Show I r Weeks Week's Sport Gossip JET BV Walter D. D Bratz 1009 SEASON DRAWS NEAR NEAK The TIie on baseball season semon is drawing in near in earnest t. t Si Signed nell contracts ire aie go coing li back and amI forth antl the cr erstwhile h bilo holdout man mm is swiftly seeking cover rO js 5 ho does in iu nine cases out of On n. n notwithstanding not withstanding the ca season pro on howls about H moro more moro pay pay J and H better contracts s. s Not r anI only this but teams Lave have hid hird themselves south sonth and west and tho active ac- ac ac lC- tive o vo preparations for tho the f formal opening open ing Dg in in April are apparent on all sides Unless all si signs s fail tho season of 1009 JC i is iA going to be a hummer Nothing t like tho the preliminary interest has h ever eyer been shown before and tho attitude o of oDers of clubs plainly indicates indic that each ono orio i is try trying inn to land a winning ag- ag I rl t on 1011 I Thu pennant race in the two hi bin leagues kagues i is is going to be lie the tho most exciting imaginable and Ull no follower of baseball I would h be he tl if the jonal I i I curling curlin of tho season a on of IDOS 1108 would woul be practically i duplicated Locally the interest in baseball Wt was ne never r ei greater Plans for the coming season cason are arc arc however cr yet vet an uncertain quantity Ono One Mr 1 Lucas came down hero and arni mallo smack their lips at It what looked like it might mic-ht develop into something bright but hut his promises have o apparently all nU dropped by tho wayside In tho the meantime President ent John P. P Tobin has called a meeting mccLin of tim the Utah state tato league lIo directors nn and it is likely that another little compact organization will ill bo ho formed tI On the other hand a C C. C. C T 1 Golden of Idaho has hM also broached a n. plan for a Utah Idaho lea league lIe Just rust what is iu in store for tho fans is is hard nard to ima imagine at this time although h hit it is a safe wager that it will a again ain be he state league bat ball A little state league ue like tho the ono one of last year rear with tho teRm tennis plain just a little better article of ball ban bo ho a while lot worse orso All AlI that will wilt be required this year is an early start a good lo local al manager and soma some omo one with ith just a moro more time and antI ability than tho writer to handle the tho business cn end All AU those who boosted boosted boost boost- ed cd for tho the l league acue last year will willa a again ain turn booster this this year |