Show UTAH SCHOOLS i AND BASEBALL I 1 E L ding Educational Institutions of State Seem to ou on National Game I SPORT SHOULD BE POPULAR MANY OF THE STUDENTS FAVOR P THE GAME GAMET In T In t athletics k Utah colleges and and u Ivers ues rank in the front any sc In the great w west t Let any bIg s between the he r d t the e ePa Pa coast cometo come to Utah and look for fora a contest In anyone any one of the above named sports and it will get all It ha bargained f r ThIs tact Is now thoroughly realIzed and when name Is mentioned In aty one of the above sports It Is always wl with 1 a tone of respect There Ther Is one other sport the greatest ot of them all baseball the grand AmerIcan game which aU all Americans should know ad play but It has been completely overlooked in the past in this state and nd present IndIcations will be over agaIn this year Those who like thIs thic game end and they are In the vast ma wonder the reason for the lack ot of or loyalty or whatever one may aU It In baseball by the leadIng schools of If the sta state te Fault With the A Athletic Asso The fault seems to lie entirely with the schools At a meeting held In this city Saturday when representatives of the half dozen leading schools of the state met and talked over a state track and field m meet et and athletIcs in general it Is the game of baseball was broached as a school sport but received little encouragement It is not believed this iNs action voices the student sentiment of o the schools although it may In some instances Here Is Salt Lake where one Is go brought in dally daily contact with the stu dents ot of the he Salt Lake schools It can be stated without fear of contradiction that it does riot not Never Developed a Player One hears the query among the baseball f s who gather by the tho thousands at the league games very year asking why Ut h never develops a ball bail player who can hold his own in minor league company This query brings forth the startling answer that Utah is perhaps th only state in the Union that has ne nev r produced a ball player who has been able tp t make good in minor or major league company In other branches of athletic sports the d daily lly press Is constantly telling of the prowesS of Utah athletes in competition with the best men in the country but in baseball never a mention True this sea season son Eop Marks and Erne Heusser of this city have both signed with Omaha in the W league and it if both of these boys or either one makes maies good it will be the fIrst case on n There must be a a reason for tor this and it seems that hat the chief reason is that base ball ba does not receive the same encourage in the higher schools in Utah It in other states It is as natural for Amt boy to play bas baseball as it Is 1 1 Filipino youth to fIght cocks or a ay y g man from Sweden to skate and al alS alwill S will be beI beI I W n a 8 man reaches the age of twenty one without knowing the whys and of the foul strIke rule many b believe lieve he Is not a capable individual wIth whom to trust the destiny of thIs Many more believe if the time ever comes when he shall be In a major Ity Ib the country will go to the bow wows A simple remedy js is to inoculate a b while teaching the young oung Idea hOw to shoot How It Could Be Done DoneIt DoneIt It a a general letter was forwarded to the athletic bodies of the various of this state asking for a meeting to form a state le league e In probability all the corn com composite reply would he be We have neither tine time nor money It is perhaps true that th the present managers and coaches have hae their hands full with track athletics and c can u n not t possibly spend the time necessary necessary sary to develop a baseball team but a simple remedy would be to appoint a baseball manager secure a baseball coach from frn among the dozen of players in this state and turn the team over oyer to t them themOn em emOn On the question of finance there is Ut lit UttIe littie tIe doubt but that the gate receipts would amply pay alt all expenses They would easily In iii a state statte league If the league was organized in such a manner that the pub public lie lic would have hae confidence In it and as ass assured s red that while amateur It would be baseball run ron on baseball principles With Witha a state league organized and well man managed aged aga withIn two or three years the would find the baseball games filly as popular as the track and field meets are today It is 1 worth trying and it if it is the outside World will soon learn that b because cause a man comes from Utah it itis itIs is not a sIgn he does not know the na tl nal game |