Ogden Daily Standard | 1909-07-09 | Page 2 | Baseball Franchise Goes from Salt Lake City

BASEBALL FRANCHISE GOES FROM SALT LAKE CITY Salt Lake Jul July to lear league ue baseball In Salt Lake Lalo Cit City The Iho action of the league at Butte last night brought about the tho result feared by the pla players ers and fans locally The baseball sl situation here for the past few weeks has hins been most mORt I peculiar In the early part of the se series series I ries the tho games gaines were well attended nd there seemed to be a growing In Interest interest terest In the game and the outlook was ros rosy nut But the attendance began bogan to fall faU off despIte the fact that the home team was winning a majority of the tho games or Of the last games played Salt Lake won twenty one good enough ball bali f for r anyone hut iUt the tho fans seemed to lose Interest and would nol attend er LI IL was because of the heat hoat or the tho fans tirel or of the sport is not It has been heen suggested that lint Dad Gaymon of Ogden get together a team and arrange a series with Salt Lake If this Is done aone considerable interest cnn can be created and aHl 0 can have plen plenty ty or of good ball If this Is not lone done n team will probably go to Mon Ion I Played Manager Eddie Hammond stated to lo the News that ho he had re man offers from Montana to Lo pill Independent ball bail but now that the franchise had been switched to Bozeman it ii looks lIk like most of the players of tho team ill go there Several o of the players have havo re received offers from various team man managers agers and sonic some ha have e been beon accepted Hunt has gone to Denver Donver Kelley center fielder nolder pulled out for San Francisco as soon as worth word was here of the chango AnnIs has nn an of offer offer fer from the St Louis Nationals he heIs heIs Is likely to accept Lussi has an or of for fer from the Calgary team In the tho Ca league and Hall Is wanted hy hr Dugdale In Seattle Most lost of the tho I Butte players departed for va Holds fields and thus the tho end of league I ball all has conic come