Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-01-04 | Page 8 | Noted Seal Fielder Says He's through with Baseball

Noied Seal Fielder Says He's Through With Baseball j WALTER (BIFF) SCHALLER. :v V 1 A ;'-? I: - - r 4 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3. Walter CBiff) Schaller. San Francisco's most consistent outfielder, has announced in a letter to Henry Berry his retirement from baseball. Biff declares he is through with the national pastime for good and all. "I have given the matter careful attention and forethought," he wrote, "and have decided that in times like this, during the course of such a war, it is better for a man to stay with a steady job than to play baseball." In such fashion does Biff dismiss himself him-self from ' left field out at Recreation park. Lvrry admits it isn't going to be easy to replace Schaller. Biff has a berth at the Union Iron Works, and with a chance at Sunday ball figures he is making more than he would with the Coasters. Biff had a continuous performance record rec-ord of being in the game three years without missing a. session. This season just closed he was out of the game a good deal.