Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-05-03 | Page 8 | Connolly Muses on Baseball's Rapid Strides

Connolly Muses I Ion on Baseballs Baseball's I Rapid Strides By y er erIc Ic V rw i ORI May Tommy Connolly doan dean or of o the tha American Am ue League Llague um umpires Was i a one of ot time the th of- of officials of officials selected to open the new Yankee yano stadium It Is a 0 rather strange tranee coincidence that 20 sear l car ears ago aeo almost almot to the day Conn Connolly lly nerved T H In a 0 similar capacity a when lien hen the time league m made de its New York debut Some difference between th the teo O openings remarked Connoly as he le sun e ed the crowd croad cro d o of 7 71 74 people the est bIggest crowd er eer attended a ball bali game game- Twenty lenty J nt tears ears ago a crowd 01 of about people packed the smal stands of or the old New r YorK I I League park It H TV nas as re retarded re- re regarded as a gala rila event e In those dais the Gluts had hada a monopoly on the time baseball situa- situa situa situation tion in tn New York As a 8 matter ot of fact In an effort to keep the American Ie-agu Ie league out of the big city I th the oat National onal league club had an option on practically e- e every ery site j available for a ball bait park The American Ame league pal paik k In lii those das da s emas as as built on liya a foundation or of o stone slone Often the light laer laver of soil that covered Ul tim tim- infield th-infield ear through and I disclose the rock base Never Neer did mIld I think I would urn urn- um umpire pire before people p ople um-I um Tbs Tb's Th I cro crow crom d at t the tile opening game Is er I a 8 great gre-at tribute to th the 1 Loud Loud- fond fondness ness Peas of th the Amerl Lii pubU for forthe i ithe the national pas pastime Ile I I