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Show BLANKENSHIP SAYS THE MISSOULA TEAM WILL REPEAT IN '13 Missoula's New Sec y i.r , v 51 Believes Race Will Be Between Be-tween Missoula and Salt Lake. PICKS GREAT FALLS AND HELENA FOR LAST Missoula Club Elects Secretary Secre-tary to Succeed E. C. Mulroney. MISSOULA JtfonU J 2S.M-oulft 2S.M-oulft will repaat. Tha only contender ! for too pennant that IwaiMit this tirno U Salt La-. If Butto laodi Kid Mohler for maaaer, l club t1 uinu. Without a flrrt claao manager, I do not look for Butto to bo In tho running.' ' la these word. Cliff IK lilankenalitp. manager of the Mieaoul elub, alud up tht )H8 V'aioa aaaoriat.ua pennant race todav, Illatikruahip it in the city for a couple of dava coufrrnny with rreal-dent rreal-dent lruirh Campbell" and ether owner o( I lie local club relative to plana lor tiie coming season, hlankeusnip a of the opinion the Misauula elub will be stronger than last year. He also figure that Melt lke will have a stronger club. The other elube in the league will not be aa strong aa they were. "la making this furrcet 1 am guided by the condition of S rlube at tlua time." explained ItlanFonehip. "Any of the elulisfcan lie strengthened strength-ened and thereby Uw't tho dope.'' Mauager lllanken&bip looks for Ilol-eha Ilol-eha and threat alla to Jtg:ht it out for the cellar rhaitrpiouship. Great Knlls lias released all ita beat player and will endeavor to get along with a team under un-der the managership of First Baaemaa Hester, i.onditioie are much the same at Helena, lilankenthip declared that before Wries gave up tha club, he let moat nf hia beat men go- Thin meaas that Huelaman, who arill prubably maa-age maa-age the elub, will hava to scout around fur an eulire new team. Manuger Hlankeunhip doea not kaow wbero tho Missoula ball team will traia. Tlie men will be ordered to report about March Hy that time hlankenahip hgurra tha schedule will be about up, and it will be definitely known whether wheth-er the league eirruit will eoinprina aix or eight cTiiba. If Missoula opens the aeaaon in the north the team will train here. If, oa tha other hand, the team open in tha aouth, then the team will likely train ia Halt l.ake. " VVhilo I do not kaow, I look for Mieeoula to open the season in the south, probably Malt Lake," doclured Hlankensliip. ''I ata basing this opinion en tho fact that wa opened at home last year. If we do open la tha south, the bora will probably train at Lagoon." I haognon and Tobin are the only holdouts of the Missoula team. As far aa t.'hanguon and Tobin are roaoerned, Fllankemdiip doclares that he expenta to hava their cuutracts, too, before the team reports. Aa 4ira of this year's lineup ean be gathered from 4 he following men that lllnnkenshlp has signed: Catchers, Roberts, Rob-erts, Hlankenahip and .Moore; pitchers, Navarre. Lynn, itrnoks and Smith; (rat base, t'armaa and Trekell; second base, Perrine end Henu; third base, Chang-Don Chang-Don and Mengea; shortstop. Carpenter; outlluldera. Hanaey, Tobin, O'llare, Huffman Huff-man and Dachbarh. The direetora of the local baseball association met yesterday and derided at once upon Mr. Kennedy aa tha beat possible eueeenaor for K. C. Mulroney. Missoula people will be delighted at the news. Mr. Kennedy is well known and well liked by the whole city. Ha has an enviable 'standing here and has always been actively interested ia baseball base-ball in Missoula. He haa already begun to lay plana for the season and will get in touch with Manager Hlankenahip aud l're.ident ampbrll nt otoe. A lot of routine work must be dune before the season opens and Mr. Kennedy plans to urt.,a t ae ooii as possible. That he will do his work well is eertaln. |