Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-02-06 | Page 9 | "Lefty" Williams is after More Money

"LEFTY" WILLIAMS IS AFTER MORE MONEY CALEXICO, Feb. 6. "Lefty" Williams, Wil-liams, the 21-year-old heaver who hag approached the magnitude of a "phe-nom" "phe-nom" here, is a hold -out. He has returned re-turned the contract sent him by the Salt Lake club and has written Cliff Blank- ! enship that ho can't pitch, hall at the same old figure. i The contract called for the salary ! Sacramento paid him last season. He wants an Increase of ?50 a month. In the Valley league he has won five out ; of seven games and has been edging Kantlehner for mound honors. Jesse i Stovall, who is living in the valley, has tipped his brother George of the Feds to "Lefty,'' so Blankenship may have to do considerable talking. The Seals will get Waiter Schmidt for next season. Hen Berry has come through in nice shape and the star backstop will show up for spring training train-ing satisfied with his place in the sun. The issue between the magnate and the catcher has been a little matter of Schmidt's promotion to tho majors next fall. It is down in black and white that Berry is to send - Schmidt up and furthermore, fur-thermore, in consideration of Walter's refusal to jump to the dread Federals, Berry is to split, the purchase price with the catcher. Schmidt figures the deal will make money for both himself him-self and friend bos:.