Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-03-13 | Page 4 | All Coast Owners Favor a Heroes' Day Game

ALL COAST ST Io FAVOR A HEROES HEROES' DAY GAME I Magnates nates Ready to Do AU All Allin in Power to Aid Players Injured in War ANGELES March 13 Coast Coast I Los league club owners have come out strong for tor the Heroes Day The plan Is to Taise a fund to care for baseball players who were disabled dis- dis so that they no longer are able to take part In the great time At least three men who used to play in the Coast league were badly wound wound- ed Louis Guisto H H. Miller and Tommy Tommy Tom Tom- my Quinlan are the players who were wounded while In France The Coast league magnates are ready to go ahead with the tion They also would like Ilke to see every other league In the country take and set up the Heroes Day aside the receipts for the injured I J men Jams James R. R Brewster president of the the Seattle Baseball club the newest member of the Pacific Coast circuit is one of the ardent boosters for a country wide Heroes Day The receipts of a single day In which all the clubs Tn in organized baseball took part would amount to such a sum that it would be possible to care for every ball player who was injured Ban Johnson suggested a year ago that a home be built for the Injured baseball her herpes es Through the Heroes day plan It might be possible to do that pWe p We Ve are in f favor vor of your proposition tion was the way nm Bill Rodgers manager manager man man- ager of the Sacramento club put his team on record for the Heroes day plan J Cal Ewing the veteran baseball man of the Pacific Coast league telegraphed tele- tele graphed as follows Oakland club heartily in favor tavor of any movement for benefit of players disabled III defense of country Bill Lane president of the Bees and one of the most popular men In Inthe inthe the Salt Lake region Is another booster for tor th the project Salt Lake Is In favor of setting aside a day for that purpose was the way his telegram read AI Baum Daum president of the Pacific Coast league declares that the plan Is Isa isa a splendid one Each league could hand It the reo re 1 of the day In Its circuit or the national commission could be used as a 3 distributing