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Show MURPHY LOOKS FDR FOUR-GLUB CIRCUIT Says Directors Will Have to Decide; No Transportation Transporta-tion for Murray Yet. Special to The Tribune. BUTTE. Mont., Julv 19. A four-club circuit was what loomed largest tonight after President Murphy had made a canvass can-vass of the latest troubles of the Union association. Murray is down and out, he said, and he has given up all hope of getting any more support for the Murray Mur-ray club. Also the treasury of the Union association will not warrant the association associa-tion In taking over the debts of the Murray Mur-ray club, which Includes all salaries since July 1 and the debts that would be Incurred In-curred weekly under association management. manage-ment. The Pocatello people who were approached about taking over the Murray Mur-ray franchise and club came out flat-footed flat-footed and said they did not want It this year, at least, and moreover they did not intend to take a losing propoaltlon at the eleventh hour. M urra y wt red agai n today for t rans-portation rans-portation to Boise, but Murphy did not a nswer their request, and whether the Murray club goes to Boise for the game Tuesday will depend on what action the three southern directors, Bigelow of Ogden. Og-den. Relf of Salt bake and Evans of Boise decide to take at the meeting tomorrow morning. Murphy said he could not advance ad-vance transportation until ho found out If Murray was wanted as a dead load by the association and that if he did advance ad-vance money it might be said he usurped authority. The attitude of the directors of the Helena club, which will be forced out If Murray is dropped, will probably be that it is a chance to get out gracefully without with-out being called quitters. Prospects are that things will be warm tomorrow when the northern and southern directors meet, and President Murphy is trying to square things all around. Butte is not going to get out and is In favor of the association putting up money to keep Murray in. "I don't know what we will have by tomorrow," was Murphy's comment. |