The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-03
ANACONDA NEWS.
GOSSIP OF THE DIAMOND
stsass.
Will Montana Have q State
League This Year?
TALKS ABOUT PLAYERS
Bits of Interesting Information Concern
ing the Doings of the Men Who
Take Part in the Great
National Game.

So far as Anaconda baseball cranks
are concerned, nothing further has
been heard Of the proposed meeting
at Missoula, which the Helena CORE
spondent of the Sporting News stated
would be held on the 18th of this
month. The object of that meeting, if
one is really to be held, is to discuss
the practicability of organizingsa state
league in Montana this year.
Anaconda will doubtless send a rep
resentative to such meeting, if one
is called, as this city has always been
in the front ranks of baseball in Mon
tana.
Already the local fans are beginning
to get their heads together relative to a
team in this city the coming summer
OF course the season is still long way
off, but it does no harm to talk the
thing over and to cast about and see
what material there is in Anaconda for
a first-class team, such as has repre-
sented the city during the past three
years. There are many of the old play
ers still in the city, and they have all
expressed a Willingness to play during
the coming year.
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the Sporting News has this to say Of
Pitcher George Andrews, who did such
excellent work for Anaconda in 1887:
Pitcher Andrews was considered the
best twirler in the Northwest this sea
son. He fields his position excellently
Z and Is also a good all-around player.
He commenced his ball playing with
the Anaconda club of the Red River
Valley league. Several National league
managers are negotiating for his serv-
+ ices next season."
The correspondent is just trife off
on the statement that Anaconda be-
longed to, the "Red River Valley
league"
The Sporting News says: "There is
no longer, reason to doubt that the
game will flourish next season. All the
circuit complications and club entangle-
Hments will be Strengthened out and
prosperity will be as general as it will
be welcome. The announcement that
Deacon Ellis, who never made a mis-
take in his baseball life, will re-enter
The game in 1899 is good enough to base
the most optimistic predictions on.
President Young's forecast may be fall
lacious, opinions of magnates may be
predicated on mistaken views, the con-
illusions of the leading sporting writers
on the national pastime may be erron-
eous, or might have been, but the good
Z, Deacon, who has been in retirement at
Grand Rapids for two consecutive
years, is satisfied that this season there
will be "somethfrg in it for me" ana
he'll get it. That's all there is to it.
The Deacon is alone in the possess
sion of the power of divining when
baseball will be a good thing and
when a frost and he has accepted
the forfeited franchise of the Norfolk
club in the Atlantic league with the
privilege of locating it where he pleases
with strong possibility of his select
ing Paterson. All hail to Deacon Ellis
and prosperity
The following paragraphs are culied
from the baseball papers which reach
the standards exchange. table. They
contain much interesting information
concerning the doings in the baseball
world: $M
The Louisville club offered Dexter
for Rusie, but the offer was spurned
by Freedman.
Fred Clarke receives $4,000 a year
from the Louisville club for his serv-
ices as player, captain and manager.
s"Yale' Murphy will coach the Penn
sylvania baseball nine again and the
candidates will be called together early
in January to begin work in the cage
The Illinofs-Indiana league is said 10
be sure go with an $500 salary limit
and eight club circuit.
Terre Haute is to have a strong team
next year, and may be IN the Interstate.
if not in a new league.
Including $500 paid out for players.
the Louisville club finished $4,000 in the
hole last season.
George w. Howe, formerly owner Of
the Cleveland club, says he is through
with the game for good. There is moth
ing in the stories connecting him with
the Cleveland club next season.
The playing rules of 1899 will be
adopted at the February meeting of the
National league The Guides will be
out about March /.
When asked about the proposed re-
duction of the league circuit john 4.
Brush smiled and said: Put that
question to somebody else"
Public sentiment is overwhelmingly
in favor of an eight-club league and
the magnates should not lose any time
in STIMULATING the demand.
A New York publication has started
a guessing contest on how the Giants
can win the pennant next season. This
is the only, time of year that they can
win it.
Manager Shettsline has three or four
places in view for the Phillies' spring
training, and will soon take a trip
South to look them over and select the
best place.
Buck Ewing desires to add to the
batting strength of his infield. hence
his negotiations for Lave Cross. Numer-
Gus deals for players are blocked on
account of the uncertainty of the sit