The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-15
FNENTY PLAYERS
|S|GN TRACTs
of Salt Lake Club Sc
cures Some of Best Young
Material.
BOSTON AMERICAN WILL
APPEAR HERE MARCH sc
Purpose Of Wednesday Meet
ing to Get League on a Sound
Financial Basis.

with the Boston Americans playing the
HaIt Lake City team Of the Union league,
.hc baseball season will open hero on
|Ihursday. March 80. according to an
.,trncemen, made Saturda- by l.. +
|Thiel. owner and president of the salt
Lake club.
The Boston aggregation. 100 players
Ina guests lis now on the coast, travelling
N prlpare cars. The stop here viii be
|rade on the way back to Poston. The
be ieagucrs Will probably play in Salt
IAke two or three days
The Salt Lake team Will commence
<caI work two weeks earlier than my
1l1cr team in the league. The player.
11M assemble here about March 20. and
<iI most likely be taken Ia the southern
-ad OF the state for Il warm up and eX-
UInition trip.
. Manager Gift Blankenship. who has
teon scouting about FOR the best avail
1hJa material. hrs up 10 this time signed
1p the following players:
Good Players Sign UP.
Corifz. outfeid Driscoll, pitcher: orr.
/nfrd base. Goldy. shortstop. Humrne!.
I|icber. kaefcr, frsl base; Sharon, pitch
n. Bausans. shorts;op. WinehoN, catch :
1r Davidson. catcher; Stevens, pitcher.
.
I1nscn third base. Hannah. catcher:
kcllcr. first base. Swanton, outfield:
Byrd. pitcher: Perkins, catcher; Kennedy.
Dttneld.
Orr. the clever third baseman. is the
ran that WAS secured jus, In time TO pre-
'rnt San Francisco from signing him.
The California city IL is said. WIS cX-
|rcniely anxious TO have this player In
he game this season Perkins has played
\ fast company In past seasons. having
|on lame on tho Victoria. Vancouver and
t1comd teams
Pitcher Byrd is a sergeant in the
United States army and IS stationed at
Fprl Casey. Washington. He Will have
- discharge from the army In time TO
1in- the Salt Lake squad in tho prelim-
r1ry work outs. Kennedy. played on the
PAST two years ago and distinguished
'IInself In the outfield 10 such an extent
fat he has been much sought after.
sHanton also appeared on the coast with
'<k1t success.
Hufnmel and Kaefer are salt Lake
Ir5s. the only home guards so far
||Ened m. Both OF these men have made
'urinhle regulations for themselves on
'c diamond. The other players who have
1'ped the team thus far are all pronis-
nE youngsters. who. the 'old heads"
'fPdlct. Will make good accounts for
<exue in the coming season.
Social Day for Little Fans.
Iresident Thiel said Saturday that the
'r1moters OF the Salt Lake club propose
(. set aside each Friday afternoon In
0e season for the children. On this day
~ iittle fans Will be admitted TO the ball
Irk free OF charge. Thursday will be
|adjts day." when the wives and syeet-
Ferts OF fans will be given paste
|11rds.''
~ the meeting of the league owners
"a "Wednesday. matters OF conside "a BILE
I]portaUce will be discussed. Al this
1uc each clubs is supposed to have its
|1Pqslt OF $1,000 ready TO be placed in the
<2sury-the first step toward putting
ne league on q sound financial basis.
Iue schedule which VIII soon be an
'''!nccd. will cal! for a ix-day series
zee week in the cities represented in the
=-sues Monday being travelling" day.