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Utah leagues

 Utah

1933 article about top SLC teams - Walker Bank great from 1928 to 30 - 27 straight wins, 2 state                        championships 8-22

Utah Copper League
    1929

    Kilburn p 1914 Magna
    Toner, Red p 1914 Smelter lost 10-3

Northern Utah League 
    1924
    1925

    
    Lloyd Keller 1922 Brigham

    Davenport, Dave  1921 Ogden, Northern Utah League

    1923 mis pictures including Billy Menges

Salt Lake Trolley League
    1913 Frampton 7-27 standings Framptons are 19-1 6-15 standings more comprehensive team names
    1914 4-27 standings
    1915 8-08 standings (3rd series)
 
    1915-2-27 Plans for season
    1915-3-28 Picture of officers + very good account of growth in popularity of amateur & semi-pro baseball. Very good information. 
    
    1913-8-03 Hewletts
    1914-3-15 Pics of league's managers and captains.
    1914-4-19 Hewletts
    1914-7-26 Lemps team pic
    1915-5-09 Portland Cement team pic
    1915-7-18 Portland Cement much better quality 
    1915-8-10 Hans Ford, Society Brand - in serious condition after hit in head by ball

    1914-5-30 Boxes

Union Association (D)
    1914 first half stats - vg w/standings & club batting

    1914-9-12 Salt Lake Telegram chooses all-star team based on votes by official scorers. 

    1914-5-30 Boxes in Salt Lake Herald-Republican. Roy Castleton with Ogden. 

Utah Industrial League
    1939
    1948  Helper Utah Bottlers

    Owen, Earl for SLC (PION) between 1940&42, age 29&31, he was .329 with 26 triples in 146 games. Only pro experience. 1948 Salt Lake City Pinneys (1b-MG)

    Erickson, Ralph "Lief" p 1948

    1948-4-12 Pinneys had 60 players at practice, Provos 25. Al Drake, Provo 2b, has been in league since 1932. List of umpires, statistician listed, etc.
    1948-4-30 Utah Bottlers of Helper preview. Manager is called Ug because he has difficulty remembering names and so will call his players Little Ug, Big Ug, Double Ug, etc.
    1948-5-01 Magna preview.
    1948-5-03 Pinney Beverage preview. 
    1948-5-04 Provo team preview. 4th in series.
    1948-5-05 Brigham City preview. Last in series - league had five clubs.
    1948-5-09 really good article about the league's history and its close connections to communities.
    1948-7-29 top batters named and described. Also boxes - 1000 ATT. 
    1948-9-10 1st game of playoffs will have nine batters with averages higher than .380
    1948-9-20 Says Helper has scored 297 runs in 20 games.
    1948-9-21 During the war Jack Graham was stationed at Camp Kearns, Utah, which had a good service team. He also played with the Brigham City Peaches under a false name, for soldiers were not supposed to play for civilian teams. 
    1948-12-13 Fred Sanford pitched in league in 1938.
    1949-4-28 pic of executives. Rosters partially listed w/ full names

    1948-4-12 Earl Owen/Al Drake
    1948-4-30 Harold Dark, p
     1948-5-01 Keith Barton, 1b
    1948-5-03 Al Campana, long-time c
    1948-5-04 Al Drake, veteran Provo 2b
    1948-5-05  Roldo Call, 2b
    1948-5-09 good pic of two Pinney hurlers
      1948-7-29  Herb Babcock pic

Utah State League  (related to 1912 Union Association)
    1901 Ogden won pennant for 5th straight year
    1902
    1905 9-05 standings
    1906 Eureka 7-01 standings
    1907 dnp
    1908 Ogden final standings
    1909 dnp
    1910 Occidentals final standings

    Clark, Dad MLB 1911 Salt Lake  played for Ogden in 1912 UA (listed as Clark on BR)


    Lankford, Ad BLK - p AKA Add "Smoke" Langford
        1908 Occidentals shut-out 1910 Occidentals 2-hitter 2 shut-out 1911 Occidentals

    1911 Occidentals black team - w/ Chet Bost

    1905 league championship: #2 - Ogden wins 7-1
    Bert Margetts quite unsportsmanlike so sayeth Bert Waters, Park City MG
    1908 looks like the Occidentals replaced Fort Douglas - see standings
    1908-8-09 Dad Gimlin signs pitcher from Anson's Colts
    1908-8-17 Clark, from LA, pitches with Occidentals
    1909-3-11 Utah State League Fans Hold a Meeting
    1909-3-13 Ben F. Hunt, lefty pitcher of Salt Lake, is owned in OB by Tacoma, but was just released yesterday to the Salt Lake club of the Intermountain League. 
    1910 league championship
          9-11 Murray 2, Occidentals 0 
        9-18 Occidentals 3, Murray 0 9-25 #5 Occidentals 9, Murray 6. 4.5K fans
    1910-9-23 Occidentals lose to Wellsville, 9-2
    1910-9-29 Occidentals prepare for series with Eureka for state championship
    1910-10-02 Occidentals 14, Eureka 10. 10-09 Occidentals 10, Eureka 2. 
        Occidentals are state champions
    1911-6-16 Occidentals make five home runs and six triples in one inning - two of the home runs by Chet Bost
    1911-6-26 Salt Lake team blew up bc of inability to retain players - remnant combines with Murray - league hopes to continue w. 3 tms
    1911-6-29 W.E. Sanderson of Ogden quits as president - Dad Gimlin refused to bring team to Salt Lake bc no money in it - league dead - Murray & Occidentals will continue to play as independent clubs
    1911-7-24 "in their first game since the death of the State League

    1906 Park City wore blue & white

    MG:
    1908
    Murray :  Dan Donovan

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1922-7-12 team reorganized. William McIvor is part of club. 

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