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Show ... ,'. . . J ... . . . v- If r- 'H-m T Tr-t f-- 1 -Py Will . Sever Cc::":c(i::i. h11j.0::1, j The ru...or factory got bu-y yesterday aiul fc. -in at an early hour to grind out trrlst. Among te rr.ary reports that chase 1 vp anJ down "Guf;';-s' Row," as Eecfond touth street Is sometimes called; was tl.e fact that "Chaw les" Re'.Uy, captain cap-tain of the alt Lake baseball team, had decided to quit and would no longer be seen la a Salt Lke uniform holding flown third bag. . ' Tfce tale even went further, and went on to say that in the event of Manager Reilly abdicating his throne that Delmaa, 'the shortstop, wu slated "for the duties and functions of captain and field manager. man-ager. About to Leave Town. - . . The- rumor, went on to' say that Reiny was aboit to leave town and that it i . -, would be announced that he was out Funnim? for str players and would shortly short-ly return wnh i t ' men and thus fctrer -ine n the tnsn. A j .an w ho t u. ? to be every c'.osa to Manager Reuly hi this to eay: I know that I.elily has been unduly censured. There Is not a better player In the West than F.filly. He is a bail player from the ehoes up and is a good playirt manager. . Furthermore, he Is a good batter bat-ter and is a valuable man in any company. com-pany. . "Reilly feels keerfly the sting of corp. tlnued defeat. He has endeavored to obtain ob-tain good players, but has been hampered In money matters. Why, the president of the league la authority tor Sh statement that the "beat' umpire can be had for tO month.- and $1 a day for scorers is more than. ample." Where Trouble lies. It was stated that great Internal dissatisfaction dis-satisfaction existed among the members of the team and directors of the baseball organisation, as well aa over the fact that the Salt Lake nine persistently and tenaciously te-naciously clung with a bulldog grip onto last or fourth position.-- . . , It was further stated that among certain' cer-tain' elements in ' the league every time the Salt Lake team lost, wh!v by the way, seems to be about every time they chase themselves out to play, this same clique would say It was "all Reilly's fault,' or words to the same effect ef-fect and meaning. Also that Reilly had been unduly censured by this same "element"-in the learae and. In the words of the diamond, had "become wearied of it, and waa willing to pasr it all up" and quit Reputation at Stake. " . "Everything else ' has been' attempted to be run in the same picayune manner. If the Salt Lake team finishes at the end of the season a bad tail-ender, it naturally natural-ly hurts Reilly's prestige as a captain, and naturally his stock at an available man would shrink. He haa his own reputation repu-tation at stake. Reilly would rive Salt Lake a cracking good ball team If he was given but half a chance, so far aa obtaining obtain-ing good players and paying good money was concerned. "He will gd away" in a few days. He may- not come-back. It's more than an even shot he won t. Reilly mav be offered of-fered a good position to play on the coast. I am not saying he will accept, but If he should don't be surprised. I'll go further, and say that If he doesn't you can gamble gam-ble that things .will shift materially here, and he will no be hampered aa he has been. .Reilly Is a crackerjack player and manager and is entitled to -crackerjack piayerw and treatment. Give this to Reilly, Reil-ly, and Reilly will 'do the rest,' and by this have a winning team that will win whenever they go out" - Secretary- Shepard Talks. - - ;.-- When H. Cv Shepard. the. secretary- ef the 6aJt Lake team, was seen, he said: "This rumor is news to me. I cannot credit it I have never heard that Reilly waa dissatisfied. I know he Is going to Loa Angeles In a fewrdays. It la purely a personal business trip. It is a matter he must attend to. It concerns some private pri-vate interests of his own there. A matter concerning his laundry business. He has shown me some correspondence and I know he haa to go and he has Ween given permission to .leave. .He will certainly come back. "Of course, in a league of thla kind a manager must be limited to salaries. He can t spend 136,000 a minute. I haven't beard that anyone has criticised ReUly, He has attended every board meeting. It is news to me. He is going to the Pacific coast on private business. That is all there la to the rumor." f Has little to Say. ; 7 ' ' Reilly himself has" bui little" to say. He says: ."I am sua captain of the Salt Lake team. I shall return." But the rumor will not down. To many it seems strange that right now; when games mean everything to the Salt Lake team, that Reilly should be given permission per-mission to go to Los Angeles to see about his laundry establishment With Reilly out of a single game the gambler's chance the Salt Lake team has of winning any game would be eliminated. Why is ReUly ReU-ly spared at hla critical situation when a win means virtually all to the local team? It is to be hoped that Reilly won't be lost to us. for Reilly is a good, conscientious conscien-tious player and Bait Lake could well spare half of the present . team rather than lose "Chawles." But here 1- the story, and you can make your own guess whether there is anything in it |