Show d PU P I ABOUT THE THi PRESIDENCY A A. Missoula dispatch quotes Cliff OUt Blankenship as saying raying that hOhas ho hohas hohas has received a a. letter from Honest Hon est cst John McCloskey spending the tho holidays at his homo home in Louisville Louis Louis- yUle ville lu in which tho the Ogden manager states that ho Ito will accept the th Union association presidency If it it itIs itis itis I Is offered to him Chances are arc that John said Bald that thai very thing for he ho changes his MS mind often In lu a letter lot let ter tor to tho the writer however tho the honest one ona says I will win return to Salt Bait Lake Immediately after tim tho holidays to buy the tho Salt Lake club on which I hold bold an option and then to a assist in tho the organization of an eight-club eight circuit No 0 doubt John would accept the dc dency cl If It he lo Is unsuccessful In landing handing th the Salt alt lake club and ho should make an excellent executive John might also take taka the management of the tho I local ocal club under tho the present owner owner If tr nothing else should happen t to tp come his wa way So far farag faras faras as ag the tho portion of ot It Is s concerned con con- however will belong to the Ogden club chub until January 1 I. I and ho he will not bo be able to dicker with an any oU other r club until after then McCloskey l has several local men Interested with him hire In lu tho ho proposed purchase of tho the local club but inCo his stay slay In Louis Louis- ville vUle It has hao been whispered d. d ho lue has written written writ writ- ten to someone aa saying that ho has now concluded t. t to gain eatn personal and outright control of ot tho ho lt Lako Lake club a IL E. C C. y of or the MIssoula club In commenting on Boise's Boises that Salt T Lako an and O Ogden non drop out of or the tho Union to join lie tho Western State Trl-State says 8 Salt S Lake and Ogden Os could do lint without tho leagues league's consent nightly so Mr fr but hut It Ie tho lie Union does doe not hold a IM league IO meeting i pretty It will have o neither players nor towns The Tho players will soon floon be freo free agents r Happy Jack Jock will wilt probably be returned to Portland lb Ilo Ho was waa sold fold to Cleveland Clevell d. d but tho the Naps had all tho infielders In- In fielders they could US use Chicago Dec Frank Frank a right I handed banded pitcher of tho the San Francisco club lub I of the Coast Ifa league uc toda today forwarded his signed contract to the Chicago Amen Ameri cans cano Ho comes hero as a re result of or the return of name Flame Delhi DeIhl to tho the San Francisco Franeisco club lant year Chicago was given shen Its of or an any player on on the tho team tAm m at the close of gf last season In exchange ex- ex ch change chango ngo for Delhi DeIhl Dell Den tho the big pitcher who was a a. member of tho the Butte Butto team st da-st season will not be with Stovall's aggregation gatlon gation next next season Tho The St. St Louis Nationals Na Na- to which club he belon belongs have loan loaned d him to Seattle for 2913 What hat is declared b by such euch veterans ns as aa asDan Dan Brouthers and Mike Tiernan to havo o been heen the longest hit In iii tho history history his his his- tor tory of baseball was 18 made o oft off Marquard Mar Mar- by Hans 1 Wagner at t the polo grounds rounds In New York ono one day last lut sum Bum flier mer Her Here Her IH is what hat Marquard has to toRay Ray any of tho the hit It J was tho tim lon longest hit hitI I ever saw I was tryinG to waste a ball on the Iho Dutchman and I shot phot It two feet above Q his head But Hans Hana reached It with his mighty club and knocked the ball over o the tho elevated railroad structure on the tho other clde of ot our left dt field fence Never In tho the hIstory or of baseball did pitchers show ro so well well at the tho bat at as this year In tho the National 1 le league ue ev- ev everal eral oral showed themselves to bo be sluggers of ot no mean ability average was as wont went at a a. 32 clip Crandall 31 Mathewson Donnelly Donnell H while RUcker RobInson Rob Rob- Inson and Brennan each cach had an average erDs of 51 Hero Here are arc some of tho the records record made by American lea league e pitchers McConnell Mc Mc- Conn Connell Connelll l Wood 2 O Ford Mul Mul- ul- ul lin 27 Dubuc Plank 67 67 Hall HaU John Johnson and arid Coombs Coombe 5 S SKid Kid Menges the 1912 1312 third baseman with the tho Helena lena club dub says ys Maurice Weiss was ns ne good as 08 his word ord when he offered to o an any man mm on lila hla team learn his release If tr ho did not want to play with the Senators next season 1 n ea asked and got his ticket Now hn he plans to sign IGn with the tle MIssoula club If Salt Satt Lake J-ake Ogden Butte lI Helena and ami Great 1 F ahi- ahi dont don't wake up Cliff Clift will have th tho bao market ct cornered Great Falls Leader |