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Show President l.us of th t'nfon aMKvIa -tiun return) to tin It Lsk today sfir straightening out the Mlaaoula ten ma (rouble. "Thrn la no ron-r s,ny duubi that th lea ue will flnim. In finr hap." "Id Prfstdent Lues. , "The trouble at Mlaaoula has Ivon aettlM aattafartortly and the fans there aeemed anxious for baaebail. Miaaou a. In fact, ia on of the beat ball town on the circuit tinder normal nor-mal renditions and I lock lor Rood support sup-port there." Prealrtent Uuraa was aaked about the rharire that Oreat rails had nroken faith with tlie other. Huh by ex rcllns; the aalarv limit. I could not dla una that." he repllnd. "The talk about thrit waa lU advlaed and ran do no Bod. Nothing anyway f-ould be done until un-til the directors meet here next month-" "The wonder la that the Inveatlajatlon of Reed salary limit waa not made Ion ho. If it la dels, red tint ft after the avhed-ule avhed-ule la pla-ei out there wl'l he a hot time in little old Halt I -ah when the leaxue maa-natea hold their meettna; next month. That's a safe bet."' commented the Capl-tal Capl-tal .News of Boise tn Its Tuesday issue, and ifintlnulna;, said: "President Lucas is now at Great Falls and It Is hinted his mission is an invest Icat Ion of the rhanres sfalnnt that Huh. It Is stated (hat should Oreat Falls have Its percent -age rut oT the fans there will throw up their hands In disgust and refuve to support sup-port a rlub next year. Th trouble la the hinted in vest Is. t Ion eonies too late and Great Falls fans staled that if one Is mad It should have been done months ago. H has been persistently ofntk4 out In this eolumn that if there was anything to tha charges President Lucaa should hare conducted an Investigation earlier In the season and made the resultpubllc. j He must have heard them and MTlosky. i who has been on the trail of Reed, la tardly the kind that would not have ept the president Informed. There will be mighty little satisfaction to either Butte or Halt Lake, the two nearest cluhe to Oreat Falls, being awarded the pennant pen-nant Juat heratiee the Reed birds had violated a clauee in the bylaws and could not hold the bunting won through tho violation: It Is safe to aay that even the I'nlon association flag Is not ao great a prise that club ar willing to grab It any old way." "President Cody recelend word from Kellarkey yeeterday that Whllton and Cnmellue have both been released and that Stone will be out of the geme for seme time with a badly Injured ey." eaye th Boise Ktatreman. "Mr. Cody statee that It was neceeaary to release Cornellue and Whttton to keep under the salary limit. He says that Whltton and Cornelius were not going well. It Is believed be-lieved that tha loea of Slone will cripple the team conalderably for tha reat of thla week. Kellackey state In hie let- ter that Hume's eye was injured when he was hit by a batted ball." Thoe playful cube are Sure the selfish little r.iscals. Just aa the giants were celebrating with their lead In the National league the Chicago team tumbled them down to second place yeeterday. Richie was too strong for the New York batsmen. bats-men. Pittsburg's defeat at Philadelphia put the plratea down another notch from the top and the cardinals' loss at Brooklyn Brook-lyn put them far enough behind Phllsdel. phis to dampen Rt. Louis hopes. Pittsburg Pitts-burg opens a series today at New Tork and Chicago moves over to Brooklyn. The Oregon Short Line juniors lost to the cemetery Independent baseball team yesterday afternoon at Liberty park, the score being I to I. Cushing and Farrow formed the Independent battery, while Crow ton and Cox did honors for the O-S. O-S. L'a. , It Is rumored that Connie Mack win quit as manager of the athletics If they win the pennant this ysar and will become be-come president of the- team, directing It as Charley Comlskey doea the Chicago white sox. Mack's health la nok very ood and he want to retire soon. If he oes retire It Is llksly that Harry Davis will manage the club and will not go to Cleveland. |