The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-20
CLUB |NDORSES
UNION LEAGUE
Business Men Decide TO En-
courage and Support Or
ganized Baseball.
COOLEY URGED TO BRING
PENNANT TO SALT LAKE
Differences Between Teams Are
Settled and Walkers Field
Goes to State League.

The Commercial club Of Salt Lake City
Will lend Its moral support to the Salt
Lake baseball club in the Union associa-
ton.
The Commercial club committee on field
sports and indoor stunts decided at q
meeting held in the Gold room at noon
Wednesday to support the Salt Lake
Union league team and the club without
doubt will heartily indorse this stand,
The committee also decided to indorse
and heartily support all other clean ath-
ledcs,
A special meeting of the committee was
called by the chairman. D. J. Murphy, TO
discuss athletics generally When the
subject OF baseball was reached the Salt
Lake club ia the Union league was
brought into the discussion.
Frank ]. Gusun. one Of the members
OF the firm interested in the Salt Lake
Union franchise after L. II. Thiel re-
tired, but not now connected with the
club financially; explained that it Is the
intention OF Dick Cooley, the present
holder OF the franchise. TO give Salt Lake
a winning team II possible, and that the
entry Of organized baseball into the in
tcrmounGain west will elevate the stand
ard OF the great national sport here. Mr..
Cooley, said Mr.. Gustin. has spent con-
siderable money in taking over the fran
flliSC anu ESldpIIS1lnS q DaSepdll U!dnl
here and it is his intention to spend
much more For this and the additional
reason that the entry OF organized base
ball means higher standard OF the sport
for Utah. MIR. Gustin said that he thought
the Salt Lake Union league club merited
the Endorsement and moral support OF the
Commercial club
Room for Both Teams.
The controversy over Walkers field was
casually discussed. II is understood. how
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have been amicably adjusted and this
situation was touched on only lightly 1t
was the consensus OF opinion in The com
mittee that there is room for both the
State league and the Union association
teams in Salt Lake City, the opinion pre-
Vailing that the one will help the other
Of the committee also touched upon the
advertising benefits the city Will derive
from the entry OF organized ball into Utah
through the foTmation or the Union
league. One OF Mr., Gustin's predictions |
was that Salt Lake will be in the west |
ern or coast league within two or three !
years II organized ball Is given the |
proper support The fulfillment OF this |
prediction will bring immense benefits to |
salt Lake City and Utah through adver- |
tlstng. 1t was pointed out.
AT the conclusion OF the discussion Il |
was unanimously decided 10 give the
hearty moral support of the Commercial |
club TO the Salt Lake Union league club
The committee also discussed the or
genizatlon OF a baseball team TO meet
mines from the other clubs, such as the
Alta and University clubs.
Controversy Is Settled.
Said Mr.. Cooley Wednesday afternoon
enent the Walkers field controversy:
While I feel; and always have felt
that I have a clear right to Walkers
field and am entitled to ii. am willing to
drop the controversy as long as the other
Fellows leave me and my interests alone.
THIS am willing TO do for the interests
OF the sport Renerally as we'll as I'm ,ou
Of promoters Of the game here.
have no desire to interfere with other
local baseball interests as long as they
dc not interfere with mine and I shall
not Interfere. AS a matter OF fact there
is room for all OF us and I want to see
all prosper"