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Show BASEBALL 15 MIXED IN THE NORTHWEST Missoula and Butte Now i Apply for Admission Into Northwestern League. Special to Tne Tribune. TACOMA. Wafth.. Sept. 22. xjianHion to an ejbt-dub lcasrtie in beiiiK considered consid-ered by the directors of the Nnrthwest-ern Nnrthwest-ern Baseball league, a-CCOrding to Secretary Secre-tary Frank Re! path of the Tncoina club, who said today that applications had lieen made by Butte and Mispoula. Mont., carrying u guarantee of $1600 per week to visiting clubs If those towns wore taken into the league. Portland and either Victoria or Aberdeen Aber-deen would make up the eight clubs, according ac-cording to the report received here. Redpath thinks Portland would he glad of a chance to get out of the 'oast league unless two clubs from this league were added to the Coast. The enlarged league proposition will ome before the Northwestern directors at their n nn.ua 1 meeting in December. There in little likelihood bt Portland enf'-rlng Hie Northwestern league next ..-canon , according to unofficial reports from Portland. The MC'redls lost heavily on the 1914 Northwestern league clpb and probably will not try to put two clnljs in Portland again until, times are better. Although D. E. Dugdale, Seattle magnate, mag-nate, woulil . welcome a change that would put Ms team in the Coast league next year. It Is hardly likely that he will be able to arrange it, nt least not at present. A long talk was had with Mir- Seattle magnate while the Beavers were there Mondav, in wblclj it was discovered that Dugdale Is not especially In favor of adding add-ing two clubs to the. Northwestern circuit. That there Is ft greaf demand for class AA hai'-ball In Seattle Is evident, on every ev-ery side Fans there admitted Monday lhat " vrtiile they were vvhat might be ,3 lie) good baseball fans, i hey had lost all interest in I he game and had attended at-tended trui two games this year, the opening contest and the one against the Beavers. |