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Show II OGOEilTIUSISSTIC J flBQUTJ-EAGUE BALL Opening of Season Will Be in H Nature of Fourth of July I Celebration. RUSH WORK ON PLANT I Workmen Will Get Diamond I and Stands in Shape With J All Possible Speed. I Special to The Tribune. I OGDEN. -March 26. John J. McCloskey $ 'iias received the formal notification from President W. M. Lucas carrying the an-: an-: noiinoement. thai the schedule meeting of l the Union association will be held In 3 Ogden April 3. As a result of this, nnd ' the fact thnl a tentative HRrccmc.nl has been reached by the Ogden club owner and the local traction interests regarding In baseball nlant at Glenwood nark, the affair; of the national same will he a M;e Issue In Ogden from this time for-vHrc' for-vHrc' The fans? arc dellehterl with Mc-('lr,eke"s Mc-('lr,eke"s decision to remain fiero and ciw Oeden league ball durlntr the season. sea-son. Early indications are that. Ogden will this season disprove the slur that Jt 1 a "baseball graveyard.' Should the weather prove favorable, it ie nrobable thai a lame force of men wlil be pui al work mi' (lie Glenwood park grounds this week and the laying out and leveling of the diamond and out-field out-field niFhed to an early completion. Ml effortH "will be centered on net-tin:: net-tin:: the grounds In shape In order that V r layers slgued up for workouts may cet cut for practice as :oon as possible. possi-ble. Manager McCloskey and tnc traction trac-tion company people ' believe it wlll.be an easy matter to have the stands ready fnr the opening eulnc on April 23. when the Ogden club will oppose Great Falls, tost season's iK-miitnt grabbers. Helena-Ogden Games. McCloskev has already arranged with Manager Charley Irhy for a series of exhibition games with the Helena club, which will (rain al Provo. The local Jul) prcbab!y will .go to Provo for a ftame on Saturday. April If. returning to this cllv for u same with the same Iub on Sundav. April H. The Sky-serap.rs Sky-serap.rs or Margotts's team may furnish fur-nish apposition for McCloskev's youngsters young-sters on tnc last Saturday and Sunday trior to the opening of the schedule. Tuesday. April ''.'!. Is going to mark the turning loose of some real enthusiasm enthusi-asm In Ogden. An effort will be made lo declare a half holiday in honor of the league season opening here, and the initial ini-tial panic will be played lo the accompaniment accom-paniment of hand music, red tire and everything which goes to make up a lirst-class Fourth of July celebration. Now that Opden has been assured real loagun ball there is polnp to be an awakening. Through With Boise. McCIoksey declares t'iial the. report, of his havlnp demanded a $3000 bonus from the Comme.rciul club of that city before he would talk management of the Boise team is absolutely absurd. What he really asked of the Boise people was lo rent him the park free of Indebtedness, Indebted-ness, and. as there Is about $2300 still due on the park, he is of the opinion that such a demand was contorted into a request re-quest for a bonus Pine-? returning from the Idaho cltv two representatives of the traction interests in-terests there have called on McCIoskev in this city, offering to build him a park If he would consent to assume the management of the club for Lhe season. Adhering to his 'former declaration that lie was through with Boise and would stick to Option, McCloskey refused to entertain even a serious thought, of their - proposal. |