The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-24
CACTUS LEAGUE
PLAYERS HAVEN
Former Union Association
Stars Abound in Arizona
Circuit.

Down in Arizona is located flo r.
fishing year around baseball league,
tHo"n rs lie Tri- Copper league. WITH
the teams playing from one to three
games week. the season continuing
throughout the year In that Ieague
many old-timc Union association play
iers, many of whom would otherwise
| haveibeen without job beca use Of the
collapse Of the circuit in 1914 have
found happy home working at near
| jobs" in the mining camps on the days
they are not playing ball and making
! from $3.50 to s4o0 month the year
( around.
! There are three teams in the league,
the Ray team, the Hayden team and
! the Hayden Smelter the first two be
ing backed by the Consolidated Copper
company, something on the line OF the
old Butte city league, in which the
Anaconda Copper ming company, the
Boston and Montana company, and
other mining corporations furnished
the financial backbone in order to pro-
vide amusement for the miners off
shift. Mining towns are the greatest
baseball towns in the country and In
|
United States except in the southern
"eracHcr" district. professionals OF
first-class callber are playing on mine
teams.
Joe Tobin There.
/ Foremost in the minds Of Missuula
fans OF the old Union association days
! Is Joe Tobn Tn" sturdy little slug
, ser. who played two seasons in the
! Coast league before he went down to
Arizona, being dissatisfied with the
contract offered to him, was with the
Ray team, pennant winners. during the
season just ended. Tohn dubbed the
pill for an average Of 254, cracking out
three homcrs, and fielding for an av-
cragr of 49,. Team mates of his
t | We're Nick b"Maggio. the chunky littl,
. italian southpaw. who played right
field for Butte one year, Flame" Del
- hi. the giant HEAVIER. who went to pitts
o tnrgh from Great Falls. where he
: helped Herbert Hester to win the pen.
Y nant in 1913. Then there is the ram
4 hunctious Herbert II. Hester himself
: who plays in the Arizona circuit wher
= he isn't busy in the Northwestern
: league. Another former Missouls
I prayer with Ray Is Lefty bromley
whom Cliff Blankenship brought vi
q for a trial in 1912, Bromley being re
=, leased after pitching a couple games
( because he was unable to bring his arr,
around into shape.
At Hayden Ealena the little Grea
:, Falls outfielder and Davis. the short
= fat Salt Lake boy, who played second
:, short. third and in the outfield TO
- Jawn McCioskey at various times, i
:, cavorting
. buddy Still Hits Homers.
: Joe buddy, the iron man. playin
a with the Hayden Smelter team, lam
t basted the pill for an average of 81
d and led the Arizona league in home
. runs with total of eight for Che sea
son. buddy is well remembered il
4 Missoula rs having a habit of liftinl
o the BAH over the left field fence whil
here with the Butte team. Elmer FLICK
. the little white haired Boise seconC
9 basemau. and Martin killilay. the tall
- slender. sluEcing Helena outfielder
are also romping around in the Cope
~ league. together with Al MCMurdo, for
- mcr Butte first baseman.
In the California Winter league n few
men formerly in the Union associatio,
.are Cavorting, among them being Bill
NtngcS of Helena. Laird who once hat
Il brief try-out with the Highlander:
= during "Scrappy" Joycc's days anc
y -Cy" Perkins, the popular Salt Lake
y land Ogden haCkstop.
$ \ genius is a man who doesn't know