Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-05-22 | Page 25 | Bus Ban Expected to Have Little Effect on Baseball Trips in Pioneer League

Bus IDus Ban fan Expected to Have Little Effect On Baseball Trips in Pioneer League T I 1 No Worry Says Boss Of s. s L. L Bees To the Pioneer leagues league's other troubles was added a minor worry Friday how Friday how to continue to operate operate operate oper oper- ate In the face fac of an order by theoffice the theoffice office of defense transportation prohibiting the use of chartered buses by minor baseball leagues The order was issued in Wash Vash Washington ington yesterday General Manager Eddie Eddio Mulligan Mulligan Mulligan Mulli Mulli- gan of the Salt Lake Bees Friday scoffed at any and all rumors that the he Pioneer baseball league would fold or in any way be curtailed by defense priorities on buses Unless things get a lot worse Eddie told The Thc Telegram there is nothing for us to get excited about After all a couple of the clubs club own their buses outright outright outright out out- right two others buy regular bus tickets and the Bees are listed as of their bus Thebus The Thebus Thebus bus chartering has been out for several months so this is nothing new to us us League officials indicated that should Boise and Twin Falls decide decide decide de de- cide to drop out of the league it still would function as a four-club four circuit with Ogden and Salt Lake representing Utah and Pocatello and Idaho Fails Falls representing Ida- Ida ho do Twin Falls always has been beena a financial headache for the league and Boise with Howling Hadyn Walker at the helm is getting deeper involved Possibly the league would be stronger without Twin Falls FaUs and Boise for it would cut the thc transportation transportation trans trans- problem almost in half making for a more compact up set-up all aU the way through But in Pocatello League President President Pres Pres- I ident J. J P. P Halliwell reported the matter would come up for discussion discussion discussion dis dis- at a meeting of league directors in Pocatello Tuesday Also to be discussed are financial financial financial fin fin- ancial problems of the league caused by many early postponements postponements postponements postpone postpone- ments because of bad weather and specific problems in the case of the Boise Pilots and the Twin Falls Cowboys