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Show IOgden Baseball Club Opens Season May IS I Six Aggregations To Battle For Rag In New Ball League 'M Ogden Club Will Have Flashy Players in Harness When Bell , t Sounds'; First Game Scheduled With Fast I l' : Rrigham City Ball Tossers. : ; ! Saturday, May 15th, is the day sot 101 the opening of the Wasatch base-bHll base-bHll loaprue according to R. H. Wells, one of the boosters for the local team. The schedule will be drawn up during the coming week and games played on Wednesday andSatu rday afternoons of each week throughout the season. In the opening game of the season the locals will lock horns with tho Tast Brlgham City aggregation. Cy Morgan, former Union Association Associa-tion player and at one time a star! mound man, is, in charge of the Brig-1 ham City team and unless Cy's plans' go amiss he should have a first rate' team. The league will be composed of! the following clubs: Ogden, Brigham CVity, Lay ton. Bountiful, Honeyville, ' and Tremonton-Qarland. The schedule sched-ule for the opening day calls for the following games: Brigham City at Ogden; Bountiful at Laytonj , Honeyville Honey-ville at Trcmonton. Umpires ,will be named prior to the j starting of ihe season and rules adopted. adopt-ed. The grand old game is due for a great comeback in Ogden according to the live wires who are endeavoring to Pace Ogden to the fore in athletic, irrid the days nf yesterday arc sure to isturn with pepper and ginger ruling. Mortensen President. At Ihe meeting of the board of control con-trol held at Brigham City Tuesday evening ev-ening A. P. Mortensen of Ogdon was elected president and W. E. Davis of Prigham City, secretary and treasurer. Ihe teams entered in the flag race vcrc rprescnted at the meeting by ihe following man: Ogden, R. H. Wells: Bountiful, L. J. Muir: Brigham City, W. E. Davis; Honeyville. G. B. Wintlc; Lfiyton, E. G. King, and Tremonlon-Garland Tremonlon-Garland club, W. W. Christensen. According to R. H. Wells, Ogden backers, are out to raise $1,500 for the club, of which almost 500 has been raised at this writing. Mr Wells in speaking of the club, said in part: "It is the intention of the committee commit-tee to call on every business house . . i - - mm and professional man in Ogden, thus H giving-all a chance to subscribe initio interest of the team. $ W "Both league officials. Mr. MorCeh- H sen and Mr. Davis, are backers of atb- H letics and in their new positions should be able to place Ogden to the fprja H on the baseball map. The indication; point to a great revival of the old-thrj;e ginger and pepper which once charac- H terized the play of the local team tn organized baseball. With the ball rolj- ' ilH ing we are eager to raise the necessai-y ?1,500 and are seeking the backing cjf lll all loyal fans.. When the money is lll raised boosting strength will be neeft- ll ej in order that the club may haw ll support. Nothing encourages a team ' like good attendance and the players il are but to do their best." ; ll j Money Raised. H Thus far the teams have raised the . ' IH following amounts: Ogden, $140; Tre- jjH Imonlon-Garland, $1,225; Bountiful, , H j?9S0; Brigham City. $1,200; Layton, i H !$1,010, and Honeyville, ?375. ) ill j Extensive plans for a "regular" op- IH :cning and opening day ceremonies are IH being planned by the local boosters IH I and one of the largest crowds in the JH (history of the city io expected to "be . H (on hand when his "umps" bellers forth '1 "play iil 1 The Ogden team on paper looks like ll a winner. Manager Davis has signed a number of stars and with the talent IH already in harness the locals should 1 ,H be on top or near the top rung during il he entire season. Baseball Interest ll throughout the entire country is at fever heat now and Ogden is expected 'to produce enough boosting to break 1 la half dozen thermometers during the '1 coming season. . Such men as D.-vvig, ll Wessler, Pietroff, French, Preshaw, 1 IH iRomney and others will wear the local VmM ! uniforms during the season. The team ll will hold a snappy workout at Lorin iH Furr park next Sunday at which time , H (the fans of the city will be invited .to fH .Uiru'out and give the boys the "once jH |