Show PIGGY WARDS GAME Preparing to Give Portland Outlaws the Double Cross The fans tans who attended the series of ot games between the Salt Lake and Butt teams at Walkers W field last spring will probably remember a 0 l in lI holding down second base i r the miners who was called Piggy Ward by those who knew him Whether er or Ward was dubbed Piggy on ac account account account count of o his shape sh e or from his hoggish way of ot stealing bases Is not known but at any rate he was the favorite I with the Montana fans lans last year and andA A closed the season away up at the top of the list Just at the present time Ward Yard Is at I attention all over the Pacific i northwest by the manner in which he has succeeded In giving the outlaw Portland team a dOS that they will not I get over for some time When last ait a t years season closed Ward Vard signed with Butte for the coming year and the fact was at once made public When the outlaw Portland team organized one of ot the first acts was to go after atter Ward Vard The management offered him ad advance advance adVance vance money and a good salary to play pIa them and Ward at tonce once accepted the contract v Manager McCloskey McCloske of ot the Butte I I team at once set up a howl and said 1 many unkind things about the Port lands for trying to steal ste l his players plaY r His mind however was set at ease when a letter from Ward Yard explained a little game same he was work I Ing lag on the Portland crowd Ward ac accepted accepted accepted their advance money all aU right I and au l says he will wili play with them until the Pacific Northwest season opens up when he will jump to Butte Ward thinks it a a great joke on Portland and the best 1 est of ot it is that the can cannot cannot cannot not get back at Ward because they are in tn outlaw organization |