| Show WHITE SOX ON ONWAY WAY TO COAST com Thousands of Ogden Fans Greet Players as They Pass Through BY W D RISHEL Ogden Oen Feb With the large Over Overland Overland land Mogul decorated from stack to side rods r ds and headlight to tender with Amer American kan ican nags flags red white and blue bunting buntin I the White Sox special steamed into hito Og Ogden Ogden den rien today amid the cheers of a couple of nf thousand O The train made up from baggage bagga e to observation car with diners and Pullmans contained seventy passengers ana an after a short stop de le departed departed parted for tor the Oie coast Fully sixty of ot the passengers of or the train are playing mem members hers bers of ot the famous Chicago American league White Whito Sox baseball team on cn n the way 8 to the coast COlSt where they start spring sprin practice on Tuesday morning It is the largest train of bail that ever crossed the continent and has been re received receIved at the various stations along tho the route oute with the enthusiasm that only a II baseball fan can give Sio when he sees the pick Jick of tho the players pla ers in the great Amer American AmerIcan AmerIcan ican game The party was hERded headed bv by b Charles Com Corn ComIskey Iskey the owner of the White Sox Tip ONeill president of the Vestern Western league was wai the information bureau hureau of or the party and was not afraid to let the tIte public know that tho train carried the tho greatest aggregation gation gatlon of ball ban that was over oer brought together On reaching Ogden the tha entire party dismounted some quickly hunted up friends and others took al a vantage antage of ot the opportunity to mingle with the crowd and stretch weary legs There was a crowd of ball players on hand to toRee see Ree the team They included Dad Gim ln Dad Clark Maggie Murphy Ben Mead Taylor and E 0 O Marx of or Salt Lake e The last named joined the party and went on to Oakland where he plays plas this year ear Comiskey Sees Quigley The first words Comiskey said were Where is Charlie Quigley He promised to come up and see me Just then ONeill brought bOught Quigley through the crowd and from that time on or until the train pull pulled d out Comiskey and Quig ley forgot all about the White Sox and aud talked only of the good old days das when both were boys boy bo Comiskey did have bave time Ume to answer one question however which was put to him It was How about Fielder Jones Jones Jone Is fl the playing laring manager of the White Sox and so far this s sea sla season i son Ion all alt efforts to get him back for the coming year have hae proved a 8 failure lie He lieis HeIs lieis is now in Portland and only onh recently is issued issued 1 S sued a n statement that he would not be bo boon beon on OT hand when the th umpire calls caUs play haM ball ti this year ear Comiskey however is optimistic and said Raid ur I think he will be around all right In fact I expect to meet him In San Francisco and there th re will be no trouble about his playing this year ar In fact we must have hae him and will The pary contained cont ned a number numb r of Chicago sporting writers who arc are making the trip with the th team They The seem to think Jones will be beback beback beback back all right and one of them hit the nail on the head when he Ito said How can Tones Jones turn down for playing six months baseball That is what his con contract contract tract calls for and I guess hell be on band hand Gimlin Leads Party The officials of the th Southern Pacific railroad selected selE ted Dad Gimlin as the conductor to carry earry the party part west out of or Ogden n Gimlin makes a n good looking conductor In his uniform in fact he ho is ismore Ismore more handsome than when hp ho wears the baseball suit silt so familiar to Salt Lakers But WP wo w here in Salt Lake arc aware Gim Gimlin Gimlin lin Is a foxy fox old manager and It looks as if the Southern Pacific officials had connived with Gimlin to beat us out in baseball again this year ear Just stop and think Sixty baseball players layers the pick of the lani Ian and some of these thesa the TV ill have bave to be released rele ed before the season starts Then Dad Gimlin has charge of or the tho train across the Lucin cutoff What Is to hin bin der him from stopping that train in mid lake and demanding n a full nine from Comiskey before landing the Chicago o magnate safe on the western shore And the tho writer wants to go on record as sav say ing in it will not be the first time Gimlin has hauled a n ball bail player off orr the train while hUe going through Ogden whose des was originally some other port portAs portAs portAs As the train pulled out all the members of the team who coul coull crowded on the tle back platform and left Ogden singing tha th song Oh How II Can Cart We e Bear to Leave Your TouT Tip rIp ONeill was ns the last man to swing on the rear r ar step and waving nia hla hand yelled baCK Toil Tell the fans down in m Salt Lake we will wilt be on hand and March 1 |
