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Show 'CENTRAL UTAH LOOP TO MEET! baseball Bus Begins to Fly as Meeting- Is Set for Tuesday, Tues-day, March 2fi. j ( Xor that the blizzards seem to have spent their fury and a smiling sun has removed the snow from the roads and fields, the baseball bug- is making considerable headway head-way in this section of the state. Funs Are Talking Already the baseball fans are talking shop, especially so since the completion of the state high 'school basketball tournament. The ma in topic of discussion when bast-ball is mentioned at present pres-ent in Utah County is "What's go- iug to become of the Central Utah: League?" With the question comes a groat deal of misgivings. More so this Uvar than ever before. Fear is ex-1 j pressed that the Central Utah league is like the old grey mare, i n isn't what it used to be! Last year there were six clubs in the league, Springvilie and Kcplu having dropped out of the circuit The clubs which played ball in 1928 were Eureka. Payson. Spanish Fork. Provo, American Fork and ; Heber. I Spanish Fork and Payson had a hard time making the grade last year. The games were so poorly attended the ball players had to p!av for nothing, or merchants around town had to dig down in their jeans for large sums. It is known that the Spanish Fork ball club is now more than .$100 behind, j Payson, Spanish Doubtful t Under these conditions it is very improbable that Payson and Spanish Span-ish Fork will continue in tiie league, according to fans in those sections. To learn the sentiment of the various communities, John K. Booth, president of the Central Utah league, has requested the directors di-rectors of the respective clubs to call meetings immediately to de-1 cide what they are going to do this year in baseball. These meeiii should be held early this week. -a representative or each comrrurr, can come fully authorized to trur-act trur-act business at the meeting of i-Central i-Central Utah League to b? in the American Legion room; Spanish Fork Tuesday cvenr. March '2G, at 8 o'clock. |