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Show I PLANS COMPLETE FOR 1922 BASEBALL OPENING; OGDEN IS READY FOR SMITHFIELD k- Governor Charles R. Mabey Accepts Invitation to Attend Game; Mayor Neslen Also Invited; Mclvor May Oppose Niles on Slab; Merchants to Observe Opening With Half Holiday NE more week and the four teams in the Northern Utah loagrur V-Zwill open their second annual pennant race. Ogden and Smith-Held Smith-Held are scheduled to meet at Lorin Farr park commencing promptly prompt-ly at 2 :30 o'clock, May 17, while Brigham and Logan will open the season at Logan I All Ogden Is agog ewer the opening game. To add a real attraction to the Initial Ini-tial contest the hoard of directors of the Ogden Baseball club personally In- vlted Governor I harlcs R Mabey of Utah to bo In attendance Governor Mabey accepted the Invitation and will! take part In the opening ceremonies. Mayor Frank Francis will throw thc first ball. It -will be remembered that, the city father displayed exceptional potential abUlty last year when ho; chucked over the first strike of the season. Governor Mabey will don tho shin! guards, mask and protector and; catcher's glove and attempt to hold the fast curve of Mayor Francis. NKSTiEN INVITED Mayor C. Clarence Keslen (" S-lR J,ake has been Invited to wield tho stick. Mayor Francis announced to-day to-day that ho vu confident that he could send the Rait Lake executive hack home with a strikeout to his credit. The Ogden directors a1 i meeting al the Weber Club Mtondaj outlined ten tatlve plans for the 'coming season A parade for the opening day was de-elded de-elded upon. Mayor Frank Francis will issue n proclamation for a half holiday during the present week Merchants of the ity will close their stores between the hours of 2 o'clock and 5 o'clock whjch will release the majority of the loyal fans for the game. The Gunners of 1922 appear far su- perior to the i'.'im which represented Ogden at the opening of the 1021 race GfTSXEBS rKIMI.l) The personnel of tho team la as follows. fol-lows. Fallenttne, catcher, Ned Niles, Clyde Chilton and Daryal Clark, pitchers; Harry Kilpatrlck. flr.-t base: Melvln Snelgrove. second base; Bobbj Evans, shortstop, Tommy Fitzpatrick third base and .leld captain. Carl Petersen, Pet-ersen, left field and manager; Johnny Meyers, center field; Daryal Clark, center field; Monncy Borstadt. right field and George French, utility With the exception of French, Mo -ers, Petersen and Snelgrove the other oth-er men are all new members of the Gunner crew. The grounds at the baseball park are in the best of condition and a fast game should he the result when the Bmlthfield and Ogden trams tangle. M'lVOR MAY PITCH Manager Bill Mclvor of the Smiih-flold Smiih-flold Summits Is working his charges hard for the first game. Although Mclvor Mc-lvor has not announced his battery for the opening gamo, it is expected that the skipper himself and Ka.iey will form the combination Kites and lentine will be the selection of the Ogden Og-den manager. The Gunners will go to Provo YVed-nesdav YVed-nesdav to p4ay the Provo team of the Central I'tah league. Bullet Ben Jones Will work against the Ogdenltes, Jones wore an ogden uniform last season. Next Sunday the Gunners will stage their final exhibition game of the season sea-son here Thi9 game is to start at 3 o'clock sharp. |