The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-03
BASEBALL CLUB
IS INCORPORATED
Officers and Directors of Asso
citation Named.
MCCORMICK is PRESIDENT
PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS WILL
BE SIGNED.

Articles Of Incorporation of the Salt
Lake Baseball club. defining the pur-
poses of the club and giving the names
Of those who viii manage it's affairs,
were fled with the county leVk yes
terday afternoon. The original plans
are somewhat changed, an the new
club. besides embarking into baseball
may interest itself in other athletic
games. Upon legal advice il was found
necessary To effect an organization in
order to collect subscriptions and issue
stock. no one being a stockhOlder and
entitled 20 vote until stock was issued
The gentlemen named as the first board
of directors took the initiative, paid
up their stock and incorporated the
COMPANY The first annual meeting
will occur in May. and r the manage
ment OF the present board is not sat
isfactOry a new one can be placed IN
power
The articles state that the organiza-
ton shall be known as the Salt Lake
Baseball association and shall run for
a period of fifty years. The officers
named are. Clarence X. Mccormick,
president. who holds 200 shares; George
Dern vice president, holding 100
shares; Samuel A. Whitney secretary
and treasurer holding ten shares;
Charles II. Griffin, Edwin 9. Coffin,
y
each holding 100 shares, and Harry 5.
Joseph, holding 200 shares
These gentlemen constitute the board
of directors and viii have full manage
nent of the club until the May cleo
lion.
Object of Incorporation.
The articles then state the objects Of
the corporation as follows
ITO organize, own, control and man
age teams or asso CATIONS of baseball
players, football p ayers, or any other
teams OF players or field sports. to hire
or keep for hire aay or all such teams
or associations. to conduct and carry
on any and all field sports and field
games or amusement; to employ and
contract for the time and services Of
individual baseball or football players;
to sell or assign or otherwise dispose
of any contracts for the time and Serv-
ices of any individual members of any
OF said teams or organizations; to sell.
lease or otherwise dispose of the time
and services of any or all such teams
or associations Of players; TO acquire
by exchange, purchase or lease and to
sell or dispose of real estate and i'm
provements for use and used in afOre-
said business, and generally TO do and
carry on any and all sucd business
whatsoever necessary and Incident TO
exhibitions Of baseball, football games,
and any and all other field games and
exhibitions, for public amusement and
Tor pfOul-
Paid Professionals.
As will be seen, il is The intention to
put a raid team in the field; that is.
the players vii all be hired TO play
ball. anu their time Will not be divided
between working for somebody and
playing ball 5t odd times. This, OF
course. means that the best possible
talent Will be secured. and should give
the city a nine that can compete with
the best organizations in the western
country.
Tt is too early as yet TO say just
where players viii be secured, and
whether any local men viii be engaged.
hut ore thing has been announced by
some DC Fsle present directors. and that
~ that no man viii be kept on the team
who does not come up TO the standard
required. It is expected THAT as soon as
the directors meet q manager VIII be
elected who viii have authority to
make a trip east and sign needed play
ers. Owing TO last years experience
with some OF the teams, the question
of booze win be an important one,
and the directors give II out that this
unnecessary article in ball playing will
have to &c cut out entireas. The new
club makes provisions for farming OCT
players. but it is learned that they do
not intend to go in on this scale very
extensivcsy, at least not for the pres
en-. The articles so read that the
company can embark il the football