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Show COMMERCIAL CLUBS ' TO- PLAY' BASEBALL J - ' ...... Weber Club Accepts -Challenge Hurled at" It by Commercial Club of Salt Lake Game Will j Be Played Saturday Afternoon, June 24.' ? Imagine, if jou can, two baseball clubs composed of nine members of the Salt Lake Commercial club and the Ogdon Weber club trying to play real baseball, with a hot Utah sun frying fry-ing their lily-white necks to lobster redness, and j'on have a mind picture of what Is going to happen at the Coo-Ioj' Coo-Ioj' baseball park in Salt Lake on the aftornoon of Saturday, June 24 The southern club has Issued a lengthy challenge to the local organ-i7atlon organ-i7atlon and the athletic department of the Weber club promptly penned a ' voluminous replj', accepting the deft The situation appears to be right for a great diamond melee. It will probably prob-ably require a couple of special trains to transpoit the Ogden team and its supporters to the battlefield on the daj' of the big doings. The dofl which was hurled by the Commercial club, together w Ith the re-ply re-ply of the Weber club, arc as follow Salt Lake City, Utah, June 9, 1911.. To the Members or the Weber Club, Ogden, Utah Gentlemen. A rumor has reached us to the effect that ccrtnln Individuals of vour village connected with a sewing sew-ing soclotj' known as the "Weber club" have i an Idea that thej' know something about tho national game It Is also reported that jrou are extremely ex-tremely Jealous of jour attainments at croquet and ping-pong, so it Is with great offort and diplomacy that tho Commercial club of Salt Lake has humbled Itself to the extent of addressing ad-dressing this communication, through jour honorable secietarj', and begs Its careful consideration at jour next Kensington ten. Further humbling ourselves, the members of the Salt Lake Commercial club hereby challenge the Weber club of Ogden to a battle on the diamond under Marquis of Queensbury rules, time and placo to bo decided b jour organization, provided jou decide on 3 pm, Saturdav. Juno 21. at Cooley park, Salt Lake City, and on no other ' time. Permit us to add further that If jour organization has the courage to nccept our challenge we will make nine of your members look like the burrs on a black shoeo before nine In burrs on a black sheep berore nine in nings arc plaj'ed In the event that your organization accepts our chal lengo the Commercial club of Salt Lake will provide ambulances to tranB port the remains of your tam to the Commercial club building after tho game Your bruises will be salved with bread poultices, while our best doctors will seek to 'administer such internal remedies as maj be bcBt suited suit-ed to your respective needs. Confident in the boiler that you will not dnre to accept this gentlemanly challenge, we remain, very truly jours, SALT "LAKE COMMERCIAL CLUB By D J Murphy, Chnlrman Field Sports Committee P S Odds posted on our boards now aro 7 to 9 that j'ou daro not accept ac-cept P P S Of course our team will he made up of members of the Commer cial club If jou cannot find nine players among jour members, will quote terms for suppljing j few Ogden's Replj'. BagEaaD aMai And this from the Wcb'er club In reply re-ply to tho above: Ogden, Utah, June 15, 1911. Mr D. J. Murphy, Chairman Field Sports Committee. Commercial Club, Salt Lake City. Utah. Gentlemen and Members of the Team: Hurrledlj responding to your able compilation of flattorj- upon our a,th-letlc a,th-letlc versatility, permit us to thank jou henrtily for your frank and sports manlike acknowledgment of our undisputed undis-puted superiorly on the diamond. In turn, wo congratulate jou, upon the "rumor which has reached .voil," for we were of tho opinion that! there would be none after tho opening of tho "Utah hotel." , In further answer, let us explain, that our sowing circle, realizing that baseball should be plajerf on the square, acknowledges Its lack of Jurisdiction, Juris-diction, and will not cross Its Konslng-ton Konslng-ton tea by mixing Accordingly your wltlcisms were referred to the "ladles' auxiliary of tho "wets" not casting slur upon onr "dry" efforts Verdict was rendered that our team cheerfully and unanimously accepts jour facetious challenge, and will meet you at 3 o'clock p m , F O. B Salt Lakej on Juno 24, 1911. Though jour date Is greatlj ambiguous We promise you a garnc replete with tho highest degree of heat, rendering ren-dering It expedient on your part to summon numoroua fans 'and forcing j'ou to imbibe J'our "Water loo" at Coolcy's park Be it further ordained that the six ounces be dispensed with, as you will be handled without gloves Furthermore, Further-more, to add dlgnltj- and sanitation to the battle, we have urged that tho "spltball" and high "ball" be eliminated, elimi-nated, being conducive to that sort or bat of which you have so often been wrongfully accused. It Is also agreed that there be no biting, kicking or tickling In the clinches with the umpire um-pire nnd other members of our team It will bo needless for j-ou to provide pro-vide ambulances, ns we Intend to Kllng to our Wagner to whom we will Ty Cobb for the benefit of tho proposed smokor Chance permitting nnd some-thlng-Dooln Oh, It will bo a pipe for us .Modestly speaking, it remains but to be seen that the Weber club Is far more capable of composing a nine than a letter, and all we require In return Is an opportunltj to show tho -world that we can also hang your sun-burned scnlps on Ogden's soil though the same be "wet" aftor election If, therefore, tho make-dp of jour nine will not look woll In print, "permission "per-mission Is hereby granted j'ou to send us the unmasked names under secret code, Incased in a chest protector, de-o!d de-o!d or your accustomed nnd far-famed hot air. Most acccptfully yours, ARTHUR KUHN. Chairman Victorious Baseball Committee Com-mittee P S Fully cognizant of Salt Lake quotations. In tho eent of necessity, we preror to send to distant markets for plajers P P. S Gambling being abolished on our statute books, we will accept all wagers backed bv "reasonable" securities se-curities not in restraint of club monop olv |