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Show THE RED SOX GAMES WILL BEPLAYED Boston' Team Will Not Stand for Cancellation of Salt Lake Dates. The Boston Aaarleaa toaw teeae, eoBmonlw kaown as "tha Bostoa red sox," win be seen U action again a local team after aU. Owner Dick Oooley of too Salt Lake team in tbe Voloa lsavs raesBtly caooeled tint tad box games originally achcrlalool for Tnea-day Tnea-day an4 Wednesday on aeeotmt of bis laablUtr to secaxs satlafartory park. Be has sines come Into receipt of a wire from Tip O'NaU, booking agent for tha Boston elnb. In which be la Informed that Salt Lake will kavs to Ilva Tp to Tti contract mtlt tas Td : ox- Oooley annoonced this BMrning, tbsrav fore, that he had held a conference with Coach Fred Bennies) ef the University of Utah and that aa a resalt the games would be played on Oommingi aald as sehsdnlsd next Tuesday and Wednesday. Wednes-day. Last eight's rain added considerable ' to the mud puddle at Walker's fleld sad Manager Cliff Blankenship ia there, fore at a lose to know where to work out his colts, who are reporting ia bunehce of two aad three every day. As it is, the recruits will have to content con-tent themselves with doing light work ia one or two drr spots of the Walker's lot oatleld. Blankenship stated this morning thnt tf enough of his boys get in by Sunday he will line them up aa beet possible aad play aa exhibition gsme with Murray at the smelter city unday. LEAtKTB NOTE. Three more recruits were added to . Blankenship ' list yesterday ia the persons of C. Perkins, catcher; F. . C'ordtz, outfielder, end D. Driseoll, , pitehcr. "Fat" Hicks, second basemsa, and "Shinf" Harmon, outfielder, the '"fence breakers" of last year's Idaho Falls club, are ia the city and have signed with Manager Blankenship for a try out. Both of these boys can clout the bait and it would aot be at all surprising to see one or both of 'them make good. - ' The men who have reported to Manager Man-ager Blankeaahip -than far are: Hummel, Hum-mel, Norgaa, Has sen. Mackse and Driseoll, Dris-eoll, pitchers; Perkins, Hicks sad RchimpnT, infleldere, aad Cordts aad Harmon, outfielders. "Slim" Hunt, the former Belt Lake pitcher, will be ia Rait1 Lake Taesday and Wednesday with the Bostoa elnb. Hunt pitched a portioa si a gams for Beaton againet Sacramento the other day aad, among other things, "pickled" "pick-led" the ball over the right field feaee for a home run. Ths Helena Independent is sntbority for tbe statement that "Maurice Weiss, ths aew elnb owner, 4s a credit te th league snd a maa who will go the limit." The Great Falls psper say the same for their president, Mr. Peckover. A dispatch from Milwankee says: Joha J. NeCloskey is after pitching ma- terial from Wisconsin. H wired today for Pitcher Brows, who last year worked for tbe Sheboygsa team. The offer is so good that arrangement hay beea made for Brow to go to Batte to play oa MeCloskey "s new Union league team. This from the Great Tails Leader: Preaidsnt Peekover and Maaager George Reed of th Great Fa'W baseball team ef th Union league today closed a deal with the city park board for th aa ef Block Eagle park ae the grounds on which th homo team will play p-Doasnte p-Doasnte In games this season. Th park ft eae well suited to a baseball field, ad work of lsying out th diamond aad patting it ia proper eoaditoa will ' start at oaee. President Peekover today to-day announced th acceptance by F. B. Tea De Putte of the office ef custodian custo-dian ef the $ 10.000 bond put up by W. H. Lucas, preaidsnt of ths Union leagu. to laser the faithful perform ance of his duties. Ths Boiss Statesman has ths following follow-ing oa ths progress being msd en Boise' sew park: Th constrsetion ef tbe grand stand at th aew park for . th irrigator was commenced Taesday. Ones the footings srs in pise President Code states that th grand ataad win be built slowly, as ths eeseret) must be gives time t Bet. Th preparing f th gmaad for the plvT ia going steadily on. Th big score board which ia to be built ia deep center field will be 100 feet long bv twenty feet wide. It ia te be inscribed with fignr four-tee four-tee inches high. W. K. Pierce A Co. expect to offer e city lot te aay player who knock a ball over the score board. A the board will be ever 400 feet ' from th home plate. Manager Keller ky state that th player who earns a city lot will be Immediately sold te the big "Billy" Davis, th stocky HtU third bacms of th Denver Laxue team, whe mad ach a hit whil that team plavad her ia ISO, f t receive a tryoot with Vernon In the Coeet league. Dvis wa recommended te Hga bv 'Boy Wtliet. th Vernon p tcher and teammnt ef Davie en the lieiS Lexa , team. "Blabb" Irby. the sew Helena crab manager, la in Butt lookiag for ball niavera. |