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Show IflHIUn IN fifi Of BIG j VICTORY President A. P Bigelow of the Ogden Og-den Baseball club went east jester-: jester-: day leaving the city before the Final j game of the season. He received j news of the Canncrs" big victory this I morning and sent the following tele-; tele-; rtam to Manager John F. Gimlin at norm "North Platte. Neb . Sept. 1 "Accept for yourself and every I member of your splendid team, my heartiest congratulations Your well deserved success demonstrates that ciean and honest baseball does win. This is a glorious victory for Ogden and I am proud of you all. (Signed) 'A. P. BIGELOW." Several interesting incidents occurred oc-curred at the close of the game yes-! yes-! terday afternoon with the Ogden players play-ers as the central flguren One ot I these was the presentation of $100 ' in rash to the team, by Dr. H M Rowe and R R. Porter as an especially especial-ly enthusiastic appreciation for Its fine work. The last ball used In the gamp was asked for and received by Couch, the splendid twirler, who pitched the locals lo-cals to victory twice during the series. se-ries. After receiving the ball. Couch had all of the Ogden players inscribe their names on it and will keep it as a souvenir of the "1914 Championship of the Union Association." At 10 a, m today, the Ogden players play-ers were paid off by Secretary Angus Kennedy of the club and they are preparing pre-paring to leave Immediately to the different places where they have been called Paul Cobb departed for Lincoln, Neb , at 1 p. m. today. "Kitty" Knight will depart at 8 P m. for Des Moines, la. Blausser Is to go to his home at Kewanna, ind . and DeMagglo and Sawyer will go to their homes in Los Angeles. Dowling is to join the Oakland t'-ani of the Coast league and Shader, Couch. Barham and Jones will join the San Francisco team of the same league Father P M. Cushnahan one of the most ardent fans in the city, met Dow. line and DeMagglo downtown today and tendered them his hearty congratulations con-gratulations on the victory of the j Ogden team In the pennant series Manager G 1 111 1 ill . in speaking of the Canners, said that they were the cleanest bunch of players he had ever worked with, none of them being ad-I ad-I dieted to the use of liquor and all remarkably free from ungentlemanl : habits , The players, one and all, expressed themselves this morning as having fallen in love with Ogden and stated that they honed the city would have a team next year ;.nd, if it did. they would like to be counted "in on it. oo |