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Show Utah towns face baseball shortage for remainder of sea . : --- I , State League Teams Let Loose of Diamond Stars Ray Jacob to Join Angels, While "Boob" Burrows Goes to Hutchison By Steve Moloney PIE Utah State league is dead. s ' v With it died another hope for a baseball league that waa all L'tah Utah in location, Utah in eharaoter and with I'tahns for the moat part doing the playing. The atate leaciie waa the second attempt to nut a semi- prnfeaalonal loagtre lata th rnnnlng In Ihle eectloa af the country, the flrat of any ronaeiuenoe bein the Norther t'tah leaarisa, which waa eumented by the purely amateur organisations, tha Central and Southern t'lah leaguea The Nor there I' tab leasee wont an the rreke whaa aeveral af the amaller towna failed ta draw enough attendance ta romi rloaa to the coats and the bualneea ma were eon 1 pel led to dig Into thlr pocket to make up the d'flrtt. IMggm ia the moat unpopular ramiflcMton of 'tier mmmcn sport, and nanirany ' Th Narthern Ulan lea sue was dtacoaraged la Ita hope for exlstena. form kit t.r.Aoi aa AX4H DUBAMI. Brlgham and Ogden were tha mala-stea mala-stea af the leegue and they united with Trovo, tte S'artJky of tha Central leeKue. to funti the new organisation an recently diraad. The lUh Oil or Vtco team of ilia Halt l-he Amateur league was enllatod te fill out th league roster. Th- liatt lAke t-am Wae ta be a, "traveling" "trav-eling" team, playing la ether cities while the Heea wra In Holt Uh. hut playing at Bonn vine when Ik ia were aa the road. or.iiEx itt-rroRTED tWO LCAUlEa. Ogden, a ueual. wa the matnetay or tb iMfiit, The Ogdaa fana have been trying for a long ttioe ta aetata a r-apectahla r-apectahla brand or baseball end have be?n giving th:ir aapport. But tbe mll dimensions of the league. anly four teama dullel tha lnterat some what, and alThoush Ogia waa paying th freight, the rorelpts wera far behind thoee of the Northern I tab league. Brig nam failed te live up ta It ltJt-M ltJt-M record mm a baseball town. and thcuga ft did aet run up any big lose, tt waa racing a deficit ef 1M tf It continued la the loaue, nd tb back-era back-era derided to disband. frove did If sliare, hut It alan fired alight deficit, but wa willing tn eoatlnue. Tha league wasn't a uccoa la gait 1-ahe, lb Intcr-oat Intcr-oat being centered niatnly on Caet league atlrllls. and many of th ae.lt 1. ke games were transferred. ATTrMMrK gROVta UKAU iKor. Attrdance had dwindled an much that the final gam balweea Urigham end halt lke drow hut I. Tha fttate loeaua ahnuld have eue-cdrd. eue-cdrd. If any brand af high claas baea-ball baea-ball raa. under tbe eondltlona of or-gfnlsatloa. or-gfnlsatloa. All teem were compelled to lira ap to the rules of organ lsd baseball, base-ball, even though U was an Independent rut fit. Ouilawa were barred. Tbe plan m mind wae. If eueeeaeful this year, to apply for a el eea O franchise la argen-U4 argen-U4 rs sobs 1 1 for Best year. The paying In tha league wa uniformly uni-formly m. Tb entire roster af the league waa made up of same high claas an-iewrs nd aatnlpma and under fa -vxrablo eendltloaa lhy would have dt-p'ayed dt-p'ayed some good base ha it and wonderful won-derful sptrlt In their rae. I.Af'K OF M rTORT Mt RTft MALI, br-l MIT. Thla aptrlt waa brake, however, by lack of support. Crowds at time ware an Ihta thet playing became list lean and tha internet aad figtJt f the teema were brkea dewa. Uenerally, however, tha ork Waa of a werlterlOU srt. The ability ef the players la ebowp by the rapi'ltiy with which a number of tii'm wer- grabbed up within a few minute afer the aewa af th breaking UP of the league. Hay Ji?-'be. dalt Lake boy who has nrovaD to be a aiar nf the league la the ! short patch for tgdea, haa been etgned by Los Angele af th Paclfl toast league ard will report t that dub as; won ae peaetbte. "Hoob" Burrowa. gait I l,ake bish a. bo hoy and chucker for the Frovo "Tim pa " ha beea signed by lh Hutchlneon. Kit., team. "Beanie" 1 Wilson, outfielder for Fov. haa stained .tth lUe Uutta rlab la tbe Mtnea league.. |