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Show DECLARE SALT LIE WJLLET PLAYERS Coast Magnates Do Not Take Jacobs Statement Seriously President A an T Baum of the Coast league and Henry Berry owner of the San Francisco club left town yesterdaj the league s end of putting Sa t Lake into the ci cu t having been completed Mr Baum went to ban Franc sco and Mr Berry to Los Angeles Upon reading In The Tribune yesterday the dispatch from san Franc sco to the effect that Harry Wblverton and L ojd Jacob" former owners of the cra mento club proposed to put up a fight for the retent on of the p ayers who are prom sed to Salt Lake in connection with the franch se ilr Baum laughed the matter off They have no claim whatever to the plajers said he The playe reverted to the eague when the f anchlse was forfel ed The Pacific Coast league con stitut on as we 1 as the constitution of every other basebal league no doubt, express prov des for such emergenc es Harry Wolverto knows a 1 that, because he has been n baseba 1 a long time and I doubt very much whether 'Wolverton made any such statements At any rate the league pron ised Sa t Lake t ose p aye s and it s tbef lea ue s bus ness to ee that fea t Lake gets them t Lake need not wo ry one speck about the pajers the league w 11 fight that bat le. Mr Be ry ndorsed Baum a remarks and added that it was one of the best baseba 1 Jokes he had heard n a long wh le Changes Thick and Fast Ead cal changes are coming tl ck and fast these days in the old Pac flc Coast league which has been doing bus ness at the o d stand for so long that the fans Became accustomed to look upon it as a permanent institution says a San Franc sco cor espondent of The Tr bune " a 1 the proposals come to pass he 19U season wi ro 1 around with p ent of materia to start the boys a buzzing The elim nation of Sacramen o the weak sister from the circuit and the f 4?.1e i .?a KJY together w th the transfer of the Venice club baec to er Shi? 1 crelte two new teams that should do much to st r up interest in the pennant race Cliff B ankensh p the old tat.??16 nitmvor league catcher with wL,? "Snae the Mormons and .2 ftEpy- HSan re na n ng at the iL?.Scu ' an opportunity to renew o a acquaintances Shake up of Managers taThforf?!LUef of ?framento o reta n t3 forfeted franchise upsets the s t mkgfranouCtSehaek8 b "J"" jew skppe s n the fie d nextea son McCred e of Port and Chr st an nt Oakland and Hogan of Ven c a ooab y ce ta n of the lobs, hift w 1 &rtnsn,pS TLi d " s on record that II. Angeles c ub -nailer and it is ren'i, ay"S ment oned but there s the problem of secur ng h s e ease f om t e t Lou s Browns w th w om he ad a successfu season in 191 D on was p eked to succeed Howard because of h s f end sh p w th Henry Berrv b t no h ng haB developed to substant ate such a s vltcl Directors to Meet Certain j the pew on ners of t e San Franc sco and Los Angeles clubs must be figuring on chang ng managers other wise they wou d come out n favor of Howard and D lion It s hu t ng t e popu a ity of the pa r of veterans n v thhold ng the announcements and t e matter w T 1 ke y be sett ed ins de of the next week or so s The d ectors of the Coast league wi 1 be ca ed at a specfa meet ng in San Franc sco short y af er the first of the 5 ear to take up t e task of stra ghten ng out he c rcu t for next season and a so arrang ng a schedu e that wl 1 fit in v. th e tak nB n of Sa t Lake. The transfer of the Venice c ub to ernon s not expected to be a d ff cult matter Hen Berrv who proposes the change sa s tl at Vernon is so much mo e teas b e than Venice that he ex pects the directors w 1 be In favor of the proposit on It w I be no material switcn tor tne xnursday afternoon and Sundaj n orn ng games wi 1 be piaj ed the same a usual Other new stunts that wi be tr ed next season w 1 be the s ng e umpire s stem the eighteen p ayer mlt and a $6000 sa an m t The act! t es of the Feds wee d sconce t ng to the Coast league- mogu s for a period but Hen Berry made a trip to Imper a and ac comp shed t e wonder of s gnlng a ter Schmidt and C ar ev Fanning Hen boasts that he does ot bel e e t e Coast eague w 1 o e a s ng e pla er to the Feds It s true t at Roy Corhan Is s i l n the open but Hen s count ng on n lng him up short v |