The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-26
ANACONDA NEWS.
SEEMS TO Be ALL OFF
Little Hope for Montana State
Il Baseball League.
GOSSIP OF THE DIAMOND
Talks About Players and Matters Of
IL interest to tho Enthusiasts of
81 the National Game-Base-
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Il 4.
1t seems now that the proposition of
;iektate league of baseball clubs in Montana
Jsfor the coming season is all off. The
meeting which it was announced by a
Helena correspondent of the Sporting
News was to have been held at Missoula
SsMpn the 18th of this month, evidently did
,knot materialize Nothing has been heard
,wabout the meeting since the first an
,,snouncement
issss There is still time, of course, for the
of league, if such plan is
Ss%wconsidered feasible. but If anything is to
,,Esbe done looking toward such movement,
sss:azt should be done at once, SO that the
ispreliminary arrangements might be COM
sRpleted before the season sets in.
s From the way it looks at present. there
litsriioesn't seem to be much hope for a state
'Mleague in Montana this year. Anaconda
would undoubtedly put forth team if
such. league were formed would
probably also Butte, Helena, Missoula
and Great Falls. The league proposition,
4 however, is not generally considered by
r baseball men as paying business, and
< the probabilities are that the different
cities of the state will, as in the past four
\ years or more, play such amateur ball as
x they can.
i The fans of this city are already talking
fof plans for the reorganization of club
4 for this city. and it is likely that meet
L ing of the players and enthusiasts will
Y be held within the next month or so.
w The prospects for a good season of base
ball seem remarkably bright at present,
n and the chances of New Orleans having
"a strong club are almosS. assured. Abner
y Powell, who is to manage the team. is
gradually gathering together a team of
active young men. Some ten days ago
the first player of the season was signed,
and yesterday Ed Lauzon was secured
as fielder. Lauzon. has played with the
\ New Orleans club before. Last season
n he was with Powell, and led the batting
" average and proved one Of the fastest
Il fielders in the league He has the adj
vantage of youth also, and Powell is eX-
@pecting great things from the youngster.
Y Lauzon is classed one of the coming
Hhelders Of the South by the local man
1 ager. Abner Powell has received very en-
Acouraging news from Frank Graves in
II Memphis Graves was sent to Tennessee
ITO awaken interest in the sport and last
night there was to have been a meeting
5of baseball men of that city for the pur-
pose of arranging a plan for the season.
New Orleans Picayune.
q ..
~ The Louisville Club club Has the signed con
tract of Pitcher Bert Cunningham, the
&SColonels star twirler. Cunny was not
Nlong in attaching his signature, and was
Ethe first player of the 1899 team to sign.
The directors did not overlook the 2S
victories won by the little pitcher last
&season, and this years contract contained
"a splendid reward for Cunnys good
work Several more signed contracts are
expected in the near future. All the men
have been treated literally in the matter
Of salary, and all who deserved Increases
secured them. No complaints eX-
pected-Louisville Dispatch.
No..
Edward B. Talcott, the well-knoWn
controlling interest of the New York club
to Andy Freedman has retirev from Wall
street with 81, 600 900 which he has made
in the stock market since Aug. 1 last. He
has gone out Of town to rest for several
months and will probably not return to
active business. He retains his men,
hership on the stock exchange. however.
Mr. Talcott has taken his success calm
ly. He says the income of his $1,000000
added to that from the various interests
with which he has been identified for
years, will be sufficient for all his pur-
poses.-Sporting News.
Baseball seems to breed suspicion. Inc
story from San Francisco that Joe Cor
belts declaration that ne Will remain IN
California another, season, is attributable
to the poor condition OF MS arm promo
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