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Show MISSOULA WANTS LEAGUE BASEBALL. Missoula is somewhat uncertain as to whether the required funds will be raised to keep that city In the Union Uni-on Association. The Sentinel of that hustling Montan: own 6ays: "Despite the lad that we have thought ourselves safely out of the base hall woods, it is a fact that Missoula's Mis-soula's membership in the Union association as-sociation for 1914 is not assured, not by a great deal. Because the cham ber of commerce took the initiative in preliminaries tending to get the baseball situation in hand, most ol us have taken It for, granted that the organization had gone back of the deal Therefore, we have rested on our oars, thinking that the business men's club would do all the pulling necessary. As a matter of fact, the chamber of commerce Is not officially backing baseball, never Intended to. never said that it would. Merely did the chamber do its best to give 1914 baseball a boost. The responsibility belongs now to the Individual fans, for the baseball commission, named by the chamber of commerce, must depend upon them for a part of its working capital. So, The Sentinel hopes that the people who really want baseball will say so, in terms of mon ey. Organized baseball, as we have said many times, Is one of the best advertising mediums for a city's use. That's worth remembering." The advertising feature is the one big thing, In thi6 connection, that should appeal to the people of Ogden, in maintaining this city In the league, Our business men have shown an excellent ex-cellent spirit in aiding baseball and we are assured that they will continue con-tinue to boost for the national game oo |