Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-11-20 | Page 15 | Threatened Strike of Ball Players [Illegible] Another Blow at Popularity of Gam

TINED OF BALL PLA PLAYERS I ANOTHER BLOW AT POPULARITY OF GA GAj Baseball battered on the rocks of internal w warfare and and external complications complications is facing one of the most serious serious seri serio seri seri- ous crises of its existence this winter in a proposed revolt of members of the baseball players' players fraternity headed head head- headed ed by David Fultz The refusal recently of minor league magnates to consider players' players demands on on- four lout propositions is an almost certain I I tam tain indication that the major league bosses will adopt the same measures meet in m New York December December Decem- Decem When hen they ber 12 T of players players' strikes are not new to baseball but this one coming it does when many salaried high-salaried as contracts are expiring is war-time war hooked looked upon with more trepidation by bythe bythe bythe the magnates than any in the past weathered the federal Baseball league storm creditably enough Several Several Sev- Sev eral clubs which had bad ad failed to make money for years showed a comfortable balance at the close of the 1916 season sea sea- ea- ea son S AND THE TIlE MAIN REASON WAS ft NOT T T THAT HAT THE FEDERAL LEAGUE WAS ELIMINATED BUT THAT THE QUARRELING AND BICKERING WHICH AL ALM I 1 0 S ST T DEALT BASEBALL A DEATH BLOW HAD BEEN BROUGHT TO TOA A CLOSE The return of such conditions this winter whether due to a players' players threatened strike or something els else Is bound to react seriously against the game next year The majority of fans are n not t in in- m t re ted in the bc players and owners in fact are sickened by the tender both sides to grab every till 5 sight g lit m What the people who pa paa baseball want is baseball with ter tel trimmings left off of The rh players and owners find this better it will be for them ai gate receipts p Whether or not players players' str sti controversy which has alread will hurt ha baseball in 1017 1917 M