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Show BASEBALL CLUB TO WIDEN SCOPE Great Palls, prll 26 With a view to brlnciiiK 'ibout a reincorporation j of the Great Falls Baseball association associa-tion which will ;lve that body a wider wid-er scope of operation, the directors of ! the ball club will this evening gather for a full and complete discussion of all the conditions connected with the change of the club's purposes It is proposed to incorporate under the recentl) enacted boxing law of the state, so that the association will be I permitted to not only hold baseball I contests at its park but will be licensed li-censed to conduct athletic tourna-, tourna-, ments. which will Include boxing bouts and wrestling matches It is the plan of the association to have the tournaments held at Black I'agle park duritiK the summer months and In a downtown hall of large seating capacity during the winter The statement Is made that the baseball directors have had the reorganization re-organization scheme in mind some time, but have been delaying their plana awaiting final action by the state government on the Kiley boxing law. which legalizes twelve-round bouts under a commission supervision The bill Is now in full force and effect ef-fect and clubs are springing into ex-iStence ex-iStence all over the state During the past week another body of sport fans ha held metlncs for the pur- I pose of bringing about an organisation, organisa-tion, hut nothing definite lias resulted from these Hirelings If the baseball association widens Its sphere of op- i crailon it proposes to eliminate Hi" 'meal-ticket athlete and to bring in the best of talent from all over the I country for its tournaments |