Show LEAGUE BASEBALL IS' IS Is NOT U UM M Must W Wait a Few Years a aLeast at Least Least Independent Independent t eams Draw Best Republican Special Service Eureka April J S. S This S. This talk tall about abou Ica league ue ba for the towns of or Utah I II I Is absurd It I has lias been tried in the pa lat a and aIll ald proven n a failure Even tn E Salt al Lake Lak can nut not support a a. lea league team o or hasn't done It I up to dale date and and- how ho can cn we expect the tile smaller towns to come collie up Lii with wih money noney fo for league Ul tC m teams when the metropolis o othe or of orthe the state tate falls fails fals down dowil upon upun such uch a n Last Lan year nr the public was va given a grade lLe of or ball bal that could no not nul have been beaten outside of or the larger leagues and how were the teams sup I I ported portel at ut Salt Sai Lake and Ogden we c cwi I will wi talt these cities cites for fut example because be cause cuse the they should turn out Jal larger el crowds than the tho mining camps I On Omi one occasion tho Eureka team lean was scheduled to 10 play at Ogden am and I the team was taken to the Junction city cly at an expense of If 0 over On Saturday the gate gato receipts were practically nothing nothing and the lest first or the catcher could v very C caI easily have found time to tu take tle up all ni the the tickets that were presented at al the tile entrance gate gatt It I was a 1 good hood exhibition of tf the national game coscI closely contested from tram start to and amI lId th the Eureka team received as time the losing end eIll of the theto gate to money about abou The Thc total receipt i from Crom the tle game the tile next day a amounted to tu le less ies s lila than 00 and again the time Eureka team lenin received d the Iho losing end Practically the sumac same thing happened happened hap hap- In Salt Si Lake anti and someone certainly eI I had to 1 dig deep deell lcd to pa ia pay th the expenses of or the tile team lentil on omi 01 these trips S d' d 1 for fm Independent Bul Hull Hall Ogden en ha haw turned out bl big crow crowds s to tobaJ OS ball baJ games sames when hen there here was as no league bigger cr in fact act than were ever el c turne turned turned turn turn- e ed out to tile the Ica league ue games gaines ame Salt Sail Jal Lake Lake- has done the same The Jar largest est crowd d that has ever eser witnessed e a a ball bal gamut game in Salt Sal Lake Ii In recent years Ir was th one that a assembled at Walkers Walker's held field feld to see cc the final struggle le between Eureka Eurela an and Park lark CI City at the close coc of oC the season of 1905 There was no league I that c car eur r. r but almost er e every time there was vas a game on Iho tue Eureka grounds lounds the tile gate receipts exceeded CO There will wi be no lea league ue baseball in Iii I Eureka this year 31 if IC the Eureka and Park Ci City fans fan have ha c anything to sa say about the matter mater and inU there thel is no IO Cue question ques ques- Hun tion but Lut what these thee two towns to have got ot them all al skinned when It comes games ames to lo turning out big crowds s to the Independent ball han Is all right if It the thc teams teams- n will wIl post foi guarantee tl ey will vili wi be rca ready to lo play wh when th tho garliC I cald and mr that flint that thc not ilOt allow alow some ore player to play horse I Instead of or baseball The worst wort feature lea fen ture about independent ball bali bal I Is that tho the fans falls never ilC know leow when hen they get et into the the grand rand stand tan whether they arc are going Joing to see sec a baseball game gamut or a for all decision CoI al light over O some ma made c 1 by the umpire but even cn this can be overcome If it there titer Is an understanding understand understand- In ing to the effect that the time team making making malIn mal mal- mak mak- In ing a a vl ho o f this tills kind and anI leaving lea the tIle grounds forfeits forfeit Its Ut share of oC th the gate gale money After all al there is but bUl little difference between good clean Independent ball han and the kind of league hall ball bal that Salt Luke Lal has had hadin hadn in Ill n years cars past past C. C E. E IU ISI |