Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-12-31 | Page 7 | This Ball Player Belongs to some Club, but Doesn't Know Which One

THIS BALL PLAYER BELONGS TO SOME CLUB, BUT DOESN'T KNOW WHICH ONE . I The tangle that many players find themsesTves In twanse of dlaorganlped baseball conditions lwt eeaaon Is Illustrated Il-lustrated hv the case nf Ike Wotfer. Ike is like a man without a country. He doexn't know whether he Is owned . by any club, and doesn't know how he is going to find out, A short time ago fhe reserve lists of all minor league clubs were puhllhed andV'olfer was surprised to find thai h had been reserved by Sacramento. J When Wolfer lri Hacramento last . NpHug he went to Vancouver, B. C. i where he played under Hob If row n un-1 un-1 til a short tune before the league quit ; for the season. I Then Itrowti informed Wolfer that he had been sold to- Chicago, and asked i him to go iMist and report. The kcal Mail didn't do this, because he wrote I Bob. asking further particulars. It was about this iime that Brown refused re-fused to bring his team to Portland, per schedule, and as a result the franchise fran-chise of the Vancouver club was turned over to Vancouver, Wash., the British Columbia city being dropped from the circuit. Now Wolfer doesn't know whether he Is a free aaent, or whether he belongs be-longs to Chicago or Hacramento. He intepds to play ball again next spring If the opportunity offers itsif, but he doesn't know with whom.