The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-12
Both Union and State Leagues
Are Claiming Lease Upon
Grounds.
COOLEY ORDERS 0XIES AND
MARGETTS' RECRUITS OFF
Latter Declare They Will Fight
and Matter May End
in Court.

Walkers field threatens to become the
scene of merry baseball embrogio that
gives promise OF ending in the courts
Dick Cooley, owner of the Salt Lake
team In the Union association. claims
lease upon the field for the baseball sen
son of i911. The Occidentals and the Salt
Lake team in the State league Jointly
claim lease upon the field for the same
period Both Cooley and the Occidcntals
and the Salt Lake club say that they
have made payments upon leases.
Cooley threatens TO bar the Occidentals
and the Salt Lake state league team
and the OXies and the Zion state leasucrs
have made the declaration that they VIII
put up bitter fight TO retain the
grounds Both sides have threatened to
go to court ii necessary, TO gain their
points.
Cooley has instructed his attorney,
Charles A. Gillette, TO serve notice upon
the Oxies and the Salt Lake state
leaguers that they can not practice there
any more and that they Will not be per-
mitted TO play their games scheduled ior
Saturday and Sunday there The oXies
and the Zion state Icaguers declare that
the games will be played as per schedule
Lease in Thiel's Name.
When l.. Il. Thiel headed the Salt
Lake Union league team, an agreement
was entered into with the Saltair Beach
company whereby q baseball park was
TO be built upon the shores OF the Great
this park should not be completed in
time for the first games of the schedule,
a lease in Thiels name was obtained on
Walkers field for the season OF 1911 for
$1,000, $3.50 Of which was TO be paid down
and the rest in installments of $50 the
first OF each month. Thiel had no money
but gave notes for the amounts that
afterwards were taken up by Charles a.
Gillette and Frank j. Gustin when they
became interested in the Salt Lake Union
league clubs franchise.
Mr., Cooley says that when he took over
the franchise he also assumed the lease
on Walkers field and has reimbursed
Gillette and his associates on the pay
ment down on the field. This is cor
says that when the first monthly payment
became due April l he rendered Mr.. Gil
1ette $50. Mr.. Gillette refused 10 accept
the money however. but made the pay
too. saying that he made the payment
himself by check In order TO avoid COM
plications Both Mr.. Cooley and Mr.. Gil
lette say that this payment was made
with the understanding that Mr.: Cooley
is to reimburse Mr.. Gillette when the
tangle is Strengthened out,
Mr.. Cooley says that inasmuch as he
is putting up his money for the field he
sees no reason why he should allow some
ono else to use the grounds.
saltair Company's Side.
], f, Langford OF the Saltair Beach
company says that Gillette and Gustin
contributed one-naN OF the S2o0 PAID
down on the lease and that his company
gave Thicl the other half Mr.. Langford
says that when Mr. Cooley got the fran
chse he refused 10 stand by Thiel's
agreement TO play his games in park to
be built on the shores of the Great salt
lake and declared. in the presence OF
himself and Mr. Gillette, that he did not
want Walkers field Mr., Laneford says
Mr. Gillette told him that his company
could pave Walkers field for sl25 and
that tins proposition was accepted, This,
in the opinion Of the State leaguers, gives
them II prior right TO the field.
The other side says that this s125 was
returned to the Saltair Beach company
by Mr.. Cooley through Mr., Gillette.
The State leaguers charge that Mr.
Cooley has no use for the field and wants
1t only to "freeze them cut" This is de-
MED by Mr.. Cooley, who proposes TO use
il for practice and emergency games
The State leaguers say that If Mr.. Cooley
made up the first payment of $3.50 on
the field he did so as q release from pay
ing the rest OF the lease price. $3.50 This
Mr. Cooley denies, too.
j. r. Walker. TO whom Mr.. Gillette
has made all payments on the lease. says
that the lease to Thiel was assigned to
Gillette and Gustin and remains with
them so far as he knows. He is recog-
nizing Mr.. Gillette.