Show UG 4 Pr I I. I t By SteVe e Facing the Problem WITH ITH the basketball season fast drawing to a close with vv the races practically lly decided and and- but little excitement remaining but the playoff for the state high title fans are r taking faking advantage of the good weather and turning tU g their eyes eyes to the fast approaching baseball season season There are going to be developments of unusual li interest during the coming summer Six teams in the P Pacific i ili Coast league according to to o the way the dope lines up n will now jv willbe be fighting nip and tU tuck k for the leadership of the league That's going to make it interesting j The Salt Lake club is going to have one one- of th of the best teams in its history since the thel time Ernie J and ad his Bees ees nearly copped the Pacific Coast league pennant That's going to make for for more interest in the games f Then too for for- forthe the first time in years Salt Lake is going to have a pitching staff and staff and a well balanced team That means in addition to some of the fireworks and sp spectacular ct cular stuff th that t has been been in in vogue at Bonneville in in thc last the few years ears the Salt Lake fans will have some real baseball Everything points to a great season Therell There'll Therell There'll be a great team and a race race that should spire inspire every every devotee devote of the gr great at national pastime The seaon on should be bo one of the best in years If the fans dont don't turn out during the coming summer to see the baseball games and give some real solid support to the Bees then it must be decided definitely that Coast league baseball has grown away avay from Salt SaIL Lake While every year has brought the information that Salt Lake is going to be dropped fr from m the Coast league and while that information is pure and unadulterated bunk bunk theres there's theres something behind the rumors that are starting The fact is that for years the Bees have been a losing financial venture both for the local backers and for the other teams of the league I It is a well known fact that other cities in the Coast league territory have more promising prospects for Bill Lane and his baseball franchise se They offer real returns for the team returns that will do away with the deficit which Salt Lake always produces Bill Lane of course prefers to have his team in Salt Lake This is his home and the place he wants to be However However How flow ever over he has sunk a fortune in the national pastime to give Salt Lakers a high class brand of ball He cannot afford afford- to lose that fortune Salt Lake Lako must support the club or lose it For years it has looked as though the Bee proxy would be compelled to sell out but he has always weathered the storm and maintained unusual optimism in Salt Lakes Lake's fut future fute re How flow long he can continue suffering losses remains to tobe be b se but it doesn't look as though it could be I It is about time that Sale Lake gave some support t tits tits to its team I IT T That's ats at's a rather pessimistic vay Way to start the season but its it's good once in a while to look the facts in the the face Salt Lakes Lake's greatest advertising medium is the baseball club i and it is jg facing a loss of that It Itis i up to the fans fansto to o support a good h now gm that hat they hey have gaye one r 1 1 I |