The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19
DOPE FOR THE
BASEBALL FANS
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Just What Is Doing in Utah Base
balloon.
OGDEN AND SALT LAKE READY
GAME WILL SURELY START
WITHIN A MONTH.
OGDEN AND SALT LAKE READY

When Manager Frank GImlin of the
| Ogden team left the meeting OF the salt
Lake baseball club directors last Thurs
day evening he said be would let the
I local directors know within q week
whether Ogden was ready TO put up the
deposit necessary as a forfeit 20 bind the
two towns 90 "a tWO-club league propo-
sltlOn. How we'll Glmlin has carried out
his promise can be seen by the special
from Ogden on another part Of this page,
which states that Ogden viii have the
necessary coin ready tomorrow, and viii
then be willing 20 talk baseball 20 salt
Lake on a business basis. Two days after
the Junction City fans get a proposition
10 form a league with Salt Lake. they
announce that they are ready 90 do bust
ness. This is quick work and shows that
Ogden is ready now. as IL has always
been, 90 meet this town as a rival I'm
The good news from Ogden will please a
great percentage Of the persons of THIS
city who are devOut fans and who want
good baseball and are willing 20 pay for
that kind of am article There has been
much said and more printed about what
kind of sport the town was going 20 have
the coming summer. and al last affairs
have reached such stage that ~ seems
almost impossible that any obstacle can
present itself 20 stop the plans Of the
two towns for q first-ciass tWo-team
league. From the decisive manner IN
which the Ogden fans grappled with tho
baseball question as soon as % was pre-
scented 60 them by Gimlln. one cannot for
"a moment doubt their sincerity IN put
ting in as good team as they have ever
had I'm the past. This Is Ogdons way Of
doing business when il comes 10 base
bah, and the Salt Lake end Of the league
viii have 20 be mp and humping II
10 wishes 10 down the neighboring fans
from the north.
When Glmlin was i'm the city and was
told just how strong salt Lake was lined
mp this year on the baseball situation, he
seemed somewhat surprised. AT first the
father of the game In the Junction city
thought this town was doing more tax
ing than business, but when Gin en-
tered the meeting last Thursday night
and saw the class of men on the direc-
tOrate of the new cub. IL opened his
eyes, and he returned 20 Ogden with the
Information that his town would have 20
so strong to whip Salt Lake this year
heard. for the Ogden club was only two
DAYS iu making the announcement that
30 was ready 20 meet Salt Lake on the
latter terms.
Now as 10 the situation down here.
The directors are fully alive to the work
before them. and realize they viii have
hard time getting team ready 90 com
pete with the aggregation Gimlin Is bound
90 land On Ogden. However. they COLI
slider themselves fully equal 10 the task,
and if they DO not succeed iu getting
team To- beat the HOLSTERS they viii
turn Ttah baseball circles over trying
90 DO so. 10 is stated that not a single
man has been signed for the local team,
and that none will be until after thu
representative OF the two teams meet.
post the forfeit money and agree upon
schedule
This should take place some time next
week, and then for the next two weeks
ball players will begin 20 drop into this
city from every point OF the compass.
While it Is positively asserted that Salt
Lake has not signed a ball player for
It's team. for the benefit Of the local fans
DO can be stated that several good men
have been located who can be- signed By
wire ON short notice. The local directors
have not been asleep, although little has
been said of their dOiugs. III can bee
said that as soon as the money is up
there viii be some announcements made
that viii surprise the local baseball con-
tingeut. The next thing of importance TO
come mp is the meeting between the two
towns. when an agreement 10 play ball
Will be duly signed, scaled and delivered.
Then watch, for there viii be something
doing.