Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-08
Declares Minor Leagues Will Not At
tempt Invasion OF Major Territory s
Confident OF Winning Race.

Il l. .
a special train of 10 standard sTull-
mans. each car decorated With pur-
pie and white It'll pictures of August
Gary Hermann displayed in each
of the windows, the big Cincinnati
special pulled in from Ogden over the
| Oregon Short Line ana arrived here ut
Los this afternoon.
The delegation consisted of more,
than 200 members and among them
We're 60 members OF the grand lodge.
Gary Hermann is candidates fol.
| grand exalted ruler of the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks. Tho par
| ~ was taken direct ito the Elks' club
l5heuse there being 20 automobiles ready
To take the visitors thefe. A the club
house the visitors were served with
refreshments and Col G. IL. Applegate,
on behalf of j !, ID. Sullivan. presented
to, Mr. Hermann d beautiful PLAGUE,
made by Mrs4Sulliyan from his fire
probing material. s
The Inscription on the PLAGUE is as
fellows: AT the top. August HERMANN,
Past Exalted Ruler, On one side is
M. So welcomes and on theopposite
side Our next Grand Exalted Ruler.''
AT the bottom reads: No. 5. B. 8P.SO.
e.
r. The visitors We're able to SPEND but
one hour here and left then over the
Salt Lake Route for Los Angeles,
where the big reunion is TO be held.
In speaking oof his candidacy for
the positionSo Of grand exalted ruler, Mr.
Hermann said:
4Ad Gary Hermann IA
CONFIDENT y or WINNING.
- feel contidens&of winning the fight,
which OF course Is to be a friendly one.
We both can't win but from reports 1
have received Ifeel almost certain i
shall be elected. Weshavc "a perfect Or
ganization and have received good re-
ports from all parts of the United
States. Onr committee has perfected
state organizations inall the states and
the outlook is most encouraging
Mr. Hermann is president of the Gin
5einnati Baseball club in the National
league, chairman of the national base
ball commission, chairman of the board
OF. waterworks commission of Cincnna-
I'll, which has just completed the new
system at u cost of $4,000, 900. and was
president of the National Association
for Municipal improvements.
y Mr. Hermann was shown the follow
ing story. published in an eastern pa
per With reference to the baseball situ-
alton: ls
{S,ssssI Silff'1 slrSlt 5NNEA1t. h
WaI. speclls, and big ones at that.
have appeared on the baseball horizon.
The recent conference of National /,
league F1lagnates at Gincinnati,s which
was generally supposed to he a talk
fest on the status of President Harry
&. Pullla,n, turned out to be. one of the
most important war councils in the an |
nails of the national game. according to /
inside information handed out the other |
day by one of the baseball men In New
York, who generally knows what he IS
talking about. I'll
The National and American leagues |
are prepared to strike death blow at |
the Eastern league and American as
ISOLATION should this clique of class lttt
inosuls mention war next fall. Since /
the class AA people refused to sign
The joint agreement promulgated Gin
cinnatf last January. in which the big (
eaguers handed ont Il number of con-
asked for by the two leading |
minor. leagues. rumors have broken. out
that the American association Will sure
" Invade Chicago and that the two or
have plans to organize Il
powerful independent organization as
'ival to organized base ball.
WHAT HERMANN, SAYS.
With reference to tic above Presi-
lent Hermann said:
There Is absolutely nothing to that
tory and yo1l may make that just us
.mpllatio as you WISH. OF course. tIlere /
ire always one or two little troubles
lrriving abou drafting and trading
Ind so on but there is5no danger OF the
american association invading Chicago :,
Tor is there any danger OF trouble
rom the Eastern league. Our associa-
ions are not upfriendly and the bass
,all situation is good in every res pet
lhe clubs are on a sound footins. tbs
ntcrcst in the game keen throughput
he country and the attendance good
70. there is no danger, at least not at
'resent, OF a. wslr between the major
nd minor lea ucs. =