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Show salt Lake will in pacific coast ball circuit during i q20 SALT LAKE, CITV, Ft. Oct 15. Having slipped a few inehes on Hi scheduled selection Monday of a manager man-ager for the 1920 Bees, the directors of the Salt Lake club yesterday continued con-tinued to "chew the fal " How soon a decision will be reached it not known, but It seems safe to preJict that next year's skipper will be picked pick-ed before the end Of the week. Business Manager John P. Cook experts ex-perts to leave for Oakland the latter pari of the week He la winding up lii"; books for the season, and When that job Is finished he will account himself freo until tho stockholders' meeting a month hence. Cook brings news from the roast that there i? likely to be a meeting of the Coast league directors next week The early meeting will be held in order to decide upon a policy before be-fore the minor leagues' meeting, to be held early in November in Massachusetts. Massa-chusetts. A representative of the Coast league directors Will no doubt 'attend that convention, and, with the Coast league directors arriving :ii nn understanding as to their organization's organiza-tion's delegate, or delegates, will know just how to go at their business. busi-ness. Baum's Successor. A successor to Allan T. Raum as president of the roast league will also be selected Baum sent in his resignation three months ago. but it was not accepted at that time, nor since The delay was due to the feeling feel-ing among Coast magnates that it would be inadvisable to change presidents presi-dents for the remainder of the 1919 season, and Baum has held his office to the end There is some talk about re-electing Baum, if he could be induced in-duced to recall his resignation, but for the most part there seems to be a disposition dis-position to name a new man So far as Salt Lake is concerned, the Bee management is of open mind about the presidency. It has no candidate can-didate to put forth, and desires only to see the best man get the Job Los Angeles has a candidate in the person per-son of Harry A. Williams, widely-known widely-known as a baseball writer, but there is a current of opinion that the pr. si dent should be picked from San I r,m-Cisco, r,m-Cisco, the biggest town in the league and the center of thai circuit Took reports thai all the clubs made a "little money during the season and that the feeling OptimisiU Also, he brings the news that the annual an-nual talk of "kicklnc Salt Lake out of the leaeue" is not likelj to be revlvt i this year If It isn't, the coast newspapers news-papers will be hard put to find a live topic durinp the winter season "Everybody seems to be satisfied that the circuit as it now stands' I said Cook, "is well balanced. No doubt there will be application from 'a couple of Pugel sound cities foi .n'i mission, but from the talk I heard on the coast the club owners are not inclined in-clined to make any changes' Graham Our Friend. In the matter of ousting Salt Like, Charlie Graham, manager of the Seals and a stockholder in Hit club, in p reeent Interview was quoted in this wise : "A a lftnf. oc. V, , Itiyr.nc nf Qolt vs long as me citizens "i sui take vant tn support a team there it, would be folly to oust a club The San Kranclsro' owners, as long as ll am connected with them, will never vote to forfeit a franchise. It hurls baseball there, and hurts it for years "Of course, Rodgers has no money Invested at Sacramento. I lived in that city long enough to see what' harm was done when baseball was dropped there. It was necessary, however, as the Sacramento penploi wouldn't foot the operating expertseu and naturally the other league directors direc-tors didn t want to be held responsible. responsi-ble. There is no doubt that it is a cost-i ly trip to Salt Lake for a one-week series. However, with eight clubs in the circuit, it is necessary to go there only twice, and whatever loss results Is made up when Salt Lake plays on I the road. "I am for expansion, rather thanj restriction. Last winter at the league meeting it was proposed to drop Salt Lake and substitute Fresno, making j: strictly slate league, traveling between be-tween cities by automobiles. "Had this been done the leagUO J would have lost prestige and mom; Instead, it expanded and is now be- j yond doubt the most powerful of thei class AA circuits." |