Show NEW NEV BASEBALL I PARK LANNED J i W Mellen Melen Proposes to Put in inan inan inan an Plant Plan on State Street t Unless present plans miscarry the Salt Sal Lake baseball fans fas will I be b given an op 01 opportunity to see Sie the great gr t national game g me meat at a new baseball bbl park prk the coming season The rhe announcement comes as a result of a I meeting yesterday between J 7 W Mellon Mellen ele and the committee committe recently renty appointed to complete the organization of the Salt Lake team tem in the Utah th state league leage Last Lt sea season season son so the league had ha a a great gret amount of trouble truble at Walkers park park owing to the te poor condition conditio of the grounds gounds and the almost wrecked condition of or the grand grandstands grandstands stands and bleachers bleacher Believing a I new park prk in a better location loton would be b one ot or orthe the greatest boosts boost to the game work lias has been going on quietly for some time and yesterday a meeting was wa held at t which time the proposition was put up to Mr I Melen Mellen At At the close cose of a two hours session in which the history of ot baseball in Salt Lake was nas gone sone over oer and ad the future of ot the te game discussed from every eel point of view Mr Mellen stated that he would ask for bids today toay from his contractors for the erection of a new park pak lie He le proposes propose to erect eret much better beter stands and build an I date park which he believes believe will wi greatly increase the interest in the game gamo It I has been ben agreed aged that the game Utah state leage league will wi use UN the park regardless of what action may be taken by any ay other leage league at Walkers field and such euch a prop proposition prop proposition has made the plan pla look feasible to Mr 1 Mellen elen Should the owner of the te grounds decide deide not to t build the park him himself himself himself self another gentleman genteman in the city stands ready to lease leae the grounds and go ahead with the park prk The ground gound under consideration is on State street street just east eat of the Salt Sal Palace It I is exactly e the same sae distance from the city as the present park prk and has hIlS the all ail vantage of being bing on the State street a car carline carline line lne thus avoiding the block walk that Is necessary at the present grounds gounds But Dut above this the ground gound can cn be bc successfully drained which is one oe of or the greatest ob oh objections ob to the present location Mr 11 Mel Mellen Mellen el len said estem that he ho had the plot last lat year yer and that he could therefore without any expense expense put in a diamond which is used In all al the big leagues of late years The Te ground gound was ws leveled off before this was done a ayer year yer ago as Mr r Mellen had the con construction of a a park prk under advisement at that time i Practically the th only ol expense is there therefore therefore fore rore a fence fenc and stands and as these will willbe wl willbe be b built buit of new material they the will wl nat naturally naturally naturally be a great creat gat improvement over the present prent stands at Walkers field feld |