The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-18
ONE MORE WEEK
Of LEAGUE BALL
Butte and Salt Lake Close Sea-
son Here.
ELDERS RESERVE LIST OUT
NEARLY ALL THE PLAYERS
KEPT FOR NEXT YEAR.

The coming week viii give Salt Lake
baseball fans a chance to see big league
baseball once again, and also their last
chance for many months, or until next
year rolls around The Elders are sched-
uled to return home Tuesday, after a
four weeks absence around the circuit.
With them will come the Butte aggrega-
ton, and the last weeks baseball in the
Pacific National league for this year will
De played. There is little to be hoped for
during next week. but Salt Lake stiH has
fighting chance to beat Butte out for
third place. or it might be put another
way. that Butte and Salt Lake can fight
it out to see which win land the tail end
prize
This trip around the circuit las been
the most disastrous in the history of the
local team away from hong However.
In spite of the fact that II has hcen the
rule that Salt Lake has lost in aesrly all
OF its games. yet these defeats have been
by the narrowest kind of margins. The
games have all been close and the local
team has played giit-edged ball. but the
other fellows have always done = little
better. Six games are scheduled for the
coming series with one pOstponSd game
10 be played. Now, if Salt Lake will only
ginger W. and take them all the fans
may forgive them for not doing better
away from home.
Reserves For 1905.
Manager Shepard Of the Elders said yes
terdav that he has sent out MS reserve
notices to the men on the team for next
year. Some of the contracts of the play
ers were exempt from reservation notably
those of Hausen and TOZer. These men
will be free. therefore, to sign where they
please. Those. however. who nave been
sent notices Of reservation are Weed.
Thomas. Essck ForSythe clark, Delmas,
Bruyette, Muller and Gimlin.
Buck Keith. former owner Of the omaha
franchise in the Western league. and
later an umpire in that league. is now in
the city. He is on his way to Portland,
but stopped off a few days and While here
spent a little time investigating the local
baseball situation He expressed himself |
as being surprised to see the high class
ball players in this league and also the
high salaries paid the men. This is his
first trip to Salt Lake. and he seemed
surprised TO see so much interest in the
national game.
The report comes from Spokane that
President Lucas has received a good offer
to go east and accept the head of one |
of the larger minor leagues for next year
Lucas says he has not decided to take the |
offer, preferring to stay in the vest and |
help build up a strong organiza tlon out |
of the Pacific National league for next /
season. He says he has plan which viii |
be explained at the next needing of the |
magnates of the Pacific National which /
he thinks will be for the good of the
league for next year.
President Williams OF the spokane club !
has issued his reserve notices for next |
name is not among the players that |
Spokane owns. The list is as follows: |
William Hogg, Billy Datnmann. George |
Hewlett Jack Holland Ike RoakCnfield !
George Ferris Will MBrdock Ralph |
FTary, Mat Stanley, Yes -LOucks Charles 4
Shaffer, Martinke, Bowman and Hanra-
han.
Eddie Quick has signed a contract TO 4
play for Omaha next year. DOwn in the
farming district they think Quick is the /
t1roy.a m Wosfnrr re a us
kind of batters Eddie Is up against In this /
league do not class with some of the /
stickers in the Pacific National.