Show HElENA REfUSES TO COME INTO TOE TUE NEW NEIN BASEBAll lEAGUE Boise Twin Falls and Idaho Idaho Ida Ida- ho Falls Are R Ready ady to TaKe TaRe Its Franchise I Helena has refused to come Into the proposed new Union Bas Baseball ball association according to a letter received by L. L F. F Thief of this city The fans In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Montana town are reported to have put down tho the foot on Lucas Lucas' connection with tho league for reasons which ar are ara cited by Jack Fl Flannery in a letter to McCloskey Helena will v-III not be missed said Mr Thiel Thie this morning and it Is a safe safo bet that they will be asking admission ere long Jong We Ve have applications from good towns further down the circuit towns that would break the tho Jon long Jump and towns town with their money ready so why should wo worry about Helena Lucas and I have protection on nine good cities and will stand for no dictation from Helena Thiel is also in receipt of a letter tetter from Jack Cody tho real base baseball all man at Boise in which the latter says ho can can positively ralso raise the money In that city if he la It given a franchise To those who I know Jack Cody as does tho the writer that means Boise will be In the league if the promoters want that city Cody is a man who comes very near doing ex exactly ex- ex what ho says sars he will do and usually usual usual- I ly Iy stays until the last do dog doe Is hung A Afew Afew Afew few men like Jack Cody would make male the league look mighty rosy rosy According to Thiel Twin Falls and Bol Boise are both ready with the necessary money and it begins to look as if the circuit will be picked ed from the following cities Butte Boise Great Fall Falls MIssoula MIssoula Missoula MIs- MIs soula Twin Falls Salt Sail Lake and Ogden Two good towns In Idaho would break the Jumps and give th tho league a far more sound footing Idaho Falls Is Isan an another another another an- an other live lI wire wire- that ithal Is being being- considered by the promoters Helena's objection to Lucas appears to bo be based on his connection with the league last season The ThA Then f jil fact act n i ir r remains i l I. I h however that li T Ban ii- ii John John- T Io f jil fact act n i ir r remains i l I. I h however that li T Ban ii- ii John John- T Io ren a us Johnson Johnson son Ion and the national lIonal commission thrown In could not have saved last years year's Fourth of Jul July affair The Tho promoters of that league were an anything but baseball baseball base base- ball men of the present day They were ready to quit long before the thing was well wel started The proposed new league may result in III another bloomer and It may be successful sue suc let us hope It will succeed and that it will b ho he the forerunner of continued contin contin- league baseball but the fact re remains remains re- re mains that William VillIam IL II Lucas with alt all althis althis his faults Is the best baseball organizer In this neck of the woods and one of the best minor league men In the country If William H. H Lucas will come to Salt Lal Lake City establish offices and give ive the little league all of his personal attention as he hc sa says s 's ho he will Instead of trying to torun torun torun run it by long distance from Spokane that will be one great point In Iii the leagues league's favor Lucas does docs Know how to run nm a league and he ho can rescue a league e by raising raising- the usually required cash after everyone else lse ha has failed If Lucas does docs not personally run run tim tho league teague but tries to run It a as as he did last years year's Fourth of Jul July affair an Intermountain Intermountain Inter Inter- mountain president would be far better Lucas Is an organizer of tho the first rank ranI a fact which cannot be bo disputed |