The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-07

about as we'll as oil and water, &C
cording to the decision handed
down yesterday afternoon by the
supreme court of the state of Wash
ington, in the matter of the appeal
of the Aberdeen baseball club from
the decision of Judge Lindsey of
Seattle that the Northwestern
league had right to drop Aber-
deem from the circuit in 1909. The
decision of the supreme court is
not in words, but in effect-that
the Northwestern league has been
very little boy in a very illegal
way by Cropping the Aberdeen
team, but that If the lumber jack
town were to be reinstated the
league would only be a bad little
boy again in a perfectly legal way,
and Aberdeen would be again drop
ped out. So there is no use of the
court ordering reinstatement. This
leaves Aberdeen very much in the
position of the man who, while
locked up in Jail without charge
being laid against him, was told by
his lawyer. "They can't lock you up
like this" And the man replied:
Il know they cant, but Pm here
just the same" The Northwestern
league couldn't drop Aberdeen, but
she's dropped all right.
And speaking Of baseball
troubles, that reminds us that, as
usual, our old friend Lucas is hav-
ing some troubles of his own in
getting that Union association of
his launched, w. H., you know,
was going to organize new
league over in the land of mines,
cattle and sage brush, and he was
going to have six towns in it, in
Guiding Butte, Helena. Great Falls.
Ogden, Salt Lake and Boise. Lucas
went ahead and secured protection
for his territory from the National
association and was pushing things
along lively for the development of
his league. Then he struck snag.
The snag was the fact that Salt
Lake seemed to have the monopoly
on the enthusiasm over the league,
while all the other towns were
merely mildly Interested OF
course, Lucas and Honest John"
McCloskey were filled with en-
thusiasm, but it's some of a job
for two men to have enough en-
thusiasm to spread itself over six
towns, so there is more than a
possibility that the new Lucas
league will die a-borning. There is
strong sentiment in Ogden in
favor of a Utah state league, while
favor of extension of the Twilight
league to an international affair
with three towns on each side of
the line. Neither of these leagues
would be up against the PROPOSE
tons of long railway trips. which
would be the greatest drawback of
the proposed Union association.
Now they propose to force AID
Wolgast into the ring with the BEST
lightweight that can be brought
against him, and for the purpose of
determining who this man Is, a
series OF elimination bouts is be-
lib pIOuOtcu, tuc 1iibt vi WHtNu
will be between Johnny Frayne and
Zone Round" Hogan on December
16, the winner of which will be
sent against Lew Powell. These
elimination" matches may be all
right from the standpoint of the
fight promoter and the box office,
but 1t strikes us that there would
be a better way to figue the thing
out. Just ask these aspiring young
lightweights to take waltz with
Owen Moran. You could eliminate
most of them without ever getting
them into the ring. Also It would
give some chance of deciding who
Is the proper man to go against
the Cadillac wildcat before he dies
of old age.
Somebody back east Is willing to
bet all his fishing tackle--and "
wad OF simoleons on the side
that Abe Attell will be able to get
away with the lightweight cham.
pionship, If he cares to so after It,