Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-15
NICNATES MEET At
SPOKANE TONIGHT
,.,,bioc Definite About the
W. O,..ball Situation Expected
Tomorrow
Ru11t MAY Be OUT OF II.
..o,, offers to step Down and Oh
WV" ror c Il Ian, Il Lucas is Kept
Out Of ID. Town,

0,e.ldent and directors OF the "a
ivy ,aaonal Baseball league WIN inee'
enc 49, this evening 20 decide who'p-
o. spVn ~ 20 ahead with Independent.
u =, something definite is expected
pas'Oa 'osrow at least. and It IS beleVea
W y. ~ tbe plans as previously announces .'n
,n' me- paper will 30 through WIN VIZ
u " @Is exception OF Butte There seems
P,','' me klnd Of mix-up In that city,
4" NAV bo that the smoketown OK
NV viii be out OF the running 80
hVp'a ,ho pacific National Is concerned
iaI 40 ber towns have Sgnihed thelr m
NY V'"f stIcklnE with the league anu
tehuyw agbt through to the DltteF Gnu,
tu " pitte there is trouble, anu sVinu
pg, m napers Of that town say llht tuSg
VI uili mi have baseball TINS season, a. ~.
wiz, ~ IN he the case the other ,clueS
pIg'vaor,, iikely go ahead without butt''
VIZ tl,mgS thew do not want TO 40 so;
hllv"s tniiowiug from the Butte Miner
hhV yc the fans here a general ldee
W No situation In Butte: 49,. ,,,o.n
walter Wnmot yesterday al the lnol "
N4n,sl o0ered 10 Charles II, Lane
you hoiJg ~ ooeTate I'm here for the pro-
lt,e,,on ~ Pacific National baseDall
,avm and Alr. Lane neither refused nor
leais ,od Wilnot went even further, and
asn,eS 10 do everything In his power IN
os,iet Mr. Lane IN the organization on
Yam and stated IN the presence OF VII
sssles II Lane I'D not want elther Nun
VA =. iohn McCloskey he could get FOR
H. IN balf am hour BY wire a contract
.'i,b onv one OF a dozen capable men 10
manage a Butte team -.
Tbis indicates that Wilmot has the riRht
snrlt in leaving Butte a free held, WIN
6e proylso. however that Lucas Goes 10y
.nme An here Wilmot made the state
mtrt some time ago he would be Wiling
" nirn over his franchise to any good
Hn mr. AGGREGATION Of fans ana get out
N town. taking any CITY IN a leQgue
Where he was wanted Wilmot has kept
ME- word. and he has the respect OF oyery
fsn In the city FOR his manly action.
Ne Tsne said last night he could say
r6ibng as vet. President Rishel and 9TH
ers Interested In the formation OF league
tried their best 10 get some sort OF n
statement from him, hut he said i was
1ot time for him to speak and until the
proper time arrived he would nave 10
maintain locked and bolted silence.
II Is aggrayating, but there Is no help
for H. AN -, l.,
the face but there Us no necessity TO keep
harpng along on this baseball proposition
or figure on what the result will actually
be There 10 Only one lnlnB tllhl lunhS
probable II MIR lane takes the Butte
eiub ne will undoubtedly get McCloskey
here. II McCl0skey will unite himself from
Mr. Lucas, IL is hard TO see how Mr.
Lucas can come into any feasible league
With McCloskoy, Of which league Butte
isa member. for II the Independents win
their legal battle IN Spokane, form a
league with Spokane, Salt Lake, Boise
and Ogden and go ahead with a league
In which Spokane IL a part, what is there
leit for Mr. Lucas 10 figure on2
There are lot OF IFS" In this base
ball proposition, and tho end is not yet
bnt II Is sincerely hoped something Will
be done one way OF another before next
seasons skating arrives Every effort
4 being made 20 induce Mr. Lane to take
the Butte club, and II he does Mr. Wilmot
wll In an probability, go to Ogden, for
with Butte In linc IT is believed Helena
can be organized and a six-club league
put In operation,
"When the Toy blasts Of winter swoop
down upon the land
Perhaps they'll play the game on skates,
wear wool mitts on their hands"