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Show irCLOSKEY'S BUTTE TEAM "COnETlIEXT Butte . Showing at -Boise Means That Salt LaKe ; ; Must Hustle. Th Butt niovntaon, ttndsr tko able laaderahlp of "Honest John" McOlo gay, forahnrebuj teagu aianair, will arrlT la tbo city toalfbt to opsa g le-an-fam aerie wita Blaakamahlp'i akyacr apart at Cool park tomenro-w atomooa. Bun aad Salt La k are tied for gexoaa placa a a mult of th 11 "" e i , I . J I I "HOrTBST JOHN' M'CXOBKTT. tnt week 'I play. Bntta won four eat of tlx timet from Bolt atut Bait Laka did Uk twist to Mlaaoula, so tbat there should b keen rivalry la try eontaot this wot. . , , IdeCloskey hat a good bunch, judging' judg-ing' from Boise reports, and th manner in which hit team ha been nosing out to tb rfoej in th levlh hour of xtrs inning cooteat should mak the kvtcraper tit up aad take potle. Mc('lokcT 't pioetnc on a bait Lake ,1! Bold bat alwayt been ths aubject much merriaief t on thl part of local ns and tbia week will ao doubt, bt ao cxeop tan. ' Seattle ! i f Ven,yuvr .... T -. .- Tscome .... ....,.... 4 ' ' k pnrtlend 4 , .-3 h ,.i. . . a in .2.1 on paper. On the Initial awnk' Joe Foley, a elx-foot youngster from lyvulavllle. Kv-r. Kv-r. .i,,H- wl rnlv etaved In Ihe Blue -e 'V-.-k. m: r. Pnrtlend IJ f Seettie .... .......14 1 Bet terlee Bloom Held and Harrie; Sevrkert. and ". K. H. E Victoria 1 4 Spokane I Bet terlee Sag and Daahwood; Strand aad Hasty. . . . " ' - It H. B. Vanenuver .. , 4 4 Tacoma . ..,' ' Batiarlee Oervel and Lewis; Higglns end p.ime. . ' Grese leegue last summer end made a wonderful record for himself. Hi II I right handed better and Bite lb bad On' the- eerond corner "Nig" Perrine. late of 'the Washington and St. I ul clue. It mere then snakleg gc ed. Through some unfortiinste oln-.ui. nan. .s he has been dropped from tha major leagues, end now. being dowa to bedrock, be meene toieuiees- At ehorieiop Docketed er Is ehosr lag up la wonderful etyle. "Hock't I hitting the bail on the noes and tile gelding, eithooth a Ht'M ragged a yet, ahould '"r'renk Peschbaeh, tbe other cndldet for ehort, te en ell-round plever sod will probe hi y be retained by Mot'loekeV te pley th bench lor the aeeeon. Deenh-hach Deenh-hach le a clean fielder end willing, bill he cennot hit like Docketeder. He plsved ! with the Reglna teem In tha Canadian Twlllahl leasue laat year. Harry Duddy. anotler Ijnutevllle boy. hee been choeen by McCloekey te held down third with the enountmea. Duddy le almeet elx feet letl. weishs It pounds and bet right handed. He haa one- ef the heal arena ever eeen on '" according lo MH Ioefcey. end In addliloc le feet oa hie feet. Duddy was Ihe Ceding Ced-ing third baseman . In the Blu Ores 'nrJ'outnTTt tooke like Frle. Me-thlee Me-thlee and Neieon for reguier Jobe. Ma-Ihlee Ma-Ihlee cam to CeldweU from Ht. l.oula. pevlng hie own. wey. tn be given a trial. He le feet and evjre ea aeider, end in addition he raa bit a greet deal bet- '"Another clever IMtl outfielder artth the sonad almost certain to bold a Jo le Kddle Frlee ef Louisville He ksts talt handed end le one of the fastest men getting get-ting down o Ural beee that Mcfleekey hee ever seen. Frlee bite hard or ran lay down a bunt oquelly well, and he a valuable man to the team. In all. Manager McCloakey le fortified with metertol to moke np a strong leers Tko following -U a inn taercea ss aome of MrClok(r. ' riayerti " A brief eummtry or tboir rtapeetivt abilitiea may be found interesting by taotaaA ;' ' . . . ' In J. W. Hannah, a huaky backitop from Seattle, Mcf lt-skev lelitvot he hat S plarer who will ht a agar of national import. H wa turaed over to Butt by Blt I-eke. Hannah it SI years old, weight 11 pounds tnd est just step under a six-foot mark. Ha bate right headed anl hit hard and often. Hannah ha been playing hall sine ha was old enough to walk, but btt never playtd professional ball before. be-fore. I et vear he plaved with Dilloa and Anaconda and oa bis two appearances appear-ances ia Untie Impressed tb fan with his elever work. Kane, (etiick and Druhot will be the mainstava of Metioekey ' pitching ataA tbia eummT. ..... In Kane, who it a port wieldsr, th manager hat a left-haaded "tpitter." Kane hat been working for two years to overcome the "aaliva ball" aad believe be-lieve h bat teromptiehed tbe trick. Kane ia a tall, lanky veteran with plenty plen-ty of experience. Last year be played with Ihe El Paso team in th south. Be fore teat he bad bee in tb major league. In Bddle Quick McOloekey believe lie will have dependable rleht hand fllnger. Quick rtalme he ie In better shape than he ever has been end hie work up to date atrengthen that belief. Quick le another one on Ihe etaff who la meater of the "epltler'' Beeldre hia awllly ae a pitcher. Quick ie a good hatter and eon slay the outfield. In hut heeebej! cereer he ha been with the Portland. Oakland. Pen Franc! eon. Little Bock end Kelt Leke riuh and waa given a chaac m the n-Jnr leegue. ... .... Frnk Klrsteliler wes the seeding pitcher of last yeer'a Butte e Cy league. Connie Drunea ia a eouthpew pitcher from the Wheeling. W. Ve.. elub. He hee hed all kinds ef experience to back hlrn up. In addition to being a clever mound artist. In order to sign the Wheellns men It wee neceeeery for McCloakey Mc-Cloakey to purchase hie release. , Brown, the Bhehoysan. Whj., right hander. la a medium elsed fllnger. and le credited with wonderful control, whk-h le McCloekey's opinion ia tb biggest asset of any pitcher. . . Th in arid of th mountmeo took good - f |