Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-06-11
WHAT AILS THE
SALT LAKE TEAM2
Again The Same Old Trouble
Has Cropped out This
Season,
SOME MORE DISSATISFACTION.
l0ne or Two Players Have Il in for
aimltn aod Will Not Support
Him Properly,

'Wnat b. the matter with the sals
thke basebai ieam2"
t,his question has been asked sporestf
times by loeal lahs hince The PhhIun
National league HeasDn opened several
Iweeis ago, and II IL stl,l being askedl
The answer n, Il IS the same old trouA
Bile tliat hAn kept this town hehihd IN
baseball for two seasens, u ~ diHsitis-
faction, Jealousy internal differences
land khGeiinn, and ihe "NewB' h hia
formed that the management proposes
Mo but a sudden stop 90 t. II mat IL
possible.
Al that II claimed here, was demon
utraied 10 a certainty during the tpsfn'H
recent trip TO Boise. Spokane and taitto,
That thero sre enough guod men on tho
toam TO play winning poll, no reason
able paraon can deny, but nine OF the
best players that eyer swung bat or
won't nfrer eroundor can not play ball
properly II they nro not unitod--if they
do not support the managpr and each
other ana that's just tho trouble With
the local team.
Last year, through the jealousy and
Indifference OF two or three players,
the team was weil nigh wrecked, and
finally was practically broken up, The
same trouble arose on the recent trip.
This IL cOrruboruted by statement
made this week to the News BY one
Of tho directors.
"There IRE one or two men on the
team who have had II In for Glmlln"
said he. THEY have never overlooked
an opportunity to knock him at the ex-
pense OF the team. This all led up TO
the suspension of wigs. II was no.
ticed that these players would work
their heads Off. 80 to speak, whb he
was In the box, but with anyoneNelse
pitching, they would show their ndf-
ference VA careless and ragged work
IL was whispered around that they
wanted Wiggs to handle the team, and
II II known that he would
not have refused the job had
IL been offered him. There is
no use saying that the boys cannot
play good ball, because they can n they
want TO. They have demonstrated that
fact on several occasions when condi-
tons suited them"
Since Wigga was suspended, it has
been whispered about that he would be
released before long but this was de-
MED by one Of tho directors. He stated
that Wiggs would be kept out of the
game until he convinced the manage
ment that no was IN condition to earn
his salary. 1t was stated that he was
paid the highest salary for any player
on the team.
II don't think any other team In the
Pacific National league win get hold Of
Wiggs." said the director" but n some
club outside OF the league wants him,
they can get him az a very reasonable
figure"
II was limited that, unless these men
referred 10. who are said 10 be q dis
turbing element on the team, adopted
different tactics, there would soon be a.
few radical changes, and there will be
one on two bali togsers looking for new
Jobs.
Another disagreeable feature accord
ing 10 the management, Is the treat
ment accorded to the team by the
league officials. II is said that, while
the team was away no offense, no mat
ter how slight. was overlooked by the
umpires or the league president. but
such was not the case with the other
teama
ION the slightest provooauon,' said
q director, "our men were fined. and the
fines were paid. and then the president
lof the league had 10 step IN and take
a crack at us. Note the Carney Hansen
affair. We vera given all the worst OF
that, and II looked like a deliberate ef-
fort to mjure our chances. But no mat
ter what comes UP, II Is our purpose
10 give the fms ~ Salt Lake the best
article OF ball we can possibly furnish.
and if the tenn does not win, It will not
be our fault"