Salt Lake Tribune | 1902-09-14 | Page 2 | Clark Bets $50,000

CLARK BETS 550000 Son of Montana Senator Backs Butte Baseball Team TKinUJs12 8PECIU1 Butte Mont Sept 13 News of a 550000 wager on the outcome of the present pemmut race between the teems of the XortIRaolflc bn oball league comes on good authority from a source very near the man who ls said to have pJaecil Tthe amount on the race for HIP nit Butte IK picked as the lnnT and V A riurk Jr hon of Spnnior Clark d tttt1 blninHf a millionaire million-aire IR the man who put uy > the monov A pyndicate 8fit Ik men clubbed toscthcr and covered the money put up by the Butte enthusiast W A Clark Jr wan In Spokane last week and It Has developed since his departure that necdhtldedto his Intimate friends hero that such a bet had been made and moreover that he was very confident of pulling down that neat little sum to be used as spending money during the coming winter It IB understood that Mr Clark from the beginning of the season has been quite confident of the winning qualities quali-ties of the Butte aggregation and has been willing to wager a little money on the outcome at almost any stage of the game This readiness has finally culminated in the placing of this 50 000