Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-09
BASEBALL FANS
ARE NOW WAITING
Many Wonder What viii Hap
pen When Next Season
Comes.
SPOKANE THE STORM CENTER.
Meeting Mt san Francisco on the 18th
VIII Probably Decide the
Whole Matter.

Now that the season Is finished in the
Pacific Coast league and the directors
OF that organization VIII meet In san
Francisco Dec. IS. the baseball fans
throughout the northwest are wonder.
ing what is in store for them next year
In Spokane particularly is the interest
great, for the meeting Of the directors
mean much to that city. II win DE- de.
clded at that time whether or not Spo-
kane Is TO be taken into the coast
league in the place OF Tacoma, If
Spokane Is not taken in. II means that
the old northwest circuit win be re-
vived. at least in part, and there will
no doubt be an effort made 10 get
Butte into the organization. n the Old
circuit Is revived. how will Il effect
salt Lake. If mt all? That is the ques-
ton. The Butte Inter- Mountain SAYS
this:
SO far as local men are concerned
there has been little talk OF any kind
since the last visit Of John McClosk1y.
When McCloskey drops into the city
for a few hours and makes few short
ta'ks, everybody talks baseball for the
time being, but as soon as Honest"
John takes his departure. things base
ball assume their former attitude of
indifference, When McCloskey was
here last. however. on his way south
to spend the winter, he made nedi-
cine" with a few local men. and It Is
known ;hat the things discussed were
ut that time stated 10 be Conditioned
by what the directors of the coast
league do at their meeting
OUTCOME UNCERTAIN.
If Spokane is taken into the Coast
league, ther IL hardly any probability
that another organization win place
team in Spokane and endcavor to eX-
tend this far. on the other hand. VI
Spokane Is not taken into the Coast
league. q revival OF the old moi invest
circuit will be attempted and tina. is
where Mr. Lucas and Mr. McCloskey
made their little bow. ana il Us cOuced-
ed that unless this happens therp win
be no effort to place league team IN
Butte next year. and even should 1t
happen, there Is no assurance tnat a
team will be placed here for the back
ers of the enterprises Of that character
I'm the past, have lost a good deal OF
public. The crowds are not large
enough"
Williams of Spokane is inclined to
think that Spokane will surely be- tlkm
into the Coast league You can't tell
what will happen in the Coast league
next year" he Is quoted as saying. but
Tacoma won't be In IL again, and the
Tacoma franchise won't 20 south un-
less a split between and southern
towns comes. Whichever way the
people in the Sound City want 10
go, that VIII decide the kind of base
ball the northern coast towns will have
next year. IL will indirectly decide
what kind of baseball Spokane will
!iave for IL another northern town Is
taken in. Spokane will be the one and
II the Coast league blows up and an
other on the plan Of the old North
west league Is formed, of course Spo-
kane will be In. | regard Seattle as
the key 10 the situation. / should not
be surprised however, II Uncle Henry
Harris would fix things up With Seat
tie and keep Coast league franchise
in that city.
FISHERS PET SCHEME.
Mike Fishers talk about putting the
Tacoma team I'm Fresno and san Jose
is all talk and nothing else. The Coast
league has been awarded Spokane, and
/ think this Is just little Juggling ON
the part of the California magnates to
see how these little California towns
VIII take to good baseball, all done in
view Of the possibility of organizing O.
California league next year II the
Coast league disbands.'