Show iDeAS fiNDS t SOURCE OF THE RUMOR former t former Helena Newspaper NewspaperMan I 5 Man Han Responsible j SomeI Some I League Gossip 4 L 5 president William H. H Luc Lucas and John of at the Union Baseball astion as as- tion have been busily engaged dur dur- jg J the past two days in an effort to the source of or a telegram sent fr Edmonton Canada to various if cities fe ties in th the Union circuit stating that the tb Union plan would be dropped by and McCloskey and that an In In- i league including Montana 1 M iM Canadian cities is to bo be formed i tid i k Ii Mr r. r McCloskey and I have havo been try try- Int t hard to find the source of or such ot t II said pid Mr Luc Lucas when questioned oa th the subject this morning Wo We Wo have haveit i It now now It appears that a a. certain sport sport- r who bo drifted about tho the country coun coun- try irr under an alias landed at Helena I eme months ago and immediately boia be bo- ia throwing ng cold water upon our plans I f H HU nanie name is B. B A. A La Roux Raux and the i luLl 1 tinder which is and has been work work- I 1111 Is B E. E A A. Le La Roy Boy He loft Helena i jad id d went to Edmonton On the mt lent this telegram from Edmonton to toi i certain Butte newspaper ne Letter received d here dat dated d Butte 3rd signed lays ays he and Lucas went vent to and Edmonton to organize In In- onal league If It you want dope tin n furnish umi h S l telegram came caine into th the hands bands t John J. J at Butte and lie latter r wired Le Te Ro Hoy as follows follos forward the fake fac letter Jotter you ou nITe jare in jour your possession supposed to hare re como come from mew mc Butt But to 0 is iu in jEt the thel l' l ion association to tay stay Both the thc Lc Le Roy Ro and are now in the thc hands of Pres Pres- dent tnt eat Lucas in tin tins this s el city t. t first news from the he front bearing u upon n the thc report that Dick Cooley has bas lien over 01 tho the Helena o iu lion association RF conies comes from the thea en II a of Ed sporting editor of i be Kansas City Journal Cocbrane in j e of February 11 says pays Dick Coole Cooley one of tho wise wisest t ba base base- c. c Jl 1 men linen men in tics the country former mana mana- of f the Louisville club and for SC sev- sev 9 I 1 Tears rears owner owner and manager of the thc p eka ka b club dub of the Western league and ande astern e tern association is not o g-o going n to main out of the thc garno gamo amo Although Dick S id d his bis Topeka holdings last fa fall and rent eat enton on the stage he is if going right L k on T the coaching line Jine 3 again in this rill The popular major ex-major leaguer was in II Kan MB City yesterday or on hi hill bitt way to where here he will open a vaude vaude- audel l ie nn j engagement Sunday aft afternoon and long enough Dough to tell of hi his hh new lab It Jt is tb the one located at Helena Most oat in the tho Union league loague a It new cir cir- nit cult t in in which John Job former er of tho Milwaukee brewers is interested The deal for tho the Helena club was Willy In con consummated yesterday when hen k w received ed a letter from business Ben e or oft that city cit saying saving the club was and for him to sign his lila players and prepare for the rie season son schedule which W open about the 1st of May Ia being We tf te because of late sprin springs in in the s rth Th There rc were ere several serral men after the Helena ena club including T JacK Jacl c 0 OConnor O'Connor JUana manager cr of n. n the St St. Louis browns ns jut but t Cooley ooley says pays he had no trouble landfA land aill S fA t Se Cooley believes tho the H Helena club will willI I paying proposition and that the fit league uc will prove a success The The- J interested have havo not had bad good ih H in in many years P ToI and the they are tf teady dY tt to support rt the proper kind John L on one of the organizers of the I H J league Tie wu will have bare avo the Butte Buto franchise I I Bill Bill JOyce a veteran on the thc diamond I wll have ono one of th the clubs Coote Cooley looley ba Jias a six ab li weeks weeks' trip to e through the south louth on a vaudeville iJo circuit and will wiH sign some somo players in int t H He may appear on the here before before going goin to Ut Helena l na Jack Cody and Hugh Hush Kellackey Ke appear to have havo gotten otten into tir first tangle over n a ball player tU re i Martin the pitcher who accepted Se ise t has baa signed d a n conS conr con con- S et with th Hal Ch Chass r Ithe p. p boy manager New e York ork r The con con- v re has hall which arif over O the bt to Martin s 's erv services eeli will ill y he e carried arn fl to th thc tho national baseball mission S r Martin had K 1 no eon oon- I t rt with K be hc i is aid said to have ban yB 6 terms and the ci Tad lse har mailed tl ilE-tl him a con can C While WhIle th the contract was wa in r fl of delivery deh Hal IIRI Chase ChaM showed howd PD forth orth p. p in and Stockton where Martin holds nd v Martin the thc contract ere him by Chase lt fJ H It 11 it that liat there thre i is also another Player i tyer whom hat has anti and hasn't t i d. d ft is Bill 1 Goodman n the hard hud Lake Lakee e left fielder r of th the thc 1909 Salt cC team IS notT wit with It the thell I ll Ii Jn In in the tho California Winter ue e the tlC report rt went forth D' D dB by that n had hal heu heeti S hUs Now Bert MarS Mar Mar- Good Goodof of t IS cit city tro Produces a letter from ie b has n 11 whIch h tho the latter states that with not not wen even accepted t terms d t B Q Good au that he lie tat know where he 3 anti and nl that league club b h has also ahl I Louis a ft has bas sold old hint to t the hc st St. A Americans I |