Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-03-13 | Page 21 | Sacramento Baseball Club May Become League Orphan

Sacramento Baseball Club May Become League Orphan LOS ANGELES March arch 13 33 UP Prospect of Sacramento becoming an nn Orphan club manned by castoffs cast cast- otis offs from front Its seven coast league e contemporaries was heightened today today today to to- day by threat cat of ot League President VV y C. C Tuttle to call caU a n directors' directors meeting unless the tho St. St Louis CarI Cardinals Cardinals Car Car- I supply a working unit of class AA talent for its Solon farm tarm Tuttle gave Branch Rickey St. St Louis business ss manager nn an even week to reply in concrete form to his charges that the Sacramento spring prin training camp resembles a boarding house for high school freshmen Unless Rickey answer In seven even days said ald Tuttle tho the league directors di directors dl- dl rectors will meet to prevent the horrible spectacle of Const Coast baseball being prostituted to build up a major major major ma ma- jor league team Tuttle indicated alter a conference conference confer confer- ence with Dave Dare Fleming president of ot tho the Los LOi Angeles Angels that the club would establish headquarters at Wrigley field here if the Cardinals Cardi Cardl- nab nals are ousted from Sacramento Ion on the ground they violated league rules compelling each team to carry 15 experienced players player The Cardinals Car Car- do not hold the l Sacramento cramen franchise and their working Agreement agreement Agree agree- ment would be voided if found guilty guilly of violating thi this this' league rule Tuttle emphasized Should this happen tho the sever sc other other- league clubs would supply the players ers to fill till out the Sacramento roster Bill Lane owner of the San Diego Padres supported Tuttle in his stand Rickey Bickey should understand that the other teams will not stand tand for forthe forthe forthe the Sacramento team being merely a farm to fo for C Cardinal 1 prospects prospects' Lane said Tuttle mocked Rickey's reported statement in Columbus Ohio that tho the Cardinals would beyond doubt meet all aU rulings before beCore December 1 IS lil 1036 1936 the date the league closes Us its year car December 15 Tuttle snorted snorted- the season is OV over r by then and all the fans tails who have paid money to see sec class AA baseball wo would ld have been gypped watching a flock of ot sandlot kids performs perform