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Show tlEET IN OGDEN . Northern Utah Baseball Schedule Sched-ule Will Be Drawn Up Here: Olson Calls Session I (Special to The Standard-Examinr r i LOGAN, Jan 29. The next meeting meet-ing of the board of directors of the i Northern Utah Baseball league will be held Wednesday, February !'ih. at the Weber cluh lii Ogden, according lo word sent out to the various directors, by Ray Olson, secretary of the leagut The meeting was scheduled to be held! the day preceding this date, but on! the order of President George Romne; this was changed, din- to the fat t that Jack Goburn, who will present the schedule for the coming season, could, not arrange to be present on (he date originally set. Whcri the directors come to Ogden I for tV1 meeting they want to get in touch with the local situation there.: So fj. r no league meeting has been held In the Junction City and all the! men who have promoted baseball hi I the Cache Valley league are anxious to know more about igden At flrsi there was considerable hesitancy on the part Of some of the djuba here about accepting Ogden' into such a league as the one now completely organized, or-ganized, hut now this suspicion has all been banished' and ogden la going to have some real baseball The rea-1 son for this condition was because ( 'g-den 'g-den Is so far from the Cache Valley points that traveling expenses of teams add the remote situation of the towns added a few ciphers to the total of each club's yearly budget. Ogden la so much larger than .-mv mh..r jin the league that the additional expense ex-pense of coming there should be eas-i lly overcome hy the gate receipts in! such a large place. Therefore the1 northern clubs want t., meet with the Ogden promoters in this meeting and anv baseball bug u the Junction cltl will he welco,,,.. ,, , ,,,,,. ,,,, sh.i!..- hands with the officers of the league. '1 he important Item to come up fdr discussion will be the schedule of games for the league. Mr- Coburn.' who was-first elected President of th j league, was appointed to head thfl schedule committee at the last board meeting and he has been working hard on it ever since in an attempt to gl,c each cluh the best possible dates for the games. lie has arranged two schedules one calling for four months of playing and iho other for three months. Three months was the duration of the Cache Velfe) league playing period. i,ni ,nuiiv fans became so enthused OVCr baseball that the I rather demanded more games. Mr Coburn wants nil the directors to come ,r' OarjBd to talk oxer the i,!ra of stretching the . utt Into four month UROPOM x sn. Four months would be the Lsa ,.,rd according to Mr. Coburn. because ' neorlj every club in the league hire, pi i en for that length of time In spite 1 or the fact that the regular schedule only call for three, months of placing 1 I his would save considerable money Ball players who n,,t imported from outside of the s(flte usuallv vc 1 home boys and students of the high 1 M-hooia and colleges and consequently are obliged to remain Idle for a month 1 after the season closes. Other plav- ' rs who come in from other states usually demand larger salaries hecnus.' the season la not long enough with i i Dir. i months Of playing 1 i.,k It worth while for then, to Lav,, ih.tr work where they are and come to Utah to plav vummer baseball. I These things should be considered i bj th- directors; said Mr. Cohorn and t no doubt each one will eoin prepar- t il to vote on one plan or ih- othi When the hoard uieel , , or, I en , II W .l 111 M Aeroromg Lo raports received bl Pecreur Olson all the elub mtnaxcr r are busy a,,k-hng around the differ, i ctlorr, of the Pacific slop., an,, lh. , lioeies fur players Recently Amua . BTbea wus elected business manuger x of the lcwlston Beetdlggers aim h ' noi a.Uep on the Job. and, according i to rumors. ha jrot a line on a number , ot good men Bob Griffiths, msnaaer of the Bmlthfteld Cache Yalle. " champs, will be readv to announce hi c entire lineup in a few daya. he yesterday. Ernl l-aiientine at Tre-T monton s,id that his board of direr-U i?r,ar: bu,,y ",tln funds with wh f K n'Ul? wKt U: and raK- P V w" 'Ub Jo Vn u at o J.rlgharn City now f,er sunning him- b self In i aliform, for a Tw month, of , the winter He ha3 gotten in isan LsBsllsH with th baaeball situation while " Jack Coburn. the Colisgtona' skipper, states that he will need another an-other stenographer to handle his ha-. -Uil1 orresponden. tilone becau pill- ltinn for position . ,, i are fMttig in f.i j |