The sun., 1916-11-22
|SALT LAKE BIDS
FOR JOE GIDEON
MOrmOns Anxious for Return
Of "CnshOrn Sheep TO
Western Fold.
YANKEES HAVE LAST SAY
NJ FREDERICK q. LIEN.

According to Salt Lake civ oH,...e
Joe Gedeon. aNectionatelv Known - -.
unshorn sheep among the No-,rou
rans' may return TO his I'tah rls.l-.
next season. Oficials % tho Sal, t.,ts
CITY club are said to he dicLorirr VT.
the Yankees IN hopes of adding lnec,i
to the Mormon fold.
out IN ttah they speak of ,;edoo Wit
nuch more respect than some Nnulo.
rams spoke Of him last season. In to-
Joe was the big ram "f the Sal, Irto
city attack, as he selected the t'.ot
metropolis as n background ror ono ~
me biggest collections Of cNtr, base hi,s
that ever few from a minor league VI.
club. In 1915 Joe smashed ou, g.
doubles and IL home runs, which lcl,,l
him amass a Pacific Coast Ioagl. ho,.
ting average OF Az. They sin 'p'E ~
Joe's cleanup clouts in Salt Lake. and
are willing to sla" Il fattel calf il 'h.
"unshorn sheep's" honor II he only CA
be brought back.
Gedeon's extra base hitting on ~, -.
clfc Coast trail was one ~ tho mtu,~.
reasons why he was a me,nhrs ~ '.
iankees last season. II Will T." recalled
he jumped to the Newark Feds lust be
fore peace was declared. and thc Wv.
KEGS purchased him from oil Man SIN.
clair's Forty-second street player ~.
change.
Started at Fast CLIP.
With Baker and rirp Godoou w. .p
look after the Yankees cleanup iorp~.-
ment. For a fortnight Gedeon ac'rf .,s
though he still were In Utah. AhoIt NM
] Joe was leading the American l.l.u"
will an average of $50. Joey wa c.'-
ting his picture IN all the papers WITH
a label entitled "Baseballs new h,'t.ug
star"
And then the bottom d-opn'd ~.
out OF Joe's market. The u'rN,ts
started 20 get n hop on thcir u,l' ard
Gedeon's batting average melted li. q
late March SNOW. fH' .udcl o.. ..I..u
with an averag" ~ .2i2. hitting -
doubles and 4 triples. hut no. .i.s'a
homer. However. 2; only - fair 'o sos
that Gedeon was bothered with poo
health during a great part Of the s"t.,o
This undoubtedly had an effect or his
s~iickwork.
How successful tho salt Lake ,t'v
club will he in it's efforts to wceu ,;o',.n
back to Utah could not No. a-r.''r.'.l
here yesterday. Most e 'h" Nlrlr' ~
fcers-Co'. RUPERT. capt. Ilu~ton "a
Harry Snarrow-are at French T..
while Bill Donovan IT. Ia Macon sr.r'-
vising the construction Of u new cub.
house at the training cam.
second HRsr Open ~ Dispute.
Even II Gedeon IL retained Il - d,'h'.
mi II he starts the season "a. = r%or'i,I'.
n Maisel's richt arm Is -t","c ,l'vch
In the spring he viii be- 'ri"l ol' 80 -r-
ond base. Otherwise % e. bd' tus
intention To- move Mace to ,n.0ul base
and play High. Gi,'. ,r'ny and Mti~ or
Hcndryx in the oG'"c'd
Dave Fultz. president Of the .Plac"re
FRATERNITY. wishes to- deny tho story SOFT
out from Scranton. Pa. that he is lc-..
adviser for Jimmy Kane. the ball plavc'
who j. suing the Western learu" $50"
$50, Goa for conspiracy. II am lopH'T'
enough with the rowers ~ hrScha'l FL
to lave anything sNdd,rd ou ~. NJ winch
| am entirely 'rrr emit said Ful'y
y I'D not litiS" Kan" ~ to -'"n
either as his personal attorney n. vs.
counsel for the Il,NcIs frl'r""
Furthermore. I am afraid ~ re'"l'''.N
as q lawyer would suffer n / am e "l
Of advising a minor lcn4u" player 80 .Hn
his league for such u ludicrou> sau
$50,