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Show . BUTTE TEAM HERE FOR CLOSING SERIES The Butt team arrived from Boise on Monday evening- to play the closing series In Salt Lake with the Salt Lake team. They were a 3ay ahead of time, aa the Elders cannot get here from Spokane Spo-kane until tonight, but the Miners felt . that they would rather be in Bait Lake than In Boise. They will limber up at Walker's field this afternoon, and th first game of th aerie will be played on Wednesday at 1 o'clock. J Win at Pocattllo. Vlrhe Salt Lake horsemen who went to Pocatello to attend the races at the State fair . returned home on Monday and were weU satisfied with their trip. Tom McCoy captured first In the Sunday's Sun-day's special trot and wace for named horses with his Kangaroo. Diana Wats and Hymn, both owned here, each captured cap-tured a first and a second In th running run-ning events. Th Ogden horsemen were even more successful than their Salt Lake brethren. The gentlemen who returned re-turned report that many of the Idaho owners will enter their horse in the races to be held here during the Stat fair. . . Shaffer Sold to Boston. It is reported from Spokane that Sunny Jim Shaffer, wao held down the first sack for Butt most of the season, and who was disposed of to Spokane, has been sold outright to th Boston club of the American league. It seems from this that th sal to Spokane was only for the rest of the season, and that next year Shaffer will be in big league company. The fans will" miss him greatly, as he is a great favorite on account ac-count of bis wit on th coaching lines and his unfailing good humor. As to whether Shaffer can make ' good in American league company is yet to be seen, but be is a most valuable man to any team. |