The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-19
President Horn Declares the
Baseball Season Closed.
ISSUES A STATEMENT
GIVES OGDEN A HIGH STANDING
AND REMNANT.
Standing of the Clubs.
Special to The HeraId.l


ogden, Sept. 18.-As predicted when the
squabble between Manager Rand of Po-
catello and Manager Gimlin of Ogden
arose over the formers attempt to play
Rio Grande men in Il championship game.
the Utah-Idaho baseball league season of
l5p IS over. President Horn today Off
caily closed the season, giving the pen
hant TO ogden with percentage of 800.
In his communication addressed to tn.
managers of the various teams, President
horn reviews the two games in dispute.
throwing out the protested game between
the Ogdens and Short Lines of Sept. Is and
ignoring the protest over the game for
ieIted In Salt Lake by Ogden a number
OF weeks ago. giving the same to the Rio
Grandes he gees on 70 say that he is
informed by Rislsy. Hopkins. Shannon AMI
Pendergraft of the Rio Grande team. that
they are going to tour Idaho and Wash
ihRton 10 be gone about two weeks This
ne says. would leave only Ogden and the
clUdes:
cannot Overcome Ogden's Lead.
=, According to the present standing of
ne cIubS II Is impossible for any team
70 overcome the lead Of the Ogden team
~ Is also useless to attempt to DIsv oIIt
ne schedule with but two teams remain
ing IN the league.
ID, It has been brought to NV attention
Inat there has occurred Of late fla gram
lHIoiatlonS OF the rules respecting the loan
.IlE OF players by one team to anOther
team. Under these circumstance r.
Wouid pc farce to proceed further with
the schedule. and that. too in Viz, 81
the fact that under the wore of rho 1eoc,, Oa
oIiiclals' the season was TO close on oct. >.
Deserted the League.
In view of tine action OF the Rio Granda
anu PocatellO teams in deserving the
league and refusing to play out their
schedule. and in the interests of the eraroe
III the AuLure- / hereby declare ba
closed, and herewith attach corracted
statement of the standing Of the clubs Tor
SPecttully submitted a G. HORN.
1Tr o,! Utah and Idaho Baseball
President Horn states with raference>to
Ine game at Walkers last Saturday in
winch Hopkins and Risley played with
the Short Lines, that Manager Cfimlin
protested at the outset and thai The gam
oelRg played under protest leaves only
one course open to him under me consti
out. = '" II
1t is expressly provided that no PLAYER
OF, OF one one team snail play with another team
StlIess ne mas been properly released
summing M, President Horn said:
Had No Right In Game.
rder these provisions. which were
established at the beginning of the season
Tor the Sovernment Of the league there is
matters of this kind. That these pIaverl
nad no authority or right to participate in
HSS ptoteSteu game Is plain and apparent
ana should never have been permitted by
gne fnanaSement of tie Oregon Short Line
Baseball club.
NV duties under the rules are so plain
y apparent there is no course left omen
70 me other than to sustain the protest
and In conformity with the rules The Said
protest Is hereby sustained. ana the said
game Is hereby eliminated from consfdera
uon either in the standing of the clubs
or rms percentages Of the players and il
Is hereby ordered that the said gara
scheou Ied Tor Sept - be considered as
said date shall only be considered as an
exhibition game III