Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-20
This Kind Of Sport Is to be Prompt
" Quashed In This City.
SENTIMENT is AGAINST 1T.
Opinions Of Prominent Local uaii
Player Regarding the Much
vsned Question.

The burning question Of the hour Is
sunday baseball.
There used to be time In salt Lake
city when II any one had the bad taste
mot 10 put stronger 10 mention such
an innovation he would. fve minutes Ia.
ter. have assumed the detected micn Of
. barnyafd rooster that had previously
lost his tail feathers. IL does seem a
pity that In q sport loving city Of the
reputation and dimensions " Salt
Lake that certain mombera of the
sportlvo element cannot connne the
good healthy game TO ak days IN the
week and not let the Seventh be desc
Grated by a bowling. betting minority
who have already given the game a
biack eye In the opinion Of ~ decent
people.
In some cities the word 'ba,i.playcr'
IL held To be Synonymous with he word
''rport'-in the police court acceptance
u the cognomen. In this State baseball
players, with very se~ exceptions, are
gentlemen and the overwhelming ma
jority Of them voice the assertion that
sunday ball shall be -ternly frownod
down, and the public second the motion
with both hands upi.ted.
The sole argument In favor Of sun
day ball Ii that there 10 money Ia ".
possibly there Il. but when money en-.
tiers into competition with true sport
history furnishes ample evidence ne To
how ionE pure sport survives the Hiran-
Eulution of aordid dollars ana cents,
In the old days ~ the He'd stockings
and DeacfetH. whom there were no sa'
laried men. Saturday and week day
baseball was a paying Institution. ana
90 II II today provided the public have
faith In the teams that arr bllcd !"
cross bats.
IL IL pleasing 10 note that when GER
tain PARTIES approached chief 81 fo-
lice Hilton on the subject OF permitting
the game 20 be played within the city
limits on Sunday. that he at once put
down his foot and said that az Iona AZ
he held ONCE that there should be no
ds-~cration Of the Sabbath In that Ill.
rcction. Mayor Clark today expressed
himself In similar terms to the "Newn
and promised to make II generally
warm for anyone who attempted to en-
gineer n game on the First Day OF the
week within the city limits. outside
OF the city Of courne the police and
mayor have no jurisdiction, CONSEQUENT
~ not a sunday Eoca by but cur loads
OF people, a number " whom distinctly
comprise the dcml-nonde element.
wcnd their why 10 the Fort Douglas
diamond whore they yell themselves
hoarre over the various players OF the
game and return TO town Just ar pco-
pie sally forth to attend Divine ser
Vice.
~ THERE AN oRDINANcEg
II seems 10 be generally accepted by
ball players, police and Mayor clark
that therc II An ordinance prohibiting
the playing OF baseball or other public
games within tho city limits on sun
day. Enquiry at the city recorders
Office. however. disclosed the startling
fact that no such ordinance was on hle
with Mr. iiaehman. The News" man
then had talk with Police Justice
Timmony on the subject during which |
he said M followH;
sunday baEebaiiY We don't want
any Of that In this city. can tell you
that this town IN going TO perdltion fast |
enough without the introduction Of |
baseball on sunday, an anyone who Ia
behind the scenes viii tell you. OF |
course there IL an ordinance prohibit |
ing H." hut "a diligent neach through |
the police court copy ~ the city 0rdln. |
nnces, drew. In the parlance OF the ON |
GERS. "a water hhui'-there was no |
such ordinance 10 ba encountered. |
Prosecutor Hhoup further stated that |
he daily had occasion To scach the book, |
hut never remembered seeing any such |
ordinance between the lids " the vol. |
ume.
OGDEN MOVEMENT.
In Ogden strong movement against
the sunday ball game has been started,
and such pressure has been brought 20 |
hear on the mayor and counrilmen that |
the officials arv going In take some nc. |
ton toward enforcing the ordinance on |
the subject. Chairman Watson of the |
police committee and Mayor boyle are
both quoted In the local paper a. stat
Ing that such action would likely be- |
taken.
Complaints have been made 10 almost
every official In any way connected
with the enforcement ~ the ordinance. |
Mr.. boyle ana Mr., Watson both take
the position that any citizen has a right
20 Insist on the enforcement of tho stat.
ute N long aa u IL ON tho books The
plan II not 10 Interfere with tomorrow's
rame. but after that the law 10 60 be
enforced
The junction city baseball boys do
not like the prospect at all, and claim
they have been miHuscd In the matter,