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Show :;..GSDALL SITUATION IS ; v STILL UP IN THE AIR President Lucas Is In Fear Lest Dis Position Will BeFilled by Some One Else. The baseball situation for Salt Lake Is still undecided. Spokane has been turned down by the Pacific Coast league, which does not want the Washington Wash-ington town, so It Is likely that Spokane Spo-kane will again be In the ranks ot the Pacific National, that is, until the Pacific Pa-cific Coast franchises expire, next December. De-cember. Of course, Walter- Wllmofs Idea of a Utah-Montana league is Impossible, but it .has at least thrown the fear of the hereafter Into President Lucas. Lu-cas Lu-cas is evidently afraid that he will be "SSSSSSBSSBBSSBSBSBSS I minus any voucher to sign on payday i if the scheme goes through, and is fighting it tooth and nail. He discredits discred-its the story, in the first place, and says that such a league would be rank outlawry. If such a league were formed the clubs of the P. N. league which Joined would forfeit their franchise money, and would be outlawed by the National agreement. Lucas has never favored Salt Lake in any way, and, Indeed, has shown a disposition to be unfriendly, and It is to be hoped that he will not be -'the nrvG M.nt nf t V j. Ubbiia nMt vur Hill work did not seem to meet with approval ap-proval of the fans of Salt Lake, who thought that he was lamentably lax in the protection he gave the clubs of the league from Jumping players and other of his duties. The cases of Roche of the Butte club and Fred Weed, who played third base for Salt Lake until the last of the season, have not been forgotten. Then, too, the umpires selected by Lucas Lu-cas were anything but satisfactory. "Slats" Davis was the only one whose work could be commended at all. For these reasons the fans of Salt Lake want to see Lucas retired from the head of the Pacific National organisation. organisa-tion. The, meeting of the P. N. magnates will be called for some time in January at Spokane. Charley Reilly Is reported to be coming to Salt Lake next week to consult the directors of the Salt Lake club. |