The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-19

Peeted with the work that has beer
le' IT might be we'll to outline the
oitions here and give the reasons
Salt Lake has been without base
torithe past two seasons, and what
osohtely necessary before it can
I'm nope to have the sport the public
much desires.
zen the remark is made by fans
riiey do not see why Salt Lake
l'1t have baseball team. They
that the town patronizes every
CT sport well, and cannot understan nd
IL does not patronize baseball. This
Nhere they are mistaken. Salt Lake
and will patronize baseball better
any city in America of it's Donu-
on III given a good article of base-
I. There is no use of trying To nan
the back lot brand and try To CON
&c the public il is getting the real
icle. 1t is waste of time to try tn
posi- this kind of baseball through
columns of papers that will print
teiiing the public they are getting
real article when they are not. Salt
pc and Ogden fans know better and
Just We'll enough educated in base
TO Know when the players are
hg good work without being told.
Local Fans Know Baseball.
Ruring the life of the p. n league in
Lake this town was given good
Although Salt Lake was always ar
bottom of the league, il had good
yers, whose records since that time
the big leagues have proved their
tn. II was then that Salt Lakers
Nne6Sthe game and they will not
In patrOniZe baseball until they
again given as good an article. 1t
oolishness TO talk of organizing a
m with odds and ends of players
ked up here and there. who spend
of their time playing ball and the
of their time working or loafing. If
class of players were good enough
players to satisfy Salt Lakers.
y would be drawing salaries for
ping in minor leagues around the
ntry, and would not be playing in
Lake for cut in the gate.
Patronize Game Well.
hat Salt Lake viii patronize base
is only too well known by an ex-
nation of the gate receipts i'm the
n. league. During the time Salt
Re was member of this league. in
70 of the fact the team was ALWAYS
the POTION of the percentage col
p. Salt Lakes gate receipts were
largest i'm the league. The writer
Rws whereof he speaks in this mat
and the last year Salt Lake was
inember of this league its receipts
Re the largest and the team finished
ther down the percentage column
n it ever did before This should
evidence enough for any one that
L Lake will patronize the game.
Circuit Hard to Organize.
is the league proposition that has
1l the great drawback to Salt Lake.
coast towns, although they realize
is a good city, do not think the re-
pts are enough larger than smaller
ms on the coast 10 warrant the ex-
railroa1 Pullman and dining car
1.id the hard and long ride
ne players. TO extend their leagues
Salt Lake. They would rather play
smaller cities with less gate receipts
far less expense than make the
Z trip TO Salt Lake.
pplicauOns for franchises from Salt
Re haB been presented to the Coast
sue meetings for the past three
rs. They have received considera-
and have been discussed. and each
+ the answer has come back, not
year, but perhaps next. Efforts
Fe also been made TO swing Salt
Re toward the east, but these have
Ned fruitless.
Fans Must Help Themselves.
is then up to Salt Lake to go ahead
form a league within Utah itself
L expects TO have baseball. This
been tried and has failed i'm the
/ for the simple reason that none
the cities within this state outside
Salt Lake are large enough to sup
teams. II is well enough To say
this or that town would support a
N, but the records show that out
of Salt Lake there is not a city in
state that can draw a large enough
: 10 pay minor league baseball sala-'
The towns know this. and are
'eforl backward about joining pro-
ID leagues
ealzing that these conditions must
overcome il Salt Lake is to have
baseball, a few of those who have
iys worked for the game in the
and are ready tO work to promote
rain, have formulated a plan to help
port the smaller towns so il will be
ible for them 10 live through the
on. Believing that the towns should
themselves while being helped-as
will get as much benefit from the
I as Salt Lake-it has been pro-
d that each city in the league con-
ate the sum of 81 900 toward sup
ing the game for the year. This
make a good starting fund. to
n will be added the entire receipts
no league The sum total is to be
in paying the expenses of the
ne.
viii Give Good Baseball.
this1simple system of pooling the
ices Of the league, together with an
. fund of 81. 600, it is confidently be-
d the league will have enough
ey TO put up as good an article of
as the state has ever seen. The
Ter towns are thus protected from
ing behind after the season starts
IL will not be a continual drag on ,
,fficers of the clubs i'm the smaller
; to get together funds to nav ex-
es after they have a team in the
The fact that the small towns did
behind in every league the state
sverfaad has been the direct cause y
ilurdNn every league organized. 1t
I wen enough To sit back and
( of town loyalty. but the directors
csc smaller towns are tired of dig :
in their pockets 10 pay back sala-
in busted baseball league. II
realized that some scheme must be
ed 20 do away with these dangers
der 10 successfully nrOrnofa Loo