Show May Drop Boise From the League The news coming from the northern portion of the Intermountain league circuit today is that the Boise team will either be dropped or strengthened and supplied with a new manager A Helena story of last night states that Boise has been a financial failure but this can scarcely be credited for the simple reason that Boise has drawn well in fact as well as any city in the circuit The whole trouble at Boise appears to be that the fans there are disappointed pointed over the methods of one Con manager of the tIle team has indeed made a a. flat fiat failure of his work and for some reason or other the fans have not taken to him from the outset One fan at Boise writes that wild west show in tho the North V Northwestern stern league has started him himoff himoff himoff off wron wrong in Boise When the lea league ue w fris was s yet in its infancy infancy infancy in in- fancy Boise was unusually slow in c corning com coming corn corn- m. m in ing forth with the money whereas in informer informer informer former years rears it had always been amon among the first to come through The fans appear to want baseball but there is no denying the fact that there has been something lamentably wron wrong somewhere some some- where and this something has nas not leaked out as yet vet I Boise is a good little baseball town I but hut the fact remains that it is situated I in the wrong location geo geographically Railroad fares are the tho one great bone of contention in a sma small league and the gate receipts all along have been too sma small to warrant the trip to Boise THE TELEGRAM has taken this view from the outset and does at this time At that however if Boise had been given anything like a two one team team it would still be in the running Local fans will anxiously await the result of Fridays Friday's league u meeting in Butte The dropping of Boise can be bo said a whole lot more easily than done Where will the league secure another city ity to take the tho place of the Idaho town towns 7 O Ogden den would have been a good goodtown goodtown town earlier in the season but at this stage of the game it is unlikely that Ogden would put iu in a a. team One Ono of the other Idaho towns might come como in but hut such changes take time timo and some shrewd baseball engineering The Boise Bois Evening News has this to say pay v of the success of J Joo 00 Marshall in Boise Although Marshall arshall worked on the stock company proposition for three days he discovered ered after carefully goin going going go go- in ing over oyer the situation that it would be impossible to raise any money mODey from local fans who arc are already into the tho game ame far enough nough and amI did n not t care to take any risks The Tho plan llan under which Marshall all attempted to operate was to to- secure four business men of the city to take worth of stock stolk in a company compan which would back the Boise club Marshall Marshall Marshall Mar Mar- shall to take the position of player- player manager while a all funds were to bo be handled by the stock stolk members or their representative Althou Although h the most influential in in- baseball enthusiasts were approached ap rip- it was soon discovered disco that while they are arc greatly interested in tho game and the homo team they did not care to buy stock It was discovered by ly Marshall that lo local al fans were very anxious to see him take over the tho Coyotes and anti manage them for the balance of tho the season So pressing pressing press press- in ing were were the time supporters of baseball I who who wIo are personally acquainted with Ironic Home Run Joe and his work ork as well as his reputation as a great baseball baseball player in their demands to have Marshall Marshall Mar Mar- shall take over o the tho management of the home club that lIe he realized the supporters sup sup sun porters of th the national game ame are standing standing stand stand- in ing behind the Coyotes and that good mana management can yet tt bring them into line for the penn pennant nt The cash receipts of the club for forthe the time home games were all that any manager man ager aJer ask and anti there proved to be every indication that the support here was was was' very creditable These facts determined determined de de- de Marshall to take over the club and he ho left for Butte with that purpose pur pur- pose in iii view Lucas Is Willing President Lucas who is familiar with the baseball situation in this city stated in a letter sent to Marshall that I he is willing to have the latter relieve reHe of the mana management ement as it seems necessary that some change should be made He offered Marshall an ami option on the team Marshall stated that ho lie would accept the maua management ement providing there is no indebtedness ha hanging hang haig- ing over o the time club and that he is given givena a n free footing with the balance of the managers ers |