| Show ROGERS SIGNS GIMLIN Ogden Middle Fielder to Play in Salt Lake But Declines Management Bring out the cracked bottle for wove weve got old Gim President Pre Rogers announced last night that the name of John Frank Franl GImlin had been affixed to a SuIt Salt Lake contract and that the would play the middle field for Salt Lake In the Pa Pacific elIte National league Gimlin was wa offered the management of the team but refused it It saying ga ln he h did diLl not believe he could manage the team and nd play at the samo time and he ho preferred to play pIa To lomy say that Salt Lake fans tams will rejoice over this announcement is keeping quiet because getting Gim is Ja almost almott as u good as break breaking breakIng ing into the big league Gimlin is no experiment He Be brought professional baseball to Utah and has hu been keeping keepin a alap alap alap lap or two ahead ot or all air who came after him ever er since We Ye know what wha weve ee got In Gim and all hands are Invited to Join with us ug in letting out three whoops whoop that may be heard as far as Los Angeles any anyway anyway way wa and perhaps farther Gimlin has b been en identified with base baseball baseball baseball ball in Utah for about five fhe years e rs past He has been at the head of the Ogden team all that time until the opening of the present pre ent season He kept out o t of the game early in the year this time Ume but the microbe got to eating too hard on him a couple of or weeks ago ana an he had to begin again The outfielder who can show hoV Gim up us UI b nt honored us with a ar visit yet and any time Gim comes up r dal aran mOO with his stick all hands should Ci brace b their I feet teet As a baseball general Gimlin has II proved a brilliant success and we would fe feel l better yet if he had accepted the management but judgment on a baseball proposition is good and if I he heno no manage no manage goes Gimlin Is a native of Webb ebb City Mo and is something like 31 years ye rs old He played ball ban through the south and in Colorado before coming to Utah and has hasma made ma e good everywhere While White he pro pre prefers pr fers tera to play outfield he can fit In almost anywhere and as a 0 pitching proposition has proven the most successful that ever played here hero That he will prove proe a tower of or strength to the Salt Lake team Is as cured before a game ie Is played He will make his initial appearance In tn a Suit Salt Lake uniform in the game with Helena I on Tuesday |
