Show I I Look Out for Blank Blank- When 1916 I o- o o o 0 o 0 o oo o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 6 J. J Hands Salt Lake ake M Manager a a- a Great Boost I Io o o 0 O 0 o 0 o oo o 0 6 o 0 oc o. o o- o o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 i B ll Rings Says c C ast Scribe I By WILLIAM J. J SLA SLATTERY TIERY SAN AN FRANCISCO Oct 2 D As the thc Seals have done about everything with the 1915 pennant but hoist i it there is little need for any more discussion discussion discussion discus discus- sion regarding the present race True the Bees are liable to tickle the Wolverton on a afew afew few more times and they are liable to cause much uneasiness among certain rooters rooters- but the home guard is o out t too strong in front to fear i any danger Just a few lines regarding that Salt Lake team It started as the joke club of the league and now the majority of the wise birds all along the circuit I are re willing to admit that it if stands an even chance cnance of finishing finish finish- ing ing in second place So Some e ho hopping hopping hop hop- ping for a crude uncouth Untried untried untried un un- tried aggregation eh h San Francisco had class at the I outset and and so did Los Angeles so naturally everybody gave them hem places in in- inthe th the race before II the campaign was was a month old But Salt Lake had nothing save savea I a game manager manage and a lot of I game boosters When it did didI forge into the lead at first everybody everybody every very I body laughed and the laughing continued i u d when hen the LL S le team slipped lipped I L CLIFTON D. D BLANKENSHIP J Ii 7 y f S rr S 'S X I 4 y p k e Ei I Jl A g DaCK into me tue cellar Right where it belongs cried the thc majority Poor Blank hes he's a good fellow but they've wished an awful flock of hams on him Poor Blank did not stick around and look for sympathy What a chance He laid h his s plans weeded his team o out t gather gathered d together a collection collection of 0 regular regula b ball lI players and drilled them to f fight g t. t No Now look at th the result If they keep up their present gait grot they will have ave the honor of I II I finishing ahead of the highly touted Angels l This Ts is is s Blankenship fir first fire J time out s as t th of a class AA league ea ue ball club cub The e hat I of every fan fan 1 in the Coast le league ge should should be doffed t to hl him hini 1 He e s showed oYed his class his ability as aleader aleader a a- leader and his true sportsmanship He h helped ped make baseball history in m a few short months Look at the Oaks and the how they slumped They started with an even break didn't the they They were rated many many points poW higher than the Bees but how would you rate them right now The answer is simple enough They had nobody to lead them on nobody to hold them together nobody to make th them m fight when a few shots of the old figh fighting i g spirit might have chased them up into the running If Blankenship can hold the majority of his next season hes he's surely going to worry his rival managers He loses Lefty Williams and Catcher Lynn to the White Sox and perhaps I Washington will get Joe Gedeon But the balance of the gang is carded to stick Prepare for forthe forthe the painful sting of the Bees all you other fellows They're the birds to watch I IThe The Salt Lake boss has shown that he knows how to build up a baseball aggregation They thought he was a busher when he busted into Coast league teague society in the role of manager He out jockeyed many of the thc John Wisdom field generals generals- and he showed the fans that he has the right system of running a ball club More power to him |