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Show POLICE FORCE II ' STRONG BALL CLUB Twenty Cops Form Squad; 5 Will Soon Be Ready for Games. In common with other normal a. n3 huskv American citizens, the members of the Salt Lake police force are lovers of baseball, even though duty ofttinies prevents pre-vents them from attending the mimes played on the home grounds by the Saints : and the opposing clubs of the I'acilk i Coast league. It is freely admitted thai, a majority of the "cop" fans express regret re-gret over the showing the local nine has made since its last tour, but in the same breath the devotees acid: "Wait a week and we will show you a real team." Meaning bv this that the Salt J.ake police department is planning lo have within ten days a baseball club that will be readv to accept challenges from any and all high-class amateur teams and will not be averse to taking on at opportune intervals some aggregation of salaried players. The baseoall squad has been organized under tne supervision of Charles I-ange, physical director in the police depart--ment. and will consist of no fewer than twentv men. including substitutes, from which the aggregation ready to battle on arty occasion will be chosen. Mayor . Mont Ferry has shown his intense interest in piomoling the interest inter-est of the national sport and the welfare of the men by donating lo the club a complete baseball on UK, including uni-lorms. uni-lorms. gloves, bats, mask, pad and all he trimmings. Practice work is being almost al-most daily carried out on the grounds at bight h boiith and Main streets, and the final selection of the team will be announced within a few days. |