The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-02-01

an impartial standpoint there is but
one side of the question and that
, is in favor of the N. p. l.. league.
1t might not now be amiss to say
! that those in authority at Ogden
have said within the past week that
! the Junction City would refuse to
enter the league should Mr.. Lucas
| retain the presidency.
The fight on Mr. Lucas was first
brought up by Wilmot of Butte and
| then taken up by Williams of Spo-
kane. 1t was this combination that
caused Mr.. Lucas to undertake the
| organization of the new league with
| these gentlemen left out, and in do
ing so secured the franchise in his
own name, declraing Boise was out
in the cold and joined hands with
Butte and Spokane. 1t was brought
| out in the league meeting that Mr..
Lucas was trying to organize a league
composed of Butte, Helena, Spokane
and Bellingham, Victoria and VAN
couver on the coast, and leave Salt
Lake and Ogden out Of it. When this
was made known Salt Lake joined
hands with the other clubs and dis
posed of the head which they thought
was trying to double cross the whole
circuit of clubs.
"McClosky's part in the fight was
to get the franchise from Wilmot in
Butte. Wilmot says he is willing to
leave the Montana town for some
other city in the league, and will
probably do So So far as known
there is no objection whatsoever to
McCloskey in Butte by any of the
cities, and it is believed he will have
little trouble in getting the franchise
if he drops his bluffng tactics toward
Wilmot and meets him in fair man
ner. Gimlin of Ogden, who stands
well with Ogden baseball fans, says
he would like to see Wilmot in Og
den, and this deal will probably be
put through.
'In a letter written to one of the
directors of the Salt Lake club last
week Wilmot said L will do the right
thing for the good of the league. If
it is thought advisable for me to get
out of Butte I will do so. l will turn
son the fans of this city want, but I
refuse to be driven out by Lucas
This is the key to the whole situa-
ton and there is little doubt but
that the Butte franchise in the N. p.
l.. will be disposed of satisfactorily
to the Butte fans, who have the
power to make it or kill the game
in the smoky city"
Jack OBrien and John Willie, of
delphia tonight.
Well those sleepy Phillies will
never get enough of the double cross
syrup.
Willie went aginst O'Brien once be.
fore and those six rounds made the
amateure think Willie was great
boy, but it developed later that the
great OBrien was Just a afoolin."
They say Barney Mullin is feeding
Jack Reilly on Mrs. Winslow's sooth-
ing syrup.
'"W'at fer" say Barney, IVY Jack
Willie Wood told me twould ooze
| out o. Jacks nails an jut Jerree ter
sleep, OATS wy youse dam fool"
o o O
Frankie Neil had an easy job of it
taking the money away from Dick
Hyland in the bantam weight fight
at San Francisco last night. 1t took
Is rounds, but after the first two or
| three it was all Neils.
There were brilliant flashes up to
| the fifteenth round when Neil went
| at his man with rushes and battered
him into sleepyville, finally landing
left swing to the jaw which put
| Hyland down. The whipped man got
up and staggered all over the ring
while the crowd yelled for a stop
| order, but the referee allowed it to
go until Neil put in another which
was final.
| Hyland proved just what I expected
of him. Although he has been in
| something like As fights and has
| never lost before, winning with clean
knockouts in a majority of cases, it
was putting an infant in experience
against a veteran.
| Neil is not clever boxer such as
is Hyland, but he Is a fighter Hy-
land has been an amateur always
and it was his first professional fight.
| 4 few more goes in the professional
class and Dick will surely do the
trick to Neil.
o o o
The undetermined schemes to
which Lucas and McCloskey descend
in trying to get themselves jobs is
shown by the talk now made of
bringing Charley Reilly to Spokane
for Lucas to use in a club.
McCloskey and Lucas both know
that Reilly will have nothing to do
with Lucas. Yet Reilly is popular
here and Lucas has McCloskey talk
! ing Reilly just as in Butte McClos-
key was showed forward as a Lucas
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