Salt Lake Times | 1890-07-16 | Page 8 | A Compliment to Ed. Kelley

A COMPLIMENT TO Eft KELLET. ni Portrait (Printed and Kind WorOi Written or Him. 1 he last number of the Polite Gazette Ga-zette contains an excellent portrait of of Ed. Kelley, of whom it has this to say: No sporting man In the west it better known tiian Ed. Keiley. tbe jolly bomface or rneKlk naloon, and premdent of tiie Golden Gat,) Athletic rlab of halt Like c.ty. The club is one of the mt prosperous In the country, and is iu all reapecti managed after the fashi m ot that of Its namesake In biui Francisco. It proi-jx-rity Is due to Mr. Kel-ley Kel-ley s supen-; on. Hcside beUu a iiport-lover and a buuif-we. Mr. Kelley is bometnins of a politician, and Is popular with the masses of Salt Laliecity." Mr. Kelley stated to The Times representative rep-resentative this morning that since the above was written he has withdrawn from active connection with the Athletic Ath-letic club, giving as his reasons thaf'he was dissatisfied with the conduct of would-be sports who have squeezed into the membership roll."