The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-03
ALL KINDS OF SPORT
Wheelmen Are Talking Of Forming
a Bicycle Club Soon.
THE BASEBALL CRANKS, TOO
There win Pe Diamond Dust Fly
ing as Well as Punts and Touch
downs Race Horse Men
Are Not Silent.

Missoula, Feb. 2-Some Of the wheel
men of Missoula are very active In
their efforts towards the organization
of a bicycle club here and they are sue
ceeding in interesting a majority or the
riders here A meeting will be held
Wednesday evening for the purpose OF
effecting a permanent organization ana
electing officers. 1t has not been decid-
ed whether or not the club will apply
for membership in the l.. \. w. rms
will probably be determined at me
Wednesday night meeting. There is
difference of opinion among those who
understand the organization of the L.
A. w. but there are not many OF the
local wheelmen who know anything
about II. 80 the matter Will be FUZZY eN-
planned Wednesday evening. There are
enough wheelmen in town TO make an
active. energetic club, and the streets
and roads here offer every lnducement
FOR wheeling.
Among the results which The club will
probably accomplish when II is organ
lied will be the construction of a quar-
ter-mile track across the river. loca-
ton has been selected. and IL is said
THAI the track can be built at a very
reasonable outlay. This question VIII
probably be taken up by those who are
discussing a federation OF the various
sporting clubs in fhe city for the pur-
I5se Of having a firSt-class athletic n"ld
alat VIII contain a shooting rang-.
baseball diamond. a bicycle track and
some tennis courts. If such a scheme
could be arranged and successfully car
ried out u would be a credit to the
sporting interests OF the city. Those
who are back az 81 are in earnss. and
believe that they can make II win.
The baseball boys have not made any
arpa ngements FOR The coming season,
although there is no doubt mat Mlssnu-
la viii have team in uI' field. The
players on last years team are in de
mand. and some Of chem have received
good offers from outside towns. Taco
ma wants Young, whose clever base
running last year always brought down
the grand stand. Hammond and Griffin
are wanted ny Hamilton. and tlr VI 70
Corm.ck boys have been offered posi-
lions On the Bitter Root tt'm. As far
"a can be learned, none of these men
have made any agra mcut Yet and IL Is
- be hoped that Missoula viii up, lose
any such good material as is included
in this list.
There are rumorS galore I'm circulation
about the Montana racing circuit. but
none of Them have been given with any
shadow of authority here. 50 2. rs not
known what will be ;he programme OF
The local horsemen. The reports that
have reached here from Butte and An
aconda have at least served To arouse
Miss ula turfmen into some activity.
and there seems to be a probability
that there will be a meeting here this
year. IL a state circuit Ia arranged. No
details have been determined upon, as
nothing is yet known of the circuit ar
ra ngements.
The members of the Rod and Gun club
are hard at work preparing for the
state tournament, which will be held
here in May. The programme is nearly
ready to be submitted to the state eX-
ecutive committee and as soon as IL
has received the committees approval.
II will be made public. Ii is probable
that the club Will erect a comfortable