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Show BILL OB IN TOWN. "BUI" On. "bif aa a kewee," la TlalUnf in the city with hla old chum and roommate. "Bill' Mot gan. Orr la certainly looking the picture of good health, and when the wise Connie Mack gets hla peepers on the former Bait leak tar he la not very apt to lot hla get away without a thorough try-out. try-out. With, perhape, just a little pnllahlng. thare seems to he no reav son why Orr should not stay In tha big show, end Connie Mack haa said aa much. B1U la fortunate. Indeed, In-deed, to get a chance with Mack, for Cornelius la keen for faat, bright looking young star Orr haa been playing considerable winter ball In California and says he a la good conditio. If Orr does not remain at Philadelphia he can be "farmed" to any club othar than Sacminento by the AUUetlca e Orr telle oa a good Joke on our friend. Ctrl-k DflTereeux Brtc-tc le mansains the Tart (Cal l club, and made auch s hit that tho fans there presented him with a handsome gold watch. On tbe day when Brick was presented with tbe watch he cam up In a pinch, with two on. and a run badly needed. The signal for a eq usees was gtren. Everybody atarted. nut (nick etood omtlonleaa and permitted tbe umpire to call Ih third one on htm Orr nays Brick "fumed." but local fan will stake a waasr that wasn't all. A Seattle paper inform it reader that Denny Shay, "the old Hettl rsren-er, rsren-er, hea been made menarer of tha Hel- ena elub.' No, no! The Helene manager man-ager la not a has been. He le a real tire wire. The rteattle roper has the : Helena man .-onfosed with Danny Shea- a a a "Ueieer Dell haa not et signed hi" Heat tie oontrget. e a a The Helena dlretere want a new nickname nick-name for their team. They are going to give a seseon pass to the fan auggeettng s better name than "Senators." e a a Have Byrd haa signed hla Helena con- i tract for 1913. e e Manage- McCloakey says he la going f" try out every good youngster in the eity. ststn aod Rocky mountain region who wanta a chance. a a Another llluatrstlon that John McClos key Is on.- of the beat hearted fellows In neiBeball. If approached In the proper manner: Yesterday M'C)oskey received s letter from President K C Mulronev of the league. Informing htm that while he (McCloekeyl has a clear title to the owroership of Outfielder Harry Thompson, Thomp-son, he fMulroney would rsximinend thai Mac permit the plever to return tot , Helena "for thr good of the game." Mc- j Closkey wired his concurrence Immadl-; ately. When Maurice Weiss stepped down and out at Helena last fall he handed all of tha boys a release Among them, of course, was Thompson Reeog- , nixing that Thompson la a good msn, Mr noekev signed him Hluce Danny Mhay : has taken bold at Helena things have taken a different turn and t hat city ' I wants Thompson back M Closae says i I they can have blm. a . a Pitcher Cfeorge Blttroift lie been; i handed en unconditional release bv Man - ' ager MrCloikay The toeal manager j feels that he s pot able to pay BHU-oIfT, the salary he la entitled to. and. at the player s requeet, naa made htm a free I s;ent j Chick Traaer. mentioned ae a poeslble , manager for Butte, wrltea stating that he ia open for s Jib In thia neck of the woods, preferring to remain tn the west, where he is interested. Kraser owns the Ridge ranch at Falls City. Ida. Chick slso stste that it was "the younger '"nick Frsser" who has hem made man-aer man-aer uf the pitt ile ll Hub. not he. lra-eei lra-eei managed I c ntur i at aaaeon. a a J. . Harlow, a manager from tne r kanaac - ' .' league is mentioned aa posalhle leoiajr for the Bakei City tea J of the Weetern Trl-8tate. afaek Huator, HHena'a manase, In Itef. noul l like to i-omc taeek but LNinnv Shaj Im.iI iti.n to i Jm k tP living in p-ati iMun'o. Ttka Helen. le.d-peridVnt Toe ;dea of i'ie(.t ) .,i - hi,., Lewletown atipportlng jointly clu i In tb. I uinn tSSoClStlop hi! not be iikon klndl; bv ihe e.tp!e in Kergua oouut Manager I If est i and toe iir t Kails nioguia favor tin Ides of ll.f learn being thus anpportml. ind have games played ! both cities. 1 Lewis town is too good a bisebntl toeii to warm up to thl proposition. Tha fan . want a team, u too one, and do rot want e nd teum to represetit another -it as w il as Lewi a town at ine eame time If . ' wanta 'o apllt up with some town they wll aom ee that their neUlon will in- a loat one if t'lay entertain ideas ihat lwistown vil fail for their bunk, -Minings Journal Helena. F " Little is known if the Helena leum. or tan be predicted at prarcnt. ae Hhj baa nsver bean heie be fore and deelsrea that the chamea of a I newcomer In a league in iim1n)i writ ui t ! piubb matl.-al He .imr expecting to hjgve i : Mime aveUablt' men from last year, but with the .tlam.it finish of (he team. Manilla's Man-illa's Weise g,te all Ma men their itaauball ji(edoni in 1kh ulii-re i hey pleaaed. iji'iIr-ley, iji'iIr-ley, Bryan ntnl Hyrd were the only ones I woo rt uia 1 tied (j Ithful and stuck t the J ship. Thonip!'"n. It U reputed, h.is re i nently elgnerl a M 'loakey cesitrael. Tbe I new mi'iage). however;, nHr, ire.t.fV sent I Severn) cotitt aetN ,lo men whom he nave "will lie a any uu In the I'plou league j etati Janl and a III inaturtall sli engiTien Helens." More gratifying to the new manager than any other phase of the baseball situation In Helena Is the conduct con-duct of the fans themselves. They sre of the opinion that the Helena Baeeball company com-pany used rare discretion In selecting Shay and ate becking their Judgment with voluntary vol-untary subscriptions. As yst no solicitor has been aent out to raise funds for the team, and IKiO haa been subscribed With the forfeit money already safelv deposited ssslnst the account of ths tsars, the people feel asaured of getting results, and with s atari which has never before been attained financially by Helena, the late start of the team Itself seems recompensed recom-pensed a a a Clifton Blankenahlp. manager of the Missoula base-bail team, announces that hla outtli will prepare for the season's, frsy st Provo. ('tah. Ths men who are to compose the team, and several score ef others, will report direct at Provo six weeks before the aeaaon opens. e a Los Angeles, Feb. St "I have de- elded to refuse the cnV reel off ered mt hv Charia W .Mur-pii. president of the Chicago Chi-cago Cube," aaid Orval Overall last even Ing "1 hsve asked to be traded, and Murphy has answered that he has beer, unable to make s deai for my ssrvises. In spite of the fact that he offered me $400" s year 1300 more than I was getting when I waa forced out of baseball by Murphy. 1 shall remain in Lee Ansele snd. acting on the advice of prominent b.s. ball men. will prapere a correspond -ence course in the art of pitching ' e e e Butte, Mont.. Feb. ?: ftdwaxd C Murph resigned from the Butts TJnlon league baseball club last night and aa nmsjifsd he aouM hse nothlag mors to do with It He nleo presented the reelg- ni Ion of Director W A- Wlllo'ufhbr Iniinedi-iieiv on aereptano of the reels test set is Oa ner Welah put up ths bat-an't bat-an't of tin ItHtai forfeit to flnlah ths eaa son. and at iicup ed lie would get th' placer- together se feel aa poaaible. It looks nmv I ke the troubles of the Butte eluh are -er. Many redone hase an nounee.t fielr wlplnsneee tomboy tha fr.tn.-'ilee hut W.tlh ha the money end In. Ilnallon to be tbe Rotie notno. Mm self 1 Ate List nlahl frtenda of Murphr sal' I be was inveatteratlne? whether Walsh had a'tuaJh pi'i uf the f.n felt and If that had not hern done Murphv e.oujd make ap-plleatioti ap-plleatioti ! PreaMent E C Mulronev or lbs transfer of ths Butte Union leeeue franH'iiat la himself as he has the for-fell for-fell --eMilv and Itie players where he can Ret them Sew fork Feb, ;.- Teu of the Hew V 'k Aneil'-in le'au- b.iH players sailed tf...i for tb-inuitia The reel of the - i i ol w ill lea e Mar- h 1 see '"1 eve' and, F-h S3 Th.- first detach-meni detach-meni .f the Cb-veland American league l.saebei' lob .ieo.it ee.t to.i on the sooth Vrn trelnine ftp. Inr'u.ied hs the SaWtF era the v... - nna ole. Turner, Orstte'. S'-'t, diet Bi-tnd'Mtr (ind Belts, an oot- 0-1,1 le.inlt T first stage of the Ira'i'l"- ae.iM will be petit st Pen - , - cola, Kla lFTPOIT. FaJi. K Msnsser IsalgTi .ten nine- ot the Detrt-'t Xine'.'ane. left lie 'tuls With tb flr-t imrt of pay-f,.r pay-f,.r the foulbei I'lt'olr' camp Sf ri.'foo.-l ilia-. pUchera Mi.,, and I ikf i "i b.i i -o. rtu-b w-t a the voter- nnrnen aneln- lb- ttdv Jen-' ninai t tlidt t niti.iraf i"ohb and r-awf--t an.t Rtt-hee Tbue will hg (w H,. n-M ,v t,,rh t i, dsHijaed th 1 t, in .,:,K,. I," fMrlha .iTires, , ., . ..i., .,... 1 1 t KrAf"ei ce) either aecept PreaMe- i N..'-lr, , terms or i remain out of baseball. |