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Show LOGAN PLANS B. B. CAMPAIGN FOR NEXT YEAR Salary Limit Must Be Cut Before Teams Swing Into Action (Special Dispatch LOGAN, Dec. 31. A camass of the ; valley oi .1 .pr on baseball In 1 1 - 2 repeals re-peals the tact that there must be some baseball and the national pastime i must not tlie out for any reason whatsoever, what-soever, a very surprising condition regarding baseball was found In ns ' ly every opinion or every bascbuii rn-IthuBlsat rn-IthuBlsat interviewed and ihai was that baaeball was very neceasary a"d rspe-clallv rspe-clallv so for ihe coming year. 1922. This glVes great hope o( recovery from I what .-.-emed to many a futat sickness ithe gam is now suffering ' There Is only one Idea prominently Impressed regarding ths preservation !of the game In the northermosl foc-Ition foc-Ition of the state and that Is economy. 'Ean? who have supported and contributed contri-buted liberally l the oausn of baseball I In the past three cars are willing to do so again this season, but only In a limited degree u.s it Js consistent with a program of retrenchment and strict economy In business and ewYy occupation. occu-pation. Everyone who comments on baseball says that the price of it must come down and prom present Indications Indica-tions there will be no fat falarles drawn by a large number of imported import-ed ball players during the coming summer season. it is cr evident that baaeball has Only suffered like business and persons per-sons and thai from inflation during tlmes of prosperity. That Is the rea-LOM rea-LOM jU9- as it is the rt::?on In everything every-thing else that paying huge baseball bills by the clubs of the Northern tJtali league leaves a dark lrwn taste in the niGmhts of those up n whom the Iburdon falls. And for this same reason rea-son must thfl game ..f ba-eball neces- -irll go through a procor.s of ccon-lomlc ccon-lomlc adjustment and get back to nor-Imaloy. nor-Imaloy. In Ihe !ew of the "experts" 'the onlv solution of this la to go back lOn a safe and situ- baslg; Tinc the Ihomealenl an equ'-l chance for hon-lors, hon-lors, and ceSTse Lo pay huge sa'arletf und 'arge siirr.M for transportation to ball players from other corners of the country. In 1919 the Caeho Valley league operated op-erated wgh boms boys and waa won-d won-d : i illy successful. Interest grew lo a IhkIi pitch ji.s the -.-isoii irogre?3ed an, i everybody was educated to a ke n sense of appreciation of the national pastime This n' and apprecia tion for baseball still remains and ls( beoomlng mora daep-rocited, but is at present suffering from some kind of malady The remo will have to be .that process cf readjus'ment In methods. meth-ods. Cache Valley bi.sebali dopesters iwonder why It Is hecessary to send out hundreds d'f dollars from (his section each year to other parts of the coun-jtry coun-jtry to pay for bueeoaU players. Why I i couldn't part of tb's nioney at least I be given to the home boys who would lleave it here !ri their enterprise? Thli bus worried piatfy of lh.- financial backers of tlie gam. Within the next two or three weeks the baaeball towns of Cube Valley win be deliberating heavily upon nexi summer's activities 'n i.as. bail. They al realize that It la time to act and 'some kind of organisation must be perfected before much can be done j III the tlrst place. I.okuii Siuithfield land LewLston will not talk baseball unless It is through official ehaneN land that the present organisation of I the Northern Etah h-agu.. It has been .whispered th it the league will 'not be constituted uet summer as 1 , has been this year, but In spite of thH 'it would only be proper to do busi-I busi-I ness in h business-like manner and Itha' would ,be through the league as it stands at present. Very likely the (local clubs will ask for a meeting of I the Northern Utah kague directors earl) In January This is being agl-ilaled agl-ilaled greatly. A number of bat players of" the (league last season are still in tlio ul-! ul-! ley, some having located here and entire,) en-tire,) Into business. Others like the country bo Well that they expect 'to slay. These men a:e anxious to play I ball and do not expect lo draw wartime war-time salaries either. |