The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-13

son rolls along. We want Cliff Blanken"
ship here. or we want man like him
and we will furnish the backing. We
don { want any stock in the club, either
we will permit him to make the prof
its and we don want any returns
except an article of baseball that will
give our town the boosting it deserves.
"We will attend the league meeting
this fall and make known our wishes
and it will be up to the Union assocla-
tion to take its choice. OF course, we
opened the season and thus retained a
controlling interest in the club, but we
wanted to show ourselves good sports
men and therefore handed Mr. Joyce
the money and said 'bere it is:' We
will, however, expect some assistance
from the other five clubs toward helping
US out of this dilemma because we most
certainly want baseball here next sea-
son. -
"Bill'' Joyce attributes his poor
showing entirely to hard luck and ad
verse conditions generally. He believes
that he needs nothing but another
pitcher and first baseman to make his
club the equal of any in the league, but
the fans (and they know baseball here)
seem to think that the Athletics or the
Cubs even would be in the Union league
cellar under Joyce's management and
they are clamoring for a change.
The people Of Missoula do not seem
to be alarmed over Joyce's statement
that he will throw up the sponge if
they do not raise some more money for
him and it is doubtful if they will
come forward with any additional do
nations. A few interviews with several
of the moneyed fans of the city, how
ever, rapidly convinces one that more
than enough money to put good club
on its feet can be raised here under
conditions that will be more satisfac-
tory locally.
Fans Want Winner.
What seems to hurt the fans of Mis-
soula most is the fact that Missoula has
been the tail-end club all season and
that some of the very players released
by Joyce have made good on other clubs
and In other leagues.
Joyce's present team consists Of about
"a half-dozen good Individual ball players
who are concerned only over personal
cthey are playing for hits Instead Of
runs'). The players don't seem TO care.
During the past week. Joyce needed
his Uniform % %h ns tha promse that ~h s
Will remain off the playing field Charles
McCafferty. well-known throughout Utah.
ana FORMER Ogden pitcher. has been
elected field manager by the boys. and
the good effects OF the change have al.
ready manifested themselves in the gen.
eral playing Of the team.
President William Lucas and the direc-
tors of the Union league need entertain
nc. anxiety about Missoula in tho cir
cult OF 1912. because this city viii be
on hand with bells when the next sea-
son rolls along All they ask is permis-
sion to run their own affairs locally, and
they should be accorded this privilege.
That the boosters who promise tho nee
essary money In 1912 under acceptable
conditions will make good II given an
The town wants good baseball and Is
willing to pay for 1t. A good team Will
draw In Missouln. and II viii also "cut
in' on some OF the big gates In other
cities--gates which they have not had
because their club has not been Of SUI
ficient strength to hold itB own and thus
draw in the other cities, as have Butte
Salt Lake. Boise, Great Falls and
Helena.