The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-09
STATE LEAGUE
GETS STRONGER
Each Team Will Be Improved
by Addition of Recruits
During the Week.
MARGETTS LOSES ANNIS,
WHO RETURNS TO TACOMA
Salt Lake May Get Pitcher Nc
Creary and Two Star
IniieIders.

Owners and managers of Utah State
League teams are spending considerable
teams and getting them In shape for the
games next Saturday and Sunday. EN-
hibition games Will be played during the
week and daily practlses Will be held.
Bert Margetts. whose Salt Lake team
has been considered crippled by the loss
of several OF his best men to organized
baseball leagues, Is not discouraged by
this depletion in the ranks OF his play
ers and is preparing to import others to
take their places.
Since starting his team in Salt Lake he
to the Salt Lake club In the Union as
sociation, Harmon. outleider. TO the
Missoula team in the same league, and
now Annis. his crack pitcher goes back
league.
Annis Goes to Tacoma q
Annis came to Salt Lake from the
Tacoma club in the Northwestern league.
The por;wheeler jumped. claiming that
Tacoma owed him twenty-threo days
stood. has agreed TO make mp this salary
and offers Annis bonus Of 500 II he
will return and Annis. II was reported
SUNDAY, would return 10 the northwest
Lehr. the Colorado boy catching for
the Salt Lake team. is likely to feel the
hand OF organized baseball for failing TO
live up TO Il reported agreement to join
the Missoula Union league team. After
accepting "Scrappy' Eli Joyce's terms
TO catch for him, Lehr. Il is understood,
will refuse TO report To Missoula and In
Union league circles it was said Sunday
night that five years suspension for Lehr
will follow.
In place of Annis. Marsetts is ne
gotlating for McCreary, who finished the
season last year with the Salt Lake
club of the state league, and in place
of Walsh and Pendleton he is after
Rawlins and Goodman. two crack IN
ne These
Strongest strong in the league. despite his
losses. Marsetts men will play an ex.
hlbltion game. with the University Of
Utah at Walkers field tomorrow, in
which he expects to try several recruits.
The Murray team is still practically
intact. It's most serious loss was that
of Hummel and Heusser, its two star
pitchers, 10 the Salt Lake team of the
Union association. In their place Muir
ray was fortunate in securing Harrison
and Metcalf. who have already more than
made good. The team is strengthened
by the addition of Fortier behind the
bat, and during the week Rebischer. the
star second basemans Is expected TO join
the club.
Ogden already at the top. is still
strengthening its already strong team.
Financially ogden, Is the best cared for
ing 10 spend lot of money trying to
take tho pennant to Ogden. Gimlin is
keeping quiet about his plans, but 1T is
two infielders and an outfielder, who will
be here during the week.
The, Qceidentals surprised by losing
However. they played good ball, and the
loss Of these games was rather due 10
hard luck than poor playing. The Oxies
have been somewhat handicapped by the
loss Of Lane and McAdoo. although both
Kyle and Bost are good players. Nc
Adoo, the star negro first baseman. has
been again secured for the 0xies. He
left French Link. Ind, for Salt Lake
Saturday. He will stop a day or two in
Kansas City. but will be here for Satur
days game. Manager Black is now look
ing for a third pitcher. His roster Will
then he complete.