| Show WALTER D. D BRATZ TO HEAD UNION LEAGUE S Salt I lt Lake porting Editor Pledged Three oi ot of Entire Six Votes for Presidency of Association Insuring Election I Ii i That Walter Wailer D. D Brat a Salt gait Lako sporting editor will wilt be the next pres jd of or the Union association is tho the information that leaked out last night nigh from a reliable source According to the best information Bratz is is as as asgood good as elected although l ll the meeting of or the tho Union league directors will not be heM held until today ii in l Butte Bratz has three of the he six votes pledged to him absolutely and and has S pretty good assurance he will receive a fourth which gives him tho the position John 1 7 McCloskey of Salt Lake Lako also carries the Ogden proxy and Cut Cliff Blankenship of Missoula intimate friend of tho local scribe make up the thi three votes and it is understood that E. E F. F Murphy of Butte will cast hi his I ballot in iii favor oT Hratz Bratz McCloskey and Blankenship have pledged themselves them them- selves to support the Salt Lake writer through the entire session and have hav enough voice to deadlock the thc meeting which they say thoy will do should Murphy turn and support George Reed or Bill Floto for the presidency n o nf rp t ToA 11 I i 0 Of or n P Butto Butte hay have been the two northern men who have advanced t lr candidacy l c Tilt The position was as offered to Bratz Brat last Satur Saturday a It Is i. ald said when Blankenship Murphy 1 and o of ot Boise met mot and conferred in this city At that time It Jt was that Boise Bolso would enter tho the Union association and this vote would also support tho Utah ne newspaperman However ov oven n with Boise out but with Murphy supporting him Bratz still has a cinch on the Job Special to The n. n Buttes Dutte Mont Jan 21 l.- l. Magnates o othe of the Union Baseball association are g gathering Catherine In Butte tonight ht for the league meeting tomorrow for tor the election elec tion of a president and discussion 0 of other matters pertaining to the circuit cir cir- cult chief among among- is Js tho the number of or towns which shall comprise the tho 1913 league Boise noise is lost to the association according according ac ac- ac cording to an nn announcement made to tonight tonight tonight to- to night b by President Kd Ed d Murphy l o of tho the Butto club who received d a tolo tol ram this afternoon from President ent r ner or of tho the Boise team stated that he tried hard to withdraw from the Western Trl state lea league ue but tho the theother other clubs voted against him and refused ed to release the tho Boise noise dub club President Murphy believes th there re Is still a faint chance that Boise Bolso might be held by Bossner deman demanding r ln- ln a 3 1000 guarantee from tho oth other r State Trl-State clubs which thc they could not furnish but buthe he Is not flOt hopeful He Ire Is Js of the opinIon opinion ion shared bv by the other ba baseball men mn who have hae ren reached hed Butte Butto that the Union league will have hae to content Itself next season e with the six clubs clr circuits asIt as It stood last season Butte Great Falls Helena Missoula Ogden den and Salt Lake Tho list Het of at aspirants for the presidency dency of or the the league Is formidable lodging from tram tho the situation tonight In he tic race ra are George Rood Reed of ot Great j alls I Frank Jones of or Missoula E. E H. H HI of ot Great Falls William Floto ot of Hutte Bulle and ami Walter Waiter D. D Drat Brat of or S Salt lt Lake Jahe it is Impossible to predict who I wi will u be elected Floto Is a a. strong strom con- con l lander inder and Butte magnates believe belle he will be bo chosen J. J J. J of ot Salt SaH Tak I Is du duin due in tomorrow morning and others whose whole yO voices Ices arc Influential wilt will arrive on the late trains tonight Tho The directors tor tore tors of ot the Butte team held a meeting this J ct afternoon and decided to support the tho league In the strongest manner possible i In the event cent of ot a 3 collapse o of the Union association It was decided to proceed with the or organization of ot a slate state league Several names name were con conid- conid Id- Id e ored ered ed for tor manager for the Butte team Helena Mont Jan 21 The n.-The The Helena club has accepted the franchise fran Cran ran ran- chise of ot the Helena club In the tho Union baseball association It was announced today If the club is unable to dispose of oC t the e franchise it will finance tho the team for the time coming season seMon I |
