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Show Union Association Boostcm Will Oct Together at ButtelS to Talk Business. ' Xj LOCAL PROMOTER WILL S LEAVE HERE TOMORROW Salt Lake Manager Signs Thrjlj More, Players on the Coast. f Louis F. Thiol, owner of the Salt LalH! franchise In tho new Union AsEoclatlotB Baseball Clubs, and one of the priaB movers behind the proposed circuit, )R now busily engaged in shaping mat'toB preliminary to Iho first annual mcotinjJW or Ihe organization, which fs scheduUrB to ho hold In Butte. December 7. Pr2jB dent Lucas jn n0w' in Rutto and roprcseS ta lives from tho other cities will ucgS to gather thero during tho noxt few dajX The local club owner yesterday astiS into receipt of u loiter from J. W CoiX of Roiso. which. In part, conveva tho feK lowing Information regarding "the ItinH tion In the Idaho city: w "Wo will be on band at tho Butllr league meeting December 7. with our foV fell money, ready to talk and do huZfll ness. I surely hope that tvG will bu abH to get together and organize a league. thiM win give us continuous baseball for xornH years to enme. My business keeps mo XI the go nnd Iho only interest 1 havooM will have In tho game hero Is bcauH love the sport and want to wo thla cftX have a good team In a good league. Inlend to put up my own money as fl forfeit, so you see I think very wcll tE the proposed league, and I am not aK all doubtful about raising the money her-fl I think that In a few years a franchliK in this league will ho worth money V tho leagno and club managements VuS things in a businesslike manner. A Icatnl like this should break even at least, aoB pofsibly make some money after tho finB Thiol also had telegrams from CharMM Carr and George M. Read. Both ufl pressed their Intention of attending thfl Butte meeting. Carr has been niannsdH of the Indianapolis team of thu AmertSH aiaoclntlon and Is anxious to conio WOgH Hn, with "Rllly" Neal. baa had his mS on Groat Falls. Rend Is one of the m prominent baseball managers In the tnV nor lengues nnd is alao willing to lnvS some of his own money In the no.v leagwH A letter from Manngor Cliff illnnksrfl ship. Inclosing three more players' xj-H tracts, was also among Thlel'a evcnll mall. Blankenshlp informed his beH bere 1 1 III t he In linnv 11,. bee In his efforts to sign up good plaSI ers. The three new contracts forwan5fl by Blanknnshlp yesterday bore tlu slgfl- lures of Simon Kane. George MrNanuujH and Holne Jansen. Kane Is a southpuH pitcher, whom Blankenshlp labels an "tlfl goods": McNamara is a utility inflcliifS and .lanaeii is the third baseman, ifl has performed with Tacoma. Seattle tM San l-'raiiclsi-o In the Coant h-MCue. ThH In speaking of Jnnseii, stales that ho colH sldern Rlankenshlp's choice a good OlSE as ho believes .fanscu oie of tho 1-H third sackers ho has seen In tho h-'mHi Twin Falls boosters will hold a rnttfll meeting tomorrow night, according toMI letter from "Father Tom" Kellv. 4B has been doing "missionary work" tbB for the pant few days. Thlel will hWtB to Twin Falls lo attend this iiicolIntffK his local business mutters will permit will then go from thero to Iho But-jH meeting. iH Blankenshlp will meet Thirl In But-B for Iho loague meeting, after which dB will come to Salt Loire for a brief t&H prior to going to the const, where he B peels to pick up some more ball playB |