Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-12-21 | Page 36 | Sweet Thinks New League a Certainty

SWEET THINKS H LEAGUE 1 CER1IY f Boise BasebaHist Has What ' He RegarrJs as Ideal Arrangement. W. N. Sweet of Boise, president of the Western Trlstato league, comes forward with his -views on tho Utah-Idaho-Mon-tarja baseball situation. Instead of two leagues, tho Union association as-sociation and the Western Trlstato, President Pres-ident Sweet predicts nextsprlng will see three circuits In operation and baseball more firmly Intrenched than ever. The new circuit will embrace two cities of tho present "Union association Salt Lake and Ogden; Boise of the Western Tristate and Pocntello, Idaho, says Sweet'. The withdrawal of Bol9o from the West-em West-em Tristate will leave WTalIa Walla, North Yakima and Pendleton, and Lewls-toh Lewls-toh likely -will be added to fill In Boise's niche. "I consider the deal as practically assured," as-sured," says Sweet- "The organization of the now four-olub league will be tho salvation of baseball In that section, for there must be some sort of readjustment. Great Falls and Ogden are too far removed re-moved from the other cities of tho Union association, yet have been bearing the Jad. It Is either a new league or quit or them. "Boise, on the other hand, does not want any more of the Western Tristate, for It Is much larger than any of the other cities. "The oiew circuit looks Ideal on paper. pa-per. Salt Lake boasts of 100,000 population popu-lation and stands on one end of tho Ifnc. 450 miles from Boise, Ogden Is about fiftr miles closer and has a population of 85,000. Pocatcllo Is 250 miles from Boise and has 12.000 persons, while Boise Is a city of approximately 25,000 population. popula-tion. "Boise was in the Union association In 1911, but the round trip then was 2600 miles and tho excosslve transportation proved too big a load to bear."