The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-21
THEY WANT BASE BALL.
Many Admirers Of the Game Want te
Enter the League.

Enter the League.
Special Correspondence Of the standard.
BUTTE, March 3.-Local base ball en-
thusiasts are still aeitating the matter OF
q base ball club this season tn represent
Butte in the Northern Pacific league,
There has one thing already become cvi.
dent and that Is that there will he no u
of playing material. Many applications
have been received and two professional
ball players arrived in town to-day. They
have n little stake ahead and
that they will remain here until the mat
ter c~ventuatcs.
The matter of raising stock To start the
club il not considered serious one, and il
il believed the money will he Forthcoming
when the work of soliciting for subscrip-
lions begins. Shares will he placed at
Sl0U cach and at least 5000 il not $1,000
must he raised. William T.. Hall, super
intcndent OF the Alice, to-day signiiied his
readiness to take his share of the stock
and do what he could for the club.
The most serious matter under consid-
Grafton is the location Of the grounds. For
the financial success of the club il is re-
garded as a matter of the utmost import
ance that the grounds he located not
could he locatcd at "a five min,
utes ride from the center of town. il
would be an advantage. Nothing salts
factory has yet been found. Land in
South Butte or in the placer diggings
might be leyclcd off. fenced i'm and "A
grand stand erected, but il is feared this
would be too great an expense for what is
regarded as an experiment, Several
favor not erecting a grand stand and
purchasing grounds this year but To use
the fair grounds this year I'M wait until
the result of In experiment to decide
whether Ia construct grounds. The fair
grounds could he obtained at n triiling ex-
pcnsc. II is true that grounds could
be obtained in Silver How park or the
Northern Pacific addition, but il is only a
little farther Ia the fair grounds and no
stand or fence need be constructed at the
latter place.
There is a little h lling,back apparently
To see what Helena intends doing. IL Is
runiorcd here that Helena is To- havc
nearly the whole of the Marysville outfit,
which would give them the nucleus of n
strong team. They are looking for
grounds in Helena and are likely to To-
near the Hotel Broadwater. A local base
ball enthusiast remarked to-day:
There is one thing certain, We must
nave n ball nine that can beat Helena the
majority OF games or we might as well do
without the game. Furthermore, we
must surely nave a MIN hat will he in
the race 10 the end. People will have Ia
be- educated TO like baseball and they will
oniy like the game IL il brings glory To the
cts. But eastern people are coming in
here every day and they are all baseball
cranks. They will help spread the
interes; in the game. The game could he
started about 5 or 3::D in the afternoon 50
as to give miners and other workmen or
night shift time Ia SLEEP IN the day time,
enjoy the game, and get back for work b,
u o'clock. We would have few gamcs
postponed 10y rain and OH Sundays coult
catch the big crowd that usually goes, Il
the Columbia gardens. With "A good min,
there is money in the game, and anyway
there is lots Of sport
IL is not likely that a meeting will b'
called until the arrival of MIR. Barnes
who is at present working up the game IL
Seattle and Tacoma. When Mr.. Barnc
arrives a programme Of action will he de
! cilcl on.