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Show OGDEN TO HAVE DAVE NEXT YEAR OGDEN, July IB. Dave Daveu port, released today, "because ho la too good," will pitch tor Ogden nes: year In 'a stronger league.- This was the announcement today of Mayor Frank Francis, president of tho Ogden club ot the Northern Utah league. The mayor said that Davenport would make Ogden bis home, lie wilt return here and resume his business after he finishes the ball season this fall. Mayor Francis Intimated that a vigorous effort would be made this winter to bring about the organization organiza-tion ot a league- Bomewhat stronger from a financial standpoint than tho present Northern Utah league, although al-though some of tho teams of tho present league will be In the proposed propos-ed new organization. "I had a pleasant talk with Davenport," Dav-enport," tho mayor said today, "and his release Is without a sign of unpleasantness. un-pleasantness. He understands tho situation. Ogden had to llvo up to Its promises and was In duty bound to keep the league Intact for the sea- Bon. Davenport Is a modest man but I drew frm him some Interesting Information In-formation as to his pitching. He said he had not signed a St. Louis contract con-tract offered htm and for that reason was playing in unorganized baseball leagues. "I asked him to what ho assigned his pitching success and he said that he relied on speed and control and not so much on a curve ball, as many had believed. Davenport confessed that many considered his speed but little Bhort of that of Walter John-eon's. John-eon's. "Davenport said he liked playing in leagues like that ot the Northern Utah becauso he was not away from homo for such long periods. Furthermore Furth-ermore ho said a pitcher Is not worked work-ed so steadily and so often. He said that If he went back to the big leagues his pitching usefulness would be over In about five years. Tho big pitcher declared that there was not a great difference In tho batting ability abil-ity of small and big leaguers when clubs are considered as a whole. Tho pitcher, he said, must study each batter as a separate problem." The mayor said he realized that Ogden fans wore really in love with tho playing ot the big pitcher and would miss him but ho thought everybody ev-erybody would bb a good sport an put up with the necessary situation until next yea when tho big follow will bo back again. - ' |