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Show i SIX CLUBS OR FOUR? IS LEMBLEM Suggestion Made to Drop Murray and Helena; Murphy Mur-phy for Present Circuit. ; Another crisis has arrived in the af- , fairs of the Union association. The question is, Should the league attempt to ; go through with six clubs or should I i Helena and Murray be dropped and the I j reason finished with four clubs Salt : j lake, Ogden, Boise and Butte? ), A suggestion was wired to Ed F. Mur- phy, president of the league, yesterday to the effect that from present indica- . tions it would be advisable to finish the . season with four strong clubs. The tele- j gram was signed by George O. Keif, ; j president of the Salt Iake club, and M. R. Evany, president of the Boise club. - AV. D. Brown, vice president of the Og- den club, also expressed his opinion that -. the four-team plan would be the better. . ; The suggestion followed the receipt of ; letters yesterday forenoon from Presl- ; ! dent Murphy calling a meeting of league : e directors for Monday in Butte. It was, f of course, impossible for the Utah mag- f nates to attend the meeting. i Murphy for Six Clubs. I j. A special dispatch to The Tribune ;j j- from Butte last night indicates that the j four-club plan proposed does not meet with the approval of President Murphy, j The ditpatch reads: : i ' Butte, Mont., July 6. Presi- ' dent Murphy was not a bit pleased "hep the directors of the Salt Lake j, and Boise clubs wired him that thev ! thought it advisable to finish with t four clubs. M nrphy says that he is ; not qoinu: to let Helena drop out. He affirms ti;at be has rounded up plenty 1 of money to see the Vigilantes ' through, no matter where they finish this period. 1 "Helena will open today in Boise and Murray wit h Ogden." he said rnnight. "I spent three days in Helena Hel-ena !st v-eek and got Helena into hvtter shape rir.a ncia lly than it has been all season, and it is as rinan- .-; civile able to finish the season as any club. It Is up to the southern i' ' I'lnbs to put Murray v.-here she fre- - ' long:. (Jr. UarnHle plans to get j some money for Murray, for we are !' ' . joins to ha ve a si -club circuit. I ! would be ungrateful and unapprecia- i . ' live and a d-g if 1 put Helena out a fter they raised the money to re- ,; Main In." Muiphy ?aid he would wire the . inuMiem directors that be would not ' ; i agree tu thlr -jusgeytion. Murray's Problem. 1; Uven if Helena has sufficient backing ; to caixy I lie Vigilantes through. the :' ; I'-'oi.iem respecting the Murny team s sti'i far fium a solution. The Murray ' ''In h ! i i its present crippled condition , certain ' y '-an not hop to eo through a v grueling yen son of ten weeks with the hpr of 'trlnpin; much gloi- upon ftSflf. Moreover, it Us said that the dub has L j : off'vs fur t'iree of is best players. If t hpv a re disposed of their p:aces will ;, ha-.e 1o be tilled and probably with weak- cr men. j i Howevpr, not!nn definite can be looked j J for until a Mart is made on the second ! j period. Telegrams from Butte are to the 1 effect that the Murray team left for Og-; Og-; dPii vest ord ay morning for its opening 1 g-ame at Oden toda . The day may j bring forth some interesting develop- . meni.s. Ogden Is Ready. j Special to The Tribune. ! OGPW.N': July (i. With no other offi- cial information at hand to guide them, i the officials of the Osden association to- I i night vill be covfirned by President Ed- . (vard F. Murphy's original schedule for 1 t 'n la st ! .al r of tlift I rU4 sea sou and are : n-ady for the opening of the Murray- Otlen seiif-s at Glen wood tomorrow aft-' aft-' eruomi j' Yji p President T. Brown, who has j bp- n rut of thp fity for th- ps st tliree 5 da ys. aid t iiat ho had r1' etvr-d no re- 1 ' o,uesi from Pr.?sident Murphy to attend 1 -a Pnne league meeting. |