Salt Lake Tribune | 1901-03-12 | Page 7 | On the Diamond

ON THE DIAMOND A meeting of tho baseball teams to organize or-ganize the league and arrange the sea sons schedule will be held In Salt Lake Saturday or Sunday The four team to bo represented this season will be tho Salt Lake Railways Ogden and Park City teams All four promise lo have unusually un-usually fast teams for this part of the country and It Is expected bolter ball than tho State over saw will be furnished j a A new name has been suggested for the presidency of the baseball league In that of D H Pcery Jr and the chances for Mr Peerys election to the office art nioro than good Mr Pocry IB ono of time best known citizens of Salt Lake ranks high as a business man and would wear the mantle of president with Kface ncl distinction dis-tinction At present ho lb time head ofthe SaltLako Mlnink and Stock exchange and ode of the prominent mining men of the city Ho has always been a patron and supporter of baseball and his friends will bring all their Influence to bear upon him In time effort to prevail upon him to allow IbIs naino to bo placed In nomination for the presidency of the league Mr Peer while his business Interests and his resl dcnco are In Salt Luke Is equally well Icnown In Ogden where his family resides re-sides and he would probably prove moro acceptable to the people of Ogden than any Salt X xkor who could bo named