Show State Diamond Loop Hopes to Boost 2 Membership to Six T Teams This Year By Dy TOMMIE TOl PORTER Four six or possibly eight teams may comprise the Utah State baseball league this season season The league will continue to operate during the thc corning com corn ing season season so so much is evident from rom the action taken at Tuesdays Tuesday's meeting meet meet- ing but ing-but but the thc number of teams is far from definite Only lour four our teams played last season Holsum Royal Provo and nd Helper all aU members of the circuit last sea sea- son were represented at the annual meeting together with Logan and Ogden each of whom may enter A committee consisting of ot the league president and secretary Otto OUo Birk Claude Engberg and Micky Scanlon was appointed to meet with man managers gers of the two Bingham teams relative to their possible entrance Final Action Deferred Deterred Final action on on organization for the 1934 season was deferred deterred until the thc seco a meeting set for Wednesday March 14 Officers for the year willbe will willbe willbe be elected at that time Secretary Bob Goodell was Instruct ed to draw a tentative schedule for forthe forthe forthe the season with both six and four teams which will be considered at atthe atthe atthe the next session Difficulty was encountered In arranging arranging ar ranging playing dates Provos Provo's spokesman Otto Olto Birk said the team wished to continue in the le league gue but needed assurance assurance of one home game each week and suggested a schedule calling for a midweek and a Saturday game Logans Logan's representatives Sumner Hale and Fred Neuberger said conditions conditions con con- in Logan were favorable to support of a State league team with the fair grounds available for play They suggested a midweek or Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day and said the Logan Elks might sponsor their club Saturday Games Questioned The Salt Lake managers Claude Engberg of ot Holsum and Micky Sc Scan Scan- n. n r 4 q 4 M l I 1 Aci p. p 5 Ott oit Birk above representative tive of Provos Provo's entry In irs the state baseball league learue has asked that Provo be assured of at least one ono game ame at home each week Instead of the Sunday doubleheaders which would take the cam thet team away from home borne on alternate te Sundays Sunday Ion of Royal expressed doubt regard regarding ing the of ot Saturday baseball baseball base base- ball in the city and were desirous of continuing the Sunday double head double head head- ers Luke CarmonI representing the Helper team said his club would prefer prefer prefer pre pre- fer Sunday games rd id d desired to avoid vold excessive traveling expenses bu but wished to see the league con con- After considerable discussion the directors voted to adopt a schedule of ot Saturday and Sunday games and defer deter further action until the next meeting A representative was present from Ogden who stated that an d business firm in that city desired Information In In- formation on the league with the possibility pos pos- of ot applying for a franchise Dr C C. C R. R of Helper vice president of the organization presided ed eel in the absence of President nt Ott Romney Tb The financial statement of the league was read by the secretary and accepted by the directors I |