle from The Chi
cago White Sox His name IS Battle,
which Is not bad name for a Kid
player. and he is good enough 20 make
battle for an infield position. More
than that. II he makes good, the Sox
will have place for him
Seattle has been q fine feeding
ground for the big leagues in the past.
II has all the advantages Of a climate
which has put so many old-timerS back
III readiness. Klepper is determined 20
make go with the team. now that he
controls II. He will have a hard fight
in more ways than one bur he isn't the
only manager with fight or his hands
/ in the circuit.
The Pacific Coast League Is going
10 make q splurge this year. with lis
experiments calling for a radical 6evia-
ton from the past. or il is going 20 take
an awful licking. Judging from the
Northwest.
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