Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-11-23 | Page 10 | Prexy Baum Gives Sacramento O. O.

PREXY BAUM GIVES SACRAMENTO O. O. League Head Wants Proposed Transfer of Portland Franchise Settled Be-' fore Directors Meeting. Special to The Tribune. SAN .KRANCItiCO, C'aL, Nov. 22. A1 Ran m, president of the Pacific Coast leaene. Is joins' to Sacramento to siae up "tlie situation there. Charley Graham and others who attended the special meeting meet-ing here a tew weeks ago and made ap plication to tafcc Ponlaud s pla.ee in the league have been work ins since then to raise the money and Baum wants to know how they are frettinp along:. There is no special hurry about it, but Baum would like to see the situation in Sacramento well in hand before the annual meeting: of the league directors in J.,os AnRelee, December li. Judge Mc-Cvedie, Mc-Cvedie, up in Portland, would also like to hear something drop In Sacramento, for until that matter is settled he does not feel like going: ahead with the organization organiza-tion of a new Northwestern league. The men who propose to back the Sacramento club know conditions in this league thoroughly, and they want to interest in-terest real baseball fans as stockholders. Graham feels confident that the money will be ra fsed and that Sacramento will be in the league next season. It Is likely that a playing manager will he engageil and Graham and the other officers will merely act in an advisory capacity.