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Show I Hey Fans! Don't Forget the Opening Baseball Game f Managers Announce Batting Orders For Opening Ball Game Plans for Opener Are Completed; Scott or Loclcwood Will Work on Slab for Ogden Club; Rich or Ellison Will Be Choice of Manager Romney of Tremonton Club Yea Bo! , Baseball tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock Ogden vs. Tremonton-Gar-land. After soven years of slumber Old Man Baseball will attempt a comeback come-back in Ogden and tho initial game of the season locally tomorrow afternoon after-noon should be a thriller. In the first game of tho season played at Brig-ham Brig-ham City last Saturday the locals, were on the long end of a 9 to 8 score when tho spasm endod. The contest tomorrow will bo staged at Lorin Farr Park and one of the largest crowds In the history of tbo game locally Is expected to be on deck when the "umps" hollers "play ball." Lockwood or Scott is slated to heave for tho locals while Rich or Ellison El-lison will work on the slab for tho Tremonton-Garland aggregation. The invaders will present a first rate club and the contest should bo filled with thrills galore. Tho opening ceremonies will consist of a parade which will start at 2 o'clock in the down-town district and which will proceed to Lorln Farr parkJ At tho grounds tho opening ceremonies ceremo-nies will be brief but full of snap and pepper. Mayor Frank Francis will bo on the slab with Commissioner J. Ray Ward donning the mask, shin guards and protector. Commissioner Chris Flygarc will handle the willow. President Presi-dent Warren L. Wattis of the Weber club will handle tho indicator and from advance dope his decisions will rule. The Ogden club is composed of first rato baseballers. George Wessler, captain of the club, needs no introduction intro-duction to local baseball followers. He Is a veteran and is one of the mainsprings main-springs of the aggregation. Many Stars. Myers, Miller, Reardon, Owens, But-terfield, But-terfield, Scott, Fronch and Lockwood are all well known to tho local fans and these players with several others will constitute the club roster. Manager Scott of the locals has announced an-nounced his batting order for the opener as follows: Myers rf, Schultz, 2b, Wessler, ss, ' Miller, o, Owens, rf, Reardon, cf, Butterfield, 3b, French, lb. Lockwood or Scott, pitcher. Manager Ott Romney of the Tremonton-Garland aggregation announced his probable line-up as follows: Hen-derBon, Hen-derBon, 3b, Burrows, ss, Taufer, 2b, Greeno, c, Romney, If, De Wald, lb, Beers, cf, Livingston, rf, Rich or Ellison, Elli-son, pitcher. At Brigham City last week a record crowd was reported In attendance despite de-spite the weather conditions and local fans are planning on according the players on the team a grand reception when tho tilt starts. Tremonton-Garland has a flashy aggregation and (some first rat'e baseball will be on the mantle. Tremonton-Garland won their initial game last week from Honey ville by a score of 6 to 6 and are out to defeat the locals. Special car sorvice will bo ono of the features of the opening, arrangements arrange-ments having been completed with the L'.-I. C. The" other games scheduled for Saturday Sat-urday are; Bountiful at Honeyville; Layton at Brigham City. Sunday afternoon the locals will lock horns with tho fast Richmond club of the Cache Valley league. AVeiser Dell, former mound star of the i Brooklyn and Vernon clubs, will work on the slab for the invaders. This contest is called for 3 30 o'clock. |