Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-07-20 | Page 16 | Learing Bees' Desire to Test Home-Run Fence, Angels Sign Round Robin for its Removal

Learning Bees' Desire to Test Home -Run Fence, Angels Sign Round Robin for Its Removal J I Special to The Tribune. LOS ANGELES, July 19. Reports received of great rejoicing among Salt Lake fans over the viciously disputed home run fence at Washington Wash-ington park are considered here ; verified by a telegram received by Har- ' fw,mA-T YmJmf' Ioc'aI baseball writer. ' t ? , , i Cook' seeretary of the Salt ! ,V,'i , 'Ub' Protesting against the ru- mored removal of the fence Eiehl Manager Kil.efer and the rest or the Angel lineup have forwarded to Ires. dent Powers of the Los Angeles club a round robin asking that the fence be removed. An antipetition from fans here also has. been handed Powers Others are on the wav. The deluge of adverse criticism : has caused Business Manager Morley of the Angels to become a bit wobbly, but he laTca"Ting on, fighting to' convince ihe I. L. C. that the fence, his own child is the guaranteed way to make baseball here as thrilling as the arena sports of ancient Home. Morley issues this statement: state-ment: "It has been claimed that I advocated shorter fences at Washington park to tighlen up the race, and in that wav increase in-crease the attendance., Nothing could be ; more unfair or more untrue. I did not 1 think that.it would affect the -pennant i race in any way. I advocated It to AMhm.h 1fSJtlma,e '""case in interest Although I have an option on some stock m the Los Angeles club, I win not receive re-ceive a cent from the receipts this year. nmhlr,PTS ,that. Per' interest had nothing to do with it. I was merely trying to boost the sport.' It was pure ? an experiment, and it is up to the public to say whether they want it or not Personally, ! doubt whcther . ha(, thorlty to change the distance of the fences in midseason without getting the consent of the league as a whole.' Powers has under consideration all the petitions against tho fence, and It may go down before the Salt Lake club again visits Los Angeles to enjoy what Mr Cook considers its benefits Said Killefer today: "This fence has ruined what is one of the only few real baseball parks in the league, and it's a baseball " tCRm trylng t0 pIay Sood Following this critioue, several members mem-bers of the Angel lineup intimated the entire team would strike unless the fence is removed before the next series here in which they appear, week after next tvhen they return from Sacramento, where they play next week. Killefer is manager of the club, will demand the ence s removal before , the series begins t is said-.