Show a Friday Morning- The - -- Sailht TTIlU® Salt Lake City Utah Herald-Republica- n InlOTCilIlnl® 18 01 05 WEST TEAK OF HIHHERSmL-SAfiSFV-HEt- EDITED BY WALTER PBRATZ Bill Essick Will EDDIE QCOTTE Manage Vernon f J CREDITED WITH ADAMS LEADS IN BACKSTOP FIELDING ANGELES CaL Dec 20— Essick who for five seasons managed the Grand Rapids dub in the Central league has been appointed manager of the Vernon club of the Coast league Essick is here on the ground and will take charge of the Tigers at once The Grand Rapids dub won three pennants under Essick ’s management William Essick ''Vinegar Bill" as he was better known in baseball will be well remembered by most of the older fans of this dty Dad Gimlin then manager of the Salt Lake dub brought him here as a pitcher in the Pacific National league days! of 1904 Essick had only fair success as a Salt Lake pitcher winning 13 and losing 23 He drifted away from here after that and hurled several years of good ball in the middle west Five years ago found him managing the Grand Rapids dub Prexy Bill Lane Returns From Los Angeles Cori- -! vention Brimful of ‘Pep Feels Elated Over Signing of Walter McCredie to Manage His Baseball Team Next Season LAKK - rmig to Imvo a young ball club next season it is going to be a winning aggregation if a little pep and a good manager can provide such a luxury ’resilient II V Lane of the Bees says so and if you know Bill Lane ry well you will agree that no one ever nded him off for not trying as the race horse tout says I’rexv Lane returned last night from the annual Pacific ioast league meeting at Los Angeles brimful of pep and determined to give Salt Lake a ball team of which it will be justly proud is er iho juliilanr lit in closing with fart that i- SALT sin-cet'ile- Walter lor No nah few il j to ituuiasre his Huh It season develops that tin new president jnt did the funner Ioaer skipper a jumps ahead of ab"t live or ie ! six other Hid- - Lneki strike III Bill -- I I te M Jack Hendricks r v 1 :iM as n Iaiie inform fiatt Bilr in nl i - 1 that he ha lrr atiort-'the army of mf heard It the Her Karl Crandall and TYnels Ilan- rRube Kvd out naii are piarlnar In the Winter et Rnbe Evan 1B wosalosslly Anele humped pretty hard s-ie t y PUil-li- c ex-Beav- er - vised they will play baseball next season They are: Pacific Coast American association Western league Southern EastTexas league association ern Blue Ridge league and league league Central association Those already out of the game are: Virginia North Carolina Dixie Georgia Alabama and Northern leagues Other circuits must be reorganized If expect to resume operations This they Includes the International spring was sent to the Pacific Coast lie because he held up league last March club for more salary Subthe Brooklyn O’Mara joined the Atlanta sequently and club of the Southern association the game of his proceeded to “play life’’ Atlanta won the pennant largely because O’Mara strengthened the team in batting fielding and base running The Brooklyn club kept a string tied to O’Mara’s services all this time and called him back He will have recently to go some to dislodge Ivan Olson from the shortstop position GRANITE HIGH WILL MORNINGSTAR BEATS CHICAGO WIZARD a Detroit Dec 20 — Ora Morningstar of PLAY GRANTSVILLE this Welker Cochran of city inoutplayed two Mocks of 182 balk line Chicago and went Into the billiards here 1134 in the 1800 point lead 1200 to today match Morningstar featured his afternoon game with a high run of 218 ac397 in twelve Innings while cumulating Cochran required thirteen innings to make his 300 Cochran had a high run of 101 taking the lead In tlio Morningstar had only to make 300 He did evening and had a high this in twelve innings obtained 234 in run of 138 Cochran twelve Innings and made a high run of 111 The match will end tomorrow Coach Sam Baird of the Granite High school will take his basketball squad to Grantsvllle tonight for their first season's game as to his Coach Baird is team this chances of having aoptimistic winning but he will have a better line on year men them in action his after seeing team an opposing against A few of the men of last year’s have been remaining out of squad school this week for work but as there are six full teams out every night pickthere should be no difficultyof in A number the men out a team ing seem to be or equal strength and Coach XOT Baird has made it clear to them that 4 PHILLIES WILL J1XCLE FOR A lEX the man who is out every night onis the one who will land'a position the 20 — firovrr Dec Xew York team star Alexander fanner men been pltrher for who have The up who will 4 the Philadelphia Nationals recently andshowing past toweek strong bethetaken sold to the Chicago Nationals with Grantsville tonight likely 4 Catcher Klllefer for gTdMIOO will are Haves Jensen and Hart forwards Ihe purchase Thorum and Hopfenbeck centers: An- 4 receive no part of to President money according drus Young Stevenson and Moss Baker of the William Philadelphia 4 guards el oh Some practice games are to be played Alexander wanta any bonus 44- he“Ifmost during the first week of the holidays look to It from President ALL-nni- :i) man exlints said of Chicago Weeghinan 4 “I see no 20 — Fred Ley of 4 linker here tonight Denver Colo Decwon why we should turn any the trophy as 4 reason Denver who twice money received for Alex- of Colorado and 4 of the oxer athletewas best to that player 4 under centerfielder fur a time last spring Americans enthe for Philadelphia listed in the army here today 1 pate any tronble in lining tip a good ball club Darmody Cork Sore lias aya It has been done before and he fel-oAn amusing incident happened at lbi eye on a number of promising young n vet-iathe first meeting according to Lane whom he intends to urlx In with hi Tom larmody who had figured on 3S McCredie buttonholing immediately T TwinR i in fsvor of young players-t- o to reafter the session took occasion hi v the Los Angele Herald mark that he could “sign a manager in a 'few minutes who would give him Ewing say that the youngters are the ones life In a league He say that the hest flub in the league and at less who put the there sire so many good youngsters around the money than any other” Lane could tnat there should be no trouble In getting a not suppress y hearty laugh hut lar-mod- y bay number did not catch on until later in the sufficient owner attended a gam a week and then he was a disappointed agoTiieandosklaiKt day h there was so much enthusiasm says men as also was Henry Berry Ini-th! u league game that there were four President Lane stated last night that Love? the meeting was one f the most busi- fights f or eight of the "I would like to4 see nesslike session lie has attended in member 'oust league clubs this year of the a was inativ transacted i:id day Buiness have not lad a year’s experience in liitckly and Mlwithout the expected I “ass A A or the major leagues declared Ewing of the directors went wrangling t Continued On Following Page) a ml the subject of dropaway pleased Salt laakewii-d- apparently manufacping tured out of cloth by the Ls or have been offered him by big w rl one-hal- -- e scribes was never even Iiint-- d Angeles at Mrt'rexlle Coming to Salt Lake Walter Mct’redre will come to Salt Lake shor’ly after tiie first of me year Idi jmnoiinces that the now will ti east immediately after akipper the holidays to renew old aciiuuin-tance- s get in touch with players who find their way to the baseball inay market the season and to line during u a team of young ball players to Lane ’redie a ha I! club in mind betweenalready hasAccording what he can pick out front the Cortland and Salt Lake reserve lists and what players have expressed a willingness to M-- Open I nil! 12 Mblalalit SunilatM anil tloiiilit 1 - M t sign league club With Crandall Kheely Orr Ryan Evans anil Ktrmeyer of last year's Bees and Siglin Iee Fisher fpossibly Ken William! and a number of others from the Portland roster of which Mc- -i if lie fig’redie will have first the new Bee ures that he needs It pick for players as pilot is not as hardatupfirst one would imagine thought President Lane wil call the directors the local club together for a lunchof eon at the Commercial club accom-at noon to tell them what he hastoday plished ami to Instill Into them sortie of the “pep” which he brought back from the annual meeting J - all-arou- nd Official American League Pitching Records for 1917 x lOlllRN V I’iootte Chla® W May M Janies I R J Boston riank M I on is Cn?FlriU flvrlaiNl Kit a-- C A I I'hlctxu KaJer Oilcairo riiicaifo Si-o- tt i:nll Ruth ! C’lcTsiand B'latoa (I William Janies Ivtrnlt Fred Comu!e Cleveland Y W Ayers Washington If B Leonard B'ton William Mitchell Fisher New York Ray K Shore Boston i r All-iRussell New York : W Johnson Washington ' K I! Liti New York Kdw Klpfer Cleveland TV ! lH-tm- I hills lief R Kit aw ’ i 1 I Detroit key New York Joseph Beni Chicaeu L J Bush Philadelphia 1 oster i Dumont Washinsteo II t'oveleskie Detroit I J Sheker New Y'ork l C IMnforth Chicago B Boland Itetrrlt iuy Morton Cleveland R C Johnson Philadelphia St I on Is Allan R B Caldwell New Yrk A Ietrit tnnnlnifhan Robert Groom St Ionia Jonc" Detroit H J Kltiuke Detroit C Williams Chieaeo (J Mogridc New York M B Oallh Washington II tlarper Washington I Davenport St Lm!s W C Nnyrs I1 J Sehaiter Philadelphia I i- --’ X Hamilton Sr Lamln?!! t 'levels uil J Shaw Washington 11 pennoek Iletmi If A Ciillop New York F Falkrnberg Philadelphia Alb Gould Cleveland F- - Roger St lamia K honh St Iswlt H Setbold Philadelphia K Meyer Philadelphia Joseph Bozhling Cleveland R I CToaed Midnight Sundays aand I Holiday MoUdsvn Kan Diego Dec 20 — There wilt be no New Year's day football game in the this season to eclipse that here country in Kan Diego’s stadium This was determined at a conference late yester- 4- -- 4--- 4 i day when definite arrangements were concluded whereby the Army vs Navy game between the Utah field artillery and naval training camp teams will be Year’s noon played NewNew Year’s game of the west The big has been patent to Pasadena’s tournament of Roses in other years and they will have one this year but in point of and interest the Kan Diego game rivalry bids to hold the keener interest Furthermore the San Diego contest will be for the benefit of the Red Cross a vital and utmost worthy cause adding for patronage beyond the excellence of the football displayed That the two teams are equally matched and of superior class was sufdemonstrated to 10000 persons ficiently in the stadium December 9 when scorthey to a 3 to 3 tie each team playedfield goal ing a between the teams is intense Rivalry because of that tie for the championand has been ship of the southwest dares challenges by the aggravated and dickerings over the return game to finally decide which is the better team and the champions Proposal to than New Year's field day play it earlier from the Utah brought refusal Camp Kearny champions the artillery Decision on this game cancelsteam navy proposed contest between the which were and the college being organized by Frank Malette the San Diego boy who captained the Uniof Southern California team the versity season Malette graciously withpast saw drew claim for the date when he with wanted it the Utah field artillery He stated It was his opinion the navy game would be the the army-nav- y the benefit of better drawing cardso for withdrew for the the Red Cross and cause betterment of that all-sta- rs WITH THE 4--4 44 4-4 4 --4-4 4 4 44 4 4 4 (By International 'sew Service WilChicago Dee 20— Ten rounda is Jess offer lard's limit now lie ba rescinded his and to give souieliody a chance to whip him more than that number fight must says He won't be no n?feree deof sessions and there Knell a cision That was hi ultimatum today title batt1n would allow him to ellng to bisknockunder any conditions except In case of a out or a foul 36 Open Until 12 JlldalKht tMoaed Siinda and Open l afll 12 91 Id night Closed Sundnya and 4 ARlDf AND NAVY TO MEET AGAIN r - 5 1 I £ 3 2 13 4 3 m n 89 2T 4 i vs J 2 3 i to I3 all-sta- getter The B Y C basketball line-u- Charley Midkiff Will Stack Up Against Another Slugger in ‘Young Palzejr wclter-weigT7”ID IRISH the hard-hittin- g who boxed his way back into his former popularity last season ht has been matched to meet Gordon McKay the fighting lineman in the main event of Hardy K Downing’s weekly boxing show at the Grand next Monday night He will come down from his home in Clear Creek tomorrow in order to put the finishing touches to his training Irish established a record as a dispenser of sleep pills at the Manhattan club last winter that made him the most feared welter in this section of the country Although he doesn't possess any great amount of cleverness he packs a punch in either hand The only boys who have beaten him have been those who refused to mix matters with him and were satisfied with getting a decision on points In McKay he will meet a boy who has a similar style of milling and does his best work when coming out of a clinch which is just to Irish’s liking so everyto a battle thing since McKay came here a few Everpoints months ago and began knocking over the best local boys Manager Downina has been angling to get Irish to come back and meet him but the latter was so busy that It has been impossible for him to get away Now that he lias succeeded in getting a few days off for a Christmas holiday he has been doing some light work on the roads and with the bags and says a couple of dayscon-of him in the best of boxing will is a boy who leads a clean dition Irishput life at all times and is working out in the fresh air all the time so that he is in shape to step in the ring practically at any minute says he is going Downing a regular to Msnager Christmas give the fans up several othspecial and has matched er who should bring the of toes to theirboys fanspairs Kid Mack and Bobby Munger should furnish a hummer from start to finish Munger surprised his friends last Wednesday anight when he beat Kid Bromeo in bout at Magna and he Is out to redeem himself for his at hands of Eddie defeat at the Mack the Grand a couple of weeks agoKing is also going good and may make things for the Garfield espeinteresting If he can connect with boy his favorcially ite uppercut & Bobby Moore and Kid Bromeo form of boys who always giv-th- e classy pair run for their fans a furnish an exciting moneyd and Bhould good melee For the slugfest end of the milling this week Battling Charles Midkiff will A1 Palzer the be sent Iron Man whoagainst stood the hardest punches has of some of the hitters at the club and still brought home the money AMidkiff earned a decision over lthough im at one time he is going much better at present and it would not be sursee him hang the k o or prising to Charles if h&connccts with one Battling of his pile driver pushes Alvarado the newcomer from coast who made quite a favorable theYoung the Grand last week impression at his metal last Wednesagain showed when he battled Kid Mack to day night a standstill for four rounds at Magna e He will meet an favorite at the Grand in Oscar Taylor who makes in to mix matters for up willingness what he lacks in science The amateur curtain raiser will open the fun six-rou- nd p: Referee — Bassett SAINTS ILL TACKLE B Y C FIVE TODAY six-rou- The L D S and the B Y C basketball teams will play this afternoon at the Deseret gymnasium at 3 o’clock The Logan boys trimmed the West Side yesterdaj by a big ecore and are expected to put up a good showing Coach against hoop squad Both teams areRynearson’s fast and shoot baskets well line-up The probable for todav: B Y C L D S Fuhrlman lC m rfaf 1 a c Thorpe Jones Marter 4 4 4 4 44 a a a rg a AGGIES nd four-roun- C I lay m on d 1 JPrCCCC a S Treece Clawson Nowells lg miOP BASEBALL T 4 Dee 20— 4 Colo Fort Collin There will be no baehall at Colo- - 4' ratio Agricultural college next 4 The decided 4 spring today to abollah thefaculty for the dura- - 4 sport tlon of the war Many of the star 4 444 navy player have joined the army or 4 4 old-tim- r Justt a Word tto You 9 AVnsitt Will Tell Glh-Imii- — DOWNING ARRANGES HOLIDAY FEATURES 36 card with Jess Willard's proposed could add thousands of figlit for tiie wind-nAccording toa dullars to the Red Cross fund Mike suggestions made In Chieago yesterday could lie paired with Mike O'Dowd for oppothe semi windup while Benny Leonard' Charllo nent could 1e selected fnm among White Joe Welling or Johnny Dundee Billv” Miske St Paul heavyweight announced his willingness yesterilay to take Jess Willard on for the lsMieflt of the Red Orosa Fred Fultop in St Paul Janu Miske meet ary IS ajg a$e tge Dee 20—Jack Kearns whose San Francisco caused lilm to be In high managerialIn activities San Francisco I to leaveI today disfavor going east Kearns has a hunch he for the to Is- - aide to match Jack Dempsey with Fred a lot of promotFulton and Insists there are er bidding for the battle Kearns will meet Dempsev and they will continue on to Denver where they plan to stop off and talk chance of landing a match sje j(c Frit Holland Is doing aIn vaudeville stunt lie in Australia and getting ly great style comet and saxaplione and plays tiie tmmlmne those who have heard him on the Instrument say he la “there” The army autlsirltiea made a raid at the of Sam Langford In Denver training camp and arrested all who had no regfew days ago istration cards Monk Fowlertitswas one of them-lie- " manager Fred had left Ida cant with Winner and remained In tall two hours before Wlnsnr called and produced it Fred Fulton has signed articles to box ’'Texas' Rill Tait whoever lie may lie on Christmas Billy llaack the day at Little Rock Ark There Memphis promoter Is staging the affair are rlese to tOroO soldiers located on the to draw well Ynd the bout figures Fill toil la to receive S5 per cent of the gate An K Open Until 12 UTAH I sje the St I4uiy Carwill Bee director get together for a The dinal went to I os Angeles for the little ion at the 4 oiumervial club today McCredie: express purpose rf Tom to him had engaging pegged to ae about POO on wantThe league expect tiie Tigers and handlelarrrolv lien Harry It will nef If'ob ed lilru to take t h- - reins at San I’rati-ric- u the an?iiigl ntnpiri atnut the receipt however te Lane smell-rat experiment the all along I a failure mn he kept Ids plans unip plan t least a arrant it or the single be installed again until he had had an opportunity to talk !Wrt ' with Mt Credit' Tiie other personally former Be and present Paid fitter fellow made - the mistake of thinking was net badly injured Id tiie little aitu that MrCredi- wui’il not he a fre figured yesterday roorn-i:- j sent until Cortland had been formally nmudiup iii xrlich he machine slammed into on ousted from the league and that there whichwhenhe another A bad shaking Bp was driving would he ample time to talk to the a far as Fit is was the ail rlmut damage after the Cortland matter had concerned been settled Althouga his train pulled into Los Egan may become the neat manager Angeles five hours late Sunday even- ofNed the Indianapolis clubthe Bee president did not wait ing ft until Monday Instead he sought out McCredie that night and came to an Had Meek la likely to get an umpiring berth with his man then and there the Coast agreement se so that all that remained was to draw in sje before up a formal contract Monday McCredie will bring the young outWalter the meeting He did not announce the fielders he i trued In boa Angele with him to of McCredie until after Mon- Salt Lake In ease the lads do not show signingsession and in this he killed wo enough for the Coast league he will send them day's birds with one stone for he had Wai- to tiie Portland Northwestern league for more ter’s Portland vote to back him up In experience sfs sje the event that any of the directors about dropping Charley Graham who is slated for the presisay might anything Salt Lake dency of the Sacramento club does not antici- £ JACK ADAMS Jack Adams the Phillies’ young leagtfb catcher led ail other National in fielding last season The backstops official averages recently announced show that Adams misjudged but one chance in 171 offered With a bit harder Adams should soon be one of hitting best young backstops in the game the Twelve Out of Twentv Do Not Expect to Be in the season Running Next Spring OLLIE O’MARA TO PLAY WITH DODGERS IN ’18 By International News Service Dec 20— Eight minor Brooklyn Dec 20 — Shortstop Ollie NEW YORKout of twenty have ad- O’Mara will return to the Robins in the k V j of liuliaiiiooli elub who expe ts to lose hi manager Mimin' real appear to hare cnwl BUI Kil-hi Tiger after all iu:iint-distance iike a itplfihlitl lioiwo at till y y Tui r Ia for Lino-l- the 1‘IIS Dec 20— Ktkiie cicotte champion Chicago ing averages announced here today credit him with being the most effective jpiteher in the league lie allowed only a fraction over I1- - earned rnns cr nine innings pitched " Ills average was 153 Carl Mays of the Boston Red Sox came in for second honors His pitching record showed that lie gave 12 earned runs per nine innings pitched with the veteran Eddie riank who took part In twenty games a close third with an average of 17$ Cicotte did more twirling than any other American leaguer The records show he pitched a total of 346 Innings and serving 1215 batsmen of Walter Johnson holds the record 165 strike-out- s He fauned in 1517 men Jim Bagby passed out more hits than while Jim Shaw any other pitcher on sent more men to first 277 Washington balls Opposing batsmen registered hits of the Cleveland twirler The grand total of 123 bases on balls were distributed by Shaw during the WILL TOE MARK ne team of defeated the West Side Tlifrh school here vesterdav bv a score of 49 to 21 Although the score was large the game was exciting and fast throughout Coach Knapp has a team that has plenty of spirit and fight The boys in completely outclassed the Panthers their basket shooting As a whole the team work of the two was about even but Westaggregations lacked the to find the hoop ability The first basket was hard fought neither team being able to score until after about five minutes of play The Logan boys got the first basket and were nex'er in from that time on were run up on the Nine pointsdanger Panthers before they got a counter This was made by McGanney on a field basket from the center of pretty the floor It was followed by a foul The first goal thrown25byto Fallentine 10 in the B Y C’s ended half favor The Panthers played harder during the second half and had the ball in their possession most of the time but were still unable to throw the necesThe B Y C sary baskets team broke up almost every bit ofguards work that got as far as the basket On the other hand the forwards were missbaskets very fewand ingFuhrlman Hale the B Y C forwards were the biggest point getters These two captured all but six counters which were made by Thorpe For the West Side Fallentine was the 'biggest star This big center was in every play and was the largest point for the Panthers THE Service) White Sox is the king of American league pitchers The official pitch- EIGHT MINORS j Mt-Cretl- 1-- Chicago TO MEETM’KAY Logan Boys Take Advantage Popular Battler of Former Years Coming Back to of West Side’s Poor Basket Try Tough Birds Throwing and Win White Sox Star Allowed but Average of 1 2 Earned Runs Per Game ' (By International Now GETTING READY SHOOTERS EASY GREAT RECORD LOS KID IRISH IS B Y C QUINTET FINDS PANTHER Br International Nows Sr rvice PREOTEFJT OF BEES December 21 1917 TLsnTkos ICTTFTATLTO) -- TL87ETPIUTBILMZAH SPORTING AUTHORITY - OF THE ’ INTER-MOUNTAI- N -- decision Arles Fanning won a over Morrissey at Okla'mnia City last week three The winner's aggressiveness in thewonfinal for him contest round- - of their well-deserve- Ie d ten-ron- Drs SHORES & SHORES S5EigB& Cure CaChronic tarrh Nervous and Dlaennrn of SPECIALISTS YYe Men & Women Modern Meth24 years' od experience S e c I a lint p Conn nltatlon Advice and Free and BUSY and WELL Coa-fldentl- aL GIST GIST Office 249 Mala IIow - My Motto: -- Salt Lake City Quick Lasting Cures at a Moderate Cost examination free My present fees within anyone’s rsach Expert medical me — Free Don’t delay — delays are dangerous Consult Hours — 9 to 5 and 7 to 8 p m Sundays— 10 a ra to 12 o’clock noon only STATE MECIOflL CO 2VLif? SICK MEIN I can assert that there does not exist positively a single case of Blood Bladder and all diseases ofDisease men I Kidney cure cannot safely permanently If amenable topromptly treatment I prefer men who are sick who have by own tlieir overwork worry or dissipation ruined their health wrecked their nerves weakened their brain and poisoned their blood I HAVE A BURE SPEEDY CURE to cure' men who are suffering It does me I cure everygood of bad blood form 1 use only the latest and best drains and methods and medfclni up tobedate in every particular and in the busintS wiR as HE LEADING SPECIALIST am regarded to in line my I Invite to office you learn of my methods Toucan my alI4lrn a ways something from such visit and It costs nothing Hoom M At I Treat VARICOSE VEINS ' FISTULA ECZEMA IXEnVOl S DEBILITY AND OTHER ITCHING RECTAL DI8'BLOOD AND SKIN Hl’PTl'RB EASES DISEASES KIDNEY RHEUMATISM BLADDER RECENT AND CHRONIC DISEASES CONSTIPATION AND URINARY ERUPTIONS DISEASES PILES Go to a doctor who makes a specialty of curing — one who has the necessary such ailments as yours skill and experience — and you are absolutely certain of getting the proper treatment Is S W M GRIFFITH M D Sundays JO to 12 1596 Mali Street |