Show I r If f I i t t II 1 I t CasfKEf t 1fi fi I P fiI t I sri t i J 11 y J ni 1 I r I n COXING I c S JL1TUlss 3 r rJ t5l 1 + rp 1 I C 6LP f 1 B CUt 6 i The league baseball meeting which will be held In Ogden this afternoon Is of deep Interest to the bascballlsts of I the State There Is still some fear that I tho league will not be a success and that nothing will bo accomplished at todays meeting but there Is no reason why it should be a failure A large delegation of ball players will go from bore The principals at the meeting i I will be Manager Clippenger and Kidder of the Short Line Manager E D Hick cy and Capt Meinccke of tho Rio I h I i Grande teams Manager Rand of tho Pocalellos and Manager Weaver and I Acsifllant Manager Whipple of Ogden and Capt Glmlln A schedule was arranged by both la cal managers yesterday to be submitted f i submit-ted The four schedules coming from I tho four teams in tho league will be t i 1 picked to pieces and a series of dates I arranged as satisfactorily au It is pos falblo to make the schedule No doubt there will be much wrangling over the 1 big holidays but one team cannot play I In more than one city at a time nor < I will anyone team want all the big holl day games at a certain place Salt Lake will have somewhat the best of the schedule as It has two teams against ono at Ogden or Pocatello Each manager will be called upon today II to-day by President Bluth to submit a list 1 of the players for the respective teams I The names given will be of men homo lI ho-mo signed for the season and who will not be able to leave without a release i from the manager As all the players 1 will be under salary contracts can be I mndo binding and the players can be controlled i r Tho school teams will hold a meet t Ing next Wednesday night in the Y M C A parlors At that time a league I will be organized and a schedule of 1 j dates arranged for the season Tho Ii schedule that was arranged will ba set Ij I aside aa several hew school teams will t be admitted in fact all who make application ap-plication and no one will be barred I Front playing for the champlonrhlp At t tho former meeting tho managers of the teams present acted discriminating ly and it was on this account that the Salt Lake Business college was ellml I stated from the schedule Perfect friendship among all the teams has now I becn restored and the league meeting will this time be a success Olllcers for I the leaguo will Feb elected J P Fanning Fan-ning of All Hallows college has been suggested for president and a better I man coed not lie secured The school schedule will now call fw two and three j games per week in order to play out all the games before Use close of the school year Capt Welling if the University team i pays that he will have a very strong team this year Many of the players will be new but ull will be able to play r firstclass ball The tram aclcs a pitcher i pitch-er Ernest Ileuscr who pitched la tear t-ear Is 1 In Idaho and ulll not play 1 O u Much regret Is being expressed that i Park City will have no team It is reported I re-ported that a goudly sum of money was raised last year to help support a team but the latter never materialized and It Is claimed that to raise 100 toward I to-ward the support of a team the present year would be an utter impossibility Over 400 was placed In the treasury I last year The proposed business house league Till bring about what Is known as comic baseball playing Scores will run up into the double line columns In some cases Still there will be teams In the league which will play good ball Great Interest Is being displayed all round The enthusiasts are endeavoring endeavor-ing to Interest the heads of the firms In the project but few report any great i success At the close of the season a picked team from the league may be s matched against one of the professional 1 teams i The bankers who commenced the season sea-son a little late last year are among the first In the field practicing r t Bert Margetts has Improved over last year and will be one of the fastest first basemen in the field He Is a good i allround man especially at the stick and claims that ho will be credited with very few strikeouts this season r Dike Waller will be here this week and commence his practice work with J f the Short Line team Ho will be made captain and is a competent and cfll II t dent man In handling a team |