Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-03-31 | Page 40 | Outlook for Baseball is Bright, Says Prexy Baum

Outlook for Baseball Is Bright, Says Prexy Baum Special to The Tribui.e. PORTERV1LL.E. March r.' While in San Francisco, on their v--ay to Porterville, President Lane and his party of newspaper men na'.-urallv na'.-urallv v.-ere piloted about by President Presi-dent A T. Baum of the Toast league. Prexy Baum ifc a cautious individual and seldom says anything that he. isn't sure about. In. vie v.- of this trait in the head of the league, whit he has to say about the proc.j ?cts for baseoall in IMS it-worthy it-worthy of uiiention. "I am inclined to he optimistic. said Baum.' "I know t'.;:: t in ?in Fan',ico the indications are that there will he increased in-creased patronage. Lo you know hw many hex seat "ere left on the ticket seliers iiands for the opening ame this evening i Murch 1': ? I'hpre were just four. To my mind that i ni icatca a healthy spirit for tue L'ame. The seiierF report an unpi e-: e-uent.-d demand tor opening-day tickets in c cry sort Ion of the phmt. t "V'hile I know infimatly only the con-i con-i ditiori? which oh.a in in "ai Pra ncisco. it is always to be rrr.mhf-rd th.aT Sa n Pra n-. is-.o is the hi 5 town of t!i league, anil l!i a wi 'atevf-r heip.s an Pra iv::so h ) p s t ; e whole I f a z u e . "In .can Pro n:s-o proper and in tin-bay tin-bay ditrh't 1 here a re thousands r-f ni'-n j employed in t:;e shf pva r i? and ot hf r in -d'ls'riai.H plan'.F in v.ar con.-trui-iion. All of these mn are earninc hih watrs and they are basebai! fans to ti:e last man. "The davhiit savin? will be a Irf- mrdous heip to nab.i!l in San Pran-"ia''o Pran-"ia''o and no doubt in nihfr it:e3 of the j iea-ue. A.i &n example nf whiit we may I expert from the cn; oh: at ion of dayliiri.t saving" and Increased numbf-rs of mn I empoved, T will t-ite an ins; ar '. A fw I daya ato I went lo ;hj lnion Iron works, j where thou hu nds of m'-n xh frv. ployed. I They v 01k in t'nr'ie eiif V.t-'uour fts. At j this tirre the d-iy 5 1. : t qui r h wrk a t. ( ; o'clock, but t v. as tld bv a dIaf inn of 1 tr:c-c """'rivft's t!.a' i)"T :n a h!hh on I 'foot whereby the iiift would forego iis : lunrh h.o.jr, work eicrht hours t ra i eht. ahd quit work at :i o'clo.-k. 'W'e want to s--e the bah Karnes,' I w-up told by t.ie deleeation, 'and we are i:oina to cut tiie lunch hour in order to K't "ff in time to reach th-- hall pai-k by r,:4o. There will b 500 of the 2' 'j0 men on this shift out tiie re ovf-ry afternoon.- "t.'ndi- tiie oiti plan of starting u t ?:4, of course, ti-.-f-1 men cuuhi nut tt otT in time to rucli tho park in timu for the game. "The new owner of th1 ?an Francisco club are '-eiPmr off to a 1:00 i stan. T!:ey have the hr-vUiil public :;eii.nd tNun and. dS tiiey sa-.- in ot h--r i'nes of business, 'cor fidtn-c has ber-n fully I's'.or1' I. ' "1 ha v " p-iad.-- frcvei al t rips to a;ra -n,ento to help ih-n i;et started up there. Ti.ere !s every r-.ason to bd:o tici S;ic-raii:en:o S;ic-raii:en:o wii; surj'ris- us all. Tiie enthusiasm en-thusiasm is general and .'eendntly of the last in t: kind. The Sacramento club is a civic entcvprSe, founded on the fait Liike plan, a nd every bod y in town n interested. in-terested. I (-hotildn t he fi ;rnr;-ed to see Sar;nn-nto tucn out fur In t--ff our exp1 '-Marions wen ti:e city v.as admitted admit-ted to ;hf "The wonder'ul forward surides of Oakland Oak-land a a manufacturing center and the Ld'iit'on of la rire nun,;;r ot workman on -O'. orriMt't work th.ore an::ot f.ill 10 rt-ilrttmd rt-ilrttmd to the her---':r of b.-edll. "I h'i i'd'l or.!v c.sv'n I report s from r-s A!;-'"!es. but !h'y ar encouraging. All aroijd. thTeforf, I do i,nt think it fr off thf mark to .iv t :at there reason rea-son at tin. time to beileve wc will hav a 'ood v,,:r. Of course. m liv-jtc n.an c;i n tell nn' turn H.a w.ir !:tua'!rin mav t -f. W in n : r, t lift wa r env-" h rst and hrcS'-Vall 'i:p'H s"-nnd. and if It d evtd - j nr.?- 'i.at tii- nu-n 'Ui ia c d In ba.-hail are nf.-de.i m iinv hrari'di of the nf''mal .-r- 1 vl'-f. j irks w;ll ! i-heei-fullv rlon-d. Ho'w-'.f-r, t ''Tf- ilrH not -rem to P-ymurd.i P-ymurd.i a' this tim- for farin th;,t jonm I a pi" w;ll Vo r-.i ch-d, .-1 rir) ! f ! h'- government gov-ernment at A"a 1 1 1 t c 1 r 1 n holds to 1 1 ,s oft -ropf-ated (-'ritcm-mf M-ar ) , n-. ess ry as a me.ms of r'-ra t ion for the A mr-rh ;, n p.npi in th-f time r j f utre:?, tiit ua me will pn-sper in t he Cnnti