The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-24
BASEBALL SALARIES
SOAR IF WAR BEGINS
Players Would Get Immense
Sums for Services for a
Time, al Least.
TIMES DIAMOND STARS
George Dietrich Finds That
Jackson Is Fastest Man at
Running Bases. -
TIMES DIAMOND STARS
BY MANHATTAN.


BY MANHATTAN. go
BY Leased Wire TO The Tribune.
| NEW YORK. Sept. 25.-While do not
\ for moment believe that the American
association viii break away from organ
| lied baseball for the present at least. II
must be confessed that the big Western
association. as well as the Eastern league.
have good cause for complaint at their
position In organized baseball.
II docs not seem fair that cities Ike
1 St Paul Minneapolis Kansas City. Mil
wauken and other cities OF that class In
tho American association. and like Bal
| timorc. Montreal. Buffalo and their sister
cities, should be on a level with the
smaller leagues which 90 TO make up the
national association OF minor leagues In
| baseball. as In other things. condition
which Is manifestly unfair is full OF dan
ger
The sixteen cities which constitute tho.
two big minor leagues are prosperous and
are good baseball towns Smartlng under !
sense OF injustice they are liable To I
| break over the traces some time II mott
now. and IL they do they are more than
lseLy 70 bring on War which is iikely
ball great deal OF harm.
The eight cities constituting the East
en- league average more than $4,000 OF
population whilA those OF the American !
association average about ei5 900 each.
! In the event Of war they are about as I
able TO invade the territory OF the enemy,
as the enemy is TO invade their territory
and baseball chaos would result. Tho
players would be the only ones 10 benefit
for time and their benefit would DO only
! II would seem the par, OF wisdom,
therefore, for the baseball commission to
consider the matter Of devislng some
elements In the baseball world and be-
lieve II viii. u IS useless to deny that
F1etcher's beautiful scheme last year
worried the magnates OF organized base
ball. They hurried TO sign UP their star
players before the plans OF Fletcher
could mature.
Rnbe Marquard. christy MRthewson. Hal
Chase. Hans Wagner. Ty Cobb. Walter
Johnson. Nap Rucker, Nap Lajoie. Joe
Jackson and scores OF other stars. would
for their services.
Its enough TO make a ma gnate's hair
stand on end and should be enough TO
make u certain that there Will be no
war.
Donlin Quits Vaudeville.
Mike Donln. the former captain and
outnelder OF the Giants. who Is covering
center held now for the Boston Nation
ais and Is playing in good form. has
quit the stage. Mike has come 10 the
conclusion that nc cannot expect 10 be
a gopd bail PLAYER n he follows theatri
his mind TO give his entire attention 10
the national game He saws:
Il am through with the footlights for
ever. am going 70 stick 20 baseball in
the future. and Just take little tip
from me that next season will be the
best that I have ever had during my ca
shape and I viii show the knockers who
are claiming that am all in that they
are mistaken. player must have that
spring training N order 10 be sood. and and
all NV attention to the spring training
next year, and then watch the difference.
both IN my PLAYING and batting.
ESQ hits this season. has started on the
last lap of his difficult journey. He al
ready has hit over son safely. Two other
Will reach the 200 mark. that Is usually
the slugger's highest ambition. Including
the games OF yesterday, Jackson has
made 1872 hits leaving S 10 go. and Craw
ford ls1. making him n shy.
No players other than these three can
make the 200 mark Two in one season
tribute 10 the Joke ball.
Connie Macks Athletics vs. New York
the worlds championship. II certainly
has been heart breaking race in the
National league and unless ! miss my
guess the race next rear Is going 10 ne
even a more heartbreaking one. At least
two second division clubs are going TO
give trouble next year they are 81
men gave the leaders heart disease this
year. and with another year OF Rogers
they should be much stronger.
pahlen has an aggregation which: playing
together as they can. is little less for
mIdable than the Giants. Cubs or Pirates.
Yes. It's going 10 be pretty race next
year.
wonder what sort Of showing Wal
ter johnson and Nap Rucksr would make
with winning teams behind them. AS "
Is tkev arc well M towards the 1o0 or
the list OF winning pitchers In their re-
spective leagues. though their clubs each
stand In seventh place In the percentage
columns.
Fastest Football Player.
George Dietrich. a professional timer
Of ANYTHING that Is In motion. from pac-
era trotters automobiles to aeroplanes. .
has become interested In the specd os
ball PLAYERS. and he declares that IN his
opinion Joe Jackson % Cleveland is tho
fastest man in baseball
Il am positive" SAWS Dietrich, that
cious close 10 a. | have timed good
many other players over the same route.
and / never caught another man under
two and three-ouarter seconds. The
only two men who. according to my
watch made the distance from the plate
to first IN two and three quarter sec
onds are Tv Cobb and Wilbur Uoode.
In timing ball players start the
watch going rs the crack OF the bat
reaches my ears. snd stop IL as see
the runner touch the bag.
II have timed Jackson from the plate
10 second base In six and one-cuarter
leconds This is very fast tiuin when
sou remember that the runner, in going
IN from first to second describes a long
travelling 90 feet. instead
" 90 feet that separate the two bases
m the STRAIGHT line.
"I really believe Jackson 70 be tho
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