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Show Milford Enthusiastic In Determination To Regain Former Prestige In Baseball; Club Reorganized; Park Being Repaired More Than a Score of Fans Attend Initial Meeting; Formation of League Also Underway With a baseball history almost as old as the town, Milford has produced some teams in past years that vied with the best in the state and, if present enthusiastic interest may be taken as a criterion, 'the year 1933 is going to bring- back a creditable re-mu;il re-mu;il of fame formerly enjoyed by the community. The Milford U. P. bust-ball park,-: wellknown as one of the best in the state, is being given a thorough go-in;.: go-in;.: over, with the grounds being riven a careful disking and leveling, The fence is being repaired, the urandstand is undergoing a thorough cleaning and repairing and the park otherwise being put into shape for the season; while prospective players on the team will go in for intensive intens-ive limbering-up work as soon as the other operations are completed. The 1933 season of the great American sport, insofar" as Milford is concerned, was given an auspicious start Fridav evening of last week at a meeting "held in the library building build-ing and attended by 22 fans who joined enthusiastically in the discussion discus-sion and plans for an up-and-doing laseball club. David S. Williams was elected as business manager for the year, with Walt Vincent and Vern Rochek as fellow directors. Barney Fotheringham was chosen as team manager, with Walt Vincent as assistant as-sistant manager, the two making a combination that lis hard to beat, Bamev has a rich background of nlaving and managing experience, while Vincent, with a detailed record of the batting and fielding of virtually virtu-ally every man on the team, as well as "a similar record of many of the opposing players, will be invaluable! in his capacity as assistant. Lawrence Law-rence Easton was elected as ball park custodian and will have charge of t'ae work of getting the park in first class condition, which he, with the help of others, will no doubt handle in his wellknown thorough manner. Barney Fotheringham, Vern Ro-chek Ro-chek and Thorvald White w-ere chosen as a suits committee and they have done their work well so much so ' that high grade semi-pro suits are being arranged lor ana me iunu- for their purchase have been pledged. Virtually every business and professional profes-sional man in the town has pledged himself to share in the purchase of the suits and a list will be published in an early issue of The News so that the team and fans may know that the town is behind them in their efforts to sponsor wholesome sport tor the summer. Claude Horton, Lawrence Easton and Max Root were appointed as a committee to arrange for two big dances to be sponsored by the club for the purpose of raising funds with which to purchase equipment and the first of these dances will likely be given a week from this coming Saturday Sat-urday but will be thoroughly advertised adver-tised well in advance so as to secure a good crowd. Correspondence with baseball enthusiasts en-thusiasts of Minersville, Beaver, Cedar Ce-dar City, .Parowan, Iron "Springs and Caliente is being undertaken by the business manager with a view to the organization of a league to include these towns and perhaps others and something definite along this line will likely be known within a short time. |
