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Show BUILD BALL LOT ON 7TH STREET Days Wlien Late Doctor Joyce Was Umpire Re- called by Veteran BY .1 ( K GRKEN'Wl I I During my first few years In baseball base-ball WO played in Open di.ueoiiHs. Tliat IS. there were iro'fejicos or mission gates. To pay for the balls, uniforms, bats and to provid? rund for traveling exjjenses it v.as thej custom to take up a collection dur-l Ing ea h game passing the hat. w e tailed it. 1 Some of the flans" were generpua But some were not S -.oie of 'be supporters of baseball decided '.t was time i.. have a real ball field, wlfll I grandstand. feme, adinlseloas and; everything. ME3GHA MAXAGKK The late Charley Mcighan. former Ogden postmaster, and one of thej best fans Ogden ever had. became manager of the ball team. And how he would work! We got a site on Seventh street, just east of Washington Washing-ton avenue and there we made our ;, id. l'rom that time on there was no more 'passing of the hat. The fans had to buy tickets. Thus the game was supported ly those who I were willing to pay for the sport. j The late Dr. R. 3. Joyce used to. umpire, the games played at tin-- II' 1 '' I ' ' .-I wtthi 'C'icn.B bd "I l.ejl clays vviuld be unique. J J i.i.n 1 ..1 1 . -. ., 'nightj lie hill 1. en lUSll ' nd . tel 11 ' 1 -hips i I 1 ! , ys M ' st(Sj h , ,j0'j V.M. I 1 I lis Rp, Wet 1 . I . m, fit " f weJ ., n.l 1 . . 1 . mg ,( day h ' -.'itte ti 1 . , , j , sril 1 1 ejlUJ ha3 1 -" .nid ' .ha danen herd of 1 hat day. 1 in as nid wa Wh n iee J) i ij rprlsi v 1 - ' . ' - handj Bul v. I. n " ..i ' pped tt Muial i'1'' hedj In t hit |