Show Says Good Ball Was W as Played By L. L D. D S. S Church Leaders Bountiful Man Recalls Early B Ball II Games of Youth BOUNTIFUL About AbOut About 3 o'clock one May lay morning in 1880 a strapping youth of ot 21 harnessed his team to a load oad of produce and started out on his own for the Salt Lake market markel And for 54 5 years James Bryson of Bountiful Bountiful h has s con continued to do the same In 1919 he changed to a truck but bu ut kept his his' horses Ive rv always loved horses horses' says Mr Ir Bryson and Hand Ill I'll keep on ownIng own own- Ing tag good horses till tillI I I die Six feet one inch in his stocking feet teet and scaling seating pounds Mr r. r Bryson is a familiar figure to hun hun- hundreds dr reds is of housewives and scores of ot bu buyers ers r Ive e never seen a game from jacks Sacks jackso jacksto to o baseball 1 I couldn't play re relates ates Mr Bryson We used to wrestle and box a lot but baseball was always my favorite e sport P. P r- r The old Bountiful ball club dub often met the Salt Lake Red Stockings captained then by Heber J J. J Grant now ow president of the L. L D DOS S church Mr r. r Bryson played in the field mostly but mt once J I pitched a game in St St. George 1875 eorge 1875 or 76 it was was and and dent ent Anthony Ivins caught for me I cant can't remember who won that game ame b but t I do remember remember President Ivins vins was a swell catcher Mr Bryson was born in Bountiful In n December 1858 the son son of ot James and nd rid Sarah Ann Cory Bryson who Immigrated from County Down Ire Ire- land and and crossed the plains to Utah by y oxcart Mr Bryson has ten sons as strapping strapping strap- strap ping ing as himself and three daughters all 11 living He has been married 56 Years cars 4 A k I I 7 r t. t f t I c Same James Bryson |