Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-30
WILL SALT LAKE STICK?
Doubt Expressed as TO whether the Team
WIN Stay

The Anaconda STANDARD expresses doubt
that the Salt Lake team Will "stick' In
the u, N. league. The paper says.
The news that the Salt Lake club has
practically closed up Its business
transferring the franchise and players
to First Baseman Clark after arrang-
Ing to pay all Indebtedness existing at
the present time was received In Butte
without great deal Of surprise. In
fact, for months Salt Lake has been re-
garded here as the weak sister OF the
league, rather than Boise, The pluck
OF the citizens Of the latter city had re-
iicultes In keeping the town In the
race. But In Salt Lake there have been
indications for some time that the own
ership Of the club was trying to get out
OF the wet, In the first place, for sew
ing expenses. Wigs. the most eXpen-
sive man on the team, was sold to New
Orleans. Then Pitcher Meredith was
sold to Springfield, III.
Following that, HannYan, the best
batsman on the team, was sold, and
now Muller and Weed have been sold
20 Shreveport, La, although they have
not consented TO the sale, Then, In the
second place, the club has been slow in
II IL the rule for 10 per cent of all re-
celpts TO be sent to the president after
each game to help defray expenses Of
the umpire and the league president
to make this payment, and the money
for the league treasury was held out
OF Salt Lakes share Of the receipts
when 1t played In Butte the last time.
This would Indicate that the club
ownership did not desire TO make any
more payments than It really had to.
and II was apprehended that when the
club was again In Salt Lake, the pay
ments would again be dlatory. II has
been doubted II the Salt Lake club will
again leave' home unless new set OF
Salt Lake citizens come to the front
and concludes to carry the club through
the season, or unless the club Is trans
ferred to some other city. The club
has been transferred to CLARK, which
probably means that Il will be run on
cooperative basis as long as the re-
ceipts are sufficient 20 keep up the
club. But when the time comes, two
for the club to pay railroad fares TO
Butte 1t Is doubtful II Clark will be
able or disposed 20 advance the money
The Boise club also would probably
prefer not TO play az home again, as
Its receipts are much better away from
home than at home In no city OF the
league have the receipts been really
good, Spokane has little more than play
ed even, but all the others have lost
Butte is 5000 in the hole, but Butte, as
usual, IL ready to stay in the game as
long as there is another club to play with
and It will not be Butte's fault II the
league Is disbanded
While Boise had an expensive club Al
the beginning Of the season. the most ex-
pensive club Of the league at the present
time Is Butte Salt Lake has released
men until II has only 10 left Spokane Is
also down to 10 basis, Boise is carry
ing II men, and Butte at the present time
IL carrying lS men. Drinkwater Is not
regularly signed. He was engaged TO pitch
one game In Boise and one In Salt Lake
until II should be nscertaned whether
nOWIInp IN agpf haa ipt -
shape.
Next week Boise will play In Salt Lake
and Spokane In Butte. IL will he the week
after that time the Salt Lake team will
have to leave home for n trip TO Butte
and Spokane, and unless the attendance
at Salt Lake in the meantime improves
II may be doubted II the money to nay
the Eallroad farces is forthcoming,