Show manti quits lits league in tho the gunnison valley news edited and published by IL 11 W cherry president ot of tho the Sou southern utah baseball league we read the following on oil agan gonet gone ablin ag ain manti after a battle with members of tho the southern utah baseball league to gain admittance tor for the county seat boys as members of the league and with bitterness that threatened to disrupt the organization quietly settled and manti mant finally admitted the a jerkes the ropes and again the league is in turmoil at least leas t this is the latest report mantl manti after her followers and backers had fought the battle and got a membership for her in the southern league has tailed failed twice to keep her appointments once with s richfield and once with gunnison and for this reason gunnison fang were disappointed at the failure to stage the regular saturday afternoon game here last saturday with the county out and in violation of tho the agreement signed in the constitution and bylaws by laws by forfeiting tho the 60 good faith money tho the league will resolve itself into the original lineup line up with gunnison salina sahna richfield elsinore Elsi noro and as members so far so good mantl is out and the teams reasons for stepping out are not given prom from other sources however we learn that the reasons are of a financial nature and wo we are sorry to admit that financial conditions in other teams are very bad also Alon monreo roo elsinore richfield field and salina are struggling hard to keep up and finish the season with no chance of any compensation to the players a deficit staring into their faces where are our fans where is the general public where is the interest and love tor for our national sport the teams have improved wonderfully and are playing excellent games showing not only great skill but also real genuine sportsmanship but the public is entirely lacking in interest and the attendance at the games is tar far below what it ought to be manager borg and the directors of our club have talked over matters but were unable to devise any plans to better conditions it is now up to tho the players whether they will any longer contend with the indifference of the general public or give up the manager called out the boys tor for a meeting wednesday evening to discuss tho the situation and we earnestly i hope and wish a way will be found out of the difficulties for it would be nothing short of a disgrace for the city if tho the public could not he be aroused to a greater interest in this finest of fine sports regarding the standing of the teams secretary massion writes us with reference to ft southern utah league I 1 cannot give you much news other than manti mand seems to have disbanded and is not playing schedule I 1 have not had returns on game at elsinore EIsin oro last sunday by standing up to saturday night baat was wag as follows won on lost richfield 2 0 monroe monroa 1 0 gunnison 4 1 manti 3 2 sanni 1 4 elsinore 0 4 |