The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-22
COAST LEAGUE
MEETS TOMORROW
Baseball History for Northwest viii
Be Made at This
Meeting.
LOCAL FANS INTERESTED
WILL DECIDE THE KINDo OF BASE.
BALL SALT LAKE GETS.

The question Tof whether the North
Pacific Coast towns will break away
from the California cities in the Pacific
Coast league or not will probably be
definitely settled at meeting Of the
cities on the circuit at San Francisco
tomorrow. On the outcome Of this
meeting to large extent depends the
class Of baseball Salt Lake will have.
Should the coast league break, Salt
Lake has a chance to get into the old
Pacific National leagus, which viii be
formed. If the league sticks, it looks
as II a state league will be the best
Salt Lake gets.
It must be conceded at this writing
that the chances for the Coast league
going out Of business are very slim.
Portland has all the time been in favor
Of remaining with the California
cities, and the dispatches from Seattle
say this town has agreed to stick, II
certain concessions are granted the
northern. towns by the California
cities. Henry Harris Of San Francisco
has been the one man who has stood
out against these ncessiOns,-Which
are an even split in the San Francisco
gate receipts-and now that Harris is
down and out there is but little doubt
that his successor will give in for the
good Of the league.
League VIII Stick.
Sporting writers on the coast to a
man predict the old league will be do
Ing business again as Of yore, so IN
less some unforeseen stumbling block
comes up before the magnates tomOr-
row there should be no changes with
the exception Of transferring the Ia
coma franchise to Spokane, Sacra-
rnento to Fresno, with the two Califor-
IA In Ia nd Fresno n
of Sacramento in the race.
Salt Lake will then have TO go It
alone unless 1t cares to join hands with
Lucas in the twice tried and twice
proven a failure, Pacific National
league of the past two years. It will
be mighty hard to find an angel to put
UP the money in a league Of this kind
so the chances for Salt Lake again try
ing such a combination is slim unless
someone from the outside comes 70 the
front with about $4,000 TO lose in base
ball
The only league left is state league
which has been talked Of all winter.
AS soon as the San Francisco meeting
is heard from and it is decided it will
stick. there win be some active work
done in Utah baseball circles which
will probably result in a state league.
Lucas Has Wired Pipe.
". H Lucas is busy in the mean
time shaping things for himself in the
northwest and is giving out some
pretty strong dope. In an interview
given at Butte last Friday, the follow
ing is found
THE Pacific Northwest will see a
six-club baseball league this season. -
That much was stated last night
in an emphatic manner by W. H.
Lucas, the baseball magnate, who has
just returned from the east. where he
has been attending the sessions Of the
National league.
Lucas stated definitely that Butte
end Spokane would be members of the
new circuit, and intinated that clubs
would probably be organized IN
Seattle, Portland. Tacoma and Van
couver. He taxed Of Vancouver, Bel
bingham and Victoria as possibilities.
The situation is ripe for the organiza-
ton Of a new baseball circuit" said
Mr.. Lucas. "and conditions on The
coast are prop tious for a successful
season this year"
New baseball grounds ten minutes
ride from the city were secured by
Lucas for the Weekday games. sun
day the games will be played at Sena-
tor Clark's Columbia Gardens, thirty
minutes ride from Butte.
Commenting on Lucas interview, the
Portland Telegram has the following
TO say:
President Lucas is still talking
about the six-team Pacific Northwest
league. II IS all q dream. Lucas has
as much chance TO break into Portland
as the proverbial SNOWFALL. The North
west league may come some day, but
not with Lucas"