The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-29
SITUATION IN
LEAGUE CIRCLES
Condition of Baseball As 1t Stands
Today
STRONG CIRCUIT is FORMED
mAGNATES ARE ALL WORKING
IN PERFECT HARMONY.

The Pacific National LEAGUE Of Pro-
ifsslonal Baseball Clubs mas Just passed
enc or the most stormy sessions in its
ctEeer ana came out of the fray with
sIccessfui career me coming season FOR
lile tifst time IN many DAYS factions
mon have seriously -tnrea tened thar or
$4,000 IN the past have been entire "
Sft1nIuatcd ana every orfIcef- nm Tho - o.,
- low working hand IA hand for the
90 ~ lt or baseball At the present
INC thefe A. nOl single clue or fran
ch4se owner In the organization that has
Aol tho utmo@I confidence in his fellow
InaSnateS- and The constant fear of y
npuulc cross from some source mr. an
cthcr has PASSED away with the meeting
a. suite yHe week aEO.
such matters as confidential letters
from one cub owner 40 another. warn
ms MIN TO beware of ii third party is
now unknown in the inner workings OF
the league All talk OF throw-downs has
ceased aud any statements circulated that
1liS or t'@t c'Hb Is dissatisfied with the
condition OF affairs brings only a smile
from the club in question. From Spokane
% one end OF the league to salt Lake on
the other TIE clubs arc in harmony F,ach
ana every ouc IS acting toward one end
,iia1 OF ma sing the Pacific National
ie3Sue stronger organization than it
mas ever been in its history.
Strong Circuit is Formed.
There is but little question but what
the hne-up of the league viii include the
following cities; Spokane Helena Butte
bolSt, OSden ana salt Lake. glance
al the map VIII readily convince anyone
That this. viii make an ideal circuit The
jumps viii be much shorter than last wear
winch means less railroad fare. a mat
ter OF considerable Importance i'm a base
ball league. Then there is a natural ri
Ndlry between SAT- Lake and ogden and
Butte and Helena as an addiuOuaI IN
o~cement TO draw the fans 10 see the
games These towns vii. be bound to-
SeJner with q strong guarantee fund and
II IS hdrd to see how the circuit can tall
down from any cause whatever before the
Schedule of games is played out.
IL IS along these lines tnc magma ties are
WORKING today and while not much hot
alr Is being peddled. il can be sta ted
that the work - progressing perfectly
satisfactorily 10 those who have the at
IalrS OF the league in hand.
Question of League Standing.
The question OF the standing of the
league in the national BODY is being in
NCstiEatcd. and this matter IL is thOItght
some of those who are not familiar with
these conditions it might be well to ex-
plain them.
Former President Lucas represented to
secretary Farrell of the governing body
that the Pacific National leag que had been
disrupted. This ne did without the au-
thOrity of the league itself. and the men
VINO have put up their money for base
BAH in the intermOUntai ncountry in the
past few years objected strongly TO being
thrown down without having any say
IN the matter. The result was the meet
ing in Butte by the representatives of the
four teams in the league. and strong rcsO-
ton of Mr. Lucas and at the same time
deposing him from the position of trust
he had held
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