Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-07-12 | Page 7 | Release Pitcher Meredith

RELEASE PITCHER MEREDITH Slab Artist Will Go Back to Illinois. Elmer Meredith Is on Elder no more. The local club rc-lcared him yesterday afternoon at his own request and he will leave today for Springfield, 111., where he has accepted a position aa slab artist on the Springfield league team. Hardly less than a month ago Meredith Mere-dith came here, purchased at a high price from tho Mllwnukeo league team by the local club. In his coming the local fans thought they caught glimpses of a brighter future, but the Salt Lake team is no better off now, no higher In the percentage column, than when he came. To be sure, thie- is not entirely Meredith's fault, but he has done his share In putting the locals where they now are. For some reason, Meredith has not exactly got in form since he last came WsL He says that he has failed to get acclimated, and of late he had been suffering from a severe cold contracted while In Butte. No one regret? re-gret? his Inability to get in form more than Meredith hiniPelf, and for that reason he requested hlti release. He argues that) a change in altitude will put him fn shape so that he can toss the ball as In days of yore, and he goes to Illinois with this hope-Meredith's hope-Meredith's departure leaves- the locals with but three pitchers on their staff Tozer, Esslok and Titus. There is a suspicion abroad, however, that the local club has an eye on some Eastern crack who will in the immediate future fu-ture don the- Elders' uniform. However, How-ever, it 19 hard to pick up good slab artists at any season of the year, and especially at this time, and if the locals have not already concocted a deal they may expect no little trouble in finding Meredith's successor. In this predicament predica-ment they will no doubt regret the loss of Jimmy Wlggs, whom they would have retained, perhaps, had thej' known how Meredith was going to end up.