Show Jr BLANKENSHIP LEA LEAVES VS The two S Salt lt L Lake I le club managers cull Cliff Blankenship and and II Bill OConnor O'Connor have havo completed d the fitting fit fit- ting out ont of their for tho season sea sea- son at nt 17 Newhouse building and nd things s generally are beginning to look more snore like liko class AA baseball every day With all the local details do de tails out of the way therefore Playing Manager Blankenship p left late this tills afternoon for the tho East in search for a few more moro real ball players Business Manager OConnor O'Connor OCon nor will vill hold down the fort alone while is In the East st. Manager first stop en cr route Ea East t will wit be he at St. St Louis After Aft I that ho expects to stop of oft off In philadel phia Washington ton New York Chicago and Omaha His Ills route ma may also Include lother other stops but tho abo above e named cities are arc those for or which ho he his headed prin prin- 0 Blank may mn pick up two or three more and unless ho can lay 13 his hands on two or three real pitchers pitch pitch- ers era ho will 11 probably pick up about live five of them The Thc local manager Is anxious to have e one class classy hurler and says s 's homay hema ho he homay ma may have to bu buy him hin Ho Ito has 1138 ha had op- op to pick up several sc pitchers vi with only fair records In class AA last season but he figures that any pitcher who lio Isn't lent Quito a ways was abo above the tho average aver aver- ago age on another AA club will not note be e good goodenough goodenough enough b for or me mc c cIt If Jr I lands Just what he lie wants It will be e At t least one ODe bi big blar leaguer on whom he can nb absolutely depend about two good youngsters oun flom the big blK show and live lve or six others from which he will try to pick the very er test best Good pitch pitching In Is half of oC a ball Lall club dub figures Blank sand and I am going to have It My ry ball bail club right now could hold its own 1 with ith good pitching I ma may pick pickup pickup pickup up a few tew more good In and anti outfielders It If I can get m my han hands s on them but If IC I spend any money for tor or pla players ers it will be bo for pitchers Jimmy McGIll owner of or the In Indianapolis Indianapolis Indian Indian- apolis spoils club of tho the American association and tho Denver team scam of the Western estern le league sue expects to train both of ot hh his hi squads on the coast instead of at nt Hot Springs s this season He Ho ha has written for games but Blank was nas forced force to decline them as 08 lie ht says the tho I local 1 fans ans will not tee see his club In action against a l class AA club until they come out for tor the or opening game with Hap HO Hogans Hogan's ans an's Vernon boys Our Ou- old oH friend Bill Bernhard has signed up with Chattanooga principally to coach the young youny pitchers 4 The following former fonner Union at association players Jers ha have signed contracts with clubs of other leagues league according to Secretary Farrella latest bulletins Don Rader Hader with Venice Otto Auer and ana Jimmy Ca- Ca veney eney with Chattanooga Carl Sawyer with Des Moines and Frank Daschbach with Dubuque 4 4 4 will trill assemble his lila club at San Jose February 25 Manager ana er Tyler Christian of ot Oakland will call his players to at Pleasanton Pleasanton Pleas Pleas- anton Cal February 27 7 Ills pitchers however er will report February 2 22 4 4 4 The Imperial Valley valey J league tC a a. win winter tor organization In California Is la having ha Its The Tho promoters signed so many sian Etaro that the mone money at nt the pate gate has ban been far from sufficient to pay salaries 4 4 4 No action has hM as yet et been taken to toward toward to- to ward Installing the Venice Venico club In Ver- Ver Vernon non but hut the tho matter will probably be straightened out In a 3 few days 4 4 4 Harry HarT Wolter th the Los Angeles s out out- fielder Is a holdout 4 4 4 Claude Potts last year ear at C short for Salt L Lake ke h has ls with Atlanta of ot the Southern league 4 4 4 Willie Powell the little colored d lad who acted as mascot for tor several Union n association asso asso- o- o elation datIon teams last f season has already placed his application for or the Job jb with Manager Blankenship V eo VW eoW W D. D Brn Brats Sporting E Editor Telegram Tele Tote gram Will gram Will you ou kindly print In your our sporting columns col the tho largest larget paid pale attendance attend attend- anco ance to a 1 ball Nil game garno ame In Salt Lako City nail and the tho dato date of or said sam game Also what I teams s comprised tho the Pacific Coast league at the timo Salt Lake Lako took owr the Portland franchise Any other oilier information tion regarding ln the first game played In Salt Lake under E said eald ld franchise will bo ho greatly appreciated Batteries scores S. S Opposing teams etc Oto Respectfully F F. S. S G 53 South Seuth uth i. i S Second West A Your er first question is 18 a a. hard har rd one There hass has's ben been Quito a a. few good Sized crowds In Satt Salt Lake ake e City AtnO Among them are the final game namo between Eureka and Park City In the Utah State I le o of 7 1906 1901 at Valker the th j I game me between Chancy ariey fast fant Salt I Like I t team m or of th the Pacific National league and and the tho Chicago Cubs CUb at Walkers Wallter in In 1 O. O the tho Sun Sunday game in the transferred between n Salt J. J Lake and Butto Butte In I i V re 19 1911 U and fi one i Sunda Sunday crowd crow at a a. gane between Salt Lake and Great Gnat Falls in in n 1913 In view of tho the fact that actual actual figures 5 are arc not available it l 1 Is Impo Impossible to answer this auction definitely W W will havo hao turnstiles from now on so eo It will give Vf us a chance nee to koep posted I 2 c S Salt lt ii Uko took Portland's franchise i In the tho v old n Pacific National July 1111 2 2 1 3 Lo Los Angeles Ancle Butte Spokane Se- Se attle San Fr Francisco Portland rH Tacoma and Helena b a Com corT PrIS prisM i 3 the up to that time The J league ague went ent along alone for a short time with that circuit when Los and lId San Francisco hopped dropped out and joined the new Pacific Coast Coat ha ue A little later Halena H and Tacoma were forc forced rf d to quit The Tho other four clubs dubs finIshed fin 1 the season eason October 4 with the tho teams In tho following foJ order order- Butte Butto Spokane nc Seattle Salt tAke Lake 3 The Tho gam for Salt Take took place at ati field July 7 with Tf II Helena i tn ing The Tho T Elders to Telena won on 7 to 4 f. f The u yOre re s and Garish for Helena and Quick and Sh Shea a. a f tOr or r Salt Snit L Lake kL 4 4 4 San Sin Francisco ranc Jan 23 Walter I.-Walter Walter M Mf- Mf t Cradle Credie Is In or with th thi II baseball rowers Powers of the tho Pacific Coat bauo 0 ant and they are not at all back backward rd about say say- lug Ing no o. o Not lon long loner aco aio Walter wn wan quotel l ns 8 makIng the assertion that Salt Ln Lne c City will not a n in the theold Coast i league lie He Paid tt It would tIe be the samu old of Sacramento and that ht I a chan n o would brt ha forced th the follo Y Year r President Dawn Baum that 1 Walter AVal- AVal tel ter cr was doln doing his hia talk a little out of ot turn aol furthermore It was not u up to rr Vc- Vc to make any rem remarks 1 T McCredie who ho Is Ia the tho owner nor of the Port Port- land club end a le league Uc E cIr a an as will IOn I I cx himself n d with th the I ass ass- WItch to f fIt It Lake CIty It 1 Id That to b enough h. h I V lo s 8 simply the I ot of the Portland tam and I to IB c express pree his ot opinion On matl matI mat mat- l I Continued on page 31 II STOVE TOVE LEAGUE I Continued Continued from sport page tarp ter of ot league IUle pIC policy U Which really raly ought to hold Walter Waler for a while The Tho following clipping Is taken from the te San Francisco Bulletin Several loyal lo-al Sal salt Lake Lako fans are arc very much put out because tho the Bulletin printed Jimmy Byrnes' Byrnes s' s comments on their fair air Calr city cay as asa asa a n baseball center Their attitude Is explained explained ex ex- ex In a letter leter received receive by the sportIng sporting sport sport- ing editor this morning I 1 taW saw t an Item iem In the Bulletin wherein Jimmy B Byrnes Byrncs res states that Salt Lake Lako Is a poor baseball town to n I It Is really realy a shame that tt Salt Lako Lake should bo be so 80 hammered This IStha Is tho tha only city I 1 have been In that didn't knock San Sn Francisco and California In fact act It Is tho the best little city I have been In Salt Sal Lako has ho always as paid well wel to tosao sao sac baseball and Inferior baseball at that and everybody feels he has bas a per personal pet per Interest In the tho new Coast league club San Sn Francisco FancIsco should show sho shoher her fairness and eliminate knocks from her newspaper columns What was was ald said Salt Lake Le b by Jimmy Byrnes Dres was vaa not tho the opinion ion of ot the thc Bulletin Nor Is an anyone one out here seeking to knock Salt Sal Lake as a ab b baseball cl city In the language of or the war critic were neutral although for Salt SiU Lakes Lake's Lakel own sake fake we should ver very much like to see her cd as a new v sl sister ter terIn In the Coast Cost league o leage Jimmy y Byres Byres' Byrnes' Byrnes alleged Interview which appeared In the Bulletin as referred to above folon's follows follows- Jimmy Byrnes Is another another an an- other who's agin Salt Lake as a Coast COst league legue city Jimmy declares baseball has never been on a firm tooting footing In the Mormon Mormon Mor Mor- lormon mon center arid and ant that a couple of ot weeks weeks' adverse o luck Is sufficient to send the fans ans to nickelodeons Instead of ot the ball park park Salt Sal Lake Is a Fourth of or July town said Id Byrnes Byrncs and an has hag no rIghtful rightful right rIght- ful place In the tho league leage Its It's a good god town for a three months months' monts' monts baseball season but when you stretch it out longer lonser you vou begin to encounter a lot of or difficulties The weather will 1 bo be b bad and the altitude Is Isso isso so 50 high youve you've got to pack a red hot hat stove stO with you ou to keep warm Keep It I up bo boys s 's It I must make mako warm nice reading reding for tor forthe forthe the people who decided decIde the matter mater Wo Wonder er If It the present Hayes Haes valley assemblyman ever cor thinks of oC the days when Salt Sl Lake treated him pretty white Jimmy was uvas a n busher it In 1003 1903 Perhaps Per Per- haps that's the way he feels about It now though so 80 It I remains for tor us to show him what a different cl city we have In 1915 San Francisco has hs a a working agreement agreement agree agree- ment with Detroit and to See wih DetroI expects get a ac second c ond ba baseman eman Young or Vitt Yil from Iet the Tigers S Salt Lake ma may have ha a little working I agreement itself when Cliff cut Blankenship returns from the East Catcher Jack Bliss of or Vernon Is also ato slated slate for tor the a ax I S S Says Roscoe Fawcett of oC the Portland Oregonian Tho The Mormons Mormons' catching staff will I do with Hannah and Lynn With Stroud gone gone to tho the G Giants nt tho the pitching staff Is 18 weak Southpaw Wil Wil- Wi- Wi hams liams lams looked loke good last year car and Malarkey Malarkey Malarkey Malar- Malar key and may come back yet ot I the tho Mormons need three or four tour good 5 slab artists artista goo S S S Another bit bi o of President Al Daum's baums schedule has leaked out Portland out out Portland VIII 1 bo be bothe the second club cub to S show S S SHeres SHere's In Salt S1 Lake Lako Heres Here's another bit of oC Coast league gossip gus gos os- os sip clipped from tho the Portland Ore OregonIan Though It may cause a protest from fromI I Northwestern circles It may be stated as a piece of ot Jc legitimate news that the tho Coast Cost league magnates are still sUI keeping In mind an eight eight club club circuit for 1916 II If I Salt Lake makes a success of ot It It the expansion ex ex- idea Is sure to como come to the te front Speaking of ot the eight dun ambition President McCredie said ald on his return from the San Francisco meeting It Sn I was discussed at jt some length We e went over O the tho ground Gound thoroughly and raked faked up all sorts of possible combinations One suggestion sug BUg 11 eston was as for teams at nt Ogden and andI I Walla Wahia the these e cities cUts to take from seven te en to ten weeks apiece and and piny play the rest of ot their home schedules in Salt Sal Lake CJ City and Portland Another Anther combi- combi nation naton was Sacramento and Seattle another an art- other othe Seattle Sete and Spokane and sl still still r another an an- other other Ogden and Sacramento Of Ot course all sU these plans necessarily are ar contingent contingent contin contin- gent upon Salt Lake Lne City's success as n a Coast Cast ege league city dU but I 1 dm m highly opt opt- S S S Los Ls Angeles Jan 23 Hugh luch Hugh Jones Jonas ones representing James Jomes McGIll owner of the Denver and Indianapolis clubs dubs spent yesterday yesterday yes yes- estera es tera trying tryIng to book practice games with tho Tf Tigers cf and Ange Angels Angela Both clubs club liars ha E a complete schedule of or games sames for tor the spring training sea season n and ad could spare sparr no dates to tho the McGill clubs cubs McGill was wu very ery anxious to train his clubs In southern south em ern California but owing to the lack lck 01 ox available practice games games will wi be forced fored tc to seek another training ng location Los Angeles Anele Jan 23 Speed Speed 3 Speed McDonnell McDon nell the te capable Tiger Tiser utility man man will wU pia play with wih either eIther the Los Angeles or Salt Sail Sai Lake ball bal clubs durn during the 1915 1918 season according to n a statement made mae by President dent Eddie Mater last night nIght In 8 spite t of reports to the contrary Maler ha has re re- ed cel no rio word from tom Salt Sit Lake ke Manager Manager Man Man- ager Bankenship has not accepted or rejected rejected re McDonnell McDonnel Maler expects to re re- word within a day or so iO on op th the final outcome of the deal del If I Salt Lake Lakel rejects McDonnell he will wi go to the LOt Lo Angeles le club cub Darmody Is anxious to get gei McDonnell and there is i no doubt bui bUl what tho they will wi come to terms if It the Salt Sail Lako deal falls fals through |