The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-08
Montana Trip Will Decide
Whether Flag Goes to Salt
Lake or Great Falls.
OFFICIAL SCORER WILL
REPORT EVERY CONTEST
Walter D. Bratz, Travelling
With the Nine, Represents
Tribune and Telegram.

Where are your Skyscraper bail play
ers?" IAN asked Dick Cooley yesterday
afternoon.
They have Just left Tor Montana TO
get the Union association pcnnant" was
the prompt response.
With the team is Walter d. Bratz,
who is The official scorer al Salt Lake,
but he Is not going along 20 score ihe
games. His sole business is 10 repor, the
games for The Tribune ana Evening Telc-
gram,
This ,-ip Is by far tho most important
ono tic team has taken. so notwlthstaad.
ing the expense, 1t WAS necessary to senI
a staff man who will be with The Sky
scrapers all the time.
Every man and boy with red blood IN
his veins Is Interested IN The fortunes ct
the Skysorapcrs at thia critical Iuncture
when the winning OF the pcnrant depends
cn their skill and valor These fans aye
discriminating and do not care TO read tnc
opinion of some Niissoula correspondent
concerning tho contests when tneY can
obtain a Salt Lake experts description
% the psnnant -decidinE contests
There was no other way 20 obtain an
adequate description OF the games. The
press service which Is furnished to mos
newspapers gives very brief account OF
all important bnll games Ia The United
States but II Is compelled To be exceed
inely brief. Merely mention Ct one or
two Important plays is all That IL can
carry.
OF course the Missoula and Great Falls
newspapers have reporters at the games.
but their sympathies are ALWAYS with the
home team so II would hardly be giving
the brave Skyscrapers a square deal tn
print accounts written by \ Missoula CT
Great Fails writer. More than this. these
men are probably seeing their first league
ball for number OF years, whii The
Tribuncs representative Is an acknowl-
edged expert OF whom President W. II,
Lucas thought we'll enough 10 omn!o'
I, hC n
Lake.
Besides actual descriptions of games
MIR Bratz will send number Of Sunday
stories and pictures about Cooleys SKY
scraDcrs These stories. while the team
is struggling for the pennant, will be
more tniere sting 10 Utah readers Than
any other feature d newspaper could DOS
sibly obtain No pictures or cartoons
made for eastern papers and dup.ic2tcc
al small expense TO western ncwspapers
can take the place OF the real news Ihat
Mr. Bratz Will send.
Salt Lake fans all realize that no other
newspaper las given the ball team such
enthBsia stic and practical support as The
Tribune The fact that this newspaper
has gone 10 the expense of sending
first-class man with the team is a con-
tinuetion OF this policy.
Mr.. Bratz, through the columns Of The
Tribune VIII see that the SkysCrapers
get square deal in their home town
With the public that supports and admires
them.
Including MI BraIz there were four
teen in the party oil ball tossers. All OF
the team went on the trip. but Dick Coo
lev. the owner. remained at home, intend
ing to make tour of the Western league
later in the week to dispose OF some OF
his players 10 prevent their being drafted.
This practice Is common in all the minor
leagues A ball player is sold to- some
league Il class higher than where he has
been playing a good price Is paid. be-
cause the player is guaranteed TO make
good. " he docs not The seller takes him
back: II Is certainty almost that a
number o! salt Lake players Will be
drafted unless Cooley puts through some
requirements In the big and little leagues
better than Cooley. so he can be relied
upon 10 protect his team
IL ls his intention. now ihat he is firm
ly established in Salt Lake with the pres
iige of most successful initial season.
10 give Salt Lake team which will be
now representing this city. Cooley has
his eye on a number Of players and now
that finances no longer have 10 be look ed
after so carefully he will bring some great
players here
a great deal has been said about Blank
enshIp. going away. II ali amounts 10
Just this and no more: II Blankenghip
wants TO remain he can do so, but he
las some offers which he thinks arc more
advantageous, II he changes his mind
he can stay.
night. He took Jensen No. . along. put
discarded Jensen No. l, who Is the taller
twlrlcr.
II is reported that McCloskey did not
recover from his disappointment until the
train crossed the Utah line. Just before
leaving Inc sat in Pullman seat by hIm-
self GlarinS first at Perrne. then at
buddy and then at Remneas
Most OF his boys are used to his ways
however, and they say he makes up for
II all when the team is winning Ger
tainly they work hard for him but when
Hannah threw over second Sunday and
McCloskey ran uD from the bench say
ing; III you do that again II will cost
you $50, everyone who knew how hard
the big catcher had been working sym