| Show I Club in ln I I real Shape for for I he 1916 Season I fr pr r This Is That Thal Organizations Organization's iza ions ion's s Were Handled in m a ness Business flanner Manner banner All of the Other Other- Teams Deficits Staring Them in Face I. I r By W. W D. D BRATZ kd kJ a week of rest to a a- sporting editor it has been a and weve we've had ample time to reflect reflect- following the I f baseball this city has eVer enjoyed Salt Lake has hasy hasI If I- I y year ar and it is in a fair way to have even a better one oner r venture in AA baseball has been crowned with suc- suc city ity y is being talked of all over the country Salt country Salt Lake Jn n of advertising which no civic org org-aniza- c y y could have given it it rand nd fans alike have said a great many complimentary nager Cliff Blankenship the manner in which Salt med out to make baseball possible and successful and d work of our Bees but no one apparently has said for the men w who o guided Salt L Lakes Lake's ke s' s first baseball C h commendable le success the success the board of directors I iKe in his debut into near major ball was ila directorate composed of business men men who c cess 5 in in other lines and that's precisely why their I taking te terminated as it did lid From President Frank I I law i t to tc Business Bill Manager OConnor O'Connor the men Lake Lak e club were on the job They actually neglect- neglect I business many times to further the interests of base- base ve ve ye all t they ey ran things in in a like business-like manner Murphy Lawrence Greene M. 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R Evans and the thedo I CIo do not s seek ek such jobs of their own accord especial especial- Ives a civic proposition such as Salt Laks Lak's baseball I al-I I II itoi a a critical public ready to hop on to them for every I goes oes wrong Salt Lake was pretty lucky therefore en n at the head of their venture d. d however that Salt business 1 of lt Its club anc and that proposition aU all lJ the bought abo such tsuch a aOA OA o President Murly Murthe Mur Mur- tyly ly the other day sed the hope hop that the Ways remain scattered small blocks of man or woman who share of stock Is a amore more mare instead of af Ihn hi made a donation donatio hen they Invested eb I 1 l. l stock the share share- something 1 Tan asset asset thanks thanks I G 3 vho handled the J Ii the tho donation incident the I Ill I'll just what wha a cs c's B baseball is toof tog to to- t g of one of Salt U U nets neSa houses havIs hav hay Is eight shares of li were really worth worthY t lid that there plight Ight i iI I addressed I something like Uke this this this- ii we ve ct charge that two r or worth of baseball busied covered that It had nations donations as bade tad bad e case whenever jn in n donated to a base base- iHo y smoke change away away said the 7 t that t stock is worth i lat id man gave gaye gavel I gd last l as winter as a do- do ELGRAM'S cam- cam gOOd pd baseball here or I remand r and simple It Is the he directors point l ir r seasons season's success either that THE THEs I foks s back at it all with pf pt pleasure also t pcr asked the fans tans to Coast l league ague baseball along that this I k good It hoped at atthe Vik the be fans would some n e to feel that they I UP or donate their I ape Sal alfe Lake has bas Jas made owns its franchise ar there should be Salt Lake has dof money but it has balance on the right r and better still layers players and park Inter Inter- they are assets I surprised Mr Stock- Stock l receive a neat little I lm ney you have In- In all all' It is doubtful if of the worlds world's tox can point to such ir Nine out of ten tenn n zed baseball lost won son on show that I Wout OU out the only city In Thas made mads any money side ot of the theys ys shade hut but the thea thereat reat deal on the sea sea- a pennant 1 naVe ave ae cleaned up a atha tha attendance was spite of the counter Pa Panama Pacific expo expo- as why San Francisco v finished at least IV wrong side of the thee I pj e bf Pt the high salary IJ en prevailing and outside expenses lenT err head of or the ork or or- took k over The clu cluied club led n page 3 SALT LAKE CLUB Continued from froni page 1 last spring has had to shoulder This consisted mainly of or paying ground rent not only on Recreation park where the team is now playing play ing but a a. yearly rental of on Ewing field which was built last year but was found impractical and near nearly nearly y broke up the 1914 owners wa A. A Cal Ewing and Frank lab But for this and a share Jh re of the rental charged up against each club for the lease on the theold old outlaw grounds at Oakland the San Francisco club would have been Jn In the clear Both Lost Money Neither Los Angeles nor nOl Vernon has made any money monel It Is figured that both of t f these clubs lost from to to Eddie Maler had hadan hadan hadan an expensive pay roll padded with many veteran stars stars and the club was down in the race from the start of the season It never had hada a a chance chante for pennant honors and and its supporters support support- ers ens know this and would not turn out The Los LOB Angeles team tenon had disgusted dis gusted the Seraph public on other occasions by making a great showIng showing show show- Ing only to slump before the end of the race had been reached and this year proved no exception The fans there do not like Frank DUlon Dillon especially and all clubs have been complaining about the attendance at Los Angeles which has not drawn as well as Portland in comparison to the difference in population It is conservatively estimated that Oakland lost more than any club in the league Conditions seemed tobe to tobe tobe be in a bad way there as it had the competition of a likely pennant contender contender con con- tender playing on on the same parks when the team was on the road and this did not tend to bring out the fans when Rowdy Elliott and his band were playing at home In other words the fans did not care to put up their good coin to witness a second division aggregation tion lion play there when they could wait a week or two and see Harry Wolverton's nine perform Oakland did not have an expensive bunch as salaries go although a number of the men were getting goodly amounts But it is known that the Oaks lost money hand over fist last year had no better crowds this season as they were never In Inthe tho the running and it is rumored that the present owners Leavitt and Cook who are supposed to ho bo representing Cal Ewings Ewing's interests in the club may be forced to sell before next season in order to square up the indebtedness of the club The situation in Portland Is not very encouraging to o the OV owners Last year between putting up for forthe forthe forthe the losing Northwestern league club there coming through with its share I of the assessment Ho to pull the Sac Sac- Mission l club through and a poor season with th the Beavers in spite of winning the pennant the figured that they dropped in cash This was not the fault of the Coast league This year while an exact estimate is out of the question it is figured that the local loss will be between and Considering that Portland has had hada a end taU team Instead of a pennant pennant pen pent nant winner as it has b hen been cn accustomed accustomed tomed to to this is not a great amount to ie lose One reason why more has not been been- dropped is because the Beaver owners kept their running expenses down to the lowest possible pos pos- sible point i |
