The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-20
SPORTS
MAN FROM MONTANA
PLAINLY YEXED
Clyde Williams of Butte Added
Interest to a Baseball
Meeting.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
New York. Feb. 2O-That the members OF |
the national board Of the National association
are not in a perforated condition today is due |
to tho fact that only representative of
one Of the factions of the Pacific National |
league was present at~the Breslin house on
Saturday night when the board was in session. |
This gentleman Is Clyde Williams of Butte.
Mont, who is fitted with two-quart pockets
filed with the most modern brand of artillery. |
The absentee is W. 81. Lucas Of Spokane, and
to his presence in the far west is due the fact
that the walls of the Breslin were not ''shot
up" late Saturday night when the board lis
tened to the fervid remarks Of Mr.. Williams.
The latter may be shy to baseball tech
! nicalities, but when 1t comes to substantiating
his arguments with few logical fourishes OF
| a cowboys delight, he is really unanswerable.
The chairman Of the national board is George
Tebeau, who inclined to treat Mr.. Williams
with certain amount Of condensation. Be-
| fore the session had progressed very far, Mr..
| Tebeau was disposed to regard the man from
Butte with the utmost respect. The trouble IN
| the Pacific National league, which comprised
| the cities OF Spokane Salt Lake, Helena and
Boise City. arose from the failure Of the league
| to forward its protection fee to the national
board within the time limit set by the con"
| stitution of the organization. The national as
ISOLATION controls every minor league on the
| American continent, and the national board IS
| the supreme court Of all these organizations
| When the Pacific National league, as con-
Quoted by Mr.. Williams failed to send IN Its
protection fee on the specified date, Oct. q, the
| udlIoudl pOdEu ul6sOlVeu LIS 1edSAe HlAu WIN
the precaution to return the fees sent in by
| three Of the four clubs Dec. 1, some time
| after the legal date. Thereafter the board
granted permission to W. II. Lucas OF Spokane
to form new league, to be composed Of Butte,
Spokane, Helena, Vancouver, Bellingham and
Boise City. and just at that point the trouble
began In earnest.
| Mr. williams came east with the precipi
fancy Of steer trying to escape the lasso
and he burst on the national board with wild
whoop that whitened the silvery locks of the
athletic Tim Murnane who is member of the
board. Mr. Williams insisted on an immediate
session of the board to consider the case from
top to bottom, and he wanted to know why
the cringing Mr.. Lucas was not present to de-
The members Of the board succeeded in
pacifying the gentleman from Butte, and set
the meeting late Saturday night. Those present
were Chairman Tebeau, Secretary J. H. Farrell
7. H. Murnane and Judge Kavanaugh of the
south.
Mr.. Williams started the proceedings by in
ssting that he had been most awfully misrep.
resented by the absent Mr.. Lucas, and that If
that gentleman present he would make
him eat his previous language or else trans
form his personality into a sieve. J. H. Farrell
the secretary, explained the situation to Mr.
Williams, as to the non-payment of the protec.
ton fee, and showed how under the rules OF
the organization the league had forfeited 1ts
membership in the association Mr.. Williams
insisted that that had nothing to do with the
case and that the whole trouble was due t.
the Vaccinations and the misstatements Of the
missing Mr.. Lucas.
why" said Williams, II have in my pos
session at this minute telegram from Luca.
in which he says that he has abandoned thu
attempt to form a new league and he looked
triumphantly at the board members AS Sec
rotary Farrell had just received telegram from
Lucas in which the latter said he was making
good progress and asking the board to stant
by him, there was a tendency to doubt VII
liams' word, but only in gesture.
At this point Mr.. Williams arose and straight
ened up to his full height. He placed botf
hands in his capacious hip pockets and queried
Does any gentlemen here doubt my assertion
am prepared to back up my statements II
any direction" and he looked searchingly al
all four members of the board.
| There was absolute silence in the apartment
which was only broken by the agonized exclama
ton Of Mr.. Williams: ."Oh. If Lucas were only
here" And each member of the board ferventlJ
echoed that sentiment.
| Finally the board held whispered consu1ta
ton and decided that the only way out Of the
difficulty was to bring Lucas and williams face
TO face and let them fight 1t out If they wanted
| to. The meeting Is set for the auditorium II
Chicago on March 2, and each member Of thu
board has determined to wear steel vest OF
that occasion else send proxy.