Show BALL PLAYERS OF THE UTAHIDAHO LEAGUE II I I Photos by Johnson SaltLake > > c S i J rV V j > i1 > T I rrera iI r J ITT I I j I 1cItiaff Kebef 1 I t j I I I Tt a jLt f44 ° pjt It L jIi 4MIIv4K i fv I 4L4L i William Klclber captain and shortstop short-stop of the Pocatello team was born In Milwaukee July 12 1ST1 and has played professional ball for ten years He learned the game on the lots of St Louis and has played ball all through Missouri Illinois Iowa Indiana Arkansas Ar-kansas and Texas Ho was with Tacoma Ta-coma Wash In 1S9S leading the short Gtops that year In the fall of 1S38 he Joined tho Seattle team champions of the Pacific Northwest which played the champions of the California league de feallng them four out of seven games and winning the championship of the Pacific coast He played with San Jose and Santa Cruz in 1SD9 leading the shortstops of tho California league that year with a fielding average of Sill In a game nt San Jose on September 1C 1S91 ho broke an arm and was compelled com-pelled to drop out of tho game for the rest of the season returning to his home In St Louis lIe joined the Pocatello team this year and has continued to play fine ball He Is always alive to what Is going on and overlooks noth ing In a game making an almost Ideal captain Frank Hansford pitcher of the Ogden team was born In Fort Scott Kan In 1S75 he stands six feet high and weighs 182 pounds Ills first ball playing was done in Fort Scott He was with Glen wood Coo in 1S97 and played good I i ball He went from there to the Brook lyn club of the National league but was not given a chance to do any work and returned to Colorado ITo has been with tho Ogdcn club two years and Is considered one of their most reliable players Ho is avery fast runner and an effective pitcher winning a good percentage of his games Mean Scars left fielder oC tho Rio Grando Western team has played ball In several cities throughout Illinois and Wisconsin His first playintr was lone In Rockford and Freeport III and he was with Rockford In the Illinois State league last year Ho was captain and manager of the Chicago Dally News team in Chicago during th < > seasons of 07 and OS Ho first came west this year Until he came to Salt Lake he had never played In a professional team anywlfere but behind tho bat As the Rio Grando Western team was not In need of a catcher he undertook to play outfield for thomand and has made a mag nificent record since he came here He is one of the steady and reliable hitters of the team Bert Margetts who plays first base and outfield for the Oregon Short Line team was born In Salt Lake in ISiS He first began to play professional ball in 1SOG being taken from the School league by the Short Line Ho has played at Intervals with all the pro fessional teams that have been organ ized since 1S9C He has been with the Short Lines for two years continuously field He Is a goqd hitter and plays a steady |