| Show 4 ORDER BLANK TO STRENGTHEN I I THREE IN ROW IS TOO MUCH ITHE I 1 fit THE liE din raised by hy the tile anvil chorus chonis became deafening when Salt 1 Lake dropped its third straight game to Los Angeles Thursday and yesterday morning the seven business men who compose tho the board of directors gat gathered cred at nt baseball h headquarters stuffed their ears with j I cotton and by sign language and lip hp reading agreed that something I I must be lone done to stop the noise I Accordingly the they slipped Clifton Douglas Blankenship same being I Ithe the skipper of the good ship Salt Lake in the Pacific Coast league the I following communication I I Salt Lake must remain in the first division The club must mustI I Ibe I be a a. pennant contender Get Got some new players of major league t I caliber Strengthen the team Get some stars Salt Lake must be in the running AND A ND it is a a. cinch bet that ten minutes after the Utah mentor received re re- re- re Li that communication he was having ng the tho time of his life shooting wires to major league managers Cliff Blankenship has always been known as a n. money-maker money for the club owner He Ho has badt had bad t the thc ability of developing an and selling young players j he has hns taken t others who were considered not quite good enough for the company I I they were keeping and unel made them play baseball See bo box boi scores of oft t Pacific Coast league for last thirteen weeks Cliff always has hns been in a position where he lie either cither had to or could practice economy on onI I pa pay rolls or purchase prices but now that he lie is free to go into the big brush with a bank roll watch that boy ramble I What a merry time the ol 01 P. P C. C L. L would have if every manager managerI I in in the tho league would receive e an order similar to the one above e from I their bosses what sweet picking some of the thc major league club owners I t with players to sell sell and and they always havo would them would have corralling tho the western and what difference would it make mako in the standing stand stand- iD lag ing of the clubs ci That first d division sion can hold only three clubs I I i TIlE THE directors of the Salt SnIt Lake baseball club undoubtedly had the thel l interest of the tile game in Salt Lake at heart when they ordered Blank I to unleash the tim bank roll 1011 But in so doing they gave gae the II curbstone managers the greatest satisfaction possible These II sidewalk skippers skip skip- I pers now flOW know that their hammers were effective and they will be beI I I ready with them any time tho the team doesn't take a a. series I S I Blankenship undoubtedly knows where the weak spots are in his t club without being told he lie probably has hns many a wire vire l laid id to strengthen them thern and was trying to do 10 so with the least expense but now nov that he has been ordered in no uncertain terms to get some stars tho the old boy is a n sucker if he lie doesn't pull a McCredie 1 and bring out half of some Bome major len league club Salt Lake right now nm is three games behind San Francisco and 1111 the race not half run yet et and still those hammer swingers just because a n club that is crippled in its s pitching staff for a few days das drops three games start yelling for help If you arc nrc not afraid of the shock hock V WAKE AKE UP I I |
