The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-20
RIGHT PRICE WILL
BUY DENVER CLUB
President of Western League
Leaders May Retire; Fears
Loss of Hendricks.

The Denver baseball team is on the
market
Anyone who has sufficient money can
purchase the franchise, lease and clup
of players hard to beat any place in a
minor league.
seasons has had a championship team
and is now well on the way TO another
flag. declares that he will retire at the
end OF the season II he can find a SUIT
able purchaser. Worry and nervousness
brought on by the trials Of baseball
ma gnaIe are given as the reasons for
James C. to step down and out,
When asked ed Ts! se his deoaTss psse he feF was
not ready to state. but cited that the fig
ure would be up in the five figures. lie
contends that he has $4,000 worth OF
first class baseball timber and this, with
the good will, would add several thou
sand more to the price.
It has been In the air all season tnat
McGill was angling for buyer. McGill
has often spoken Of how he would like to
get into faster company, but Judging trom
his tale OF grief, Woe and trtbulauons
as baseball magnate, James c, will de-
vote his time to his auto goods supply
company after the close of this season.
McGili realizes that now Is the time to
sell. Perhaps next year the cluo would
face a difficulty of trying to shed a
losing club, A winning team always
brings more money In sale.
II is reported that Manager Jack Hen
lean association and that is why the
scrappy manager is striving manfully TO
pull out a three-time winner this sea :
son. With reputation OF that sort
landing the manegership Of a class "A.
It is believed that McGill knows that
Hendricks would like to go up another
notch and since tho magnate has all the
H. fho ", nroS
manager, he would not care to hold to
the club next year with a strange mana
ger Hendricks has been tried and has
been found reliable. one who knows VS. how oSy
the best results.
IT figure this way" said McGill. 'I
have winning ball club and that is the
best time to sell OF course, don't want
lot OF sightseers coming to me and
asking what will take for 1t. I want
to see the hard, cold cash and then I'll
talk business,
You cannot understand all the grief
there is connected with the running OF
ball club Kicks come In every day
from everybody. Either II is case OF
the way Of the fans Ali these troubles
come TO me and everybody seems willing
to pass the buck to me. Well. after this
season, il can find buyer. / see the
game as a fan and not as an owner"
Here Is another reason McGill should
! want to sell the ball team There are
numerous players on the club who stand
an excellent chance OF going UP next
season This would mean an expenditure
of money to get new material and re-.
ceipts like this season will not warrant
| too great an expenditure.
| John King is liable to hike for the
big fellows. as likely are George Block,
the hitting demon: Lee Quillin. classy
third saclser: Jack Coffey, speedy short
stop: Grover Gilmore and Lester Chan
nell, the star outga rdeners. and Hank
Butcher. who has been hitting like a
| f1end recently; and Pitchers Casey
Hagorrnan and Mel Wolfgang. with
these men in the market for the big
| leagues. there Is little left to build up a
winning aggregation McGili realizes
| that the cream OF his contingent is
about to be taken. and while It is all
| together he wants to make the sale,
| II Is understood that some eastern
capitalists have been figuring on enter
Ing Denver, which has the reputation of
being the money-maker for the Western
league. McGii would not say who is
! dickering for the club.
| With the sale idea in mind, the fans
may rest assured that from now on every
| member of the club Will work like a
| fend TO get before the baseball world
In such a way that their services will
be in demand. Denver Is out to win the
pennant this year and Denver is on the
| market -