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Show OfiDEN WILL HAVE GOOD BASEBALL The members of tho committee-having in hand the raising of funds for the Ogdsa ball team report that they have mot with fairly good success and that the prospects are that there will be ample funds contributed by the business men of the city to place the team on a good, substantial, working basis. With tho exercise of a little economy a'.id good Judgment, President Presi-dent Kennedy and the committeemen say, there is no reason why Ogden should not bs tho pennant winner in tho state league this year and regain the prestige of old as a baseball town There will be no money to throw away, say those who are collecting the funds, but It is expected that there will be enough on hand within the next few days to warrant "Dad" Glm-lln Glm-lln in communicating with somo of the best men on tho diamond with a view to j.lacing them in tho Ogden team. Mr. Gimlin will bo the captain of 1 the team and It is well known that he I is capable of gotllng together and I handling the very host aggregation of ball twlrleis. No timo is being lost, telegrams to star players having already al-ready been sent asking negotiations for the season's games j It is reported that some of the Salt I Lake resort people are not altogether in harmony with the Union league"rs and that they are willing to back tho Salt Lake state team with sufficient money to get the best ball men obtain-able obtain-able for the Salt Lake nine Admirers of the national game say that Captain Margetts ot the capital city team has been advised of thi6 fact and that he is now getting bus gathering a bunch of ball tossers who will be superior to the Union League men In that city. Ogden players say that all that Is necessary to make tho state league games the perfect article is for Salt Lake to get busy and furnish a team that can cope with the Ogdon, Murray Mur-ray and Occident..! teams Salt Lake fell down miserably last year, but It is expected that they will do bettjjr this year. The county teams are alive to the game this year'and preparations are being made for first-class amateur hall In the country districts. An organization organiza-tion ha3 boen perfected and the of-.ficers of-.ficers are busy getting things ready for the season. The teams nf n various places in the county are in the field doing strenuous work. |