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Show THREE TEAMS LEFT IIJIM LEW Officials Must Rustle for Fourth Team to Keep Up League, Tho present hnscball muddle In bringing bring-ing out all kinds of dlucuBslon and Judging Judg-ing from tho talk of many of tho baso-ball baso-ball fans that unlcsB tho league officials get buny they will play to empty seats in the near future. Tho games dished up to the fans, with the exception of last Sunday's Sun-day's games, by tho lengue teams so far havo boon of tho worst kind, and the kids on the town lota havo been able to put up much better ball. The . Fort Doug-Ins Doug-Ins team became ho poor that t J bo droppod from tho league, as whonc or a gamo was scheduled with that team there was no need of ticket nolle nnd takers at tho gates. Salt Lake Oy den and Murray have so strengthened tJioK lineups that tho teams are in a position at present to play pretty good ball, but the question now arises, ''where is tho fourth team coming from?" Bingham Id willing to put In a team, It is said, and Hopkins wants to come to Salt Lake ana nick up enough men to make up a team, but it would be a poor one, and in order to get a team na strong as tho thrco teams left in the longuo It would who nearly a month. It took Salt Lake over a. month to get Its present team, tho last additions being made Thursday when Leo Fuchel and Arthur Vurenhorst, tho former for-mer a southpaw pitcher and tho latter an Infieider. were signed by Lumloy. G. T. Hummel, who has saved tho bait Lake team several games, and bad do-feats do-feats as well and who has won a homo in this city among tho ball fans, was released re-leased from tho Salt Lako team Thursday. Thurs-day. He said that ho was told he was not good enough to play ball In tho present league. Hummel said that he could lako the old Bert Margetts team and beat any team in the league with himself In tho box and could also beat the Occidental team. J. G. Manley, the new pitcher, was also released. There was some talk of putting in the Occidental teum In the league and with that, ond in view the team was tried out last Saturday and Sunday and proved much stronger than looked for. The public pub-lic hulled with delight that It would bo given a trout in baseball, but now comes ihe announcement that the Occidentals are not wanted. A baseball enthusiast who has attended every game the present season at an outlay of'?3.50 for himself and family says that ho has gone to his last game unless the Occidentals are put In. considering it the only salvation for the gnme this season tfs there is no time loft to get another good team In the field. Thcro aro many others who aro kicking and arr; getting tired of games where sixteen six-teen to twenty errors aro tallied in a single game. A team will have to be hustled for faat-urday faat-urday to 1111 up the gap left by the soldiers. sol-diers. The Occidentals were to play In Ogden on Saturday and in Salt. Lake on Sunday, but the learn has refused to play as It will not be taken Into the league and Manager Black Is making arrangements for out-of-town dates. |
