The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-29
IN WILL CONTROL
BALL
a York Assemblylllan Says
|Ihletic Commission Is TO
Be Created at Once.
cKET SCANDAL CAUSE
LIS Next Year to Be Taxed
|ike All Other Forms of
An1usernents Are,
Ry MANHATTAN.


M BY MAN hA Am
j ssd Wire 10 The Tribune.
Z YORK. Oct. 2s.-The one unfor-
6,Inr about the recent baseball
championship games was the
4, concerning the speculation in
,flI AIN inclined To believe that
..s.er was very considerably eHag-
4 hut tina; there was some basis
,barses is more than probable.
han with college football, has
d far sIngulsrly free from scandal,
q of the utmost Importance TO
me that IL should bc kept so.
,'eanu OF the scandal Will be an
M fe bring the game under con-
Il the staJe 10 some extent. II
3 is announced that bill will
'-e6pceS te place professional ball
Tho direction of the state ath-
II this * done and
-tnfnlssIpil makes no better out Ia
liza baseball than IL has In man
pTlEe fights, this wlll he jumping
<ke fry-ins pan into the fire with
:hrss suggested r.ece Of leEisla ton
rIirs OF lf0I" c'llelp'Is tlol. II "
. ali Professional baseball clubs 10
rhf on their gross receipts The
Z cent tax VIII be paid into the
ri for The purchase and construc-
N baseball grounds for the rising
q Generation of future great"
m plnyers. These grounds VIII dc
"a exclusively for amateur play
h Tork City is woefully lacking In
|fs for the bows 10 play the ma
xsme Nest of then, arc confined
y street as play grounds and Il 10
NIX OF the receipts of tho profess
games should be devoted to pro-
< adequate demands for the small
! might result In good both to the
1nity and ultimately 10 the game.
Promoters Reap Fortune.
.lofora the lawmakers at Albany
Eot shot any Of their legislative
ID baseball. The only restric
ohcod OH the sport has been 81
|rIn OF prohibiting baseball on Sun
. Bur the great fortunes that mer-
4 promoters OF professional baseball
made In the rast and arc making
lave aroused the lawmakers 10 tbs
'||F OF l2XlnS TIE sport
'r should professional baseball be
0e from taxation Ia this state?
Id asEemhlymAn, Nho locked over
il crowd ai tho first worlds series
tEgcry other form OF amusement
a pay n tax 10 the city, county
Re-. Theaters have IA pay n license
King pays iis per cent. and rae
1d % big tax. which brought IN a
7mount every year TO tho state
No Of which the farmers received
1olnty At 5ll the state ard county
The promoters of professional
" OF tbls city and In all otter
throughout tho state have made
'us sums each yea-. Instead NJ
The public that has supported the
N a fair manner. the managers
baseball series have sold the tick :
way that was totallr unsatisfac-
ibe public.
Hsehall managers desire the police
Charge and look after the vast
nat attend the games they must
[ ~ pay for the service.
eor1aln that this bill will become
me public wants something be-
@''elghtaway baseball, be the expo
rfer so expert is proven by the
~ tne Detroit team. though yir-
WI OF the peuuant race for more
monti, has proved a much better
gard this season than the Ath-
INC credit for this unusual con
1elongE 10 Cobb and Jennings
~ furnishes the attraction-th
reason of his wond playing
ner because Of his antics on tho
4 nnes. II the books Of the De
.up- were laid open II would prob
found that that club has played
people this year than ever be
mat even though the pennan
petroit seems 10 have players
better entertainment from
nS s'andpoint than do any OF tn
0obb Leads League,
e9 leads the American leagu
sns year for the fifth consecu
nut Cnbb'S achievements ar
IA biehler than those Of Joe Jack
uhongn he is seeing his frs
.ss. company, has proved him
"'s'ny rival OF the champion
,hat Jackson will improve
siIoulo. Cobb Is apt 10 find Il
,hh more formidable rival mex
.hn.,.tu ne has been this. Jack
In lysfss mas hem most remarkable
I'd vn,,n says Il have picked u
III, xji,'ss ss pitchers. and IT is TO thcr
<car nave 10 give most OF my tim
tocs OF Two. II ! could land An
a.. soung pitcher equal TO AlcS
t1<s " Brlen or several other
|cold hhoH,e forward. don't bclley
n hos headed for three years [
&tv ban,. iaHen LIS six years to figl
eAck TO the top.
.fiorsi n hard, long climb TO vi
N Ia, pehnant. but having gotte
% sfscI 10 make a harder ngl
of,no,9,, inere Will be plenty {
.esfon1 IN the National leagr
z --ljl Y mt J don't believe any .
y. mead our club for some lin
acn,S unless we arc badly broke
, II. Ss.aeMts c.sMts and injuries. THE 10,
H. Es,iiu series VIII not affect ,
In 'VysSgonai ysSnai league race"
<|..{ d;ence game hght in The IA,
<rt.rir ss'nR conditions seems
Is ~ py tho followers of Il
X ~ % windy city. Though d.
Y p1<qjlls services OF Johnny Eve
|nSfh, S,erhli all season. the Gu
~, hunt almost 10 the 6nis
II &trenehn or the hole than Chance
from the lineup put in 4
ma sp,sricnced Youngsters III
{, ffn,a 1Ia,rsr rIr TO contend with, il
q <,,rs that the Cubs have e
!, [&djisd Al. a year ago Chan
" IA rhe Win having the headjcst 1
en to,t tonnlry' yet that structu
\ lew I'm. Gown, aud an almost e
Inc 'ne has taken It's place.
WV lt4lll rhnnll I..,-
" sSo,t tsKe q night for the Dag
!. |'deeS or remarkable. and spea
\, - 'of the ability OF the peerlc
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