The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27

Cincinnat. and gave out Che Information
before he LETT that he Wt4 probably hpt
return; lie came 70 lof tlala ~ lt.e
IN order TO be ON the ground and eruedYuf
TO Tc-estabHsh thar Organization in tne
favor Of the Portland pubiic. IL has been
freely stated by Lucas arl bis f0lOWers
that they bad rot Surrendered Portland
and meant 90 have team here next sea-
son The departure 81 tillm u i1isyn -
der OF this territory 20 Size enemy. Things
that have trunspired recently make % GER
tain that the Lucas league wiuld start eil-
other season here under greater clsie-
vantage THAN that of last year
Wouidnt that Jar you. Jack tfftn an
Drawing q salary for hanging arounG
Portland Wonder what kind Of dope
Grim has been handing the outlaw bunch
In Portland. Grim could not get q post
league. let alone q lob with Presdenr Luz
cas-. A tip for the Portland club: Better
keep q close watch on your players since
Grim has left
Notwithstanding au that is said about
his age -F-itz" IS Il boy 4 big, uncOuth-
awkward scramble I'D bone, sinew and
nerve force. lie is on angles. like a troll
ley ear. and not Qiiitc 20 graceiul-eNccpt
rhe mayor of iuffalo IS q champion or
boxing. He proved his friendship for inc
sport by ordering the chief OF police %
desist in his atter1pt 20 stop boxing az "a
smoker recently
Mike Lynch. who Finished the season on
BUtte's third bag, is in Tacoma trying o.
organize q club for the Pacitic Nauonal
league. 10 seems to be meeting with
much success. He has S2.0ee Of ms own
10 put into the venture and IS depending
ON Tacoma capital to 90 the rest ne
says he has seven good players as a nu-
cieus for his proposed team.
Tho annual meeting Of the directors
of thc Pacific Coast league Will ne heio
Jan. at San Francisco At that time st
league viii return TO California basis or
whether another endeavOr will be made 70
win cut IN the sound country.
Arthur Duffy. the American INTERCEPT
legiate and international Splinter or
Georgetown university has 3 COLLECTION
of choice medals that any athlete might
De proud Of. He has any number of prizes
that have been won on this side OF the
ocean and on British tracks nut the en-
blems that he considers the best of the
lot are those representing the intercoiie-
giate and British championships ana
worlds record medal for 100 yards IN
.Og 3-5. and these will form a part OF the
Georgetown university exhibit
Catcher Frary. who played with Hell
ena and Spokane last year. IS spending
the winter I'm Seattle. He has not signed
as vet for next season. though reserved
BY Spokane. Frgry says ne has never
been released by any team during inc
middle OF the season. but never started
the season with the same club two years
in succession.
Here is the way the Spokane Chronicle
sizes up the baseball situation on Pugtt
sound: Tacoma is the turning point Of
the battle If the Coast league wins out
in the Tiger town it will look dismal for
the T. n L.. while the chance for Harris
to make q big thing out of his northern
circuit viii go aglimmerins II the Tigers
take no with Lucas. Such is the situa-
ton, aud further than that little is known.
There is a plan being talked of to give
Seattle continuous baseball next summer
ina the Pacific National league. on the
Same plan chat San Francisco gets con-
i tiuuous baseball in the Pacific Coast
| League. Advices from that city say that
/ Seattle is recognized as the best baseball
town on the circuit under favorable con
ditfOns. and every team in the teaguf
would be glad Of chance TO get IN on
the receipts.
! Butte sports are trying hard 10 revive
! the boxing game. but SO lar have beer
unable 10 get Mayor Mullins TO lift IN
( han placed on boxing last summer Al
) effort is being made to get Herrera Il
leone to Butte and meet some good man
lat is thought Mayor Mullins Will consent
to allow the Mexican TO fight above az
others.