The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-11
IN The WORLD or SPORT
Baseball.
representatives MEET TODAY
WILL HOLD MEETING AND Or
CAME LEAGUE.
The Rio Grandes, Short Lines, ogdens
and Pocatellos to Comprise the
Circuit-Prospects Are Bright.

At o'clock today in the Grand Pa
cifc hotel the first steps viii be taken
In the organization of a Utah-IdahO
stale league. Representatives from the
RIO Grandes. the Short Lines. the Og-
dsns and the PocatellOs are to meet in
conclave and are TO do as much as can
BE- done to get the league under way
AS planned it is to be an elaborate
affair. and a schedule of games is to
be arranged that will last the entire
summer.
The withdrawal Of Ted Sullivan from
the Mout8na-Utah league proposition
has killed all hopes that Salt Lake
mignt have entertained for that organ
izatu. As far as Salt Lake is con-
ceued the league proposition fostered
bv Nassrs. Sullivan and Lucas is nil.
This city is now going into the Utah
Idaho league, and is going into it with
AN tue baseball enthusiasm that it can
bring 90 bear. The local fans will.
therefore. await with anticipation the
action Of the representatives that are
o. NEE, today. There is no question
but that Salt Lake wants good ball
this summer, and it seems that it is
going To get il, even though the Mon
tana-Ttah league has gone where the
W00dtwiue bineth.
Manager Ryan Of the POcatellO nine
came into town last evening, and after
conference with the local enthusiasts
he announced his decision OF coming
into the league with a strong team.
Pressure of business would not permit
him 90 remain in town for the meeting
today, but he left word that the Idaho
city wanted to be counted in. and wants
league bah bad. They viii ratify the
schedule when it is made out, and VIII
have any money that may be necessary
20 hold up their end of the league.
Manager Ryan has by far a better
crowd of players than has ever been
gotten together in his city, and that is
saying quite a good deal. He has Klei-
her uf st. Louis and Clark of Santa
Cruz. who played with the California
league last year. Both Neubanks and
Martin are with the IdahOans again.
and two good men are on the way
from Kansas City 10 help matters out.
Both Of the railroad teams of this
city have been getting strong men
from the outside. The Short Lines have
been working quietly and have not been
saying much about the material that
they are recruiting. but it is understood
spring on their unsuspecting brethren
Of the willow stick. The Rio Grande
team is To be composed Of several OF
the best local men. and quite q num-
Der are to be imported. Salt Lake will
be well represented, and will hold its
own in the league
ogden. which. for time, favored the
league proposition Of Lucas and Sulli-
van. Is now back into the fold again,
and viii have its representatives at the
meeting 20 organize the league. The
dropping ont of Casey from the nine
has left it somewhat weaker than il
would have been otherwise. but the
JunctlnHites viii have a good team lust
Inc same. For the past few years Og-
Den has been building up its team and
getting "a better aggregation all the
Time From all the indications the SER
l.- O. games VIII be- close right from
jne start. and il will be no easy mat
Ter Oh pick the winner
The advantages of league ban over
that furnished by ind pendent mines
are Too numerous to count. League ball
means. first of all. that there will be
no taxing and no soldering. 1t means
good baseball, with some kind of svs-
TEN 10 IT, The general public will take
an interest IN the games of league
Where The championship hangs in tbe
balance
one Of the best things about the
.raTu' Is that it is 20 be under the ma,
N'naI agreement While no word has
us yet been received from Nick Young
on the subject, the local men have
written TO him and they will doubtless
ne admitted. That win put the league
q, the class of the minor leagues
throughout the country. and will place
l"''i records and their scores in the
si,"iuhS papers Of the country. Those
Who are anxious for the welfare Of
baseball In this city will look with IA
N"r un tie efforts of the local NAV.
ayers o. organize a league. II viii Ia
..' n'sJ thing that could happen for
the sport. vi i'i