Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-02-03 | Page 6 | Salt Lake Club Has Working Agreement with Cincinnati

Saf la&e Cafc Has $orung greeneni Cincinnati Manager Blankenship Forms Valuable Major League Connection; Pleased With Fruits of Trip; New Uniforms Are Nifty. IT 'S a cinch that Salt Lake isrrt gom to run out of ball players this year. A working agreement with the Cincinnati club of the National league insures a constant and abundant supply. Cliff Blankenship, manager of the Salt Lake club, came back yesterday after a ten-day sojourn among the big 'uns. He is feeling fine himself and ; is extremely cocky about his ball club. I have about enough players to A art now," said "'Blank'' last night, ; "'but you never can tell when you may need some more. While I was in" Cincinnati Cin-cinnati Gary Herrmann told me to let liim know any time I needed a ay more players and they would be forthcoming. forthcom-ing. A working agreement with the ; Cincinnati ciub I regard as a most ' valuable connection. (The club has any ; number of players, and the new rule xer-L-ing the big league clubs to cut down will make a lot of good men avail-l avail-l able. j "However, I am pretty well satis-' satis-' fied with the club as it looks. I would like to have another pitcher, and if i later it appears that I shall need odc, i X can get him from Herog. i Pleased With Pitchers. ; Blankenship is immenseiv tickled i about his acquisition of Earl Yi riffling, i and none the less so over the acquisition j ' of :' Chief7' Laroy. ! "Laroy is a great pitcher," said j Blankenship. "Toward the end of last ' season he got into a row witi Jack j Hendricks ot tho Indianapolis club, and Owner McGill thought his usefulness to the club this year would be impaired I on that account" He therefore turned hiia over to me on very favorable terms, i we give McCiU FTed Carman anil a cash consideration for Laroy. McGill will probably end '.arman to Denver, which club McGill also owns. You see, therefore, these. Union association play-1 play-1 ots we have signed come in mighty ( ! handy. Laroy is a full-blood Indian, : and has been going fine for four sea-1 sea-1 eons. I am ticklfd to pet him.'1 "Blank"' is also well satisfied with " the deal that brought bira Barbour and X'aye. Higher Rank. ; In regard t- the elevation of the j American association to major lea cue lunk. Bianken-hip is of the opinion that if "u-h action is taken, the Coa.-t eaue ;md tbp International would also have : to be lifted. He thin!-? the Coaut league is in a barter position to assume jor k-ague dignity than either of the o'fiT clors A A leagues. I .The skipper will remain in Salt Lake lor a few days, after which he will j V-ave for San Pranns'-o. On his cot j trip "Blank " thinks he will be able i to come to terms with a couple of pitch- ! ers ho give indications of holding out. j !Thpre are no holdout?, as Fuch," ; aid Biankenshi p. "A couple of th1 i rtitlKTs have cxp:cfd a desire to talk over the terms with me, and when I go to San Frauoisco I think everything will be fixed up all right." In Cincinnati Blankenship bought the uniforms for the club. The home uniform uni-form is pure white with black trim-mins. trim-mins. and the road uniforms are gray with a small stripe. - Black trimmings also go with these. On the road uniform a monogram "tL," inclosed withiD a diamond, will appear on the breast, and on the home uniforms a similar monogram mono-gram will appear on the sleeve but not on the breast. "Blank'' says the uuies are very nifty. A few of the directors got together yesterday afternoon and talked over things in an informal way. No business busi-ness of importance was transacted.