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Show LEAGUE LEADERS PLAY IN Zl Salt Lake, July 23. Missoula will open a week's series with the Salt Lake Skyscrapers this afternon at 3:30 at Cooloy's ball park. These teams aro leading the league and tho series should be tho best in the "Union association as-sociation this year. Blankei3hlp brought his "colts" to Salt Lake yes-torday yes-torday morning from jthe Junction City, where they had a successful scries scr-ies with McCloskey's bunch. In the series between Missoula and Salt Lake a month ago Blunkenship had the best of It. If Missoula gets in the lead in the percentage column It Is likely that Blankenshlp will have tho champlou- ship for his team this year, as he will open next week at Missoula for a four weeks' series. I Dick Cooloy is bargaining with sev- eral .baseball magnates for Bill Orr. and K is likely that Salt Lake's popu- ) lar shortstop will be shifted to sonic j other team. If the sale Ib made Orr cannot be brought back to Salt Lake. It Is likely that Sacramento or one of the other league clubs will get him Cooley will decide upon the transfer some time this week. In the game thlB afternoon Ames and Weaver will form the battery for J the Skyscrapers, while Druhot and Roberts will start it for the MiBsoula i learn. Ogden will go to Butte this week - and this series should bo a close one, 3 as each of the teams Is anxious to 3 hold its own. Ogden has taken a 3 slump since coming home, but If tho M team plp.ys ball at Butte tho way it I did on the provlous trips It will be a 3 hard matter for McCaffcrty's men lo B win- out, Butte played strong ball I against Salt Lake last week, but lost 3 the series through carelessness. |