Show Great Falls Has Candidate For Union League Presidency Great Falls Fans Sept 28 With With the closing cosing cos- cos cbs clos ing of the affairs for 1912 of the tue Union Baseball league which will ho bo done at a meeting to bu bo held In tho the cour course e of ot a few days In Butte Bute the directors will vill wi be compelled to make the selection selection elec- elec tion of oC a new president to administer the affairs affaire during tho coming season and the Great lal Falls ot of the league will wil tUther further the Interests of a Great Falls man for the position Some timo ago there was talk of George Georg Reed manager of the Electrics for that office but within th the last day or two the time candidacy of Edward H. H Cooney has been boen strongly advocated advocat d by the directors of tile the Great Falls Fails Fals association tion as well wel as aa by th the local directors and officers of ot the tile Union league Mr Mt Cooney IB Is one of oC the time most moat en enthusiastic en- en I baseball fans CanI in the homot homo home of ot the tile Electrics and his election to th that t. t office will wil cement the time local support to toa toa ton a n continuation of ot the league There has been considerable talk throughout the state of tho time formation of ot a state lea league ue on account of ot the time losses experienced by the tile Montana holders of ot fran franchises in the Union league uc Likewise there has been considerable agitation across tho international boundary boun boun- dary dary- daryline line lne towards the tho formation of or oran an International league to be composed of ot tour four Montana cities Butto Butte Helena Helena Missoula and Great Falls Fans Falls together with two wRit tw tw Canadian teams amZ to be located at Edmonton and Calgary Calgar Time The Great Grent Falls als men ha have vo never novel taken to th time the latter later league plans but for a tUne time were Inclined to favor the proposed state league Within tho the last few days day however there has been a complete reversal of sentiment among the time local backers of the game and the tho men who have put up mone money to make malto good the deficit are now willing and anxious to have havo the old league continued They are however In favor of ot an eight team league to ho bo composed of or those same saab four tour Montana clubs and arid those of ot four tour cities cUes south of ot this tate state viz Salt Lake CI City Ogden Pocatello Pocatello Poca- Poca tello telo and Boise Doise The local baseball men believe beleve that the International lea league scheme schema was WaC one ono that was fostered b by the tho friends of or the late lato W W. W H. H Lucas n as a means meas of or cutting out Salt Sal Lake for tor tho the purpose purpose pur pur- pose ose of ot getting oven oren with Dick Cooley for the alleged mistreatment of ot Lu Lucas Lucaa C which resulted in the time latter later removing from Salt Sai Lake to U soula short shortly prior to his Ills death Time The untimely death of Mr Lucas ef effected et- et great changes in the time baseball sentiment in this and other Montana cities cItes an and with no reasons for tor a con con- of ot the Salt Lake feeling It ft 1 I Ia believed cd here that the eight team league as above referred to will wf re- re tho enthusiastic support of at Great Falls Fals |