Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-26
SALT LAKE HELD RESPONSIBLE.
Has Sold Three Star Men, TOzler, Weed
And Muller to Shreveport
Louisiana.
fwO LAST NAMED REFUSE TO GO.
Announcement Causes Excitement and
There May be no Game This After.
monastery of the Deal.

The Pacific National League Is due to
fall TO pieces this week unless Helena
steps into the breach and Boise keeps a
stlff upper lip
The coming catastrophe was predicted
10 days ago when salt Lake endeayored
to get from under and dispose of three
Of her best men to Shreveport, La. She
placed her men all right and todayWeed,
the best third baseman in the league,
and Muller the star outnelder have
changer hands for the consideration Of
$500. Tozier also is slated for sale to
the same club, II the sale has not been
already made.
Weed and Muller today declined TO
10 and accordingly were suspended and
fined all that was coming to them in sal
arles--in all about $500. They conse-
quently win not appear against Butte
this afternoon.
Had Manager Wllmot OF Butte been
aware OF the state of affairs he would
not have brought his team to salt Lake
on this trip. 1t is lso confidently pre-
dlcted that Boise win not be on hand
Tuesday next and that. as far as Salt
Lake is concerned, the league Is now
IN the course Of dissolution.
The contracts of Weed, Muller and
Tozier of Salt Lake have been placed
IN the safety deposit vault at the Des-
eret National bank. As far as the first
two men are concerned they do not be-
long to Salt Lake, they are the proper
ty OF Shreveport. Just as soon as they
sign the papers Salt Lake will get the
money which has been wired to the
bank.
While Tozier Is willing TO go the other
two men are holding out for higher sal
aries with Shreveport and w. I. Craw-
ford, president OF the club, Is In COM
municaton with them. At first the two
named expressed the desire TO go, but
Il was the wire % Crawford which
changed their minds They think they
can get bigger money by holding out
This the boys deny and state that they
have been treated shabbily.
on the other hand free transportation
and part Of the sale money was offered
TO them by the treasurer, as well as
half Of the fare Of Mrs. Weed 10 Whit
tier, Cal, her home Weed, however,
now refuses to go and in consequence
loses two and half months back ply
coming 10 him,
The life Of the salt Lake nine has
been very thorny highway The club
has been losing money for some time.
with salary list OF $1,000 month 1t
has been dropping behind right along
and now that Mr.. Newhouse
has gone TO Europe, there
is no one to throw out the life
line. Mr. Newhouse is credited with
having sunk several thousand dollars
in an effort to give Salt Lake good ball.
while Ave other gentlemen have gone In
from 500 to $3.50 apiece on the venture.
The big army Of critics, knockers and
kckers have been content 10 put up
their so cents only and then roar with
an tNIftulllB oNltHuNAo A"i'lll"iNN'
Among other things 1t might be men,
toned that Mr. Meredith, the famous
southpaw, who failed to materialize,
cost the club $780, Hanniyan $500, and
Others purchased along similar lines,
II is believed that Weed and Muller
VIII eventually go to Shreveport, as
there is no alternative for them unless
they desire to be blacklisted,
Weed, however this afternoon stated
that he was through with baseball, and
n ne could only get enough money TO
get himself and his wife out Of town
and home he would quit baseball and
20 TO work. Il have had enough of
IT," he said. "You work yourself to
DEATH and then get thrown down"
What Muller said would not look
well In print, 81 have done my best to
please the crowd and worked like ---"
here he became absolutely vehement in
his language,