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Show BOISE IS TO REMAIN -IN PACIFIC NATIONAL fans of Bait Lake, Which la saying a whole lot, and Is a splendid manager and captain. Buck is probably the most consistent performer that evef played in the West He is a pinch hitter hit-ter of the style that makes the cold chills wander up and down the pitcher's spinal column when he come to the bat and has probably robbed more batsmen of safe hits In the outfield than any other oth-er living man, as Buck has been playing play-ing the game since 1816. The Boise fans have very confidence in Buck's ability and discretion, . ' Mr. Shepard will leave for Butte Wednesday night and Mr. Kivett will follow 4n a few days. - j - I ' Hurroo for Boise President W. Club Wrecker Lucas to the contrary notwithstanding. not-withstanding. Boise is still la the Pa-S clflc National league and moreover Is there to stay. ' y . . W. R, Kivett of Boise, who will rep- I resent the Boise club at the league meeting to be held Saturday, Is in thrs city for a day or. two on his way to Butte and U consulting with the local b'aseball magnates concerning the plans ot the league. Mr. Kivett. who Is a f prominent lumbermerchant of the Idaho Ida-ho town, and who Is largely interested In the Boise ball park, says that not- - withstanding the fact that the Boise team did not make a financial success last season that the fans of ;the town are more enthusiastic than 'ever and that they think the Boise team ha an .- excellent chance of capturing the pennant pen-nant a second time this season. Mr. Kivett.is strongly in favor of a six-club ' league to Include Boitje, Salt Lake, Butte, Helena, Ogden and Spokane. He Is very anxious to have Ogden obtain a Pacific National franchise, as he believes be-lieves the Junction City would make good In the baseball line if they should decide to put a team in the field. Both Mr. Kivett and H. O. Shepard' of the Salt Lake club say that they Io not expecttlo have any trouble what-. what-. soever with the Butte franchise. They say that the league controls the sltua-, sltua-, tlon completely, and that it will not take a minute to adjust things amicably. amica-bly. Mr. Stepard said that Walter Wll-ftnot Wll-ftnot had acquainted him both by letter and by 'phone with the condition of affairs af-fairs at Smoketown; and that he considers con-siders that Wilmot did the fair thing in .his dealings with Lucas and McCloskey. While he thinks that Wilmot is probably proba-bly not the man to be at the head of baseball In Butte on account of the prejudice of the fans, Mr. Shepard has a high opinion of Wilmot as a baseball manager and says If he wants to take his players to another city In the league and run the club In the town selected.' Mr. Shepard believes that he ought to be protected. Mr. Kivett says that In all probability Buck Weaver, the grand old man of Western baseball, will head the Boise forces this coming season. - Buck is as popular In Boise as he Is among the |