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Show CLUBS INVITED TO Thermopolis Will Hold Rocky Mountain Tourney; Valuable Prizes. Special to The Tribune. THERMOPOLIS, Wyo., Aug. 10. Details De-tails are now complete for the first annual an-nual baseball tournament of the Rocky mountain region, which will be held here August 27 under the auspices of the Thermopolis Athletic and Racing association. asso-ciation. The tournament will continue until the championship of the Rocky mountain region has been determined. The tournament in open to all amateur clubs in 1 lie region. No entry fee will ho charged, but the entries must be accompanied ac-companied by certified checks for ."i0 to insure the appearance of the clubs in the ton rney. This amount will be returned to each club upon its playing in the tournament. tour-nament. Entries for t.be t nurnainont nro open until anil including August L'-, when they close. Ent rics boa ring a post ma rk date later than August IV will not be accepted unless received on or before August 20. A purse of F"-l-00 will be offered to the winners, divided as follows : First prize A pm'se of $ijJl and a $100 silver trophy cup. Second prize A purse of $ 100. Third prize A purse of" S'JOfi. The championship cup will go to the winners of l he tournament permanent ly, The. a Hsooin t ion is to furnish a professional pro-fessional umpire for the tournament and will pay all of his ex pernios. All baseballs base-balls used In the tournament will bo furnished fur-nished by the association, but padi club participating is to pay itn own expenses. The series will b.; conducted on the elimination basis anil the clubs will play around in such a manner that when a nine loses two games it will he eliminated elimi-nated from t he chance of get I tug first place. This system will continue until ti;ere are throe winners. The eligibility of the players will be determined de-termined as follows: Each club will be permitted to play ten men who have represented it in three games this season, sea-son, and It may add five men to make its rosier number fifteen men. No player may represent a team who has played in organized b;t 1! si nee June 1 .., I a 1 6. The Athletic and Racing association !s making every effort possible to obtain a real representation of the whole region in the tournament n ltd Is nssurim; a ! l he clubs that they will be treated in a sportsmanlike manner |