Show M1 lUGASS SLEEVE Insists He Has Something I UpIt1 TALKS ON BASEBALL WAR Portland Managements Position Posi-tion False He Says J Says His People Eavo Plenty of Backing and Will Throw Off the SnlaryLimlbfor Portland I Portland Or Dee 15 President W H Lucaa ot the Pacific Northwest Baseball l league arrived In Portland today to tako a hand In the Impending baseball war In upeaklng of the pltuatlon Mr Lucas said rtu have money nnd backing and no will Imvo as good a team for Portland as can tfe secured In the country There will bo no salary limit The bars arc let down nrnl AVO will l secure playma al any price The position oC tho Portland management Is l false They claim to bo with tho Pa olflo Northwest league but they are doing nothlnjr of the kind It Is only a trick to keep us out of Portland until It Is too late for us to secure grounds and put In a loam Then they will openly desert to the California league Portland people will have the Ural chance to support tho homo team If It falls I have our different of fera from people who arc willing and anxious to put their money Into this team 1 have not con lderc these offers yet but I have something up my slelle Baseball War Abating Cleveland 0 Dec 15 Messrs Somers and Kllfoyle the Cleveland iKujcball magnates mag-nates returned today from Now York The prospects for reaching an amicable arrangement between the two organizations organiza-tions at the coming conference said Mr Kllfoyle aro vory bright The playing schedule of tho National league will ccr uilnly bo revised In order to avoid con flicting dntca All litigation over players will be dropped Brunswicks Accept Ogden Challenge The champion Brunswick bowling team of thla city received a challenge from the Acmo Bowling club of Ogden yesterday to a contest to take place at the lattcrs alloys on some evening during tho latter part of this week It was accepted and will be the llrsl In a serIes of six games three of which will bo played at Ogdeh and three In this city This evening the Brunswlcks and the Harmony four will meet In a city league championship contest con-test at tho alleys of tho 331kB association |