The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02

L. teen years is long long time; but there may
be some who recall Solomon Lee, who pitched
the Corsairs to two pennants before the brlgh
lights got into his eyes and blinded him,
Lee came up from nowhere with good night arm
steady nerve, strong body and an individual style
which set tho baseball world ablaze.
Expert opinions differ to his ability; but the old
timers who played against Solomon Lee when he was
at his best say that f't WASH much what he had
as how he used it There were men in the league
with speed and with better curves, yet there
was something about tho Cosar recruit which caused
him to he hailed the greatest find Of the decade
and he was. 1t was his style that did it.
Solomon Lee had STYLE individuality personality,
if YOU like Personality is great thing on the ball
field as well as off and Solomon Lee performance In
the bo, chockfu of personality He did tine com
that ever lived: and every move he made was hall
marked with the peculiar individuality OIL solomon
Lee was sensation for two seasons, and then the
bright lights got him. He made the common mistake a.e
indestrct6lo qualities The sPutter Of the limeligh
was music to Solomon Lee. He loved to have men %
Esports fattered him; and he swallowed the aattery
with the drinks which they were PROUD 20 ouy IoI nm nm
he was combination of q bad fellow and fool He
made his friends among those who were always giaa 40
both ends An athlete does not last very long after
the bright lights begin win5ing at him 4, ;.a .o,
and snuired out entirely during his fourth Ed Terr,
the veteran manager of the Corsairs found that he
9d eSt Ies enpT
him at any price He had reputation as demoral-
izer, and manager wants that sort Of player on
Solomon heard the mutterings of the approaching
storm and paid attention to them. One morning,
he picked up his favorte sporting page and the first
paragraph which caught his stung him until the
tsolly Lee is all through as big Lacquer. He will
go to the minors next season. 1t seems pity to say
influence on the team. and has reflected credit
the national His conduct has been reproach to
scandal; and as result, Solomon Lee who might have
continued as great pitcher for years to come is
memory which he leaves behind him in the nature of
warning Men like Solomon Lee add nothing to the the
name behind them when they, 60"
This editorial sermon ION on the sporting page got un
down to the Office of the Sphere and wallop the man
who wrote the article. With that idea in mind he
TPesab Thn night 'aa at I oe e no
less than fifty letters all inclosing the paragraph
friends of the bFghtligh district urged Solomon to
whip the newspaper man; but all the rest the
other side of the fence
One anonymous fan wrote:
''You we been drunk and bum. and if it hadn t
been for you d have had another this year
able to get it off, ~
Read this, you big stiff. We getting onto you
in this town..
Solomon Lee was not strong on logic and when
forty-fve sided with the paragrapher he changed
his mind about reyenging himself He read the article
over AGAIN some OF the sentences burned
themselves into his memory deep enough to leave
scar.
E'Men like Solomon Lee leave nothing
but a bad name behind them when they go'' Nothing
but bad name! That the phrase which hurt
the most
Soly knew that he was going away. He knew he
was going to the minors. He realized that his effoc-
tiveness had deserted him. but he had blamed his los
ing games upon hard luck the convenient alibi of the
ball player Terrill had warned him. threatened him
and fined him times without number Lee had made
himself believe that this was because the manager
:. had 1t in for him. Never once had he looked Che
situation fairly in the face and now g. just when