Show SALT ALT LAKE CLUB HOLDS ANNUAL CONCLAVE TODA Y YI I e te e e ib tc t t I i STOC STOCKHOLDERS t HOLDERS TO DECIDE IF PRESENT REG REGIME ME WILL BE j F. F S. S MURPHY IS Ise e AGAIN CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT Indications Arc That Insurgent Insurgent i gent gent Movement l Will WUI Pr Prove ve Failure 1 WILL VILL READ REPORTS t Business Manager l OConnor O'Connor Will Vill Tell TeU How Much luch l Ioney as liades Made l c rj of or the Salt SnIt Lake Lako L s 's iZ baseball club will gather this afternoon aft at- at nt 4 o'clock at the Hotel Notel Utah for tor their confab The mooting meeting is 8 Just ono one month late ate having having- been postponed b by motion of oC the stockholders ers rs fo EO o as not to con conflict with the meeting of ot the the- minor leagues In New cw Orleans during during- November The two matters of ot most Importance to be decided will be bo the tho election of oC a aboard hoard board of ot directors for tor ne- ne next net t year and the voting yoUng on the amendment to the constitution which will m make ke December December December Decem Decem- ber 16 15 6 the re regular lar date for tho the h holdIng hold hold- ld- ld inS Ing of ot annual meetings hereafter A third matter which will provide pro gossipers with a t. t little new baseball fodder will Ul bo be the thc reading rending of or the tho an annual nn- nn aniual nual report of tho the receipts disbursements disbursements disburse disburse- ments and attendance during during- the past season Business Manager Bill OConnor O'Connor OConnor OConnor O'Connor OCon OCon- nor has been burning the midnight oil to have h the reports In shape and arid will t willbo willbe be bo able abic to tell the stockholders this afternoon tho whole financial stor story While nothing official has been given out It is u understood th that t the receipts for 1916 were below belot those for tor 1915 To offset this however how the expenses were less and tho the club consequently made more mone money The TIle directors hn have e declared declared de do- dared a t. t 6 C per cent dividend on tho the Flock and paid on their plant at park After ACter this Was sas done a. a good sinking fund was loft left from which to build the team for tor next year ear While hUe the dividend was 1 I per cent less Jess than the one declared last year ear It was explained 1 b- b by the directors that tho they thoy have e determined on a policy of or an S Sper Sper Sper per cent dividend per pcr annum In or order order order or- or der to oven even up from last years year's dividend dividend divi divi- only onh 6 per cent was declared this year eRr For a Do long time thero there have havo b been n reports of ot an Insurgent movement among the stockholders which has for Its end the placing of a new set of ot directors I in control of or the Ole club Some Somo few toW have 6 I felt that tho present directors have ha thought too much of or makin making the club cluba a paying proposition and that the baseball baseball base base- ball baH end hn has consequently been sacrificed iced ficeti to some extent However cr It seems that no change will take place toda today as the called so-called Insurgents are only In possession of a small mall portion of ot the stock and their voting power would not be sufficient to accomplish their alms aims It Is practical practically practically assured that F. F S. S Murphy turpIn who has hag piloted the club for two successful years ears ars will again have the privilege I of or giving his time without recompense for another year ear |