The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-06
C0MlSKEY NOW
WANTS WIGS
Man Who Is After Donahus Also
After Elder Pitcher.
QUICK LIKES SALT LAKE
SAYS dE WILL TRY AND GET
OUT HERE AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

season. judging from the way the east
tfn magnates are after the elongated
pitcher. Secretary Muckenfuss Of the
Louis National League club has al
ready offered the famous Elder a big
TAT salary for next season, and now
ComisEey is after our Jimmy Wigs
Yesterday received a telegram from the
manager of the Chicago Americans
asking for terms. and the only stipula-
on made was Don't ask too much in
lFancc. Wigs said yesterday that
iie had an offer TO sign with the Salt
Like club and rather liked the PROPOSE
zion. Tie has not answered Comiskey
et and says he hardly knows what TO
10 about the matter. Wigs is the only
layer of the salt Lake club this year
|h no was not reserved for next season,
M is free 20 sign where he pieases.
A letter was received by the sporting
editor of The Herald yesterday from
EDDIE Quick and, judging from the
contents. Eddie would Ike to get back
10 salt Lake again next year. Quick
Us he il going 20 try and get his re-
lease from New York, and if he Is sue
cessiul he viii be found back in this
country before the baseball season
opens next spring. He has a "kid"
proJner who. Eddie thinks is going to
turn out as a wonder and Eddie saws
De viii try to land a berth for him in
the west.
There seems to be some mistake
about the ownership of Quick His
name was published along with the 9TH
er members OF the Salt Lake team as
being reserved by this town for next
season by Secretary Farrell When
Quick left here it was understood that
be had purchased his release from Rey-
holds. who owned the club at that time,
and this was the Information given, out.
Eddie then went to New York and &C
was stated that he had signed with
Clark Griffith. However, when Rey-
nolds sold the Salt lake franchise he
said he had only loaned Quick to New
York, and intended to wait and see If
Eddie made good. when he would name
a price for which he could be pur-
chased.
A letter was received in this city yes
terday from Jack Flannery, left fielder
for salt Lake last season. Flannery is
now In Helena. and as he was manager
OF the Helena team for two years,
stands in very well with the powers
that be IN the baseball world. and
comes very near knowing what is go
ing on. Flannery says the Pacific Ma
tOnal League next year viii consist of
salt Lake, Butte, Spokane. Seattle Ia
coma and Portland. He also says that
the Pacific Coast League will leave the
Sound country and put in two more
teams in California. making the coast
league strictly California affair. This
is interesting information and Salt
Lake fans only hope that FlannerN
Hrows whereof he speaks.
Ban Johnson IS virtually making a
sirgle-handed fight against the foul
strike rule In speaking Of this rule
and ITS abolition. President Hermann
OF the Cincinnati club says:
T Think that the fight against the
-four strike rule is a step backward in
baseball
"T am against resembling that por-
ton Of the playing code in which it IS
CIR braced. ft has been cOnClusively
demonstrated that the rule works for
The good Of the game, in that it makes
tho contests shorter.
1t does away with the useless prac-
tice that some players formerly in
dUlgcd En- OF hitting Off fouls in order to
worry the pitcher and to get a base on
balls. thus prolOnginE the games and
trying the patience Of the spectators.
Under the foul strike rule the games
h9Ve been faster in the amount Of time
consumed and brisker III action.
"T saw let the foul strike rule stand"
Az q matter OF tact, the rule is only
objected to by those Eitters who have
lad their batting averages lowered by
&c. The solid slugger does not fear it.
TIA Denver they are strl worried over
the prospects Of a league for next sea-
son. Here I'm salt Lake il is no sure
thing what kind Of a league VIII be
given the fans. but Denver is as bad
off if not worse than this city. II has
been practically settled that the West
rrn win lose both Milwaukee and Kan
.ss city. Manager Burt Of the st. Joe
club says he viii quit If Kansas City
Gr1ps ont and Peoria has been side
tracked. This leaves four towns to
make up next years Western Should
the Pacific National go by the board
this season if might not DE a bad idea
ro switch the colorado end OF the West
eru toward Ttaa and form a Colorado
Utah league.
Take coed Al big league ball club
and sta expenses viii grade up this
way: Salaries Of players and mana
-r $4,000. salaries OF office help. park
employees etc. $1,000. rent and insur-
srce park and downtown offices. $f2.-
900, repairs. Improvements. odds and
.nds around the park. $4,000. railroad
-ares and hotel billie Of the playing sea-
son. 5000. spring trip expenses. $1,000
over and above the receipts Of exhibit
zion games, balls. paraphernalia, etc,
1000. that counts up % SS4, 600, and
there are many other items so that
500 600 win not be an Overestimate. IF
it ccsie SEQ 600 for each club. that's
500 zoe FOR the eight. To get even and
fhre without GLOWING a dollar for the
bonded indebtedness of the league.
10000 paid admissions must come I'm
az 50-cent average. Allowing $50
c5ucs Tor che season this means an
average Of 2.571 paid admissions 20 the
game. HOE many games, outside Of
saturdays and Sundays reach the 500
attendance mark2 Where does the
money come i'm.