| Show LUCAS IS COMING hERE President of ot Pacific Will DI ul W H n Lucac Lue I of or the National baseball league leRINc U Is du duo due to ar arvo jive vo In Bait Salt Lake tills tub evening and will probably remain here hr for or n it couple of ot days W to t local affairs It U Is expected that he tie will also confer center Iller with Olden Ogden ball bail tans fins with a it view low to 10 rolling getting 1 that town In the league for tor next i aion Mr Sr Lucas line has always been favorable to 10 o Salt Bait Lake and Ogden arid and would like Ilka to hao them both b lh In the In Iny y ef It the for th tM the leap league In ij 1 te nt IM nl w at nt Spokane President said A Ai Aa r regards our plans ilana for tor next Tear rear that Is I to be determined The P N L Ij 1 will rill next s season lealon ason however ant nl thero there S will mil lib be six It x clubs club in th the field fUld Four Faur of at clubs clab will jellS b be Spokane Salt Bait Lake Uko LakeS S Dutto and ond The rhe two tro y yet t to b bo be selected 1 bu be Vancouver will un ou bt bl ono onu of them will be b numerous implications before the tha tarts and wo wilt will havo a U good fl nold 1124 d to 10 Chogo from AllY Any I is y to hava to trans for far No a club c during the season nalOn and the Iho i P N L has hu set act no precedent In that thit The hasty hy action of or Helena and nd a Tacoma was wu uncalled for and hal they thy informed mo me In time Ume I could have placed the franchises In other towns with without without out any trouble When I 1 loft left for tor the Iho south louth everything looked I easy euy sailing and I anticipated no trouble Had I been In iii Tacoma I 1 believe I could have averted the tha withdrawal of 01 that club dub Start Hurt was nas willing to stay atay with his bis hi California had not the theother theother theother other two tw owns dropped out That set Ie tle the matter and ho felt that he had but little hope In remaining Th The Zhe tal ment mode made by b tacoma that th the club dub thero th ro dill did not know whether Dugdale or myself was Wal running the league Jesue Is II noticing nothing but r t When Dug dale heard of the tho of ot the tho Helena team he lie thought ho he could see a 11 good place for the Tacoma team that week and knowing I south fouth wired Ired the Tacoma Iacoma club dub advising It to 10 play nt at Vancouver It was wn merely n a 1 suggestion and was 1114 meant for tor nothing more It II would hava have been done by b any of ot the managers who lieS 1111 the tho leagues Interests at heart hearl and thought ho had a 0 chance chanco to bettor better the tho conditions condition I It eus 01 but an excuse nt at which the Ta Tacoma 1 coma club grabbed with feverish haste hast and DM made condo the most out of at It they thU could The club there had mado malo up liB Its mind to withdraw from the league and nn hey he took this thill its All a tho accented time theta The Jho whole thing van III ae transacted warning naming or noice to so that I had hall no time lime to gather Rather ho ends ani le io them th m on BO Bomo mo convenient post 1011 The league next year nar will wilt he ha solid and strong We Wo will have every eef privilege Granted by b notional national association protection lion tion I have received n a telegram from Secretary Farrell stating that the con true trac with our players would tell nil be Ill respected and an that the league next year ear will 1111 leave have Its right unimpaired I have hn been pretty closely Informed on the of the association and RM be Le believe believe lieve that the Cot Const league will hot hll git given en protection next j ar Ir This Hole can oon be given Iven them In every city except Seat Seattle Seattie tie tle Dugdale still holds tho Ihl franchise there and ns as long icing ns as the P 1 N L I line has A team In Seattle the tho P I C L I cannot get fel admittance I jus lus wired Farrell Karrell a communication on that score and It IL Is Ia mv In opinion that tIme the Seattle franchise on tho the league lugue may mav bo be shifted to Tacoma for tor next t year giving un ue u full control In Seattle |
