Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-06 | Page 4 | Baseball in Ogden

BASEBALL ! IN OGDEN. Lately a number of business and public men have met to consider the subject of baseball and to formulate plans for the entrance of Ogden into the league composed of cities in northern north-ern Utah. The object is to give to Ogden that greatest of outdoor sports, the American Ameri-can gamo of baseball, as played under; proper supervision. One of the regulations decided on was that no outlaw ball player shall be engaged, whatever be the temptation tempta-tion to enlist that class of professional. profession-al. The aim Is to make the game clean, and keep it free from the coarse acts of the rowdy. All the clubs in the league are work ing, on thlsi, line In order that a pleasing, pleas-ing, wholesome sport may be given the peopled With our unnatural living condl H tions, which include failure to take proper exercise and get out in the fresh air, It Is recognized that baseball has its merits beyond tho mere enjoyment enjoy-ment of tho plays, and should be i couraged as a part of community welfare. wel-fare. The promise at present Is that the coming season of baseball In Ogden Og-den will be most successful because it Will be on a high plane. no