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Show John F. Gimlin of Ogden, Who Will Likely Manage- the Salt Lake Baso-ball Baso-ball Team the Coming Season. (Special to Tho Tribune ) OGDEN, Feb. 27. The announcement that John Frank Gimlin is likely to bo the manager of the Salt Lake team of the Pacific National Baseball league, calls to mind the career of the greatest baseball general that has ever directed a Utah team. Gimlin came to Ogdcn in 1S9S to pitch for tho Ogden team, and made the remarkable record of winning every game ho pitched) but one, and in that one Captain Kuhn of the Ogden team called his men off the field at tho end of the eighth inning, with the score 1 to 1. The following year Gimlin was made captain of the team, and his wonderful won-derful ability in handling his men elevated ele-vated him to the position of manager, which he-held until last year, when he was unable to accept the position on account ac-count of his position as conductor on the Southern Pacific railroad. During the three years he managed the Ogden team he never failed1 to defeat all competitors and to him Js given tho credit for winning win-ning the only pennant ever awarded in Utah baseball that given by The Tribune Trib-une in 1901. Gimlin has done more to make baseball what it is today in Utah than any other one man. The writer re members distinctly that when he came here the best that Utah afforded was corner lot town ball. "With not a firat-class firat-class player either in Salt Lake or Og-d?n, Og-d?n, with the single exception of "Honest "Hon-est John" Greenwell. Glmlin's work in the box for Ogden was invincible, and tho Salt Lake team soon saw that it would be necessary to strengthen their team In order to stand any show with Ogden. This they did. but no,soonor had they done so than Gimlin touched the telegraph wire and In a few days Pearl Casey and Eddie Schnabel dropped into Ogden and took their places at shortstop short-stop and third base, respectively. Thus I the contest went on, each team importing import-ing players to add to their strength, until un-til Utah saw as fine an exhibition of baseball as is eeen anywhere in the West. Yet all this time Gimlln's team was the victor. Andi all this la declared by the wise ones to be due to his perfect management , and control of his men. Many times Salt Lake has been made up of professional players of more than local lo-cal reputation, and yet Ogden won. Everybody take3 off his hat to Glmlly and if Ogden cannot be in the league, her best wishes go out to her sister city, and we hope that they will secure "Dad's" services, for. If they do, it is equivalent to victory. r " 1 I A f, I "I 1,11 I |