Show COAST SCRIBES STIR TR UP P FRE IN N STOVE LEAGUE LAJ BASEBALL New eW Sat Salt lake Third Baseman Are Winter Sport of f Scribes lane Avers Vitt Viii Has Not Yet Spent Required Ten Years Witt Major Leagues to Be Given His Release Bee Skipper Claims Sport Scribes of the Coast Send More False Alarms By Steve C league scribes are arc becoming wrought up over the fact V- V that Oscar Vitt the third sacker of the major leagues is IS co coming ing to Salt SaIt Lake for next season While they believe that thai the noted veteran will be e a great card for Salt Lake they are not nol sure that the tho Bees will be hn able abut to tn land him In fact Harry B. B Smith In the Bar Sai Francisco Chronicle doesn't see mud mud chance nce for Billy Lane to grab cab off ott tin the plum He doesn't believe bellevo that Vitt wil wit to Salt SaIt Lake Here Is what hi bi says Oscar Vitt may have a a. word to sa saas Bayas Bay eay as to whether he be is to play ball ban wit with the Salt Lake Lale club Not ot that Oscar is opposed to returning re returning returning re- re turning to the Coast league In fact tact he tells me he alwa always s 's s did like the Coast league But Oscar knew nothIng nothing noth noth- ing about the proposed deal until he read the Chronicle yesterday morning morning morn morn- ing and now ho says he figures he should havo been consulted You l know now said Oscar there 1 I Ia 11 a a. rule In baseball that after atter a a. player has been een in the major leagues forten for forten forten ten years it If his club wishes to drop him from major league that player must be made a a. free tree agent and given permission to dicker for his own services NO CAUSE OF WORRY There is no po cause for alarm however according to Lane for tor or Vitt has hai not yet spent his required ten years lithe Inthe inthe In li the major leagues going up to me big bij show in in- 1912 thus giving him only nine years of or service Just one more stove league dope i Is the la laconic comment of or th the Bee Jee ee boss boas Vitt will be on the Job by spring LAUGHS AT LEVVY Boss Lane also refuses to get excited over the fact tact that Lefty Leveren Leverenz doesn't like the Bees and wont play lr Ip Salt Lake in 1922 When informed of 01 th the interview with Leverenz printed in The Th Telegram In w which the tIle admitted ad that he would rather dig ditches than play with the Bees the boss merely laughed and said If he likes digging ditches all aU right Maybe hell he'll get his chance EXPECTS WINNER The Bee boss is convinced that In 1921 he is going to have a a. pennant winning aggregation for Salt Lake Lalie Jf H f the team doesn't win the pennant It is going to tc come so mighty close to It H that nobody will care a a. There is on e thing one certain he says say and that is that there will be no mor more disgraceful exhibitions such as were seen seer last year ear After Atter the tho team gets started It I is going to play baseball It may lose a game now and then but when It does lose It will lose a baseball game an and 1 no not nol a t field meet It was Impossible to get i a 1 team last year ear and the fans rans of or course didn't support the game Jt t wasn't tc to be expected If It they want real baseball they'll get it it- 1 this year ear and it Is up to them to get gel ct behind th the team feam eam and help it t on the way to victory victory- |