The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-22
SVODGRASS LAUGHS
At THREAT TO MOB
Fans Will Make 1t Decidedly
Unpleasant for Giant
Who Spiked Baker.
Continued from, Page one.)

". should be barred from every diamond
in the United States for life. As long
as it has been brought it should be rig
idly investigated and will be. if the
management has any Just conception of
the baseball public's temper.
The feeling against Snodgrass in
Philadelphia is so bitter that IT is pre-
dictcd that when the rain eventually
lets him play again, a demonstration
will be made against him there which
will sweep him off his feet. He says
he ism Y worried by the prospect.
Merkle Is quarrel with Connolly is an
other most unpleasant incident. The
New York fans are very bitter against
the umpire. A subscription has already
been started to reimburse the player
for the fine which was imposed on him
and this fluid will doubtless run well
mp above the 500 he was mulctcd of.
The charge that the umpire was re-
lated to Connie Mack is said TO be un-
true. but the New Workers are very
bitter over the affair.
The fact that Hughey Jennings, man
ager of the Detroits, has enrolled him
self on the side of Snodgrass, saying
the charge that he spiked Baker pur-
posely is nonsense preceded by an ad~
lective of force. is good point In
Snodgrass Is favor
Jennings is a fair man and has
proven it. Aud it is general gossip that
Baker has suffered injury before just
AS he did this time. Ty Cobb spiked
him once under very similar circum-
stances, [ am a partisan of neither
side aud to ME the evidence seems all
in favor Of Spodgrsss.
But the fans down there are boiling
mad aud the players are in ugly mood.
| NO matter who lie right and who iE
| wrong, the scandal is unfortunate. it is
one more thing 10 hurt the game at q
time when there are many other things
| 10 hurt it.
But let Us for the time lay down the
muck rake aud pick ND the bat-to
speak thus: There are things of interest
In baseball this year about which there
is nary cloud of murder, burglary
OF arson. OF the four post-season cham
/ pionship series to be played this fall
three have already passed, like by
gone spit balls, into history. When the
other will be ended don know nor
you, and if they dou t look out none of
US will care much.
The. National league Cubs lost four
straight TO the American league White
Sox-all this for Chicago's champion
ship. Wherein the honor of being
champions Of Chicago lies. / don {
know, but there must be some opinion.
The boys PLAYED nervously.
\ in ST. Louis local troubles are all
over and without single kick that has
come as far east az this typewriter. The
| American league Browns smote the Ma.
tIonal league CardiDals-yea. smote
| them hip and thigh and then some. In
| Cincinnati the National league Reds
well earned their victory In the sea
son struggle with the Cleveland Maps.
Only Father Knickcrbocker and onr
old friend William Penn remain drawn
up In line OF battle Thcy are the
champions TO whom the fans of the
United States have entrusted the great
honor OF the ustiou's 8 game. And now
ihey and those who manage them have
let themselves turn to the gutter 70,
their missiles.
Mud is bad stuff to pitch from one
team to the other in the game of base