Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-27
HAS BEEN IN THE EAST
Good Players Would Come to Butte
Does Not Favor Tri-State
League.

in the east Mr.. Eschle went to consider
able trouble to look up the base ball stu
alton. with the view to securing some
good material in the event of the organ
ization of a local club this season.
Mr.. Eschle is not in favor of the scheme
which has it's origin in Salt Lake City,
and which ~contemplates the ~organiza-
ton Of a tri-state league. made up of
teams at Butte, Anaconda, Helena, Po-
catello, Ogden and Salt Lake City. He
says he would be very glad to see the or
g%anization effected If it were possible to
do so, but thinks the support would not
be commensurate with the attendant ex-
pense. The only way, IN his opinion, to
make the scheme a success would be to
raise at least 81, 500 for Butte. n figure
on that much loss at he end Of the sea-
son. He favors h organization of a
semi-prOfessiOnal team, as was dome
last summer. He met and talked with
any number Of crack-a-jack players in
the east who are tired of feasting in the
summer time and starving in the winter.
and who would be glad to come to Butte
and play ball without compensation If
they were provided with positions in the
mines.
! Among the men who are anxious to
come to Butte O this basis is Eddie
Burke. not long since a member of the
New York league team, and who's rating
Is very high. Burke plays beautiful ball
IN any position except that of pitcher.
He is one of the best all-around players
IN the. country, and last season was a.
member of the st. Paul team. He is anx-
ious to captain the local team, and would
make a most capable head of the organi-
cation.
Harry Cook, who pitched for Minne-
apolis last year, and whose record is ex-
cellent, is also anxious to come to Butte.
as is also Isabel, who played with Chi
cago last season. as pitcher and out
fielder, and who is AM exceptionally
strong batter. :
Sheppard and Hart, Duluth infelders.
would be glad to come to Butte Under
the conditions stipulated.
Eagan n Beecher, constituting the
strong battery which won the ennan
for the North amid South Dakota and
Minnesota league last season, are Butte's
for the asking. ~
Among the rack-a-jacksw who are anx-
ious to come to Butte is Billy Williams.
Williams is a ~top-notcher. He is a negro,
is 6 feet 2 inches high and weighs when
in condition, 1856 pounds. He is one of
the best first base1nem in the country
and has a splendid record as a hard hit
ter. His batting average is always al
the top of the column.
These, n many more, Mr.. Eschle
says, would be glad to come to Butte and
become members of a team without sal
airy, providing positions are found for
them. This, Mr.. Eschle thinks, can be
done, and a meeting will probably be
held in the near future, at which a COM
mittee will be appointed to make the
necessary arrangements. BY augment
ing the local talent with half a dozen
eastern men, Mr.. Eschle thinks an in
vyincih1o too oop111 ho nr0o nivod
Mr.. Lucas, who is pushing the organ
ization of the proposed tri-state league,
Is expected to arrive in Butte today or
tomorrow. The Salt Lake Herald says:
after two days spent in Ogden look
ing over the base ball situation, w. H.
Lucas returned yesterday to this city to
continue his work for a four-club inter.
state league. He reports that there is all
kinds Of enthusiasm among the fans OF
the Junction City, and that everybody
whose opinion on base ball is worth any
thing is out f1at-footed for the elevation
Of the sport through the medium OF q
good league.
"A indication that Ogden is solid with
Lucas is the fact that both w. C. Weaver
and BILLY" Meighan, than whom there
are none more enthusiastic, have given
the scheme their hearty endorsement.
From both of them Lucas obtained as
that they would do all in their
power to help the project along, and that
means practically that Ogden is to be
counted in. The Ogden club will be man.
aged by either Weaver or Meighan. Ted
Sullivan will superintend the Salt Lake
end, and Lucas will handle either Ana
conda or Butte.
while Lucas was in Ogden he re-
ceived word from those in charge OF
base ball matters in both Anaconda and
Butte that rave him reason to think that
ooth OF the cities will be glad to join the
league. Lucas will leave for the two
montana cities either Tuesday or We'd
nesday Of this week. If he finds thinr.
favorable to his plans, he will telegram
Ted Sullivan. who is in Portland. and
that worthy ball crank will proceed Salt
Active work ON the lorna.
t1on or the league will then begin"