THEY WERE STRAIGHT GAMES no collusion between ogden and salt lake clubs EDITOR THE tim STANDARD many of 0 the citizens cit izene ol 01 oden ogden have ormed formed an opinion that the games of base ball played between ogden and silt salt lake have been purposely lost loot by the visiting team in order to draw we admit that ogden oden having baying lost lort the games played at t salt lake and salt like haying having loat lost all the games played at ogden lends lands color to and strengthens this theory As a rule the management of a public enterprise should pay no attention to the comments ol 01 tha the public upon mutters of this kind GO so lone long as they are boo bon etly ewy doing their beet bat but we feel in duty bound to notice and correct this mistake and to emphatically deny that there has been any collation col lueion between the teama teams every game having been won or lost upon its merits the management of the ogden base ball association is under the control contro I 1 of basin busin eee men vi bo ho have the interests of ogden at heart and who have accepted the responsibility simply for tha treason the association was formed with that end in view and tor for the sole purpose ol 01 furnishing honest innocent and meritorious sport of a nature that all might go and be entertained to build up abase ball club which would reflect credit upon the city and directly as well aa as indirectly benefit ogden with that in view practical business methods have been adopted enclosed and good accommodations furnished co so that those who attended ight be comfortable for table this has not been done with the view of making money for the management but aa a L means a of I 1 assisting in paying the legitimate expenses incidental to keeping up a ball club aid alid of doing so I 1 in n a manner that ba be but slig slightly felt so far the management has been brennn un able to secure boma home players who were e willine willing to play al at all limes times on OU all bocc occa eions and has never been to a team to ball salt lake which was a depre tentative sent sentA etive tive one many ot of the dest best refusing or twin being unable to go the laet last game played at salt like was a very poo poorly y played one toe manager left oden ogden witti w ith but six sit regular players and waa was compelled to pick up men who kindly consented to play simply pimply ont out of sympathy for or the team gentle pen en had had no practice and were therefore fore unable to play a good same ganie of ball and in each I 1 ingance ina no ance placed under protest ane manager fully full y appreciates their kindness knowing well that they sacrificed themselves out of loyalty to ogden to add to tho the crippled el condition of the team mr air pitcher pitch kr was quite sick and under the care of a physician w who ho advised him not to go into the game b bat ut he did to and remained at bis his post s BO 0 long as he could stand it when it became nece necessary searY to input put others into the box who were not pitchers this is the chief achl I heakon for losing ac at silt lake bat but there are other teas reas na ns which hold good in all the visiting club is always clees damn Y the tile grounds are a at a disadvantage wall millar to them tho the sympathy ym pathy of 0 the an ai ence against them the home team has the selection of the umpire and bi b 4 ing familiar with every detect defect in their grounds have a decided advantage of the visitors vici tors in avoiding them this last advantage the oden ogden boys have never rever bad however owing to the fact that tha the grounds were in no condition for practice and they were cm polled to meet the bait salt lake club with without out any w which chows that all things being equal tile the 0 Ogden den boys will win the majority maj arity of the against salt lake games it should be borne botne la in mind that the t it Is to the uncertainty of the result to a game of base ball if it the results were known beforehand the interest therein would ba be destroyed dee troyed bat but an error may win or lose a game and no kame game of ball is flais flaisher hed until the lait man 1 is 8 put out we will endeavor to give the public honest and good ball bill and with that end in view will streng strengthen thea the team in every respect ct we WO will play salt lake thia this on ogden grounds again thursday of week and are making arraD arrangements gem ants with denver to play a series of games within the next two weeks by which time we expect to h have ave BO so strengthened our team aa as to put up a good game and interest the crack team from denver TUB ST