Show f it II I LL ILL MALARKEY 5 LET OUT By I LEADER Of OF 1 L Ii 8 BEES EES V r Q Blankenship Begins to Cut Cuta Cutt a r Loose From Some of His t i 1 I High Salaried Players I t t Other Baseball Dope f By W. W D. D BRATZ BE J True Truc to his hu word that i If he had to do dou u t any cutting in order to got get down bolow tho the new a month salary limit he J would let out some of his high priced d men nion who are only of mediocre ability as dt players Manager Cliff CUff Blankenship yesterday yes 1 it I handed an unconditional release c t to Pitcher Buffalo Bill Bm Malarkey I Malarkey and aid arc are t two to o of M the hi highest priced pitchers in hi the league tH and aDd B Blankenship found it necessary to toi i lt cut the salaries of both materially According Ac Ac- 1 3 cording cordin to the dono of a 3 few weeks ago c ridiculed Blankenship's o or- or 1 forts to cut cut his salary and lod imme immediately Lately t started to fC flirt flirt with the Feds II j- j 1 The Tho Salt Lake manager 1 1 tried to come ona to terms with Malarkey but found it impossible so ho lie u uI I c oil ofT all negotiations a and aDd d mado the tho pla player cr i I a n free freo agent e alar last t season elso with Sacramento t to won II ll and lost Jost I 17 games a percentage perl per per- J. J l' l 11 of 39 which was oven even lower J 4 I than thau his Dis is club clubs club's s 's percentage e of 12 The Tho reports report from rom the coast this morning morn morn- p lag ing do not noty wy ay y whether u-hether or not t I. I J has been abl able to come CODle to terms terras i t tt with Pitcher Frank Arrea or not ot Like ie is 16 drawing f fi t down town quite a s. fat salary alary Ho will in all nfl l probability have to stand a s. cut also alsot t or fi figure mUo In n a n trade 0 b Tb The Salt Lake directors held heM a meetIng meet- meet I In Ing Ve yesterday ter ay afternoon and arid succeeded In 1111 getting Into writing their agreements l J with Ith citi J 1 i B. B Lan ord on the park Lf lion tion The Tho meeting opened at 6 5 o'clock i and r fOr r the next ned two hours bours and a R. halt half halti i 14 tho the directors J. J E. E Langford Langord and anil their i attorneys s s went over o the tho lease I which consists of ot twenty-four twenty closely typewritten type type- i I I written pages page To this leSl lease f. f was attached f t the plans plane of or the plant When hen an agreement agree agree- ment had been reached on all tho the points Lt j tho the attached tit i Pitcher Claude Williams will meet In Manager Inna cr Blankenship In San Son Fr Francisco i Sunday ay and ho he will then sign slEn his contract I He ire has como come to terms with th tha Salt r i Lake skipper S kI As part remuneration for turning FinnI Pins Ping I Bodle Bodie over to the San Francisco club the Seals ha have given ghen the White Sox Sex an op option op tion on pitcher John Couch Couch Is the i big right ht hander loaned to Ogden Olden by the San Francisco club toward tho the close of ot oti the last laet Union association at on season i I It If the National lea league e at Its Us annual i It nH meeting oUng In New York to today votes Totes to sustain sus sus- l tan fain tho action of the thc American the plan II I u I to to extend th the tho American association Into nto I ili U. U full fledged major may be carried out I ci Ban Johnson who la Is said raid to favor tho the thoI I j plan as as' a a. means of or fighting the tho Federals was ws given absolute power to vote ote fot for his hla Il 4 organization on this subject Now all f that Is needed Is the favor of or magnates 11 of the tho t parent maj major r. r r Undoubtedly tho the Pacific Coast Crot and the International le leagues cs which arc In the 6 same tnie class with th the A. A A. A will demand major classification It If such rating Is given 4 to loathe the big minor of ot tho middle lo West tt l There Is 18 a rumor In tho the Eal East t. t however i that the International may not start this t I mason The ma magnates havo O been granted i it another month In which to send nd out contracts con con- lI tracts and before March 1 thero there ma may be ber r IF L something done to keep that circuit alive I I The Barrows organization has lies been l t T wrecked ked by IT the Federals and tho the European Euro It l p n war has ruined Montreal and ana Toronto To To- 9 t t i two of or Its strongholds stronghold as aa bl base e. e I Jf Jj ball clUes cities r It Is argued that If tho A. A A. A Is made mader a jl major the players will demand larger sal sal- arf arles aries They may in some cues casts but the thel 1 players cannot hope to get set big InI In In- l I il l 1 creases cs However Ho tho the magnates magnat of or thu this J t organization d declare Claro they the will be able to pay large Jarge salaries when they thoy are aro reco 4 as a 0 major because of tho the natural UI Increase bf tir patronage that will result tel from the class dus of bas baseball ball being better A. A A. A club owners say the they can tithe caro care V of ot the salary lal proposition If It given the classification they want If Should tho the A. A A. A become a a. major De In- f J. J troit Cincinnati and may ba be L token tAken Into the tho circuit replacing Columbu 4 St. St Paul and possibly Indianapolis This Trite would greatly Increase the total f tion of cities and thus Increase tho at t 1 I |