The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-11

Next Sunday, June Is, the Anaconda
club will go to Helena for one game.
The team which will represent this
city will be made up of the following
players: Lynch, Long, King, Storey.
Inman, Tabor, Lloyd. Burton, McHale,
Kilcoyne. OF these King, Long, Lynch
and Burton are pitchers, but it is likely
that King will be put into the box to
begin with King has a good arm this
year, and it is confidently expected
that he will be able to do things to
the capital city boys. Should he prove
unavailing against Hammond's men,
however, any of the other three men
could be substituted at a moments no.
tice. Storey will do the work behind
the bat and Lynch will hold down sec
ond base. Burton will be on third and
Lloyd at short, with McHale in left
field. The balance of the outfield has
not definitely been decided.
There is considerable talk of game
between the Boston & Montana team of
Butte and the local club for a game
for next Tuesday-miners' union day
the game to be played in Butte. The
B. & M. team include the best players
in Butte. and the game, if arranged,
will be an interesting one.
On July l. 9 and the Anaconda
team expects to play ball in Helena.
The series will be a notable one and
will serve to demonstrate the superb
III n
J. Earle Wagner predicts what ev-
eryone eXppctS-the termina ton of the
twelve-club league at the close of this
season. The Washington magnate has,
except in one instance acted with the
dominant party, and it is generally be-
lieved that he will be taken care of
when the reorganization is effected. lie
goes so far, according to a Cleveland
contemporary, as to specify the cities
Which will have membership in each
league. He is quoted as follows:
The twelve-club league will remain
intact until the close of this season.
In 1900 Their evil be an eight-club league
and an eight-club American association.
The eight clubs in the association VII
probably be Cleveland, louisville, De-
troit or Buffalo. and a sc cond club N
Chicago in the West; Washington, Bal
timore, Providence and a second club
in Philadelphia in the East. The eight
club league will be made up Of Boston.
New York, Brooklyn and philadelphia
in the East and Chicago. st. Louis, Gin
cinnati and Pittsburg IN the West
This may be the solution o. the
twelve-club puzzle. But it is no. st all
probable that the new organization VIII
share with the National league the cor
troll of baseball. 1t will be the highest
in class A of the minor elgues and
may be granted special privileges under
Armament I'M
not be admitted to co-ordinae authority
with the present governing body Mr.
Wagner is of the opinion that Chicago
and Philadelphia will eacn have an
association as well as a league club
Certainly not without James Harris
consent. and hardly in Philaielp,ia,
notwithstanding the antagonsm of Col
onel Rogers. The rights of the latter
are sacred until the expira ton of the
10-year agreement. There will be no end
of scheming before the r,duc ion Of
the twelve-club circuit, and tn ere NAV
be lots of litigation afterwards
The New York and Louisville clubs
have been making baseball history.
On May 26 these teams played game
in which there was not an erro" in
fielding, wild pitch, passed ball or
base on balls. The day before phillippi.
the Colonies Western League recruit
shut out the Giants without a hit-the
firdst time this remarkable feat has
been accomplished in the National
League this season. Pitcher Gray of
the Buffalo Western League club did
not allow Indianapolis a hit nr rLn on
opening day in the former city, and
Pitcher Brown of the Ottumwa club
of the Western Association dispos ID If
the Rockford club in the same way
last week. There We're four no-hit games
credited to National League pitchers
in 1888, Hughes victimizing Boston,
Breitenstein Pittsburg, Donanue Bos-
ton and Thornton Brooklyn.
Last winter Fargo was the mecca
for all the Eastern divorces-before he
legislature changed the law TO read a
years residence instead of so days
Among those who concluded to benefit
by the laws was Pitcher Wheeler of
the Philadelphia National League club.
He went there just before the holidays
and remained about long enough u Sc
cure his decree, when he returned
nome, after effecting an amicable set
Element with his wife. 1t is alleged
that Wheeler was arrested a year ego
on the charge of blgamy snd came out
here to secure d decree from woman
up in Maine, who claims 20 lie his iirst
wife. He finally settled with her for
sl,20o. Wheeler was in rather hard
luck while here and worked as delivery
boy in drug store for S. a week. He
made number Of friends in Fargo