The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-02

ming a ball club. men who are in other
lines OF business ana T.-,f 9eT0 nt dn has
tried time and time again, and Iall-
ure has marked every attempt 90
lust what is the matter with Salt Lake
baseball teams in the past; This town
head of its team. one who viii run il for
the money there is in the business anu
Salt Lake a winning team. he Will nave
mint.
angels" Hold Up p. NJ. L.
Much has been said about the defunct
Pacific National league. what was done;
what could be done and what should
the P n. league as 1t has existed for the
past three years was that II was held up
by Angels and when these becaI .l'7
tired of putting up their money. II was al
off with baseball. A league must be mace
self-suppoTting TO last and the league, as
formed this season was not nor could IL
possibly be made so.
Figures at hand show that Salt Lake
City drew more money than any
the boosted attendance Of Spokane.
Salt Lakes team should have been
played to as big crowds away from home
as it drew at Walkers field. Instead,
while on the road and there was not
enough coin at the home grounds TO make
up this deficiency
Denver|Frisco Combination.
The future may develop a Ieague, in
which Salt Lake can place team. but
"A the present such a circuit is mere con-
lecture. and il will take a master hand
in baseball to put il into shape The
lea que in question is a combination OF
the Western and Pacific Coast leagues.
but before this could be accomplished
coast baseball and George Iebeau the
guiding hand of the Western, would have
to get together and agree upon il. Be
fore Tebeau would come in, Harris would
have TO cut out that 40 per cent racket
for ground rent in san Francisco. The
coast towns have been fighting this prop
osition for years. but Harris is still OBJ
durate and VIII be as long as he can
Tho Western league as it now stands is
a dismal failure Denver has been dis
satisfied ever since the American aSsO-
citation took Kansas City away from the
il the Colorado metropolis has organized
baseball. George Tebeau must first con-
sent. Morley of Los Angeles favors- such
a league as outlined above nut Morley
is powerless to act without Harris.
If it were possible 10 get Harris and
Tebeau together a league comprising San
Francisco. Oakland. Los Angeles. Salt
Lake. Denver and Pueblo. or Colorado
Springs would be a possibility. and the
hest Ieaet1e that could be gotten together
SO fas as Salt Lake is concerned This
Is the natural league for the intermoun-
probably not before the Moffat railroad
is completed from Salt Lake to Denver.
Old P.N.-W. Scheme.
There is also the chance Of Lac old Pa
cific Northwest league. but here again
comes the hitch in the Puget Sound
towns Neither Portland. Seattle nor Ia
coma-the last named dead town at its
best-is willing 10 come 10 salt Lake
Should they. however, put Butte In the
circuit. Salt Lake stands good chance
to get into line
IL is practically agreed that the Coast
league. which ends its three-Year agree
ment at the end of this season, viii dis
band. This. will throw the, California
towns by themselves and the northern
towns into a, like position The Puget
Sound league would naturally be Seattle
Portland. Tacoma. Spokane. Beliiugha m
and other small cities easily accessible
II Is the logical league for the northwest.
and the only one that can be made to
This cuts out both Salt Lake and
Butte. but it will not bother the north
western towns any. Such a league is the
dream of Lucas and McCloskey. and the
way the cards are stacked it looks if
it viii go through this way
League For California.
The California towns will in all proba-
bility reorganize the old four-club cir
land and some other city-probabIy Sacra-
mento. This league would still leave Har-
with continuous baseball in San Francis
co and the 10 per cent cut out of his
grounds Should the fans demand a big
ger league. then Salt Lake stands its only
chance Of getting into big league com
pauy by bringing the California towns
Some might ia. of Montana-C Utah
league taking in Butte and Helena Po-
catello and Salt Lake such a league
would meet the same fate As the Pacific
National unless il got down to a salary
limit away below what Salt Lake fans
would patToni1e. The same is true with 4
state league for next year of Salt Lake.
Ogden Park City and Logan or Eureka.
This kind Of a league would do at one
time. but Salt Lakers have had a touch
Of the big league article OF baseball ana
would be farce.
The outlook Is anything but favorable
and II need occasion no surprise IL this,
city should have 70 content itself with
amateur baseball for some time to come.