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Show I STAR FIRST S ACKER FOR 'DUCKY7 HOLMES Special to The Tribune. PROVO, April 8. "Spot" MoBardo, last year with the Vancouver team of the Northwestern league, haa beon added to "Ducky" Holmes's Butte squad. McEar-do McEar-do la a. flrat baseman of raro ability, and Ib a running mate of Carl Lewis, the catcher yesterday signed by Holmes. Another An-other addition to the Holmes camp Is Pitcher Edmundson of tho Venice club of the Pacific Coast league. Holmes expects ex-pects ono. more acquisition in the person of an outfielder, but tho Butte chief is not yet prepared to reveal his name. Tonight Holmes completed arrangements arrange-ments for a game Saturday with the Payson team. This will be the ,rirt game for the Butte club. Holmes will nlfo try to have the date of the game with Murray changed from Tuesday to Wedne?dny. As Wednesday will be Arbor Ar-bor day and a holiday, Holmes thinks u large attendance will come out to witness Hi' game if It is played on the later dato. The 13. V. T field, where the mule team Is practicing, has been In very poor condition. Tomorrow It will be harrowed and rolled and generally be so Improved as to permit fast ball playing. -A consignment of brand-new bats made Holmes's boys happy today, dynca Is Released. Ja k l'lncs, who played the right garden gar-den for Butte km season after being Heat"l by Helena, will not wear a Butte nrlform tills- .-'eaaon. nays the Anaconda vfnndard. Larry Jjuggan rncolvcd a win fpom 'Ducky'' Holmes yesterday asking Inn1 not to tend a ticket to dynes, who r Los Angeles. Jack, who was a - ird-7iittlng but slo -running plnver. w.'tta iOt dead anxious to i-on'e back to Rutte ard v anted more monev. Holmes made ihs old offer, and this wan refused, Duck thought he could gut fabler rlajcrs for the sain money. Bill Hatvey, the northern Montana coti-d coti-d j"tor pitcher, will not so to the Provo framing mmp, ns "Ducky" wired he Is altfied with his string of pitchers nn-i os not think It will be nticvs&ary to have "in |