Show It IL ItAN AN EAR TO THE GROUND By By I Ross C. C JY Miller r I t I f i. i ILLY LANE Is the ace cardIn card cardin LJ in the baseball deck for 1918 B so far as the Salt Lake club is 15 concerned Billy was elected president of the Salt Lake club at a a. recent meeting of the stock stock- holders That means that the Bee aggregation for 1918 will have a real baseball man at its head a man who knows local conditions and will work heart and soul to bring a pennant to this city Of course there Is the question of II who will manage the working end of the Bees next year The cry for fora a playing manager has been persistently persistently persistently persist persist- hounding the Coast league magnates and stories are being published published published pub pub- on the coast to the effect that Bill Bernhard will get the gate Some of the scribes have gone so 50 faras faras far faras as to have Buddy Ryan in the spotlight spotlight spotlight spot spot- light for the managerial position One of them says When Cliff Blankenship was given the grand bounce Buddy took over the reins and handled the club in good style stylo In fact there are hundreds of fans who are not to come right out In the open and say that Buddy Budd I would have gotten far better results than the easy boss did Buddy probably would be about as asgood asgood asgood good a playing manager as could be picked up on the coa coa- coa but what Salt Lake needs is a man like Bill Bernhard and give him the freedom of his own convictions with which to mould a team Do this and Salt Lal Lake e will have a real team next year S S Walter McCredie manager manager of the Portland Beavers still is in San SanI Francisco and hes he's apt to be in San I Francisco for another ten days Moreover McCredie isn't Idling away his time Hes He's talking with this man that man and many men man and every avery man he lie talks with tells him something about the tho situation of a certain enterprise in San Franicso which Interests him greatly said en enterprise enterprise en- en being gaining control of ot the San ball club S t S S SIn In connection with Sacramento's entry into the Coast league there Is Isa Isa isa a little item that may have been overlooked It concerns settlement of old obligations resting against the territory The new backers of a club in Sacramento are said to object object object ob ob- ob- ob strenuously to being saddled with these old obligations and arc are demanding that the slate be cl cleaned before they accept the Portland Iran Iran- chise S S S Some baseball statistician has estimated estimated estimated esti esti- esti- esti mated that the sum the two major leagues will turn into the United States treasury from 10 per cent tax on admissions next year ear will amount to fully while If business continues anyway normal Inthe in inthe inthe the minors they will turn In fully as much Plans for meeting the tax are still a subject of discussion the question question ques ques- tion being as to whether the club or orthe orthe orthe the fan will pay it The best bet Is that the tax will be absorbed by the club and added to the expenses of operation which means that In the end the ball player will wilt be the one oneto oneto oneto to pay It through salary reductions to meet increased expenses o S S tIo S By winning the Pacific Coast league pennant this season San l Francisco annexed its third championship championship cham cham- since that league was organized organized organized or or- In 1903 The complete list of or coast champions is as follows 1903 Los Angeles 1904 Tacoma Iacoma 1905 Los Angeles 1906 Portland 1907 Los Angeles 1908 Los Angeles 1909 San Francisco 1910 Portland 1911 Portland Portland Port Port- land 1912 Oakland 1 1913 Portland 1914 Portland 1915 San Francisco 1916 Los Angeles 1917 San Fran Fran- cisco S S S SHarl Harl Hail Maggert outfielder of the this Los Angeles team announced on the last day of ot the tIle Coast league season that he had played his last game of br ball lIt unless he la Is traded to a club in an an- Continued on page 2 2 y j 4 EAR TO THE GROUND Continued tram from page e 1 oth other r league teague He Hean says h he has baa been In th tile the Coast Cosat circuit too long loag and that he wants a a. change The chances are arelie he lie wants want to go to the Texas league Walter alter McCredie considers Charley artey Hollocher his hi old year sensational of 1917 1911 who reports to the Chicago o Cubs next spring a a. better player than Buck Weaver Swede Joe Gad Gadson Cadson oo Charley Charier Pick or oran an any infielder who played in tn the benefit benent benfIt ben ben- ent fIt gamp game last unda In tn two ears Hollo hr will wiH tv bf reigning as all the sensation cf of the hi big We J leagues Juu predicts |