The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-19
DIED. PACIF|C
NATIONAL LEAGUE
In Salt Lake City, June Is, 1905, of
hamilton.
ITS DEMISE WAS F0RESEEN
DEATH is MOURNED BY THOU
SANDS OF BALL FANS.

THE Pacific National league is
thing Of the past. It died about
midnight. when the ogden team,
through Manager Gimlin, announced
that the players would go no farther
unless shown where their salaries were
coming from. The ogden club was paid
in full I'D until last night, and the
club does not owe a cent as 1t makes
its demise from the league
4 meeting of League Directors F. II.
Plaisted of Boise. H o. Shepard et
Salt Lake, Frank GiTnlin Of Ogden and
President W d Rishel was held. and
after a discussion Of the financial trou-
bies Of Ogden. it was decided that the
time had arrived when it was better
to end the affairs of the league.
1t should be explained here that tbs
league has been backing the ogden
club for some time and has paid over
money to help defray the running ex-
penses of the team However. yester-
day the players held a meeting, at
which Manager Gimlin was present,
and notified him that they would go
no farther unless the funds necessary
to pay their salaries in advance were
placed in a bank Manager Glmlin
notified the league president of their
action and a meeting was called at
At this meeting President Plaisted OF
the Boise team stated that Boise had
put up all the money II was going to
to help Ogden out. and Director Shep-
ard said salt Lake would not put up
any money until Ogden needed it,
which he claimed was not until the
money was owing the players The
league president said he did not have
the funds on hand at the present time,
and would not unless the CLUBS in the
/ league paid up the money due from
/ fines and assessments
| "AH off, Says Gin.
| At the conclusion GimIin said, 1T
/ PIaisted said. Let her go"
/ Shepard said. After tOday's game
am not sorry
! President RisheI said: Il can see no
J other course than to declare the league
( disbanded."
/ And thus ends the career Of the Pa
/ cific National league
/ The league from the start was weak
/ on account of the ogden team Man
/ ager GimIin was promised funds to
! keep the league going, but the money
/ promised was never forthcoming
To start things going. the salt Lake
club advanced money and later on
/ turned over the club to the league
/ full to take care of its own deficIts-
and Ogden was left TO hustle as best
it could. Gimlin ran as long as he had
funds on hand and then quit His
/ condition was known by every other
club in the league. and while many
resolutions We're passed. the money re-
| quired came slowly The ball players
heard of these things and were more
than anxious to quit although, be it
/ known. the Ogden club has paid eve-y
obligation up to date
RisheI Saw End.
President Rishel saw the condition OF
affairs some time ago and tried to stem
the tide but could not. Then he tried
TO resign. but again failed. Gimlin
also attempted to resign, but IN TINS he
! also fell down.
Just what viii be done for baseball
in the future in this part Of the couu-
try is unknown, but In all probability
the Ogden and salt Lake teams VIII
/ stick together and fight il out among
themselves President Plaisted said
Boise would probably hold its team
together until after July T. and, If
salt Lake held together, would try to
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