Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-08-03 | Page 1 | Ball Fans of Salt Lake to Finance Bees

Ball BalI Fans Of Salt Lake T To 0 Finance Bees Lane jane Plans Sale and Purchase of Vernon Coast Club SEATTLE Wash Wab Auf Aug 2 2 William Lane Lano owner of ot the Salt lAke Lak baseball club plan plana to purchase the tho th Vernon base base- ball bast-ball 1 ball bali club fr m Eddie Meier for approximately and a group of ot Salt Lake capitalIsts aI I III cUll buy the th Bees at a f considerably under that sum I accordIng to Lane who Is here during the th Seattle-Salt Seattle Lake series Im I 1 m in through with baseball In Salt Lake Lak said Lane Meir has been ready to dis- dis dispose dis dispose pose of his Interests in the Vernon club for some time I The figure Is Salt Lake fans have ave an option on the tho th cl cli b anc and will wll probably realize the necessary money before Ahe season I is over The Th Salt Lake Lak syndicate also Intends to build a Ii new park han ihan the present one ones one's Lano Lane said the th reason he did not accept the Vancouver B BC c proposition n was on account of unpaid debts on Bob Brons baseball park Brown who Is also In Seattle this week said tho th debts Vo e ouid ha hae e been taken CAre car of ot and I lAne Lana would not hae ha experienced experienced any ny financial difficult difficult- difficultIes difficulties ies les Salt Sail Lake Lae Lak capitalists capitalist will make 0 cry efto t to keep Salt Lake k In the tho Pacific Const Coast league If It plans which have been outlined mature It Is planned to make mak the th Salt Lake club a community propositIon alth a view ot of selling admission tickets annual annual- annually annually annually ly fore before b the season opens Lane has been associated with the th Bees Dees since their eo- eo entrance en entrance trance in the th Pacific Coast league in 1915 l when hen they sue sue- succeeded suc succeeded S Lamento Sacra Sacra- Sacramento Sacramento Sacramento mento and Seattle were ere later added to the circuit In ease rase the th Salt Lake Lak club ts is taken 0 oer er 0 as a community enterprise there th r Is a lt It that several changes chances In the resent club will lit be b made rho are ar rumors afloat to the effect tIT t Dutty Lewis Lewla will willbe be relieved ot of Ship duties In case the th Salt Lake Lako Lak iran fran franchise fran franchise chise chIco Is not taken 0 o er er by com corn community community interests it will be b dis- dis disposed disposed dis disposed posed of bet before ore the th fall all meet meet- meetIng Inc log Ing of ot the directors of ot the th Pa- Pa Pa Pacific chic Coast league probably to Long Beach Deach I I I I