Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-02-05 | Page 10 | Many Offers Are Made for Wilbur Cooper

MANY OFFERS ARE MADE FOR FORI WILBUR COOPER I Manager l Bezdek Asserts Pitcher Is Not for Sale A HOLDS GOOD RECORD AS MOUND 1 ARTIST t i. i Expected to Give Good Account of Self Tl This s Season whose services er Wilbur Cooper for or or havo b been n mido offers oCter at ot any ny numb number r o To tho Pittsburgh club of at late lat but bin who rho according to Hugo Huso k is ts youth o the market Is a t slim not on fast a-fast ball t that ha t with a n gOOL good curve tho the atmosphere r between scars ear world worM ot of ot the tilo box and tho plate and a 3 Is 15 of ot himself Cooper confidence enco In rather boyish apP x for tor one WhOM who Is M a 3 T veteran t ran of or f le National 1 league campaigns lie He Joined d t tho ht Pirates Pirate in l n 12 but as tar far as lS the tho records leco Indicate nn games that sea sea- ea- ea did not riot break r ak Into any son eon Ho made mado a l fair fr showing In afew afew a afew few appearances the following season and aI o a regular r In n 1914 taking In fort forty Ramos games and hanging up part 12 1 earn earned ell runs al allowed al- al an avo average ase ae o 0 of ony on- 1915 1910 In inninG nino game owed lowed l per por r 1 ho slumped rather badly and yielded h ld 11 an earned per game same average l' l lra ra c of or 1529 runs IH but t came back In tine fine style stylo a year rear lilt later I at er cr Pitching In fort two forty tUo l games gaines ames In 1016 he i made an tn earned run a average rage of or anI only I. I per same game amo and finished well over and ana oo Ol ii In the matter of games won lost ost Whilo hurling for a a. loam team that l fin fin- finished In- In Ishell the season on with te CH percentage of on only 4 In 1017 hl hN his average of ot arned Arn un d cI run runs runa allowed was as 2 3 In forty tort anH ame 3 and nd lust last season cason he tanked just behind J Jim m Vaughn and George Tyler the Cub stars with rUh an average of 2 11 il Cooper made good as tta a pitcher r In the tho lays s when the hc Pirates tes were fair game mc for fr practically er c every other lenin teim In thel the l league lague ngue and whon when there was little HUle In Inthe Inthe Inthe the atmosphere that pervaded the tho ho welt welt- ell ell- nigh stands at Forbes field real effort erfort ef er- ef- ef to Inspire a youngster oUn stel to great fort forts Now ow th the Pirate under the lead leadership of the astute l tule are on 1 the he way ay back to the glory glor that was wao wa theirs a ago and Cooper with tho Ilic kind of ot support ho he I Is bound to have e In future should attain even en l greater r hel heights than those which ho he hohas hohas has reached I 1 so far Little wonder that Bezdek does not nol care caro to consider offers lot foi tiLts this pitcher A bill legalizing horse racing and ancI bet- bet iMog has been heen Introduced In tho thoa Wa a Wash Wash- h- h Juston state tatt It provides for a 1 racing commission lon with power to regulate reg the th sport and md to collect a fop fee or of or a day from rom all racing rac rae ing associations except cepi count county fairs or meetings meeting of at six daYs day la or loss less Tho rho JIll LIU ulo carries a It pro provision pro Islon for tor promoting pro- pro the breeding l Industry tr It Is supported b 1 bv mun ninny Influential citizens