The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-16
c. n. Sutton and Joseph Goss
Will Give Junction City
Union Team.
IMPROVEMENTS COMMENCED
ON THE BALL GROUNDS
Franchise Applied for and All
Arrangements Made for a
Successful Season.

theater, and Joseph Goss. manager OF
the orpheum In ogden. have leased and
are improving baseball park. where
they expect 10 play an ogden Union as
ISOLATION team in 1912. They have made
the flrst application for the Union League
franchise for Ogden Resides being the
hrst applicants they have the only PARK
In Ogden that is practicable for the use
OF a league team.
There can be no doubt they will get
the franchise, as they are both men OF
high standing In the business world and
Mr.. Sutton has had large experience as
Il baseball magnate and official.
They are SO certain that they can put
that they have gone To work improving
the park. They have long lease on the
Glenwood baseball park and will remodel
park, which is admitted 10 he the best
in the Union league al present. All the
plans nave been drawn for horseshoe
grand stand and bleachers and teams
For the past ten days runlors have
been circulated that John McCloskey was
coming to Ogden The object OF that re-
port was TO arouse Butte 10 tie danger
OF losing the league franchise.
May Get McCloskey.
Messrs. Sutton and Goss would like TO
get McCloskey and his Butte team. but
the Montana metropolis is now aroused
and the better class Of sportsmen up
there are trying to assure McCloskey. Of
better support next year. Despite Ire
uuent rumors Of McCloskey coming TO
ogden. 1t is by no means certain yet
that he will leave Butte. II the street
car company In Butte can De induced 10
build another track and give adeqna.s
transportation facilities, McCloskey
might remain. Certainly II ne cannot
make success OF baseball in Butte IL
is utterly useless for anyone else 10 Try.
~ as,
United States who are the peers o.
Strenuous Mac. Butte citizens have been
brought TO the realization Of this ana
they are trying had TO assure him sum
Client support TO keep him there next
year. with the poor support that has
been given McCloslSey. his team occupies
a respectable place In the percentege
column and II the fans up mere ,a,, hau
given them proper encouragement they
would undoubtedly have been further
along than they are.
n McCioskey does leave Butte. the
team and Union franchise will surely go
with him and almost as certainly theI
Will come to Ogden Messrs. sutton ana
Goss believe that McCloskey Is the very
best man they can get and they intena
to give Ogden the best manager ana best
team they can possible put together,
Both these promoters stand very hish
in the estimation OF Union league ott-
Clubs. They WIN he an addition Of which
the Union league may vel be proud
Mr.. Sutton's practical experience In base
ball Is assurance that Ogden VIII nave
team which Will uphold the Guys pres
Every one who is familiar with the
sport loving public OF Ogden ana tlie
towns between Ogden and salt Lake can .sn
games between the Ogden Union ieasue
team and the Skyscrapers; with a Close
pennant fight on. both cities would draw
patrons from miles around The acauisi"
tion Of Ogden will help the Skyscrapers.
besides giving a city as enterprlsing as
the Junction City proper representation
on the baseball map.
provided 1t is good baseball: This has
been proved BY the number OF Ogden fans
who attend the Salt Lake games Under
promoters AS Messrs. Sutton and Goss.
the venture Is sure of success
When Mr.. sutton was asked concern.
was a little too early tostalle much about
them, He confirmed the fact that Mr..
Goss and himself had made the firsi sP-
picatlon for Union league iranehise LOT
Ogden and that they had leased the park
Praises President Lucas.
II wen, up TO Boise recently to get
so so,d mcas %r 'se settoS soe of e course we are
counting on getting the Union assoeis, % "a
settled at the meeting Of the association
after the season ends. AS we are the
first applicants and as we now have tne
only park practicable. ] believe we snah
have no opposition for the franchise. Then
we shall give Ogden first-class team
'Tf McCloskey leaves Butte. whlen !
understand Is by no means certain, we
shall be glad to get him and his team.
Mr. Sutton recently returned from
trip east, during which he saw teams
In nine minor leagues. lie salo that
none Of them was so well managed as
the Union association.
President w. II. Lucas continued MT.
sutton "is the one man essential TO 1he
Union association. He is the best minor
league president In the United states.
The discipline he enforces and tho way
In which he conducts the league wins the
admiration Of every one whose knowledge
qualities him TO be a judge OF the work
lngs OF these smaller leagues,
Mr.. Sutton believes that Clif Blanken-
shin deserves great credit for making
the Skrscrapers the team they are.
"Starting IN with only few seasoned
players" said Mr. Sutton. "Blankenshi2
has simply accomplished wonders;
know what a difficult task he had before
him. Devereaux and Spencer were OF
much assistance to him but there are
few baseball men who could have done
what Blank has accomplished"
Well, in 1912. when Ogden and sah
Lake are fighting for the Union asso.
-iation pepnant, there Will be some hot
lines In this vicinity