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Show OftDEN KNOCKING AT THE GATE OF UNION ASSOCIATION Chester Sutton and Joseph Goss AsK for Franchise; Hare Parh It certainly begins to look Ilk 6M wlU have a berth to th Union aaaocla-tlon aaaocla-tlon next eeaeon. Cheater N. utasa. one of tha beet baaeball fana In th eoua-try. eoua-try. and Joaeph Ooaa, another baaeball bug, have leased Glenwood park, la Og-den. Og-den. and have mad flrat applloatloa Prealdent Lucaa of the tjnlon aaaoola-tlon aaaoola-tlon for a franchle. They put la thr application before they knew that ate-Cloekey ate-Cloekey area anxlou to transfer th Butte team ta the Junction city. Mr. Sutton la manager of tha Salt Lak Wr-ptieum Wr-ptieum theatre and Mr. Ooaa I manager of tha Ogdea Orpheum. and bath, are the right aort to (ire the fane what titer Is mora than likely that at th anaet. Ing of th board of director of th Union aaaoelatlon In thla city In September Sep-tember Ogden will be taken la with aom other city to make It aa elgbt-iaak ""Jutte eltlaen neve been brought to th realisation of danger and they ar tryingbar 4 t aaeur McCloakay auf-flclent auf-flclent aupport to keep bias there next year. If MeCloake-r do leave ttutta, th team and Union franohla will urlyo with him and almoat aa certainly they will go to Ogdea. Maaara. Sutton and Ooes believe that McCloakay I the very beat man they caa get and they Intend to give Ogden the boat manager aad beat team they oaa poaalbl pot tnjth. - Both theee promoter stand vary ktga In tha eetlmaUon of L'aloa kaias fft-olala fft-olala aad with the owners s4 too wtnar 'UEvery on who I familiar with th sport feeing publle of Ogdea and th towns between Ogden and Salt Lak eaa Imagine erhat crowd will attend th games between the Ogdea t'nloa league (earn and the Skyacrapera. With a eloo pennant fight on, both cltl would draw patrona from miles around. The acquisition acquisi-tion of Ogden win help tha kyarraaara, bealdea giving a city aa enterprl.log a th Junction City proper representation 0 the baseball map. Ogden will aupport baaeball geheroualy. provided It la good baaeball. I This haa been proved by the number of Ogdea fana who attend the Salt Lak gamea. Under th management of two aueh wide-awake promoters as Maaara. Button ' and Goo, the venture la aura of success. "I went up to Sola recently to get plana of that ball park and w Intend fo model the Ogdea park after Holee'a," aald Mr. Button. "Of course, we are counting on getting th Union aaaoelatlon aaaoela-tlon franchise, which Is a matter to be eettled at th meeting of tha aeaortatloa after tha eeaeon enda. Aa wo ere th flrat appllcanta and as wa now kav th only park practicable. I believe we shell have no opposition for tha franchlaa. Thaa we ahatl give Ogden a flrat-cla team. "If McCloakay leaves Butte, which I understand la by ao means certain, wa shall be glad to gat him and hla team." Mr. Sutton recently returned from a trip east, during which he aaw teama m nine leagues. Ha said that Bona of them waa ao well managed aa the Union aaaoelatlon. "Prealdent W. H, Lucaa." continued Mr. Button. 'ia the ana man eeaemtia! to tha 1'nlon aaaoelatlon. He la tha bat minor league president In the United Statea The discipline ha enforce and th way In which n conduct the league win th admiration of every on whoa knowledge suallfle him to be a ludg ef th work-Ina-e of thee smaller leaguee." Mr. Cotton believes that Cliff Bin n ken, ship deserves great credit fey making the Sk' scrapar the team they are. "Starting m with only a few aond Dlayere." said Mr. Button. "BlankenahIB haa simply aceomeltehed erondera. 1 mow what a difficult task he had before hlm. Devereaux and Spncr were of much easlstanee to him. but there are re baaeball men who could have dene nhat Blank haa accomplished." Well, la 1911. when Ogdea aad SaH Lake are fighting for tha Union association asso-ciation pennant, there wilt be aoroe hot :lmoe la thla vicinity |
