Show BASEBALL MEN IN SESSION MUCH TALK FIRST DAY BUT LITTLE ACCOMPLISHED Representatives Prom Five Towns Tnke Preliminary Stops Toward Formation Intelmountain League I I Ii Preliminary steps were taken toward ho perfection of the new baseball league at I a meeting held yesterday at Bcardsloys Tavern There were present at tho meet I ing William Muth of Helena J J Mc Closkcy of Butte Ar Fortune of Great Falls A G Homo of Ogden and C II Grlflln of Salt Lake Boise Pocutello and Logan wero not represented but It Is expected ex-pected hat I William Trapp will como today to-day from Pocatcllo as ho sent a tele phono message to that effect to President John Crltchlow yesterday Judging front the work accomplished by the representatives It Is the opinion of President Crltchlow that tho meeting Will i continue for a week The league will bo i known us the Intermountaln Baseball league The salary limit for unplrcs was flxcd at 2i0 and railroad cxpent The J bylaws and constitution of last years league were picked to pieces and will he J patched up today and adapted to tho new organization I Tho election of officers will bo held to day John S Crltchlow the temporary president will probably bo asked to retain r re-tain his position mitt president of iiooj longuo 1 Work upon thr baseball schedule will bo commenced Immediately tho rep resentntlvea having decided last night I that tho season should oppn April Jlh situ close October 1st < < t Each reprosenta j tlvo present had CO 1 to deposit as a guar tattoo as soon as the life of the I IcaRun Is fully established President Cr1t thi low I slated lust night thil the whole lihom thor rested with the railroad offIcials and uu i less good rates could he secured there would he no league l A railroad rate was quoted yesterday but tho llgures wore not low enough rwo representatives at the meeting were pledged not lo Join the league unless a yatlsfaotory rate could ho secured I McCloskey of Butlo did a great deal yesterday in htralghtenlng out complicated i compli-cated matters Ho said 2 X O wan not too much for a good umpire but It was too much for tho average Beforo adjournment I adjourn-ment the leaguo will decide upon a salary sal-ary basis for the teams the total amount to bo divided nmong tho players accord I ing to their nbinty Tho meeting will begin be-gin this afternoon I |